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Ride of the Month - December 2007

AJ (civicexracer) 1995 Honda Civic EX

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Owner: Alejandro Aviles
Age: 19
Ride: '95 Civic EX
Location: EC MD

Engine | Suspension | Exterior | Interior | I.C.E. | Pictures | Interview

Engine/Performance:
AEM Short Ram Intake
DC Sports 4-2-1 ceramic header
Magnaflow cat-back exhaust
3ARacing single bend short throw shifter
Energy Suspension shifter bushings
Energy Suspension Steering Rack & Pinion bushings
Hawk HPS brake pads.

Suspension & Wheels:
Koni Yellow Sports shocks
Ground Control Coilovers at custom rates (450in/lbs front, 550in/lbs rear)
Ground Control extended top hats
BomzRacing front/rear upper strut bars
BomzRacing front lower tie bar
BomzRacing c-pillar bar
Energy Suspension front swaybar endlinks
Energy Suspension top hat bushings
Blox Rear Lower Control Arms
JDM ITR 22mm rear sway bar
Beaks Subframe Kit
Prothane polyurethane swaybar bushings
Custom trunk bars
Custom rear camber adjusters
Falken Hanabi wheels 15x7
Falken Azenis RT-615s 205/50R15 tires
Work lightweight lug nuts.

Exterior:

Red painted calipers
JDM Vision amber corner lights.
 

Interior:

3ARacing shift knob.

I.C.E.:

JVC KD-G510 head unit
Infinity Reference speakers.

Pictures:

Interview:

MDSS: How did hear about MDSS?
civicexracer: Kinda stumbled upon it searching for local forums.

MDSS: When and why did you purchase the ride you have?
civicexracer: Was my brothers car and when he got a new car my parents handed it down to me. I sure am happy my dad decided on this car back ~12 years ago.

MDSS: What kind of condition was it in?
civicexracer: Pretty good. Parents bought it new back in '95 and my brother took good care of it. Got it with about ~150k miles on it, motor running strong and paint in great shape for never being garaged. Currently have 185k miles, still running strong and paint is still great and hasnt been garaged.

MDSS: Daily, Weekend, show, or race car?
civicexracer: Daily and race car.

MDSS: What modification on your vehicle to you like the most?
civicexracer: The custom Ground Control/Koni suspension.

MDSS: What is the most expensive part on your car?
civicexracer: Ground Control/Koni suspension

MDSS: What was the last modification you installed on your ride?
civicexracer: Some Energy Suspension bushings here and there.

MDSS: What has given you the most headache working on your car? (Part, experience, shop)
civicexracer: Having to deal with 2 broken Lower Control Arm bolts when installing suspension components.

MDSS: How much of the work have you gotten your hands dirty with versus outsourcing to a shop?
civicexracer: Since i've had the car, it's only seen a shop a couple times and for very short time, once for dealing with one of those broken bolts mentioned above. I did as much work possible before the shops got their hands on it.

MDSS: Are there any future plans for this ride?
civicexracer: To keep it going strong and keep building the car to be competitive in SCCA Street Touring Sport. For mods, biggest would be having the Koni shocks rebuilt and going with high spring rates.

MDSS: How long have you been working on this ride?
civicexracer: Since I got it almost 3 years ago.

MDSS: Are you into the show or race scene? Or both?
civicexracer: Race

MDSS: Do have any sponsors?
civicexracer: Rubber Duckie Racing

MDSS: Are you a part of a local car crew?
civicexracer: Rubber Duckie Racing

Shout outs:
Damn, I own a ton of thank yous...
My parents of course for putting up with all my crap and letting me wrench in the garage. All my friends for always being there to help me out with car troubles and whatnot. Rubber Duckie Racing team for support and making up one hell of a team to race with. Keefe Lee(xenonk) for pretty much being my mentor for autox. All the AutoX regions/clubs for holding some amazing race events. MDSS for letting me BS on the forum when i have nothing else to do. and everyone else that has helped me to get my car to where its at today.

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