1995 Honda Civic DX Restoration…

I intended for this EG Civic to be a daily driver / beater car to keep the miles off my STi. At the time I was driving roughly 100 miles a day to and from work. Long story short the STi was sold and the Civic turned into a project car.... I can't leave well enough alone.

The car started off life as a 1995 DX automatic. The car was a very clean, rust free and unmolested. Shortly after I bought the EG, I found a great deal on a 95 EX coupe with a manual tranny. My original plan was to swap the engine, transmission and power accessories from the coupe to the EG. Then the parts off the hatch would go onto the coupe. After 3 weeks of ownership the EX coupe was totaled by a head on collision with a drunk driver. Luckily no injuries occurred and everything I needed on the EX Coupe was undamaged. So I bought it back from insurance and used it as a parts car for my build (manual engine mount, shift base, pedals, wires were scavanged for the conversions).

I wanted to build this car to a Restomod style, no crazy shaved bays, or kswap. I wanted to keep it looking like a car that you could have purchased from the factory. And I wanted the quality of work to look as good or better than anything the factory would do. I wanted to upgrade the car with as many factory parts from other cars as possible. I also wanted to retain all the factory amenities, AC, power steering etc. I did perform a few modifications to the body. I installed sedan rear door handles that do not have the lock cylinders in them. I shaved the lock cylinder off the rear hatch and also shaved the antenna on the A pillar along with painting the body moldings body color.

I was able to dissect the wire harness from the EX coupe, removing the full circuits for the power windows, power folding mirrors, power door locks, and cruise control. I then spliced those items into the factory DX wire harness in OEM fashion. The interior was kept relatively stock, while the drivetrain was kept looking OEMish, but heavily improved.

Mod List:

Engine

B18C1 GSR block .50mm overbore
Fully balanced
JDM type r pistons with coated skirts (12:1 compression with milled head & single layer gasket)
OEM GSR ARP rod bolts
ARP headstuds
Ishera Johnson crank scraper
Custom oil pan baffles
Custom screening on windage tray
OEM piston squirters
OEM type R oil pump
OEM type R oil cooler
1 layer headgasket
PR3 B16A head
Minor bowl blend, deburr & port matched
New 3 angle valve job
Skunk2 pro3 camshafts
Buddy Club cam gears
Supertech dual valve springs
Titanium valve spring retainers
Gates racing timing belt
P73 Type R intake manifold
Blox 70mm throttle body
Password JDM cam seal
Password JDM carbon fiber spark plug cover
Password JDM vtec sol cover
JDM type r valve cover
Magnacore 8.5mm plug wires
AEM underdrive pulley set
Energy suspension engine mount inserts
in all 5 mounts
Hytech rep header w 2.5" v band
Kteller 2.5" stainless steel exhaust
Vibrant stealth 2.5" muffler
2.5" resonator added to mid pipe
Password JDM magnetic drain plugs in engine & trans
B&M fuel pressure regulator
B&M fuel pressure gauge
Custom 3" cold air intake with velocity stack and K&N filter
Aluminum Radiator with OEM fan


Engine management

P28 ECU with Moates Demon & Neptune
Custom knock gauge
AEM UEGO Wide band 02 sensor


Transmission

JDM 98+ Type R 4.78 LSD Tranny
Excedy OEM style clutch
Stainless steel clutch line
B&M dual bend short shifter
Skunk2 shift knob
Polyurethane shifter bushings


Body

Shaved antenna
(Hidden antenna on interior)
Shaved trunk key hole
Rolled rear fenders
Sedan rear keyless door handles
Smoothed engine bay
Pained stratus grey metallic (OEM BMW Color) paint code is 440
Clear turn signals
LED taillights
All new OEM seals and Molding's
JDM Power Folding Mirrors
JDM thin side Moldings
Blacked out factory "H" emblems
Custom black "JDM" vinyl badging
Downstar engine bay dress up bolts


Chassis

95 Integra rear disk conversion
95 Integra front knuckles
95 Integra front sway bar
95 Integra rear sway bar
95 Integra front sub frame brace
2006 S2000 CR front brake rotors and calipers
Integra 40/40 proportioning valve
Full energy suspension poly bushing kit
Koni sport yellows
Ground control coil over kit
Extended shock top hats F&R
Stainless steel brake lines
16x7 Rota grids
215/45/16 Kumho Escta XS tires
Black extended aluminum lug nuts


Interior

95 civic ex power windows
95 civic ex power mirrors
95 civic ex cruise control
95 civic ex door panels
95 civic ex front seats
Fully functioning AC system
Brand new OEM floor mats
OEM center arm rest
OEM Integra front map light
Alcantara arm rest cover
Alcantara door panel inserts
Alcantara shift boot
Alcantara head liner
JVC radio
Extensive custom alarm
JDM gathers dual rear speaker kit



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