Winter Project *Lots of pics*

[newaccorddriver]

I know that Napa carries a nice selection of body parts. At least here in Quebec

Here's what I know they have:

- Front bumper cover
- Front bumper reinforcement
- Front fenders
- Hood
- Rocker Panels
- Rear quarter / rear wheel arch (depending on how much metal is rusted on yours)

They carry aftermarket replacement body parts so this might even include more but that's what I can think of now.

hmm, im nto sure if they carry it here in alberta. i doubt they carry it here though. what do you need to do if your replacing the rear quarters? cut it out and weld the new one in place, or is it bolted into place?

my rear quarters have a bit of rust near the wheel arch, and my side skirts are pretty much chewed up.

hey gemini2003, is it easy to remove the sideskirts? i might need to replace mine with junkyard ones soon enough

[89AccordResto]

My suggestion: Paint any rusty spots that you aren't going to cut out with this stuff, it's WAY better than primer:

http://www.por15.com/

It's almost like a ceramic coating, and it WILL NOT CONTINUE to rust. Primer on theother hand... well, it's just paint. POR-15 is like liquid kevlar, it's insane.

[Gemini2003]

Holy cow long time with no update.

This is because I have run into some issues at my shop and it's making it really difficult to work on my baby...

I have all the quarter panels cut out and reshaped to replace the missing metal on the project car BUT someone STOLE or Misplaced one of my replacement panels. Meaning I have to start over on something I've already spent many hours on I'm so mad... We have a shop that has 3 people in it and shit still goes fricking missing....... REALLY makes me want to spend more quality time on it...

However... I picked up yet another 1987 Honda Accord lol It's got a blown tranny but I picked it up for $150 Canadian!!

The reason I bought this new car is due to the fact the ONLY rust it has is on the rear driverside quarter panel This means I can swap over my already sanded and primed : Roof, 4 doors, hood, front right and left quarter panels. This leaves only the rear portion of the new car to sand and primer. The result is I have a new project car in much much better starting condition

I'll have pictures soon.

[Whistler225]

lol....well, I read through the thread and was planning to point out that your car at least had it's floor pans and they look pretty decent, but since you've switched cars....

Have you done anything on it yet? The pans in your old car looked pretty good....have you checked them in the new one yet?

You've done quite alot of work on your car.... the roof in particular seems like quite a project. I wish I had a shop, and enough time to do something even remotely like what you've done.

Look forward to seeing the results....

[Gemini2003]

Well it's funny you mention seeing results. My friend took some pics for me like 2 weeks ago and STILL hasn't sent them to me... I've gotten some more pics now and here they are!

The following is how my first car is now.

I am kinda depressed spending so much time on this one and now swapping it but I really want a good unibody to start with. My goal here was to learn and I have learnt a ton working on my baby... alas her time is done and will be going to the scrap yard.

Sorry about the blurrrrry pics but you get the idea...


All the metal replacement patches have been cut and fitted.


Also the edges have been sandblasted.





And there she is... I'm sad to say but her cancer problem was terminal. There was alot of rust areas that where going to be a problem in the future anyway. It's not a total loss... I'm keeping the right fender, left fender, hood, roof and trunk... oh and the doors too....

[Whistler225]

Sorry to hear that man. I live in NH so I know what happens to cars around here....I'm worried about the one I just bought....it doesn't have any visible rust, but you never know what's lurking underneath all the trim, under the car, and under everything else until you start digging like you did.

Hope your new one turns out the way you want....I know I'll try to watch this thread and see how it goes....I have alot of respect for people who do their own work.

[Gemini2003]

Here are some pictures of my new car :-) You'll notice a small rust area on the rear driverside wheel well but other then that it's clean... I've even looked under the carpets :-D

It's an LX with over 400000 KM. It also came with a fancy stock Honda equilizer :-) (never gunna use it)








The seats are allready at the dump. Various other things have been stripped allready. I probably wont spend much time on it till the weekend again...

[Whistler225]

Looks pretty straight for a northern car....
Are you going to gut this one completely and start over?

I haven't tried putting pics in a thread post yet, so not really sure how to do it. I do have a garage on here though if you want to see what I picked up for 100 bucks. :-)

I think I got a pretty decent deal.

[speedpenguin]

So you're going to start all over again?
I salute you, sir.

