was snooping around Craigslist, and found Arospeed front and rear strut tower bars for a steal, so I picked them up.




Installed the front, will do the rear during the week (yay....almost stock dirty engine bay shot)

 

The headlights are so nice, I like them, and the tails your friends had are also great.

 

Thanks! I absolutely love those headlights.

 

Just last week, I picked up a set of BNIB Tanabe sway bars for an absolute steal. Since I have an LX, I have to get all of the hardware and brackets etc. to mount the rear sway bar. In the next few weeks, I'm going to be buying all new bushings, as well as getting all the brackets from my friend's extra rear subframe.





Also, since I've had a bit of free time, I've been doing a few things to try and keep the car in good condition......


I polished my headlights for the first time since I've bought them. I am really impressed as to how well the Depo's have held up. No hazing whatsoever, and hardly any pitting from driving.





Cleaned the engine bay with some Engine Brite......I would love to spend a day or two going over the bay with simple green and a tooth brush, but with work and school, that's not going to happen. Still, I was surprised at how well this stuff worked.

Before:


After:

 

Doing good work! what do you have planned for the future?

 

These are my future plans.......

-FatFour Customs engine bay package (billet aluminum battery tie down, radiator brackets, and fender washers)
-Koni Yellow shocks/Ground Control coilover sleeves with extended tophats.
-Energy Suspension Master bushing kit
-new front brakes (most likely Brembo blanks with Hawk HPS pads)
-rear disk swap
-wheels.....gonna try and find a set of used Gram Light 57s or something similar
-5-speed swap

 

You should have a good handling and good looking ride after those mods.

 

Not some much good looking (my paint suuuuuuucks lol), but good handling....yes. That's what I'm going for. I want to get my suspension completely upgraded before I do any extensive engine or bodywork to it.

After the 5-speed swap, I'm thinking of giving the car a little bit of track time. A local track to me has $20 time attack sessions, and it would be fun to see how well it performs.

 

Well, longtime no update. Haven't done much to the car, just a few small things, but she's still pulling DD duty like a champ.



Picked up some authentic Stanley SiR bumper signal lights. Front end is pretty much set for the time being.




De-ambered the tail lights, I never really liked the orange square visible through the housing. Installed a amber bulb to keep it legal




Picked up a set of clear sidemarkers....not sure if I want to install them or not, since my fenders are still pristine.






And finally, after months of slacking, I got off my lazy butt and installed my sway bars. I had to do a little bit of research concerning installing a rear sway bar on an LX trim, because they do not come with one from the factory, like the EX does. I pretty much determined the best way to do it was swap out the whole rear subframe. THe LX subframe does not have the holes drilled and tapped for the center mounting brackets of the bars.

Picked an EX subframe up from a friend who luckily had it lying around.



After many hours of work, a few breaks, and a ton of brute force (no air tools to remove parts in place for 17 years ), I got the rear installed.



Still need to do the front sway bar, since I was pooped after the rear install last night. Should be a piece of cake though, since its just swapping the OEM for the Tanabe, and replacing the bushings with ES polyurethane ones.


Even with the stock front sway, the car handles much better. The rear end really feels planted to the ground. Definitely less understeer. Will update when the front is done as well.

 

Looking good. Your car is that low just with sportlines?