Bodywork in progress;)
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Bodywork in progress;)
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woot...i still want that front bumper!
Ill make sure to add it to my will messy;)
Nice! will she be ready for the meet? either way she is gonna look sexy!:cheers:
Thats what im shooting for...wanna get her nice and shinny for the meet so im working my ass off on it lol
Alright haha now i wanna see it in person when she's done. :)
Hmm Midnight blue would look good. you dont have to worry much about it like black when washing it :)
Awesome to see some new progress from you man. You're doing exactly what I'd like to do to my hatch(except just a different colour).
My vote was for the midnight, it would be sexy.
Thanks bro. Yeah its about time I did something about my crapy paint. I've decided to go with Adriatic blue pearl even though I love black I think a new look like this would be sex;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 87roach
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UPDATE. Well got the doors off and alot of the interior off today. body is done hopefully it will be primed by the end of the week.
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Keep it up man. I love the progress.
Almost done preppin the doors. i did some body work on some huge dents it had from people slamming my doors with the seatbelt not retracted all the way lol i hate that:banghead:
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I was considering on shaving my roof rails as i plan to do the antenna for sure. Quick question do the doors have a plug to disconnect the door or do you have to feed the harness through?
Looks good keep up the progress. Im not far behind as my car is stripped down and the engine bay is in the prep stage. But i want to jamb out the doors and engine bay at the same time so i can put the motor back in.
Yeah man unfortunatly there is no quick connection to disconect I had to feed the harness out first...but wasn't as hard as I thought just a few clips and its out.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobT5580
Great progress man, very very excited to see that blue on your hatch.
Keep up the awesome work!
awesome work..it's going to be a winner when she's done
Wow, dude!! Nice to see some progress on your car!! Always loved it!! Keep up the good work :thumbup:
Thanks guys hope all this hard work pays off my fingerprints are gone from so much sanding.
Got the color!!!:rockon:
sorry for the crappy pics from my phone. the color looks amazing in person.
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wow that does look amazing. Ive always thought yours is the best hatch on here with all the custom work. Well second to guyuanabo's hatch. Nice prep work as well. If you were to rate how hard it was to delete the drain rails. Granted it welding and all but was it hard to fit the steel and all that
Thank you:thumbup: Well as far as the drain rails go..they were alittle dificult to fit because i had to cut trim grind the metal pieces to fit decently in there..but its more time consuming than hard bro. and the welding wasnt done by me i asked around at 5 bodyshops and they were all too chicken to do it even if i had the metal pieces already cut. so i went to my eshaust guys shop and he did an amazing job none of the sheet metal warped:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mykwikcoupe
I need you guys opinion on this. For under the hood i was thinking of keeping the hood part black and the hood frame the new color blue...what do you think?
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I could Completely dig that.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldschool3g
Seem's like a lot masking.............
I hope after all that hard work you won't be painting it outside..
i will be painting it outside but making a paintbooth with fan filters and all that good stuff to make sure no dust or bugs gets in my project;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 87roach
That's the only way to do it right. I've painted a lot of small things in front of my garage and not even 2 min after I finish there's a bug or something else stuck to it (it"s like there attracted). That paint look BOMB!!!, :thumbup: it will look nice on the hatch. I think you should paint the whole hood the new color.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldschool3g
im impressed with the tape and masking job. Makeshift booths will work fine just hose down the floor and walls to keep the dust and dirt down. Bugs seem to have a death wish
These babies and a mirror are the only things left to prep and then its time for primer:cheers:
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Do you guys remember this;). I was really hopping to put this on but still needs a bit of work but will definatly be going on after its all ready
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Wasn't that bumper for sale?
I was going to ask what the reason was for prepping a stock bumper when you have the custom one you made..
Doing same colour bumpers or black?
yes it was but since my mold broke ive decided to keep the second one i have to make a new and better one out of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShyBoyCA6
Good question roach. Well as i was taking the custom bumper down from collecting a year of dust i realized i never finished the cracks that it had..there not that bad but requires fiberglass and resin wich i need to get..not to mention i have to smooth it out perfect as you can see. so i decided to use the stock for now since it was in pretty perfect condition.Quote:
Originally Posted by 87roach
im thinking of coloring the bumpers but at the same time im not sure if black bumpers would look good. i know they look sex on a white hatchie though thats for sure;)
I don't think I made a thread when I rebuilt my engine after I had blown piston rings so here's a few pics of the rebuilt engine....only 4,000 miles on he..runs like new.
