1997 Integra LS/VTEC

[97lsteg]

For my "Car Story" refer to my website (http://sites.google.com/site/97lsteg) On there you'll find pictures, stories of how I came about it, and even other stuff about me. My page its titled "Life in the NW" so i guess it kind of fits in.

Here are a few pics to maybe grab your attention:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/Rockonsig.jpg
Below LS/VTEC w00t!
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/DCFC0014.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/101108175103.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/DCFC0024.jpg
Below My old rear body kit from previous owner:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/DCFC0006.jpg
Below New 97 OEM bumper that I painted myself ;)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/101108175042-2.jpg

Well hope you all peek in and visit my site, while your there be sure to drop a line under the "Contact Me" page and lemme know what you think. Thanks!

-97LSTEG

[SW-21turbo]

Thats a nice integ great job on the bumper change man that was not right and great job on the paint job

[Brian]

nice Integra.

[84AE86]

nice integra looks clean

[tevan]

nice integra first time painting?

[97lsteg]

Thats a nice integ great job on the bumper change man that was not right and great job on the paint job

Thanks, I was soooo happy when I finally mounted it all up haha.

nice Integra.
Thanks!

nice integra looks clean
Thanks! I try and keep it as clean as I can :-D

nice integra first time painting?
Yeah this was the first time I ever painted anything on a car. I rattle canned it with 5 coats of clear (kind of unessesary but I didn't know any better at the time). It was a great learning experience and although I was frustrated with it at times it was a lot of fun.

[gustav129]

Love the NES wrist band on the brake reservoir.

I've seen the parts listed before, what exactly does something around the brake reservior do?

If it's good DOT 3 fluid, it shouldn't boil until 441 degrees, and it shouldn't freeze at all.

If there's moisture in it, then it would freeze and it would boil at 284 degrees, and oyu would need to change it anyway?

[Backwoodz Tuner]

What up Steven , glad to see you joined up, its cool here. Teg is lookin good as usual, and the new rear bumper looks good. So you get your water pump\timing belt job completed??

[erik]

You have Konig Blatant's too? Three people on this site alone have those... time for new wheels, lol ;P

[97lsteg]

Love the NES wrist band on the brake reservoir.

I've seen the parts listed before, what exactly does something around the brake reservior do?

If it's good DOT 3 fluid, it shouldn't boil until 441 degrees, and it shouldn't freeze at all.

If there's moisture in it, then it would freeze and it would boil at 284 degrees, and oyu would need to change it anyway?

Actually it IS completely un-necessary lol. I was actually just making fun of the JDM fad of puting spoon, mugen etc. resevoir covers haha.

You have Konig Blatant's too? Three people on this site alone have those... time for new wheels, lol ;P

Yeah I've been trying to get rid of them for a while. I don't have any money to spend so I've been trying to trade my T-28 Garrett for some GSR Twisties, or some other 16"-16" wheel. So far no luck =(

What up Steven , glad to see you joined up, its cool here. Teg is lookin good as usual, and the new rear bumper looks good. So you get your water pump\timing belt job completed??

Man I tell you that water pump $hit sucked! but to answer your question yeah i got it lol... Know anyone who needs to rent a Honda Crank Pulley Removal Tool? lol

[Brian]

Know anyone who needs to rent a Honda Crank Pulley Removal Tool? lol

best investment for anyone that owns or works on Honda's

[slice636]

ya where did you get that crank pully?

[Milanored92hatch]

nice teg what transmission you running

[97lsteg]

ya where did you get that crank pully?

I got it off Amazon for like $35 i think, including shipping. Everywhere else wanted $80+ for one. Great investment!

nice teg what transmission you running

Im running the stock LS tranny. Was gonna opt for a GSR tranny but decided I like the MPG and the fact that I can do 120+ at reasonably low rpms haha. Gotta love that never ending 5th gear!

[97lsteg]

First thing is I decided to paint my strut bar two tone black/bronze.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/BronzeStrutBar.jpg
Finally got my new bumper. This is it after primer and mocking up the fogs.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/BumperFogsmocup.jpg
Got the bumper mounted, very happy with the results....Paint will be soon!
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/NewBumper.jpg
Decided to tint my tail lights as well.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/TintedTailLights2.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/TintedTaillights1.jpg

Also got some OEM side skirts going on next, just as soon as i get down to visit BackwoodzTuner and get them clips ;)

More will be coming soon once my cash flow comes back lol.

