Nice Job! Looks good. Almost kinda has a CRX look to it after the trim is shaved off.
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Nice Job! Looks good. Almost kinda has a CRX look to it after the trim is shaved off.
*Paint Update*
Hey Geezers! Been a long while since I shared some love on the forums. The car has been good, just a daily driver and not really doing much on it. I since moved from the Portland area to the Columbia River gorge where I have a shop that I can do better work in than a driveway.
Wanted to throw out an update since I am back to being proud of the appearance of my ride. Truth be told, the plastidip failed miserably after about a year. Never do plastidip, even getting gas becomes tricky because it works like a solvent if it drips on the plastidip. Basically the dip became glued onto the car and had to be melted off with solvents to remove it. Huge PITA.
So next I decided to do a urethane paint job, about 7 years ago now. It was my first paint job and I did it on the cheap with cheap Harbor Freight equipment. I was even too embarrassed to post an update about it here. The only legit thing I used was the paint from Eastwood. I made many errors and ended up doing a second coat of metallic flakes in a stripe along the body to hide the worst mistakes; sags, drips, you name it. It felt like driving a clown car, but hey; at least it was unique!
Here is the intermediate paint job, had it on for the last 7 years.
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The worst part, that paint was way too thick and I didn't properly prep the surfaces, so after 7 years of PNW winters and other things like snow falling off the roof onto the car pretty much destroying the bodywork on the passenger side, and getting hit by a deer, the paint was flaking off in massive sheets.
This year I decided to do the Honda proper and did a new paint job. Slightly better equipment, and a better head on my shoulders. Still made a few amateur mistakes, but did way better than last time. Lemme know what you think.
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Awesome Niles!
Hey man thats is quite the color. Welcome back!
You redeemed yourself! Man that color is muah chef’s kiss. Really cool to see you post here again
Thanks gang! Man, I love this car. So glad it looks as good as I feel about it :)
Had a few other cars through the years but nothing that brings the satisfaction of cruising in the old Accord.
