RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread

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Picked up my new daily driver on New Years Eve (dec 31st 2020) to provide reliable transportation for the next few years and give my other project a rest from daily driven duties.

I started looking for a sport sedan with the 2.0 Naturally Aspirated port injected motor and the 6 speed manual transmission as I felt it would be the most reliable and longest lasting way to get a 10th Gen Civic for a daily driver I planned on keeping for many years.

It was surprisingly harder than expected to locate a sport sedan with a 6MT but luckily one popped up at a dealer only 7 miles away in a color I liked after looking for a couple months.

Even though it’s my daily driver, I can’t keep any car stock so I plan on doing a few modifications to make it more my own.

I do not plan on doing any motor work as the 2.0 isn’t the platform for that, however I plan on suspension, interior and exterior cosmetic modifications.

Figured I should start now and post the progress as it happens this year ???

The first modifications for me was to tint the back and side windows (all 15%) as well as vinyl wrapping the chrome window trim. I also used vinyl wrap to black out the front turn signal marker.
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread 24473BFE-AB3E-4C56-A285-95449B5C80C7
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Next I chose to make the window pillar posts gloss black, the factory posts between the windows were a very dull almost faded looking black, I much prefer the gloss look. (The sport hatchbacks come with gloss, but the sedans do not unfortunately.)

Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread 12C03A78-0850-4C02-B26B-4385EAEA3E76
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To protect the carpeting while the car is still new, I decided to install a set of weathertech floor mats for protection.
They fit extremely well, and are very easy to clean which is a bonus. Definitely recommend these!

Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread 51C04CF7-D6D1-4603-8E2F-53A36AAEEF3B
 
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My Eibach Pro-Kit springs just arrived today. I plan on waiting until I decide on a new set of wheels before installing them all together at once. Still narrowing down my options there but have a pretty good idea of what look I’m after with the wheels ?

Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread CEAED654-EC50-48D8-9F0E-3D366ABE7C72
 
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Added some carbon fiber finish interior pieces today.

Started with the shifter bezel, and center dash side pieces:
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread A0A1B7FF-166B-4BD9-9D17-456227F8E9DA


I then installed the dash AC vents on both Corners:
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread DA903E84-9FC7-4700-BF7E-36C22BAAC7EA

I also installed the center dash AC Vent above the head unit:
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread E784FB2B-23E9-41A6-BDFC-8F706A1982F9

Then I installed the window switch covers on all 4 doors:
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread AC7BBAB3-1AB4-45E3-90C0-3CF7C6133477

Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread 55B7B9C2-3C48-4BC5-A7FD-8B885F0C3C3E


Lastly I added some carbon finish pieces to the steering wheel:
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread AAFF0341-2108-47EF-94CD-4736BC633E60


I made sure to leave plenty of silver trim on the dash, doors, center console, steering wheel, etc as to have a nice balance. There are a couple more pieces for the doors and lower dash I plan on adding as well. I was able to get all of these pieces for $97 on eBay which wasn’t too bad ??

Car has sat in the garage for the last week while I was away, a full exterior/interior detail will happen tmrw! Car is currently at 1800 miles.
 
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Can't wait to see them. I've been eyeballing them on ebay for a while. Just haven't ordered them yet.
 

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I've been looking at changing the tips instead of doing a full exhaust. For now anyways. What muffler did you use?
 


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Finally installed my Eibach Pro Kit Springs today .

Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread DC7F5A48-9918-4C2A-9702-A811BB8049D8


I also added gloss black Honda badges front and rear,as well as new LED Tail Lights ??
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread 320A637F-FBDC-4293-B9CC-1975A59A011F
Honda Civic 10th gen RetroRacer1980’s 2020 Sport sedan 6MT Modern Steel Metallic build thread C7EF19F0-0F77-4E2E-974D-1C2D470DF898
 

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Crap, now I'm thinking of adding lowering springs to my '19 Sport CVT (on top of many things I listed.). Though where I live, it might not work out too well. My car is the exact same color, too. How hard was it to change the tip?
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