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Very nice! Motor looks fresh and clean. you have a dc or ss header?
wow thats clean as hell. cant wait to see final results
Wow rebuilt motor and fresh paint, awesome.
Yeah i have tons of pics of the actual rebuild..one of these days ill post it all up so you all can see.Quote:
Originally Posted by 87roach
same here man lolQuote:
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its actually a paceshitter lol which it was a dc thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by ShyBoyCA6
Heres my glock for this project locked and loaded :gun::rockon:
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the weather is perfect for a fresh paint job! take advantage dude! Can't wait for the result :D
i know its been cloudy the last few days but now its sunny and will be all this week and next week..perfect timing because i plan to primer and wetsand this week, and next week paint and clear;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ShyBoyCA6
you back in cali or are you rolling around phx still? or was that you at one point in phx? i can never remember lol...a
yeah man im back in cali. i miss my job out in arizona but at the same time im glad im back in cali...theres no place like home;)Quote:
Originally Posted by stat1K
word, i remember i saw the hatch one day while i was out driving around for my work. i can't wait to get back to the heat, f the south. there's no place like home in az for me.
Looks great man,and I hear ya about working outdoors.I don't have a garage either and have to work with the weather,although you obviously have better weather than I do.Keep up the good work!
Going to have enough room in there??
Need more tarps and duct tape.. Make sure its sealed up pretty tight!!! Good luck with it!! Can't wait to see the finished product!! :thumbup:
lookin good man!
Nice dude! Woohoo can't wait to see this thing at the meet!
cool im dropping off my car soon
Primered!:rockon: So much went wrong today, first my water filter for the gun decided to break on my gun right after i had poured in the primer into the gun, then hafway spraying my dad decided to use his huge electrical saw while im painting so the breaker poped so i had to hurry before the paint dried but besides all that cant complain with how it came out even if its just primer.
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If you were my neighbor we would have to have a serious talk about your yard. Tent city isnt to helpful to the neighborhood value. The car looks good and what a great temporary shed as well.
x2 !!Quote:
Originally Posted by ShyBoyCA6
Looks good take your time and i would guess that you plan to wet sand/polish it after.
Yup ofcoarse after i buy a good variable speed polisher...i want that mirror finish;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RobT5580
sweeeet
Damn dude, I'll buy it when you're done.
Looking good your motivating me to get my car going but i need a few more things done before i can start sanding it down. My biggest dilemma is i want to use my xenon side skirts. But to do so i would have to mold them to the car which will eliminate removing the fenders to jamb out the door area.
But keep up the good work glad to see someone thats motivated!
LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mykwikcoupe
Not like home values are soaring right now anyway though...
man for sure. We just this year dropped below the value of our loan. I guess I finally caught up with the rest of the nation.
Hey if anyone knows where to get clips for the rear hatch window moldings i would really appreciate it im having a hard time tracking some down. Im looking for 30,33,37,and 39 thanks
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No one knows? guess imma have to go the ghetto route and use 3m tape or something.
Its hard to find parts like that as i ordered every possible piece of trim last summer when i found my donor coupe. Im not sure if a auto part store like Napa could get a aftermarket one? I had to use them to get oddball things that Honda no longer makes.
just curious, what did you get from Napa that you needed?Quote:
Originally Posted by RobT5580
Just a few random bushings for my red coupe. My lower control arm bushing in the rear was frozen to the bolt so i had to replace that. I have not tried to get body clips but its worth a shot as they carry a lot for our cars.
Here in the NE junkyards have crushed all possible donor cars as i called around and took a road trip to get parts last fall. Sadly i found only one coupe but the guy was an ass and didn't want to be bothered for small parts. I still need a few trim pieces but im working on that with other members here.
Well I decided to paint the door hinges first to see how the color would look and I absolutely love it. The pics are nothing compared to in person. Here's some in the daytime.
