1996 Integra GSR Sedan

Thanks man! I just picked up another Integra over the weekend, a 94 RS and I plan on installing the polyurethane replica lip I have on it.

 

So i checked last night, apparently i used more than i thought i did or I put them in multiple places. I found one extra one leftover.

 

Got some more work done this weekend. All of the window motors and door glass have been swapped out. I did have to mess with the driver's side front a bit to get it to line up correctly, but it wasnt anything terrible.



Then i focused my attention to my donor core support and started drilling some of the spot welds to get it to where i needed it. I basically am replacing this with the "t-bar" method like with the jdm front swap. I didnt want to mess with the lower portion for two reasons. There was nothing wrong with it, and i didnt want to make it weaker some how by drilling out all of the spot welds and then re-welding (possibly worse than factory) and hoping it was just as strong.



Then moved on over to the car and started drilling the spot welds. Of course, after i marked the position of everything with some white paint.



Fast forward about 40 minutes, here it is off the car.





Have a little rust to take care, of course.



On the downside, during my drilling and scraping etc..., i basically removed the white paint i had for the markings. Some of it is still there, but i can see this taking a few tries. I'll get it fitted to what seems right and throw some nuts and bolts through the holes to hold it in place and make my adjustments from there. Then i'll go ahead and clean up the donor support and start tacking that back in place.

Also ordered some new trim pieces from Acura so I can have the front and rear windshields replaced in the next couple of weeks, and also ordered a my honda habit oil pan gasket. I already have the stud kit and i thought that using those in combination with the OEM gasket would be sufficient. It wasnt lol. Hopefully i'll have some free time after work this week to at least get the core support bolted up and mess with the fitment a bit and move on to welding it up this weekend. Hopefully my flux core welder doesnt blow through the metal.

I also stopped at an upholstery shop to get a price on re-doing the factory leathers i have for this car. They are in pretty bad shape, I got a price on re-doing them in a tan color close to the factory color with black inserts. The price was pretty high, so this will definitely be a next year thing if i decide to pull the trigger on getting those done.

 

That's my next step also, the t-bar job. Just fired up my engine last night for the first time since I brought it home and tore into it. Ready to drive her already.

 

I was pretty intimidated at first, but it wasnt bad at all. Its going to be more tedious trying to get the new one to line up correctly since my marking paint wore off...

 

More stuff and things!

I was able to test fit the replacement core support a bit last night. I THINK i have it lined up where it is supposed to be. Then i grabbed my extra bumper that needs painted (so i dont care if i end up scuffing something) and i mounted that to check for fitment. If you ignore where the sides aren't connected, it looks like it lines up really well. I did not have the bumper supports connected to the fenders for this test fit.

 

nice job

 

Which forum do you like better, team-integra or clubintegra?

 

i always liked team-integra. but i also think all the honda forums have slowed to a crawl for activity. seems theres only a few posts a day.

 

I've looked on club integra for a few things, but i dont think i ever officially joined. I really used to like team-integra, but its a ghost town there anymore honestly. Everyone is heading to facebook instead of the forums i think.

 

Even H-T (with the exception of GDD) is dead. I did see your build threads on both T-I and H-T.

 

never thought of FB. i kinda like the anonymity of the forums though

 

Yeah those threads are getting a tad long over there lol. i swear, GDD will keep H-T a float forever

I delete my facebook stuff a few years ago so forums are my only option lol

 

still have mine, just more or less to check events out and see what others are up to

 

What kills me are all the informational threads decimated with dead picture links. Thanks Photobucket!

 

True, but you can download that photobucket hotlink fix thing and add it to your browser. presto, photobucket images back!

 

Didn't know that, I'll check it out thanks.

 

works for computers. havent found how to do it on a phone though

 

Well, I think we are back to the game i used to play with this car. Make a bunch of progress, then take 3 steps backwards.

The steps backwards started with the fubar i made with the door panel inserts. So, this weekend i got car prepped for welding the new core support on the car. I measured and re-measured and checked the fitment of the headlights and bumper etc... probably 5 times. Once i was satisfied with the position of everything, i used c-clamps to hold everything in place. i only have a 90 amp flux core welder, so i was skeptical that it would weld and not immediately burn through the metal. I used it in the minimum setting and besides the "boogery" welds you get with flux core, it worked.





I'll need to go back through and grind down the crap and get some primer on there until i;m ready / it is warm enough for me to really finish up the core support with paint etc..

So with that being a success, i thought maybe i would try to disassemble the climate controls so i can replace all of the burned out bulbs. here is where the failures start. I broke both the hazard switch and the defroster switch trying to remove them (i do not like how these are mounted in the car at all)



So after that, i tried to remove the unit from the car, i followed a DIY but nothing i was doing was working. then i heard a crack and it came free. I broke something with the vents, not sure what yet. so, feeling defeated and having most of the unit out of the car, i decided to call it quits and do some more research before i break anything else.

The last thing i did on the car this weekend was back up in the front of the car. I decided i would start removing the trim pieces etc... to get the car ready for the new windshields. Should be nice and easy. so I removed the side trim pieces off the glass and then i removed the wiper cowl and i noticed something down by the passenger side corner....and i did not like what i saw at all...



I did some more clearing and am finding this



My heart just sank, i havent found any holes or perforations but it does not look good. Next weekend i'll remove the hood for better access and pick away at what looks like seam sealer and see how bad it is. After i saw that, i admitted defeat and called it quits. i really, really hope there is nothing that needs to be fully cut out and welded around that windshield. I don't think i have the tools to complete that. The only good thing from this weekend's work on the car was my hood opens and closes perfectly, and the headlights and the bumper all line up as they should...i'll guess i'll take that win.

 

I ran into something similar with the sunroof switch. I was trying to get it out to replace a broken driver air vent, snap. Had to buy a new one off ebay.