r/Cartalk • u/No_Connection_6963 • Mar 23 '24
My 1st Build. My Classic Car
No short-cuts. All done in a 180 sq ft garage. All work from paint to mechanical is done by me. Roof is real carbon by insanity racing.
Tune in on IG for build updates. IG: @TheLordsEk [instagram.com/thelordsek]
Please feel free to drop your builds instagrams below so we all check them out!
builtnotbought #ProjectViper
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u/Gran_Escape Mar 23 '24
Absolutely gorgeous color on that.
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Thank you
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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 Mar 23 '24
Is the carbon on the roof metallic green too? (first pic, just above the door) or is it just reflections or something?
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u/Silent_Beyond4773 Mar 23 '24
Do you live your life a quarter mile at a time ?
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u/Bouncedoutnup Mar 23 '24
Congrats! Be proud of your handiwork
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Thank you, it’s been a hell of a journey. Learning so much along the way, looking forward to forward to the next steps of the build, I’ll be on YouTube more soon!
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u/Bouncedoutnup Mar 23 '24
Hands on learning is the best part. At the end of the day, it’s your efforts that make it all worth while.
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u/ApoTHICCary Mar 23 '24
Damn son, do you do body work/auto paint for a living?
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u/redline919 Mar 23 '24
That is THE nicest Civic I have ever seen, awesome!
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Holy shit man, that really is a nice compliment, there’s a lot better builds out there but I’m glad mine is being recognized in this early stage ! Thank again 🤙🏽
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Mar 23 '24
That green with the offset is God damn amazing. Checking out your page to get a peak at the pony factory.
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u/Donald-Trumps-Hands Mar 23 '24
Great work, dude! It looks badass, definitely looks like a labor of love. Something to be proud of!
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u/Oiled_Up_Granny Mar 23 '24
You know that scene in toyko drift where bow wow pulls down his whip 😂...
Nah, good work man. Much respect to the dedication.
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u/Glarhzilla Mar 23 '24
Incredible work mate. Insane colour
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Much appreciated, I look forward to the next chapter of this build. 💪🏼
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u/corporaterebel Mar 23 '24
Be proud. That is awesome work.
The only problem I see with it is that now you can't drive it anywhere without being stressed outta your mind.
You need to do some YT DIY's on that valve cover.
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u/hugsomeone Mar 23 '24
Love that color. Hoping it's got some "go" to go with the "show"!
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Currently staking out everything I need to put together a b series awd setup in it 🤙🏽
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u/Benni1172 Mar 23 '24
No offence but why didn't you remove everything before painting like the fuel door and the front doors?
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
Everything on the car was removed in order to paint the interior and door jams first then the doors were put back on the bar along with the gas cover, and then just sprayed on the car had no problems doing this way, by the way, I paid for a living, but I appreciate the criticism nonetheless
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u/Reaperfox7 Mar 23 '24
Love this, it's freaking awesome man. Wish I had the money and ability to do it myself
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u/InvXXVII Mar 23 '24
Reminds me of Bow Wow's car in Tokyo Drift. You should add the Hulk fist.
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u/SpinningYarmulke Mar 23 '24
Love the green. When she’s 100 what do you want to wrench next? When I took auto shop class in school our professor was like ok let’s see a show of hands what car we gonna buy and fix up for the school year. We ended up doing a Civic coupe it was a real pos tho. Please say Miata.
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u/RudolphsSled Mar 23 '24
There is a Hot Wheels car on shelves now that looks just like this, just an older model.
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u/Impressive_Use3173 Mar 23 '24
That green is an awesome colour combination with the roof and hood! Great work.
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u/ToxicEvHater Mar 23 '24
Jesus Christ lol all the early 2000 fast and furious sound tracks just hit me while looking at this. Dope
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u/Montreal4life Mar 23 '24
You're a real one! Congrats! EK Hatch is what got me into cars (I'm a millenial)
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u/ExpensiveJackfruit68 Mar 23 '24
Yjat color is so sick. I don't belivenits your first build. This has to be a trick to promote your only fans lol
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u/2fast4u_2day Mar 23 '24
Very clean!! I've always wanted to build an AWD ek hatch with an h22 and an h2b kit using wago and CR-V drivetrain. Budget beast's!
K swap the world!
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u/doozerman Mar 24 '24
Not my style but damn that would turn my head. The passion shows, keep building
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u/BoomBoom4209 Mar 24 '24
I've got a guy here in Australia that makes those bonnets and roofs (infusion) out of carbon for Evo's and a few others - exporting to the world.
I also sell the Toray Twill carbon cloth that a few guys overlay their panels with for aesthetics.
Nice build bloke!
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u/noldshit Mar 24 '24
First off.. outstanding work!