Peace!
97LSTEG

[Brian]

looks good man. What paint did you use for the strut bar?

[97lsteg]

looks good man. What paint did you use for the strut bar?

Bronze Duplicolor Rim Paint. Worked good cause its heat resistant AND chip resistant. I also painted my SRI but its not pictured there.

[97lsteg]

Thanks to Backwoodz Tuner I got an extra valve cover to make my USDM type r valve cover! I am thinking about painting the spark plug cover bronze to match my strut bar/intake. What do you guys think?

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000534.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000535.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000536.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000537.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000540.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000541.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000542.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000555.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000568.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000569.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000570.jpg

[slice636]

looking good

[97lsteg]

Just adding some more pics that have been edited

Future paint scheme: Blue w/ bronze
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/Bluewithbronze.jpg

Another shot of blue w/ bronze:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/bluewithgoldfront.jpg

Red with polished gold:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/Redwithbronzewheels.jpg

Just polished up a little bit with photoshop:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000569EDITED.jpg

Another polished photo:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/car/P1000570EDITED.jpg


Lemme know what you guys think. Gotta keep this ACURA forum going!!!!

[Brian]

dark blue and bronze has always been one of my favorite schemes.

[97lsteg]

dark blue and bronze has always been one of my favorite schemes.

yeah same, although lately I've been leaning towards staying black with gold rims, or going the dark blue with gold rims. I have some bronze accents on my engine bay and plan on adding a few more.

[Brian]

I'm going to go red with white rims. Trying to pick up some GSR Blades and paint them white

[97lsteg]

I'm going to go red with white rims. Trying to pick up some GSR Blades and paint them white

That would be cool! I always like the 14" HX wheels painted white, look similar to the 5 lug type r wheels.

[97lsteg]

Money has been tight like most everyone lately, and after one of my mid-day classes got canceled I decided to go home and paint some stuff on the teg.

Everything in the darker red is what I painted. I've since painted a few more things but haven't got the most recent pictures yet. Also I'll be getting the engine bay steam cleaned soon, can't wait!! Hard to keep clean in the NW weather.

Let me know what you guys think.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000886.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000885.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000884.jpg

Also got some exterior pics for fun including a shot of my 8k Kit.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000856.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000855.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/P1000854.jpg

[MetaEnder]

Looks good man. I like the way the engine bay looks now too vs. your older pictures. Clean car still!

[97lsteg]

Looks good man. I like the way the engine bay looks now too vs. your older pictures. Clean car still!

Thanks man. Yeah I've been painting cause its cheaper than buying mods and I am on a tight budget lately haha. Thanks to "Tha Backwoodz Tuner" I've been fixing up some pieces in my interior. I also got a new set of cloth seats for up front, and I started dying my interior black. I'll try and get a pic up of my door so far.

[Milanored92hatch]

looks really good its amazing what a little paint does go chrome on the oil cap and look like oem type r. are you going to do different wheels down the road?

[97lsteg]

looks really good its amazing what a little paint does go chrome on the oil cap and look like oem type r. are you going to do different wheels down the road?

Yeah im waiting to buy a mugen cap, i like the way they look. As far as rims go I've been wanting new ones since I bought the car 3 years ago haha. But I don't have the money. I want 14'-16' with a lip. Rota slips would be my dream wheels haha. But yeah I'm a full time college student so money isnt really on my side.

[97lsteg]

Haven't really posted anything about my car for a while so I figured I'd give a small update. Joe aka Tha Backwoodz Tuner gave me some more black interior plastics to help out my conversion for my bday back in June.

My father in-law nailed my rear bumper with his truck so im in the process of repainting it. It didn't get too badly damaged luckily, just a lil bondo and LOTS of sanding. I'll try and get some pics of my progress up on here soon. Right now its all primer and bondo.

Other than that not tooo much else going on, I lost my job a month ago so money has been kinda tight, which is my excuse for the slow progress haha.

Peace all!

[97lsteg]

As promised here are some progress pics of my bumper.

This is the only pic i have of the bumper without the 2 new coats of paint. You can see the bondo/primer work I've been doing on it haha.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/IMAG0017.jpg

2 coats of fresh paint
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/IMAG0018.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/IMAG0019.jpg

This pic shows how rough the paint is right now.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/Banedsigh/IMAG0020.jpg

Got to wait overnight and wetsand the whole bumper, apply necessary coats until fully covered. Then i'm on to 2-5 coats of clear with wetsanding every 2 coats. Then buff the $hiot out of it haha.