…when your camber eats away at your tires
…when your coworkers say they’ve never heard of a honda integra
…when ricers look at ur jdm one peices and say “those are hot what kind of car they come from?”
…when u wanna buy a nice header but u know u will have clearance issues
…when u buy parts made for EG’s EF’s or DC’s and making them fit on ur car
…when u hit the brakes at night and ur headlights dim
…when u pull the handle and shove the door with ur shoulder to open it from the inside
…When you have the Infamous Shocker Sticker above the cut out for the muffler. lol
…When you have to go throught many different exhaust set ups to find the one that wont hit your short shifter or hang too low and scrape even if your riding on stock high springs.
When your dad insists he needs a ride home from work because his 2 year old truck broke you have your girl in the front seat and your monster of a dad sits with his feet behind you and his back against the right window and the only thing he says is “Gee, somethin’s squeekin back here” a dozen times in a mile.
your so lowered that you preorder the skunk2 replacement upper ball joints every 30 days knowing your overextending them every bump you hit
you look under the car and there is no rust because of the 16 years of cam seal leakage has coated the car with a nice oily protectant layer
you make a right turn while going slow and the car groans like a old person dying
your powersteering pump leaks.
you take your door panels off and hard wire the window motors in because the plugs that havent been moved in 16 years somehow dont make a good enough connection…
when it takes 5 years of owning the car to FINALLY track down why your heater doesnt work properly then cant find the parts to fix it…
when people ask if you want to sell it
they ask thats a real gsr???
you get compements on a daily basis.
last but not least wen you turn heads everywhere u go
… when you say “who needs power steering, anyway” and bypass the pump for that little extra power.
… when you remove all the cruise control stuff because Grant doesn’t make a steering wheel with the controls built in. Who needs cruise anyway?
… when you tell yourself that you can’t part with her even though it’s been six months since your last drive.
… when you drive her six months later and she still feels as good as the last time.
… when she’s sat for six months and not a single thing is wrong with her. That never happens on any other car.
…when you accelerate normally, and your gas gauge starts to quickly drop.
…when you freak out every time you see your own car like it’s not yours.
…when you Google and Ebay parts you can’t afford for it anytime soon.
…when you just sit in it while it’s parked in the garage because you can.
…when you constantly look for other teg’s so you can shout “INTEGRA!”
…when you look down at your waist or pocket to see the key sitting there.
[QUOTE=SmokinTeg1128;1490770]You know you own a DA when
-You freak when you hear someone mention another G2er who has an OE cupholding armrest
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When you have a passenger keep saying “damn what did you do to your engine” and your laughing to your self knowing its all stock.
When you think that every part needs to be changed even though she rides like a champ.
Small rust spots start looking like beauty marks.
When you see you could get window visors for every other car cheap except yours.
When your wife always wants to drive your DA even though she has a 09 accord sitting outside.