Current Condition
01 GSR nh-623m satin silver
Koni/ Ground Control with extended top hats
Function 7 lca's
ASR subframe brace and 24mm swaybar.
Tanabe Touring Medalion catback
k tuned pro circuit shifter
oem window visors
spoon rearview glass
aem short ram
Most Recent Pic
IMG_1316 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
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Whats up Team-Integra?! Ive been quietly lurking around here for a couple years now so i finally decided to post something. Ive been into hondas since i first got my liscense many years ago haha. Im 31 now and other than my first car being a ford (terrible pos that fell apart and only owned for a few months before it lit on fire) all ive owned are hondas. My first 99 hatch was extremely good to me and carried me to work, school, and all over for almost 300k miles before i finally sold it to a friend. After that i picked up an 03 em2 but that poor thing didnt last very long
IMG_0146 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0147 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
Wasnt my fault i swear! Absolutely nothing i could do to avoid being pancaked, luckily i came out with only a stiff neck. I wasnt too bummed about the car cause i was pretty over it after i had to replace the head gasket immediately after purchasing it. Plus it just wasnt even as fun do drive as my old ek. I had my heart set on a dc2 for a while but didnt have any luck finding one when i purchased the em2. once i got the check from the girls insurance who demolished my car i was determined that i wouldnt settle for anything but a clean gsr! I spent a few weeks not having my own car to get to work and stuff, and driving all over the place to look at a bunch of garbage. My girl and I even drove a total of 12 hours to pittsburgh and back to look at what seemed to be a mint gsr with crazy low miles, but turned out to be a pile of rusty crap. Finally i came across a guy in jersey with what quickly became my new baby. Aside from the initials someone carved in the front bumper, a cracked windshield, and every stereotypical riced out mod from 2002 you could think of, the shell was pretty clean. It had no rust whatsoever, and the interior was mint black leather yum. I wish i had taken photos of the thing the day i bought it cause it was actually pretty hilarious. It had crap halo projectors, altezza style tails, peeling and bent chrome 17" motegi wheels on stock suspension, and a skunk 2 megapower 70mm exhaust cannon haha. Luckily the guy kept all the original oem pieces he replaced in boxes in his garage since like 2002 so they were all mint! First thing i did was grab a koni/gc setup threw some tires on the blades, and settled her down to a much better stance. It felt perfect on the twisty roads i drive everyday. So much fun.
IMG_9893 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9888 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
The black one in the pic is my girlfriends, which we got insanely lucky and found about six months or so after i got mine. Hers was in better shape than mine when she bought it, and it was black, which is the color i originally wanted myself. I was pretty jealous... untill this happened
IMG_0637 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0638 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
She got sideswiped one night on her way home from eating with friends and the person got away. My girl was so freaked out that she just pulled over and let them get away without even getting a plate number or anything. Insurance did nothing about it, and the cops tried to cite her for multiple violations when she was the victim. I found a couple fenders and a pair of doors off some guy on craigslist and replaced the busted panels but the colors dont match perfectly and it has yet to be repainted. Oh well. Still looks pretty clean though.
Anyways back to me. I got pretty sick of listening to the skunk2 mega fart cannon pretty quickly so i picked up a Tanabe Touring Medalion. Anyone looking for a quiet smooth clean sounding 60mm full stainless exhaust, look no further. I also slapped on an ASR subframe brace and 24mm sway bar because i had to see what kind of a difference it made. The change in balance is crazy compared to the stock sway. I also grabbed a k tuned pro circuit shifter to replace the garbage ebay shifter arm the previous owner "installed". i use that term lightly here because it was so sloppy even in gear that it rattled back and forth like crazy at all times. The k tuned piece plus energy suspension bushings were a night and day change. so solid and crisp. Plus the design of the shifter allowed me to adjust the height way up close to the wheel while still shortening the throw. Pretty well made and bling looking piece. Ordered some oem window visors and a spoon rearview mirror glass from icbmotorsports.com to round out the mods at that point.