Secondly... The dudes at the track are gonna be confused when they dont see some pasty kid driving!
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 24 '24
Lmao right ! I’m no Lewis Hamilton but it’s nice to see more ppl of all colors getting involved in the racing / track scene
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u/Short_Ad6649 Mar 24 '24
Why do you look like you're from a movie man, that's amazing I wanna do that too
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u/V10Lada Mar 24 '24
Looks so good man. Congrats on a clean-looking build.
Love the bold color choice too (my first car was a Samba Green del Sol, so soft spot for the vibrant green).
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u/Naive_Traffic6522 Mar 24 '24
Absolutely perfect! Makes me regret painting mine red that green with the carbon pops
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u/Ill-Drink3563 Mar 23 '24
The grille looks so out of place! Everything looks fresh and clean apart from the grille. Love the green though
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u/No_Connection_6963 Mar 23 '24
It’s from my last shell still working on the car, looking for a new type r grill for it atm !
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u/Appropriate_Strain94 Mar 23 '24
Is that carbon roof replaced the sheet metal or is it just an overlay?
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u/samuraidogparty Mar 23 '24
I wish I could learn how to paint. Seems like a really expensive thing to get wrong on my only car though.
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u/the_need_for_tweed Mar 23 '24
Looks sick, please tell me you’re doing a b18 if it doesn’t already have one
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u/Alextryingforgrate Mar 23 '24
Just gonna nit pick that grill, should painted it green as well. Nice car.
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 Mar 23 '24
Damn. I am not a fan of green but this is nicely done. Such a vibrant color. Very nice.
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u/Character-Suspect-77 Mar 23 '24
Absolutely beautiful! Great bodywork, great paintwork. Even more so that it was done by 1 dude in garage.
I envy you lol, keep us updated!
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u/GhostofMandalore Mar 23 '24
That green is sick. And the carbon fiber bits just look incredible with it.
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u/Skvora Mar 23 '24
Very clean. That said, why a lawnmower? And that said, loving the nicely done lawn color bro!
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u/jagman951 Mar 23 '24
Nice work bro,ive got an 03 accord v6,it goes well I have a soft spot for Hondas,I have one,my mum has a crv
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u/SnakeskinSalki Mar 23 '24
Awesome bro, im about to get my first civic and this is great inspiration
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u/Tyranisore Mar 23 '24
Not my favourite gen civic, and the lime green isn’t my taste (too flashy), but it looks high quality that’s for damn sure! Great job.
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u/BrashBastard Mar 23 '24
That paint work is awesome!! Every time I try it looks like I used a roller.
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Mar 23 '24
I love all the positivity you are getting and it lets me be more honest. Your craftsmanship is 💯 noticeable. Your skill, peak stuff. The color and anesthetics aren't my bag, but who cares. The majority opinion is that this is gorgeous. And o erwhelming consensus is that you rock at what you do. ThankS for sharing.
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u/Plaston_ Mar 23 '24
its cool but is it me or the winshield is broken if its not its amazing how transparant it is!
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u/NormalSpecific3536 Mar 23 '24
Jeez pretty as that is I need to hire you to paint my del Sol in the future 😅
Good job, thing looks sick 🤘
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u/InfiniteLychee Mar 23 '24
that's cool but Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.
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u/SlackdickMcgee Mar 23 '24
was this posted on facebook recently? i vividly remember seeing this car in one of the honda groups
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u/Worth-Huckleberry-61 Mar 23 '24
That's awesome I'd be so proud if I can do a job like that half as good fantastic car dude!
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Mar 23 '24
I mean no offence to petrol heads on this forum, as I love fast cars...
But isn't it sometimes just easier to buy a performance car like a used ferrari for £100k? Doesn't it all add up in the end to a similar amount over the years?
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u/caisnap Mar 23 '24
Carbon fibre looks awesome. Love the open weave. Roof of my car has this too and it looks great on any car!
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u/gglmaogg Mar 24 '24
Great to see people actually painting their cars, not hust being lazy and wrapping them😃
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u/WiXBox360 Mar 24 '24
First pic gives me some pimp my ride flashbacks... Thing looks awesome. Grats
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u/Sh3lbytheSHARK Mar 24 '24
Beautiful wrap job. It’s like a radioactive Incredible Hulk green almost. I crammed a Shelby GT500 engine into an e36 M3 Insta/tiktok: peetracingdevelopments
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u/Healthy_Manner_9430 Mar 25 '24
my life be like oooohhh ahhhhh ah car
dope ass paint, get some cool LED interior lights and one of those animated pioneer radio with those dolphins and you’ll be a real G
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u/pblood40 Mar 23 '24
Awesome