Festiva progression thread

[ruppenduro]

i would have bet there was no engine in that car lol

is the suspension binding up or will it move up and down freely? you may want to try putting on your cut springs, and then align it yourself. set the steering wheel straight, then loosen the tie rod ends. set the wheels as straight as you can by looking at it. then just leave the tie rod ends loose, put the wheels back on and drive the car (take a wrench with you) adjust the tie rods as needed during your ride until the steering wheel is straight and it doesn`t pull to either side. turn the wheels whichever way necessary to get your wrench onto the tie rod. once you are finished tighten the tie rods. i hate to pay to align a festiva because there isn`t much to adjust on them, i can easilly align one as good as a shop can. its all up to you though.

car is coming along nicely!

[batstiva]

I would probably put the new struts/springs on before alignment, just so you don't change anything after it's set up. But that's just me. Wow, that's really toed in, ain't it. :shock:

[lanemeyer14]

did you also install a lift kit, lol jk... thats not right... did you use the aspire shocks/struts too?

Pfft! Looks like it doesn't it? I think that's partly an illusion due to the sloped driveway. Right now I still have the festy struts and springs. I have some Kyb's but I haven't installed them yet

[sasquatch]

did you also install a lift kit, lol jk... thats not right... did you use the aspire shocks/struts too?

[lanemeyer14]

Finally finished up the aspire swap/front end. Did the complete aspire swap with aspire sway bar and also replaced both axles, control arms, tie rod ends, and steering rack boots. Now my alignment is crazy bad!


Is it usually this bad after an aspire swap? I plan on taking it to get aligned, I just wanna make sure I didn't do something wrong. Should I put in my new struts and cut springs before I get it aligned?

[lanemeyer14]

Cody just tracked down your thread. Your car is looking great. We could just grab you a B6ME motor which is pretty much plug n play and worth about 100 ponies.
Keep us posted, Will

PS there's B6ME around row 110 in a white 323 at pull a part it would take about 20 minutes to finish getting it out of the car.

A b6me sounds good to me! I wish I could get out to pull a part and get the one you're talking about but I'm not off work again until NEXT tuesday. Guess I'll have to see if it's still there then

[Motoxpress]

Cody just tracked down your thread. Your car is looking great. We could just grab you a B6ME motor which is pretty much plug n play and worth about 100 ponies.
Keep us posted, Will

PS there's B6ME around row 110 in a white 323 at pull a part it would take about 20 minutes to finish getting it out of the car.

[lanemeyer14]

looks great! its funny, i picked up a civic console at the jy for my festiva, and i have been planning to delete the body line as well. can't wait to see it all painted up. are you still going to drop in a b8?

Still searching for either a b6 or a b8....I prefer going with the b8 though. If I'm gonna swap the engine I want something worth all the work!

[Festiva_tunner]

love what your doing with it
take the side bracket out and that cup holder looks stock

[ruppenduro]

looks great! its funny, i picked up a civic console at the jy for my festiva, and i have been planning to delete the body line as well. can't wait to see it all painted up. are you still going to drop in a b8?

[lanemeyer14]

What are you using to paint the seats?! That looks awesome! Not to hijack your update profile, but I want to show you my seats. (below)

Man, those are really nice! They are different from mine but I think I like yours better. I used duplicolor vinly/interior spray...got it from autozone. I heard a lot better things about the SEM interior spray, but I had trouble tracking that down.

[Britstiva]

Cupholder is from a 92-95 civic. I want to see if the rear piece that goes around the e-brake will fit as well, but can't find the piece to try it out. I think my seats are from a 93 mx-3, and as you can see I still haven't painted the driver's seat portion to match the passenger side

What are you using to paint the seats?! That looks awesome! Not to hijack your update profile, but I want to show you my seats. (below)

[lanemeyer14]

I love that cupholder! What did that come out of?! I also have the same seats.. I found them in a junk yard and added them to my CRX. I'm not sure what year the car was, but it was a Mazda MX-3!

Cupholder is from a 92-95 civic. I want to see if the rear piece that goes around the e-brake will fit as well, but can't find the piece to try it out. I think my seats are from a 93 mx-3, and as you can see I still haven't painted the driver's seat portion to match the passenger side

[Britstiva]

I love that cupholder! What did that come out of?! I also have the same seats.. I found them in a junk yard and added them to my CRX. I'm not sure what year the car was, but it was a Mazda MX-3!

[lanemeyer14]

Still slowly truckin away!! Been doing body work the past few days I've been able to work on it....it's a very slow going process for me since it's A LOT of trial and error. Anyway, I've pretty much gotten the passenger side looking the way I want it. Removed the dents and the body line...



Also added a little upgrade to the dd Festy...cupholders! Still have some more messing around to do with this though