Sly's Honda Odyssey 4WD vtec jap wagon !

[the_sly_EP]

Alright lads and lasses for those of you that don't know me (as I've toned it down for the last year or so to save some dollar), I've owned a vtec turbo Civic, Starlet GT turbo and EP85 in the past.

My new project is a 1999 Honda Odyssey.

Origin: Japland

Engine: 2.3 ltr SOHC vtec

Transmission: Auto (column shifter)

Drivetrain: 4WD

Exterior: Pearl white, optional extra side skirts and valances, Erhabenheit Zauber multi-spoke alloys, rear privacy glass, wind deflectors and import plates.

Many mods to come! - EliteMilk and rinseep82 have already begun as I'm working away.. Feel free to post comments

I'd upload pics but my phone's being gash! Apologies for now...

Sly

Edited September 8, 2013 by the_sly_EP

[the_sly_EP]

Edited September 8, 2013 by the_sly_EP

[shorty]

Cant wait to see how this goes! Is very different but so much win!

[EliteMilk]

I love this bus

Proper good find. Wished I got there before you pal.

This is a piss poor effort for a start of a build thread post all the pics I sent you

[the_sly_EP]

Cant wait to see how this goes! Is very different but so much win!

Cheers shorty! Updates will soon be on their way..

[the_sly_EP]

I love this bus

Proper good find. Wished I got there before you pal.

This is a piss poor effort for a start of a build thread post all the pics I sent you

Agreed, I'm on the ol' idobber but more phots will be posted soon.

[shorty]

What theres more! Stick em up man, like i say this is proper different for once.

[rinseep82]

Get them pics up bro!

Edited September 8, 2013 by rinseep82

[the_sly_EP]

More phots of the Ody..

Engine bay:

A shite load of degreaser and a bit of effort will get the engine bay pearling again.

Could hear gases escaping from around the mani so the heat shield had to come off and we found the mani was cracked.

Interior phots:

We knew that both the discs and pads had to be replaced all round so that was the first job. However, just getting the alloys off took longer than anticipated as the centre cops were totally corroded on:

The discs were scored and there was no meat on the pads:

We also decided to change the shoes while we were at it:

Arches could do with some protection especially as the crap weather is on its way:

New parts to go on:

More progress phots to come.

Edited September 8, 2013 by the_sly_EP

[PaulStarletSR]

love it

[EliteMilk]

That's better ;)

[the_sly_EP]

UPDATE!

What started out a simple task of changing the discs, pads and shoes ended up being an absolute epic with wheel nuts being ground off and rear calipers also needing to be replaced, as the pads were totally bare which resulted in the caliper pistons being completely seized.

New discs on:

Slapped some Hammerite on the arches:

Pads going on:

And finally the goodies start to arrive!

Boso style exhaust?? YES!

Something like how it will look on the jap bus:

Much much more to come!

[shorty]

Hell yea! Fookin pimp version of the mystery machine man!

[Nanglebadger]

this is savage!!!! really looking forward to watching this project dude!

Phil.

[Starbuck]

Different. But I like.

[pick1]

Dunno why but I love it

[rinseep82]

U love it because its mint so easy and nice to drive aswell still a bit to go before it's finished tho gunna be sick

[pick1]

Will be keeping an eye on this that's for sure

[Bluebear]

Epic!

[Chris Green]

That exhaust looks awesome!

[Xpect]

Lol, those Centre Caps. Zauber. XD

We want to have English or Jap Wording on our cars because we don't think german is "cool" and the Japs put German on xD

Edited September 29, 2013 by Xpect

[deebo]

This is an awsome thread! Have just been thinking how much i would love to get a jap wagon to roll around in and this has cemented it!

Cant wait to see more of this, keep up the good stuff.

Deebo.

[rasslenny]

seen one with a livesports style wing on the back and it looked so bad ass

edit : There is the car right there cant find the actual pic i saw but this should give u the idea

http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/06/cars/1996_Honda_Odyssey-3.jpg

Edited October 24, 2013 by rasslenny

[the_sly_EP]

seen one with a livesports style wing on the back and it looked so bad ass

edit : There is the car right there cant find the actual pic i saw but this should give u the idea

http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/06/cars/1996_Honda_Odyssey-3.jpg

Mahoosive update to come on this build !

BUT rasslenny I'm pretty sure I've upped that wing with the one I have now

Sly

Edited December 26, 2013 by the_sly_EP

[the_sly_EP]

UPDATE !

So the front offside wheel was corroded to fuck and the shite wheel nuts that were fitted rounded off at every opportunity.

WD-40 and heat didn't seem to do us any favours either so the only option left was to cut 'em clean off.

This not only damaged the alloy but meant a new hub was needed also.

Considering the Ody needed two rear calipers, a front hub and indicator cluster, a new tailgate due to rust under the rear glass and some bits of trim I decided to slap a cheeky bid on this one and drove it back to Sheffield all the way from Southampton that night. Luckily I'd been working down south anyhow:

1996 Honda Odyssey.
Origin: Japland
Engine: 2.2 ltr non-vtec
Transmission: Auto (column shifter)
Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive
Exterior: optional extra side skirts and valances, standard Honda alloys, rear privacy glass, wind deflectors and import plates.

I also managed to pick up some side skirts and a rear valance:

More to come

Edited December 26, 2013 by the_sly_EP