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lightbulblxi
05-05-2004, 06:29 PM
how would i go about taking the body of my car off the frame? is it welded on all around or is there certain points? anyone know? :dunno:
Silver86LX
05-05-2004, 06:49 PM
I'm pretty sure the Accord has a unibody design, which means the body is the frame. The only body pannels you can take off are the front fenders and of course the hood, trunk, doors and bumpers.
adams86lxi
05-05-2004, 06:53 PM
yep, unibody! cant do it
lightbulblxi
05-05-2004, 07:06 PM
shitty, i was thinkin of doin a body drop on it.
A20A1
05-05-2004, 07:33 PM
well you could always try and fabricate your own tube frame, then just have the top of the car cut off and fit to the tubes as well as parts of the rear... the front you'll need mounting points and you'l need hinges for the doors... cool part is though that you could fully customize your suspension. :D even grab a custom steering rack and convert to RHD. :D
2ndgenludedude1986
05-06-2004, 06:40 PM
i saw a 4th gen that the guy made a tube frame for it, but it also had a 350 in it and was a drag car!
AccordEpicenter
05-06-2004, 07:51 PM
scary... i did see guys tub the rear wheels out on a civic so it could tuck the wheels hardcore but it created tons of suspension probs. They also had to bash the hell out of the front strut towers and run the exhaust inside the car... but it woud tuck soo much the car would sit right on the ground... scary, people, scary
Magny
05-06-2004, 07:53 PM
if our car is a unibody how come on mine I see bolts where I can unscrew them and take off my fender????
Silver86LX
05-06-2004, 08:32 PM
if our car is a unibody how come on mine I see bolts where I can unscrew them and take off my fender????

Are you talking about the front fenders? Those can come off, the rear ones can't. Most cars with unibodies (almost all modern cars) have front fenders that can be removed.
Magny
05-06-2004, 08:49 PM
oh lol okie, i know about the backs being nonremovable, other than that you would need a whole new body frame lol
NotFast
05-06-2004, 08:56 PM
shitty, i was thinkin of doin a body drop on it.

you can do a uni-bodydrop
lightbulblxi
05-07-2004, 12:42 PM
how would i go about doin that? is it just the suspension?
2ndgenludedude1986
05-07-2004, 05:01 PM
yea just drop the suspention off of it. full frame cars the qurateres are part of the body also.
customandsound
05-07-2004, 07:09 PM
s&w race car's in spring city pa can build you a custom set up ....
HondaBoy
05-08-2004, 09:50 AM
heres this 4th gen with custom tube frame and V8. i believe there is a sedan that ive seen with this custom conversion. pretty cool, but too much work, as you'd see theres not too many.
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3.htm
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3/i-1_B_L.jpg
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3/i-3_B_L.jpg
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3/i-4_B_L.jpg
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3/i-5_B_L.jpg
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/3/i-6_B_L.jpg