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NICE! I like the color! screw the guys that wanted to keep it black lol. Dude your hatch is gonna turn heads! So im guessing the whole car is gonna get the paint very soon :D
Thanks man honesly I was alittle scared at first of how it was gonna look...but this color let's me enjoy a nice pearl blue in the sunshine and black at night..perfect for me;). And as for the car gettin paint...almost;). I might hold off on the pics and let you guys see it untill the meet lolQuote:
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Originally Posted by oldschool3g
Hey come on now at least some teasers ;) lol
BOOO!!!!! not fair for the rest of the peeps that aren't in SoCal :rant:q
Booo!!! Not fair for the rest of the peeps that aren't in SoCal :rant:
we'll take pics of the hatch haha and post them here :D
Your right not fair for you guys lol. Don't worry ill post pics when I'm puttin her back together;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gfrg88
Nice work on the hatch!! You need to open up a body shop...you do fiberglassing, body work and paint...Thats a nice color u picked there!! Reminds me of a acura tsx blue
thanks bro. yeah i might do this this on the side or something to make some money but still thinkin about it...its extremely time consuming.Quote:
Originally Posted by bullard123
Alittle update on the progress: I flippin hate sanding! lol ive been wetsanding all the parts and almost done with the car but wow its taking way longer than i thought. heres a few pics of the hood wetsanded ready for paint and the hatch trim and the front part of the mirrors i painted satin black, enjoy
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It'll be glorious.
That better not be debris I'm seeing in that paint..
lol if your talking about the door hinges i painted..it probably is because i painted them outside, not in the booth. you wont even see the back side of the hinge anyways it was just a quick test of the paint i was ancsious to see something shine lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 87roach
seeing it all together will be Awe-some haha .. nice choice on the color
wow really great work there! i love that front bumper as well and hope you make more!. and i was going to vote with black until i saw the color you decided on and i think you made the right choice that color is amazing!
Well today was the bigggg day painted the body....but so much went wrong. let me start off by saying i spend allll of last night cleaning and preppin the car in the booth havent slept at all. so morning came and everything was ready and going smooth..cleaned my gun before mixing the paint and sure enough my gun starts leaking so i dissasembled it and stopped the leak so yay:D ready for the basecoat..first coat layed on nice, second coat my freakin gun started hattin and leaked:rocket:. it dropped in 2 spots which pissed me off..so i had no choice but to tape a small towel on the leak and move on so i did. then the strap on my mask broke finishing the last coat of base so more anger:chainsaw:lol. so i semi fixed it and moved on to the clear coat at this point i was sooo freakin exasted and the morning was getting hoooot as hell. so during the clear i accidentally ran a few spots, my gun was messing up, and my pants touched wet clear. But other than my horrible day im glad its done everything will be fixed durring wetsanding i hope. sorry for the long story lol..ill post up pics soon the sun was setting so i couldnt get the best pics.
FUUUUCCCCKKKKK yYYEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! i can't wait to see them:D :D :D :thumbup: sucks about the problems dude. but please lets see some PIctArs :):cheers:
Heres a few while i gather up the other ones...some came out blurry.
IN THE SHADE::hs:
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IN THE SUN!:rockon:
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Buttsecks!
I love it!
Looks sweet can't wait to see the chassis.
How did you get carbon fiber eye lids?!!?
;)..made them myself some time ago..my mold broke so i havent made more untill i fix thatQuote:
Originally Posted by ShyBoyCA6
Wow man, it's going to look amazing in the sun! The headlights are very slick too.
Better get to sanding.. heh
Finally more parts finished. all i need is the bumpers and bottom hood, hatch, and doors.
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If you get it fixed put me down for 2 pairs dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldschool3g
I like the progress oh btw. 1 week to go for the meet :D lol get er done! :cheers:
It looks like it's coming along great!
Update: ok guys I'm halfway done with the colorsanding...got the main parts in like the hatch,doors,hood,fenders. I'm hopeing to be done polishing by Thursday its getting too close to the meet day:). It won't be complete but will sure be there lol. Ill post pics soon
Looks good i would like to see some close ups.....Nice work glad to see your done. I have a good idea on how much work you put in it. I have been stripping all the trim/glass/moldings off of my new coupe and it is very time consuming. I still new a few more trim pieces and clips for when it goes back together but i have time to figure that out.
holy shit i love it!
