Guate's 86 Build Thread

[guateracer1]

What's up name is Lester and is my 86 GTS rolla that I recently picked up. Sold my old 92 Civic hatch in order to finally get an 86 that Ive always wanted
My old hatch:


My 86 Came from Nevada very clean no rust dropped on greddy coilovers, Buddy club spec II exhaust, stitch welded chassis, TRD wing, Whiteline Bars and Energy suspension bushing all around.Rota Shakotan 15 x9 all around on 195/50/15 tires, with fender flares believe ebay . Unfortunately it came with gutted interior and missing quite a few panels . I only received a few from the previous owner lol

The night that I picked it up..




After I took all the extra parts the car came with I decided to clean up and scrub down the whole inside since there was no panels lol
Before:





After:




Couple of random pics




I wasnt really to happy with the paint , So first things first sent it off to paint shop to get repainted again same color scheme While and Black lol cant wait to get it back

The same day I was going to drop off my hatch to the body shop there was a dyno day event right down the street so stop by for it bit. First time driving the hatch for a while and it was fun not going to lie lol. Just need to get rid of the loud Buddy club exhaust

Few pics taken at Dyno day










Future plans : Changed the exhaust, repainted, cf hood, motorized foglights, kouki side lights, front lip , side skirts, and j blood rear add ons, complete the interior lol, and convert to power windows and door locks to enjoy daily driving it. Thanks for looking!

[John H.]

Love how your car sits!
If you don't mind me asking, what flares are those?

-John H.

[guateracer1]

Thanks! and to be honest the previous had them on already and he said they were ebay unfortunately lol

[hachilovr]

wow! it has already been stitched welded. nice buy!

[guateracer1]

wow! it has already been stitched welded. nice buy!

Yea the car came with lot good parts on and thanks cant wait to finally start working on it when it finally gets back from paint lol

[BeanBone]

Really dig this car. Can't wait to see it get even better.

[guateracer1]

Really dig this car. Can't wait to see it get even better.

Thanks man hopefully soon there will be more updates and looking a little different by then

[guateracer1]

Was finally able to to install the techno toy filters on the itbs lol

[HingaSPL]

Nice car, but damn did the previous owner put enough pop rivets to hold that spoiler on?!?!?! hahahaha. you might throw a few more in it , jk

[guateracer1]

lol yea it little to much lol but its getting take care of now lol

[guateracer1]

Some updates on 86:

I got finally managed to get a set of redlines for the hatch!




Dont mind the partial grinded down rivets from the previous body guy who was suppose to paint my hatch. had for two months and didnt do anything accept that and then disappeared on me. So I took my car back and brought it somewhere else .

Managed to get a set of the amber corner lights:



Brought it to a different shop quoted me the same price as the other guy and almost have it done then less than a week






Unfornately i found the the fenders and rear quarters were cut lot more than I thought . The rear quarters were left wide open to -_- , so hopefully getting that welded up and have to put fender flares back on ( hopefully carbon fiber ones if I can find someone who makes them )

Also removing the rear reflectors on the rear quarter panels and shaving off the attena hole to get a cleaner look getting it repainted white and black .

But other than those minor issues the car was extremely solid. No rust was found on the body at all, no crazy accidents or major body wasnt need or done previously. Not many layers of paint either on the white and original blue

[guateracer1]

Finally out of paint and made it to first event last weekend!








Overall im extremely happy how the paint came out just few small details need to get fixed like the front bumper needs the white srip near the light and the back where it scoops up to tail light also but overall excellent paint and couldnt be happier how it came out

[jeepy]

WOWW!!

[Mr.Fujiwara]

Damn this is nice
Clean eg too man
Love your attention to detail!!
Good **** can't wait to see more
What exhaust are you looking to put on ?

[Clouds]

So clean.

[BeanBone]

Wow, came out great!

[guateracer1]

Wow, came out great!

Thanks man!

So clean.

Thanks!

Damn this is nice
Clean eg too man
Love your attention to detail!!
Good **** can't wait to see more
What exhaust are you looking to put on ?

Appreciate it man yea the little details is what counts and I have HKS sport just waiting to be put on just trying to find the oem exhaust hangers because they were unbolted inorder to put the buddy club that is currently installed.

Wow, came out great!

Thanks man!

