Featured Ride: Misha’s 1996 Civic EX

To the untrained eye Misha’s 1996 Honda Civic EX may just look like just some suspension work, a gold Nardi steering wheel, and a beautiful set of fully polished Volk CV Pros.

However those keen on Hondas will notice a laundry list of rare and unique JDM and EDM parts which all go seamlessly together to create a very clean specimen.

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Starting at the front Misha’s car boasts an OEM EK4 front (and rear) bumper, lip, and headlights, thin moldings, and hood bra. His polished 16×7.5 and 16×8 Volk CV Pros are tied into the front end with the EDM “Big H” grille.

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Moving past the heated power folding Acura EL mirrors you may have noticed that the OEM mud flaps have been ground down thanks to the Skunk 2 Pro S2 coil overs that this car sits on. It also has urethane bushings throughout, Skunk 2 lower control arms, and SiR brakes all around.

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Misha’s interior is his recent pièce de résistance. It all started with a pair of Honda Orthia front seats. After that he began sourcing everything he needed to have a complete set of Orthia seats.

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A rear seat and arm rest turned up at a local Toronto JDM importer but it was missing sides and headrests. Misha scoured the world and managed to find some side cushions – but one was in California and one from Honda Japan. Talk about luck. He also picked up a JDM arm rest with heat seat switches and coin trays, JDM road flare, Acura EL cluster, and the list goes on.

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Misha’s car is a nod to those who know, and a refreshing look at the more detail oriented side of the Honda scene.

3 COMMENTS

  1. holyyyy!!!!! super clean!!!! probably my fav honda to date!!!!

    well done misha! well done dave on the coverage of this!!!

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