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Garage Life: Graiguenamanagh’s K20 DC2

The above picture doesent look like much, and many people would wonder why, especially because the 4 eyed DC2 fronts seem to get little love from people, especially in Ireland. Where we can just pick up a JDM DC2 for the price of a Holiday in Spain. It was cool to hear that Jamie and his brother Keelan were going to take on something different. I was scared to hear that they were going to be pulling the guts out of the Yellow EG that we all Remember, but once I heard the plans, I knew all was going to be well in Graiguenamanagh. What a word!

The car had seen better days, and the process begins, on building a car which would be home built and for track and drag racing, its great to see D.I.Y. builds like this. When a bunch of mates come together to build something cool, and this one was planned to be finished in three weeks!

The car was going the be stripped of as much weight as possible, which would make the build a lot easier in terms of interior and exterior. The best part about the Honda scene which a lot of people have copped on to is that, a Honda from the outside need very little to look good except some wheels and some slam action going on, and usually a nice coat of paint.

With that in mind, they guys set work on stripping the shell down and getting it ready for spraying. The shell needed little bits done here and there, but overall it was in decent condition.

After some good old fashioned scrubbing and cleaning, the inside was starting to look ready for paint. The guys chopped as much as they could out that wasn’t needed before prepping the interior of the shell for spraying. The engine was also taken out as the bay was going to be sprayed the same colour as the interior.

This reminds me of this

Looking good even in the above pic wouldn’t you say?

Check that colour! The interior and certain parts on the outside were going to be sprayed that crazy vivid orange, which in my opinion looks nuts. The car is definitly a breath of fresh air from the standard white DC2 which is almost everywhere in the country. Jakie get jiggie with a spray gun on the inside, and as the shell will be mostly bare inside besides a dash, the orange was going to look the business.

Next up came the donor, for the k20 which was going into the DC2, but don’t fear, the little spoon fed EG wasn’t going to be left out in the cold like that, instead it was going to receive a happy little b18 that was going to fit snug under the hood. So all was well in the lad of civic….