Once you consider the good automobile, what does it appear like? One thing quick, costly, and shiny? Properly I’m right here to inform you that you just’re incorrect, the proper automobile is a ’90s Civic that’s been changed into a ute. Please modify your goals and aspirations accordingly.
This Civic began life as a sedan, earlier than changing into the platonic excellent of a four-wheeled car. It could haul, it could nook, its test engine gentle has been repurposed as a shift gentle — what extra might you need? C’mon, you didn’t want that test engine gentle anyway. It’s a Honda.
The engine is a rebuilt inventory D16 with two-step, the brakes are discs on all 4 corners, and the seat is a bench out of an S10. It’s an absurd construct, but it surely appears to have been finished with real high quality and care. Take a look at the seams, or extra precisely the dearth thereof — this isn’t some yard hack job.
I’ll admit the wheels might be higher, the HIDs might be extra color-matched, and the cherry bomb muffler is a extremely particular alternative, however these are small nits to choose. Nits, I’ll add, that you possibly can repair your self as this automobile’s subsequent proprietor. I’m positive you’ll find a distinct set of wheels for an EG Civic.
Actually, the one method to enhance upon this automobile could be to provide the identical remedy to an EG with Kind R bodywork and a turbo K24 below the hood. In fact, this appeals extra to my raised-on-Subarus-tuned-within-an-inch-of-their-life mind than to anybody who really wants a dependable day by day, however for these functions there’s nonetheless the EG. Utes are good, ‘90s Civics are good, and placing them collectively creates a car that I’d have over any supercar.