IMG_9769 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0931 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0927 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0917 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9755 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9763 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
01 GSR nh-623m satin silver
Koni/ Ground Control with extended top hats
Function 7 lca's
ASR subframe brace and 24mm swaybar.
Tanabe Touring Medalion catback
k tuned pro circuit shifter
oem window visors
spoon rearview glass
aem short ram
Most Recent Pic
IMG_1316 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
**********************************************
Whats up Team-Integra?! Ive been quietly lurking around here for a couple years now so i finally decided to post something. Ive been into hondas since i first got my liscense many years ago haha. Im 31 now and other than my first car being a ford (terrible pos that fell apart and only owned for a few months before it lit on fire) all ive owned are hondas. My first 99 hatch was extremely good to me and carried me to work, school, and all over for almost 300k miles before i finally sold it to a friend. After that i picked up an 03 em2 but that poor thing didnt last very long
IMG_0146 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0147 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
Wasnt my fault i swear! Absolutely nothing i could do to avoid being pancaked, luckily i came out with only a stiff neck. I wasnt too bummed about the car cause i was pretty over it after i had to replace the head gasket immediately after purchasing it. Plus it just wasnt even as fun do drive as my old ek. I had my heart set on a dc2 for a while but didnt have any luck finding one when i purchased the em2. once i got the check from the girls insurance who demolished my car i was determined that i wouldnt settle for anything but a clean gsr! I spent a few weeks not having my own car to get to work and stuff, and driving all over the place to look at a bunch of garbage. My girl and I even drove a total of 12 hours to pittsburgh and back to look at what seemed to be a mint gsr with crazy low miles, but turned out to be a pile of rusty crap. Finally i came across a guy in jersey with what quickly became my new baby. Aside from the initials someone carved in the front bumper, a cracked windshield, and every stereotypical riced out mod from 2002 you could think of, the shell was pretty clean. It had no rust whatsoever, and the interior was mint black leather yum. I wish i had taken photos of the thing the day i bought it cause it was actually pretty hilarious. It had crap halo projectors, altezza style tails, peeling and bent chrome 17" motegi wheels on stock suspension, and a skunk 2 megapower 70mm exhaust cannon haha. Luckily the guy kept all the original oem pieces he replaced in boxes in his garage since like 2002 so they were all mint! First thing i did was grab a koni/gc setup threw some tires on the blades, and settled her down to a much better stance. It felt perfect on the twisty roads i drive everyday. So much fun.
IMG_9893 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9888 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
The black one in the pic is my girlfriends, which we got insanely lucky and found about six months or so after i got mine. Hers was in better shape than mine when she bought it, and it was black, which is the color i originally wanted myself. I was pretty jealous... untill this happened
IMG_0637 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0638 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
She got sideswiped one night on her way home from eating with friends and the person got away. My girl was so freaked out that she just pulled over and let them get away without even getting a plate number or anything. Insurance did nothing about it, and the cops tried to cite her for multiple violations when she was the victim. I found a couple fenders and a pair of doors off some guy on craigslist and replaced the busted panels but the colors dont match perfectly and it has yet to be repainted. Oh well. Still looks pretty clean though.
Anyways back to me. I got pretty sick of listening to the skunk2 mega fart cannon pretty quickly so i picked up a Tanabe Touring Medalion. Anyone looking for a quiet smooth clean sounding 60mm full stainless exhaust, look no further. I also slapped on an ASR subframe brace and 24mm sway bar because i had to see what kind of a difference it made. The change in balance is crazy compared to the stock sway. I also grabbed a k tuned pro circuit shifter to replace the garbage ebay shifter arm the previous owner "installed". i use that term lightly here because it was so sloppy even in gear that it rattled back and forth like crazy at all times. The k tuned piece plus energy suspension bushings were a night and day change. so solid and crisp. Plus the design of the shifter allowed me to adjust the height way up close to the wheel while still shortening the throw. Pretty well made and bling looking piece. Ordered some oem window visors and a spoon rearview mirror glass from icbmotorsports.com to round out the mods at that point.
IMG_9769 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0931 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0927 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_0917 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9755 by evan mclaren, on Flickr
IMG_9763 by evan mclaren, on Flickr