EF Civic K Swap Build: Brake Lines, Interior Fitment, and Donor Teardown Prep

Brake Line Progress

I got the front brake lines done and stopped there. I am now second guessing keeping this prop valve in the engine bay.

I had planned to move the fuel and brake lines under the car, but am coming around to the reality that using the stock fuel lines and running my new rear hardline through the cabin in the OEM way makes the job easier, and lets me put the prop valve next to the shifter.

Rear and Exterior Updates

I also got the rear tubular bumper bar on, the rear hatch swapped for the one with the lexan Plastics 4 Performance window installed and got the front bumper trimmed to fit over the dual front tow hooks.

Steering Column and Wheel Setup

I ground off the couple of trim holding brackets from the steering column, color matched it with more Rustoleum Smoke Grey and got it installed.

The Works Bell hub finally showed up from Black Friday backorder, so the leather momo that will be moving to my BRZ was mocked up. I'll be swapping the suede Mod78 currently in the BRZ into the Civic ASAP.

Seating Position and Mounting

Once the wheel was in place I could start mocking up a seating position with the two seats and three sets of side mount brackets I have laying around.

The current seat mount situation was installed for a bottom mounted aluminum Kirkey bolted right to them, so they are very closely spaced to each other and pretty high.

After several test sits, my current plan is to cut at least the rear crossbar out, if not both, and adapt some combo of side mounts with the extra 6"x6" rollcage landing plates as big fender washers/backing plates under the car.

Shop Flow and Next Steps

Lastly, got it on the ground and rolled it out of the way to make room for the RSX to hop on the lift for surgery.

I'll address the rear brake line and fuel line connections after I give them some more thought. In the meantime I can be productive on removing what I need from the Acura