Photography by: Robert Deluna for Canibeat.com
The EF Honda Civic chassis is probably one of the less common Honda hatches you see these days. While the Honda EG and EK are the more widely praised Civics in the Honda scene, there are still a limited few EF’s around that can play the game. It all started when Woody drove up to Vallejo, CA back in June of 2006 and picked up his 1988 civic. Its sole purpose was to take him from point A to point B, while his CRX was down getting its motor rebuilt. The car was in its stock form the night he brought it home and was itching to start modifying his ’88 hatch.
The first night Woody brought the car home he ended up lowering the car, but it just wasn’t enough. Over the years, Woody’s greed of going lower really took a toll on how the car sits now. He started to notice his hatch going lower and lower to his likings and as the years passed the final result was just right, sitting approximately 1” from the side jacking points to the ground. With that being said, if you’re that low there is no way your oil pan will survive a hard impact from those stupid things in the street, known as potholes, so a custom 1/8 steel plate was fabbed up to protect the oil pan and the transmission case. To go with the mean slammed stance he accomplished a set of kosei rt maxi’s in 15×7 with offsets +17 all around. To achieve a more aggressive fitment he added 15mm spacers all around with Federal 165/45/15 tires for a meaner stretch and to eliminate rubbing issues.
Yeah, this hatch is pretty damn slammed and the wheels fit pretty damn well, but the stance/fitment isn’t all this little hatch has to offer. Packed with a bunch of JDM pieces, this hatch is just a nice sight to see. It was that one day when a shop called N1 was having their “Black Wednesday Sale” event where Woody went all out. He took advantage and ended up purchasing practically everything from ground up. Starting with Honda Japan bronze glass for the hatch, sides windows and doors, tail lights, thin moldings, power folding mirrors and even took it to the next level and scooped up a right hand drive (rhd) front clip. The front clip was installed and completed in 3 days, and while doing the swap he managed to tuck the wires, brake lines and even shaved and re-sprayed the bay and car.
If I had to sum up Woody’s build in one word, it would have to be “dedication”. Without his strive to make his EF Civic a one of a kind, it just wouldn’t have been possible. Thanks to Woody for sharing his build with us and a huge thank you to Roberto Deluna for taking these sick shots for us! For Woody’s full build you can visit his thread on Honda-Tech.com.
May 14, 2010 at 10:12 am
Speechless. Just perfect.
May 14, 2010 at 11:19 am
Everything was perfect until I saw the stupid hood, I still don’t understand why people do that..
May 14, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Props man! lookin fresh
May 14, 2010 at 1:15 pm
nice car.
May 14, 2010 at 2:03 pm
This car is the reason why I want a ef way more then a eg or ek
May 14, 2010 at 2:39 pm
DOPE wdy!
#19
May 14, 2010 at 2:54 pm
thanks guys i appreciate it! and big thanks to robert for taking the pics and canibeat for the feature :thumbup:
May 14, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Yup… I love her.
May 14, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Good shit Woody!
Dumpstar ftw!
May 14, 2010 at 4:19 pm
thats my wood!!!!! wk/ds 4 life
May 14, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Legendary EF..dedication is definitely evident here.
May 14, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I usually don’t like these, but this is just sexy
May 15, 2010 at 12:53 am
The sickest EF’s i’ve seen. Ever! Its just perfect! Stance is amazing, and 1″ of clearence ftw!
May 15, 2010 at 5:02 am
Props woody!!
The car looks awesome as always!! DS FTW!
Greetz #10
May 15, 2010 at 1:27 pm
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May 16, 2010 at 6:17 pm
dumpedstars FTW, awesome work woody, sickest ef in the game and rhd it doesn’t get better than that
May 16, 2010 at 10:37 pm
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July 4, 2010 at 7:09 am
not feeling the rusted hood tho. ruined it for me. the rest of the car is nice
September 26, 2010 at 8:37 pm
this car is the reason why I actually bought a crx, only later did I find out EF’s are the coolest cars of all time, why couldn’t honda be the first company to remake older models?
September 26, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I don’t know what so special about RHD, I have 2 and they are easier to drive but no reason to go crazy about, I could get a RHD ef anyday with low mileage
September 27, 2010 at 4:36 am
one of the sickest ef in thegame, congratz woody,. dedication at it’s best, dumpedstars ftw
October 19, 2010 at 6:10 pm
simply it is a great Ef to admire !!!! congratulations //// FABIAN from Costa Rica Centralamerica
July 29, 2011 at 5:29 pm
this car is honestly an inspiration …. the rusted hood stands out so well on cream looking paint and white wheels, i love this ef …. amazing
February 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm
its just inspires men across the globe to continue striving with building these type of old school rides.:D