Ted's Owner is back in the Honda game -- Nick's '95 Integra LS hatchback

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Ted’s Owner is back in the Honda game – Nick’s ’95 Integra LS hatchback

Plans for the future

1. Finish paying off the tuxedo I have to rent for a wedding November 22nd.
2. Buy a secret part from Ganyon and another secret part from zack11122, oil change.
3. Short ram intake (might take a while since I’m building it).
4. Replace my accessory belts with Gates Racing belts, HID’s.
5. Re-finish my driver's side front fender, DIY front bumper quick releases
6.. Do numbers 1-5 while paying the car off.
7. Finish paying the car off.
8. Moar low! As of right now, the plans for moar low are as follows – Tein Street Basis full coilovers, ASR rear lower control arms (black), a Blackworks Racing subframe brace (green), a VMS Beaks replica lower tie bar (green), and a Suspension Techniques rear swaybar. I will be checking my bushings in the areas that I’ll be working and any bad bushings will be replaced with either Energy Suspension, Hardrace, or Prothane bushings. I will not be installing any suspension parts until I have all of them in my possession.
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All of these are subject to change, but this is the plan as-of right now. I'm hoping whatever I don't pay off between now and tax season I'll be able to pay off with tax returns. I'd love to have all of this done before the end of next year.
 
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Ganyon

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Paint needs to be on that list somewhere. It will get repainted some time in its life.
 


Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Ganyon said:
Paint needs to be on that list somewhere. It will get repainted some time in its life.
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Well, yeah. Eventually. But, I want to get this stuff done first. If I listed out everything I wanted to do to the car, the list would still be going and I would've missed work today, lol.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
It's been a while guys.
Nothing new to update, but I wanted to post a revised list due to some stuff that's been going on lately.
1. Finish paying off the tuxedo I have to rent for a wedding November 22nd. ~ Done.
2. Buy a secret part from Ganyon (provided funds allow; zack backed out), oil change.
3. Bypass the ABS unit. My ABS light keeps coming on and turning off. I'm thinking this is the problem. I'm not experiencing any weird electrical issues, my brake fluid is full, and my ABS unit has been on it's way out since I got the car. I'll just be bypassing it for now to get rid of the light and eliminate the annoying buzzing noises the unit makes when I turn the car on. This will probably happen before Thursday. I have an hour roadtrip Thursday night. I don't want to drive two hours with the possibility of my brakes locking up.
4. Fix my power steering issue. I'm missing a bolt that holds the power steering pump on, which is making it almost impossible to keep proper tension on the power steering belt. I'm going to either (a) replace the bolt and replace the belt with a Gates Racing belt or (b) take the belt off and eventually bypass and loop the power steering. I haven't decided yet.

I was supposed to be a groomsman at another wedding at the end of the month, but due to work screwing me over, I had to withdraw. On the plus side, I'll be getting more hours, so I'll be able to get back on the grind and start getting stuff done.
If the funds allow, I may be able to get #'s 1-4 completed in the next week or so. We'll see.

I'm tired of sitting around. I need to get some stuff done. I'm getting the itch to start modding again.
I'll also probably start on doing a little bit of bodywork sometime between Spring and Summer 2015.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
3. Bypass the ABS unit. My ABS light keeps coming on and turning off. I'm thinking this is the problem. I'm not experiencing any weird electrical issues, my brake fluid is full, and my ABS unit has been on it's way out since I got the car. I'll just be bypassing it for now to get rid of the light and eliminate the annoying buzzing noises the unit makes when I turn the car on. This will probably happen before Thursday. I have an hour roadtrip Thursday night. I don't want to drive two hours with the possibility of my brakes locking up.
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Done.
My brakes feel so much safer now.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
4. Fix my power steering issue. I'm missing a bolt that holds the power steering pump on, which is making it almost impossible to keep proper tension on the power steering belt. I'm going to either (a) replace the bolt and replace the belt with a Gates Racing belt or (b) take the belt off and eventually bypass and loop the power steering. I haven't decided yet.
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Done.
I got the power steering belt to hold tension with a little bit of creativity. I took the bolt with the wingnut completely out, loosened the bolt I have holding the pump on, then tightened the bolt with the wingnut until I got ideal tension, then I pushed up on the power steering pump and tightened the bolt on the same time. I still have plenty of adjustability left, so hopefully the one bolt holds. It's good for now.
I also tightened my negative battery cable (it was loose yesterday, so I bent it slightly to get better contact and less chance of it coming off and it works great now.), tucked my connectors for my ABS module a little better, took the heatshield off of my exhaust manifold (I was missing some bolts and it rattled. It also wasn't protecting anything from heat since I don't have a fullsize radiator anymore), and I re EQ'd my stereo.
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
2. Buy a secret part from Ganyon (provided funds allow; zack backed out), oil change.
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Still crunching numbers for the secret part from Ganyon. Oil filter ordered.

Also, my brother is going to give me a set of DDM Tuning 35-watt HID ballasts, so I went ahead and ordered bulbs for that and I should have HID's hopefully in the next week or so.

It's nice to actually feel like I'm getting some sort of progress again. :)
 
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