[Whistler225]

I personally agree with 89resto, though I think you should do what will make you happy dude....it's your car, and you have to look at it every day. For that reason, I'll be putting a small (like a 'lude) spoiler on mine, and probably little else other than paint.

Don't let someone else tell you what you should do with your car though, especially after the work you've done. Particularly someone who uses language that seems designed to be insulting. I say "ricer" myself sometimes, mainly because to me it means someone who slaps a car kit on the car without doing much else to it except maybe an "angry bee" exhaust, but you've gone through a complete restoration and are about to start another. I think that removes you from the "ricer" category, regardless of how you dress your car.

[HostileJava]

Let's keep it on topic people. One warning and then I start temp 3 day bans. I'm really getting sick of the lack of respect you all show each other. It's one thing to express that you don't agree with somthing. It's another to be totally offensive about it. 89Accordresto, this is your second warning, if I have to do it again your banned for good. Gemini2003, let me know if you want this thread cleaned up. I'll be happy to do it.

2. Fellow Members are to be treated with respect at all times, including new members.

Read them, Learn them, Live Them:

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16068

[HostileJava]

I appreciate the support guys but lets get back on topic, 89AccordResto is gone.

[88Accord-DX]

Good thing that 2006 bann-stick came into action.

Edit-anyway, keep up the good work & keep us posted.

[gfrg88]

i hated that guy

[MIK3]

Cleaned up the thread a bit...too much nonsense from that "has been"...

[Gemini2003]

Thank you MODS!!!!! Ahhhhh.... now I can work on my car again :-P

...lol he was so

[Whistler225]

Gemini: I want to apologize for my part...didn't mean to waste space in your thread.

So you're three months from being back on the road, right? Will you be able to get everything squared away in time?

Did you ever find out what happened to the stuff that went missing from your shop?

If there's any way I can help, just let me know....I'm not very knowledgable about 3rd generation Hondas, but I can identify basic stuff, so if you need someone to make a JY run to look for stuff, I'll be happy to help.

What part of Canada is Kelowna in? I live in NH....the Canadian border is about 3 hours from here.

[b8er]

yea bro me too, sorry for goo'ing up your thread i just figured he had it coming to him. anyways to awnser whistler225's question, kelowna is about 3 hours north of vancouver,

[Gemini2003]

WTF Do I attract shit?

I woke up this morning to a shopping cart thru my front window of my project car.

Like give me a fu<king break.

Pics later.

[speedpenguin]

Holy shit!
That's gotta be the worst feeling. F*&^@ing High School $#its. Don't kids have anything better to do these days? Like maybe play tag.
In traffic.
Blindfolded.
I am sorry to hear that, man. My condolences. Any damage besides the windshield?

[b8er]

thats rediculous man, damn westsiders

[MIK3]

Geeze, that is messed up. Get the fingerprints, ID them, and go on a slaughterfest...

I'll never understand those types of pricks...

[Gemini2003]

First I'd like to give a little update and then I'll talk about the vandalism.


Not really anything special here except I have all the body panels and doors swapped over.... I'm saving a crap load time by having all those pre-sanded and primed parts :-P :-P


Everything lines up perfectly! This car is amazing... When I was taking the bumper skrews out they where like butter... no rust at all! Even in the engine bay where my car was rusting this car is clean :-) I'm very happy!




My friend Skotty suprised the heck out of me and dropped of a couple of presents! I now have a pair of 1991 Prelude Si seats GREAT condition. The foam feels extremely new!. There is some sun damage on the right shoulder of the driver seat but that's it :-)




Below is the little bit of sun damage:




OK so here it is...

My friend actually called me in the morning and told me it happened. I got there and saw that he over exaggerated about it. The cart didn't go through my window but it still put a hole... here are the pics:


The weapon of choice on the right.



It WAS a perfect window. I'm actually not as mad as I should be... I'm just starting to get used to stupid crap happening. I'm really not that bad off I mean I have extra windshields from the previous parts cars and thanx to me learning how to take them out it's not really a lot of work.

[Whistler225]

it still sucks that you even have to do it man. Sorry to hear about that....The car is looking very good so far though, congrats!

[Gemini2003]

A little update.

I've stripped my motor down and it's now ready to be sent off for some major work... :-) I can't wait to see what kind of HP I'm playing with when it comes back in like 6 months!

I've received a pacesetter header from SQ is the SQUAD and just received 100 Sq ft of B-Quiet Extreme Sound dampening material.... hopefully enough to do every inch of my car! :-D

later!