Lowered Civic...And I show you how...
 

OK, Here is a way to easily lower a Civic. Keep in mind that the Civic and the Skyline front tabs are basically the same except that the Skyline tab sits lower. ;) They are the same width.

Civic tab on left, Skyline tab on right...

Again for width...

hehe cool
keep it coming...:D

haha i discovered that when i put my civic body on my skyline chassie

First, you just either use the Skyline chassis (same wheelbase) or put the Skyline front tab on your Civic chassis. Next, remove the rear tab, and cut away from the support the same amount of the difference in the front tab...

Then, just re-mount the rear tab and pop the body on...

Front difference...

Rear difference...

damn that thing is nice and low.
almost like a lowrider
good work bc:)

This way you keep your full use of your suspension. The only rubbing I get in the front wheels is when I turn real hard and lean on the suspension, but you can probably correct that with hard springs.

bc i was wondering when you paint your cars, do u like put all the kit on and spray it all at once, or do individual pieces. cuz i noticed from the pic of the white civic showing the cutting of the rear tab holder, the screws have paint on em and stuff

Yes, when I paint a car, I don't plan on changing the body parts, other than the hoods. I assemble them and paint together, that way everything looks the same and gets the same amount of paint.

o cuz when i did my cars i took em all apart. reason being i didnt want like the real color of the car to show through the cracks between the bumpers and the car. and i didnt want paint to build up between em eather. both cars came out looking good and all the pieces came out the same color. except i didnt use primer on em. i guess thats why i had to apply like a billion coats. o well

another fine masterpiece from BC, welldone!!

hrm i think i defentally have to do that to my civic ill wait till i get the body kit to see how low i can go w/o tire rubbing.

If you have trouble with tire rub, just dremel out the fender enough to clear the tires.

it also looks like the front bumper is being pulled forward, is it or am I just halusinating (bad speller)

Whoa, that is really cool. I am going to try that with my civic. I dont like how it sits so high on the chassis.

viperkilla!
did you get new civic?
didn't you have skyline?
just wondering:p
what are you gonna do with it?
make sure you post some pics

Yea I got a civic. I've had so many problems with skylines that I decided to get a civic. It works great and I dont have any problems. I'm probably going to paint it later on. I dont have a ditigial camera, but I'll be getting on soon.

o man!:mad:
why did you get civic at least rsx but not civic:eek:
:cool: well its your choice
at least it runs

Well, I got the civic because my sister has the exact same car. And plus I like civics.

nice mod!
BC, is it me or is your front red springs compressed almost all the way? i barely see the gaps between the coils.

oh yeah, do you have size comparisions with the rsx and supra front tabs as well?

o ok :p
well, i don't like civics too much but at least you have working xmod:)
you can buy new body on it in a future i guess

The front springs look like that because they are the soft springs, which don't have much of a gap like say...the blue hard springs. They may be compressed a little still. The front bumper is kinda pulled out a bit, not because of the front tab though, it was just molded and fit like that, even on the original chassis. I could sand it down if I wanted to make it fit better.

Hey BC, when you paint your cars, how do you get it so the paint doesn't slide off, i noticed when i was paintin my Skyline that the paint wouldn't stick. Do you sand it down, take it off, or simply put primer? (i'm not too sure)

Just wash the body in dish soap and rinse well, apply 2-3 coats of primer...then you paint. I don't sand at all. Also, use light coats at first.

are those rims bronze? if so where did u get them or what paint did u use? :confused:

BC have you tried Testors primer? I am thinking of buying a can. Do you or anyone else know if the primer is good quality?

They are painted Tamiya gold. I haven't tried any Testors on Xmods yet, but I will son as they have some cool colors I want tot try. I'll let you know how it turns out.

thanks bc i just lowered my skyline like that it looks awsome ill post a pic

cooool i like that white civic nice touch with the gold wheels it looks very nice i think i am going to get the civic also to go with the skyline i have

ok i made a thread about this but it never got noticed but anyways how much would u have to sand down on the sky tab to even it out with the rear

hey bc what spring set up do u use?

wow this is an old thread.. but would this body mount swap work with the supra? which set of tabs are about 1mm lower than the supras? the width isnt an issue for me.

atomicmods.com is selling boddy tabs now!

can you still fit a fifth cell into that???????????????????:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :

I still 6 celled mine but had to shuffle 2 extras cells around to get it to fit properly.

did u lower ur civic?