Restoration & progression archive
Genkaw
Genkaw is the restoration and progression archive of a Honda Civic EG3 — a light, simple, carburetted 1.3, kept true to what it is, and the start of a way of thinking about cars.
The project
The Civic EG3
One car, documented in full: a Honda Civic EG3 in Cebu, at the start of an OEM+ restoration and kept true to what it is. The latest progress sits beside it.
Latest progress
Full logbook →- EG3
EG3: set the direction — OEM+
Committed the EG3 to an OEM+ restoration: make the original D13B2 healthy and bring the whole car back to how Honda intended, before changing anything major. No swap, no fake EG6 — improvements only on the car's own terms.
- Site
Genkaw becomes EG3-first
Refocused the whole site on the one car that started it. Dropped the two-car / collection framing — the EG3's restoration and progression is the public story now; future EGs are only quiet, long-term directions.
- EG3
EG3: corrected the rear suspension
Cross-checking the spec sheet against multiple sources turned up an error I'd repeated: the EG's rear suspension is double wishbone, not multi-link. Multi-link came with the EK. Fixed it. The archive is only worth keeping if it's right.
- EG3
EG3: logged the body and interior
Walked the bodywork and cabin — rust to find at the usual Honda points, a tired interior, panels to sort and a respray in the plan. All assessment, nothing done yet, so the restoration is planned rather than reactive.
The method
Respect the car
Every car is restored, preserved or improved in a way that respects what it originally was — not forced into something it isn't.
Identity over image
A car's worth comes from what it actually is, not from dressing it up as something faster or rarer. The honest base car is a real thing worth preserving.
Understand before you touch
Every change follows research, not the other way around. Trim ladders, engine families, market splits, known faults — get the facts right first, including correcting your own when they're wrong.
Preserve, then improve
Foundations before fashion. Fix what time broke, keep it true to period and purpose, and only then make it better on its own terms.
The notes behind the car
Research
Model guides, trim ladders, engine families and market differences — the homework that decides what the EG3 should and shouldn't become. One thread: the Honda Civic EG, from the carburetted EG3 at the bottom up to the VTEC cars that are only ever quiet, long-term directions.