[guateracer1]

Local photographer Dan mack took some crazy pics of the 86 the other day , small update on it installed autocover foglights and installed my HKS sport exhaust

[Mr.Fujiwara]

Nice man I had an HKS hi-power but I switched over to the HKS sport over 2 years ago and will firmly recommend it to anyone! It has been one of my favorite sounding / looking exhausts !! Looking good man

[grappletech]

Nice car!!! The bodywork came out clean

[guateracer1]

Nice man I had an HKS hi-power but I switched over to the HKS sport over 2 years ago and will firmly recommend it to anyone! It has been one of my favorite sounding / looking exhausts !! Looking good man

Yea man def like the hks sport over the buddy club

[guateracer1]

Nice car!!! The bodywork came out clean

Thanks yea def. they did a really good job on the wing

[guateracer1]

whats up few updates on the 86 managed to finally put all my interior back in it after finally locating everything lol. I also added trueno badge up front and also got new WORK CR01s for the hatch def. like the look of the hatch now.

A few pics at few events ive been to these past few weeks

[guateracer1]

update on the 86 . Managed to get my zenki front bumper repainted how it suppose to be for the time being. The body shop was not happy on the result how the car came out and would to get it back to repaint the whole car over again . No complaints here lol. While its there Im going to get the rear quarters welded up since they are wide open because of the fender flares unfortunately.

Here are few pics of the hatch recently few meets/shows i went to this year mostly NY , NJ , CT most were 3 + hour drive to each but def worth and the 86 made it with no issues












One of favorite pics of the hatch so far



I also managed to finally get the final small pieces to my interior didnt realized the previous owner had given them to me in box so now i have full extra set of interior lol. Bought a molded carpet and dash cap to help with interior hoping to install that soon
Still looking for extremely clean door panels. Trueno mudflaps. Carbon fiber interior pieces . carbon fiber valve cover. Front lip I have j blood rep sides and looking for the rear fins.

Future plans also include either Bride Cuga seats or FRS seats. a little lower. SQ kit to eliminate the big coolant piping. COP set up to eliminate the distributor so I ran run stock mounts instead of the solid brakctes car rattles like no more tomorrow . ( distributor to close to the firewall ) . Also looking watanabes R type or SSR long champs.

[guateracer1]

whats up everyone been a while since i updated . The hatch def looks little bit different here few pics and the things i done to it since my lat post!

I got OEM Zenki front lip installed. Managed to find a replica set of J blood sides ( still looking for originals lol) and I got a set J blood rear fins done in Carbon fiber from Dominican Republic. Managed to find a ste of SSR XR4 Longchamps 15s also!. Installed some bride fabric on my door panels and rear quarter panels. Also Installed FRS seats also. I also got a a CF hood and Cf eyelids installed from Paulo from retro spec and also got his CF visors!

[guateracer1]

Hows it going update on the hatch. Managed to do a few more things to the interior slowly coming together

Changed up the bride fabric and went with black bride material this . Changed it up from the gridation pattern thought it look cleaner like this . Also sources out a authentic TRD Nardi Steering wheel as well with the steering wheel cover!. Also have a Nostalgic Grains Engraves wooden shift knob he does alot custom engraving and pieces check it out if you have some time ( http://www.nostalgic-grains.com/) Put Leds in the cluster as well to brighten up things an put dash mat cover.

Before:




After:











I ended up getting Paulo from retro full CF interior pieces as well also that is left is the carbon fiber dash hopefully looking to buy in the future..





Also had the task to cut out radio slot def a little nervous doing this on freshly make piece but it came alright!


A local photographer took some awesome pics of the 86 in Boston and near by






















Finally was able to upgrade from the uni filters to the pipercross since I had no choice lol. I also finally went coil on pack set up with Honda 17 coils and also installed adjustable fuel pressure regulator aswell.





I managed to scoop up a J blood front as well only got to enjoy it for one day due to fitment issues will be sorted out this winter.











Other than that nothing else other than enjoying the car and driving around events and cruising. Future plans for winter are to do the engine bay, Install SQ engineering water kit, Maybe change the wheels installed the J blood front few more interior bits. Thanks for looking!

Few other pics of the car form this year










When i had the cr01s:













My drift rc

[guateracer1]

Been a while since I posted havent really done much exterior wise with the hatch pretty content on how it sits currently mostly focused on getting the interior cabin situated since I was developing rust on the door jams. So I stripped down the car inside and got the door jams, trunk jams underneath the hood and trunk and doors painted and fixed up any rust that had develop over time. Also managed to get my fender flares done in carbon as well. I also installed the SQ waterline kit as well alot room in the bay now haha

Future plans to run the j blood front still, or get oem zenki front lip in carbon as well , hi rise headers, and get the engine bay painted next

[scalpel]

excellent attn to detail
one of my fav build

[RuizXIII]

Very cool, man!

Not sure if you mentioned it, but what is the story behind that old license plate?
That is really cool looking and suits the car haha

[guateracer1]

excellent attn to detail
one of my fav build

Thanks man ! i should be updating it soon with big update appreciate the kind words!