Hello Visitors!
My name is Michael and when I started this project I was 22... I live in Kelowna BC Canada. I do tech support for a living and my hobby is Loving my 3Gee!!! :-) It's amazing how easy a lot of this stuff is!
"My Winter project" As the name started out; is nothing short of a full 1986 LX to 1989 EX-i Conversion! I bought a crashed EX-i for $70 and at the same time the tranny went on my LX so I started this project.
Here are a just a few of the objectives I'm going to be completing over the next few months:
-- Full LX to EX-i conversion
---- Motor swap
---- Wiring harness
---- Dash
---- Auto windows and locks
-- Interior
---- New/Re-upholster seats/Need to learn this first
---- Dye the carpet/Replace
---- Fiberglass Custom interior components including the door panels
hopefully
---- Other fiberglass work (possibly customizing parts of dash or hood)
---- Changing the entire color scheme of the interior.
(I am strongly thinking complete black interior with a nice color to accent haven't decided what color yet most likely silver or grey to go with my carbon fiber accessories)
-- Exterior/Body
---- Fixing ALL the rust and body dent's
------- This includes cutting out all the body panels from the donor car and welding new ones into place.
------- Sandblasting the unibody and painting it Electric Blue (possibly Metallic Electric Blue) *****UPDATE***** Obviously I chose Burnt Orange not Electric Blue lol ******
---- Replacing LX roof with EX-i roof as it has a sun roof **decided not to do this***
---- Replacing rear window with donor car's as the defrost actually works.
---- Modified 3rd gen Acura Integra front bumper or possible Custom front bumper with the Acura bumper as a mold to play with.
---- Side skirts and Rear bumper will be fiberglass however I haven't put much thought into what they are going to look like yet.
Well that's a short list of the modifications I'll be making over the next few months. We ( 2 Friends and I) have invested in a 2 car garage a few months back and now we have converted it into a shop. We pay rent on this space so we almost always have 2 projects on the go. My best Friend is a journeymen mechanic so any mechanical issues I have he is my support guy (plus it helps he rents the shop with me)... ****UPDATE**** That went
sideways after about 6 months, I had to shelf this car project for a couple years, I established shop all to myself and it has allowed me to continue working on her properly :-) *********
I'm going to be posting my progress and I'm Trigger happy so there will be lots of pictures!
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I would really REALLY like your input good or bad. I'd love input on my choice of colors and all of the modifications...If you have suggestions as well this would be excellent!
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Next post: Tear down of Both my donor car and my car.
*******Last Updated JAN 2014 *************
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