Replacing the DA with a DB1, the time has come.....

So the time has finally come for a lil bigger car, I’ve owned the DA since late '01 and its been great but with the family growing its not that practical anymore. I recently bought a pretty clean DB1 so that I can transfer all my goodies off the DA to the DB, this will allow me to get the best of both worlds, a go fast sedan and a back up family car.

Heres pics of the DA back in its prime:

The DB1 when I first bought it:

Parts Swapped;

Suspension:
Ground Control Top Hats
Ground Control Coilovers
Koni Yellows Struts
Full Race Traction Bars
Skunk2 Front UCA’s
and SPC Rear UCA’s

Lighting:
JDM Headlights
Stanley JDM Sidemarkers

Parts Left to swap;
Motor
ECU
Stereo System
ZEX Direct Port Nitrous Kit
High Flow Fuel Pump
Optima Yellow Top Batt.

Soon as the weather clears up I’ll post some current pics of the DB

damn that shit is minty as hell!!! i wish mine was that clean when i bought it. would have saved about an extra $300

it’s a shame it’s not a 90-91 so you can’t re-use that optional front lip, but damn it’s clean!!

Yea I was pretty fortunate to find such a clean car, it has a minor dent on the cab but thats all. The doors open and close like butter and the paint has a nice gloss to it. As I was taking it apart I was looking for any indication of a repaint or body work but couldn’t find any I even felt guilty as I was swapping things.

Rayzian: yea it kinda sucks because it’s a 91 Bumper with JDM supports and a replica OEM optional lip but I’m looking into a front lip for the DB to even things out.

would u sell the optional lip on the DA?

just swap the bumper support, bumper cover, and bumper support brackets. its a simple swap and just put the 92-93 on to the 2door. the paint color looks close if not the same

I have a spare black 90-91 black bumper cover with support, I’m thinking of swapping it in the DA and selling the JDM cover and support as a unit with the money I get from that I’ll just source out a 92-93 JDM support.

Vroomin350: Most likely will sell the optional lip but it’s a fiberglass replica with holes in it where I mounted the fogs. So before I sell it I’m getting the holes re fiberglassed in.

DB1 looks exactly like mine but blue! Haha :smiley:

if u want ill take care of refiberglassing it, ill take it the way it is, just shoot me a PM

It was nice today so I took some updated pics

More to come as things progress. to be continued…

yay another DB! in for this build and how did you make your intake/icebox?

Dude there are so many DB1’s popping up. Looks super clean man, everything nice and simple. Some quality parts on there. What motor you going to go with?