g0ldfinGa
08-16-2003, 12:59 AM
Hi, I recently started reading this board and got some great info on painting and whatnot, I currently have a 1987 accord thats basically stock to the bone.
I got in a wreck with it about a month ago and it bent up my bumper assembly, shattered the turn signals and crunched the headlight and fender, well $40 later I got my fender and the complete headlight replaced. Now all I gotta do is replace the corner signal (the one that fills the hole on the side on the fender).
Well im going to be painting my car, does anyone have pics of a cheap maaco job? is it at least glossy? is there anyway i can do it myself and have it look decent?
I'm redoing my interior for sure, either blue and black or white and blue. Im going to redo the doors and seats (recover them) with baby blue gucci fabric and it should turn out quite nice. Ive never seen this done in a car around here before, let alone a accord. I'm also going to make a mounting bracking for my laptop that slides from behind the dash (like on a hinge) because my laptop has a 12.1" screen and is very nice in the car, as it can play dvds, nes, playstation, snes, sega whatever on it.. :D
Another thing i did was goto the junkyard and steal that dimmer switch (you know the one that dims the dash lights) and I took out the rear defroster switch and put in the second dimmer and wired it back under the seats so i can use the dimmer for two black light tubes once i get em installed. I'm also gonna try to take just the back top part of the seat off, and leave the bottom that covers the stuff, the reason being is for airflow for the sub to the cabin.
Well ill be sure to document the progress with pictures and hopefully the end product will be a very unique accord.
;)
I got in a wreck with it about a month ago and it bent up my bumper assembly, shattered the turn signals and crunched the headlight and fender, well $40 later I got my fender and the complete headlight replaced. Now all I gotta do is replace the corner signal (the one that fills the hole on the side on the fender).
Well im going to be painting my car, does anyone have pics of a cheap maaco job? is it at least glossy? is there anyway i can do it myself and have it look decent?
I'm redoing my interior for sure, either blue and black or white and blue. Im going to redo the doors and seats (recover them) with baby blue gucci fabric and it should turn out quite nice. Ive never seen this done in a car around here before, let alone a accord. I'm also going to make a mounting bracking for my laptop that slides from behind the dash (like on a hinge) because my laptop has a 12.1" screen and is very nice in the car, as it can play dvds, nes, playstation, snes, sega whatever on it.. :D
Another thing i did was goto the junkyard and steal that dimmer switch (you know the one that dims the dash lights) and I took out the rear defroster switch and put in the second dimmer and wired it back under the seats so i can use the dimmer for two black light tubes once i get em installed. I'm also gonna try to take just the back top part of the seat off, and leave the bottom that covers the stuff, the reason being is for airflow for the sub to the cabin.
Well ill be sure to document the progress with pictures and hopefully the end product will be a very unique accord.
;)