Winter Project *Lots of pics*

[2drSE-i]

adrian

your m3 is instantaneous pant-creamage

[mkymonkey]

lol thanks, its actually not mine, its one of my friends. its still in the shop actually, because we decided to re do the whole system, why? because its so much power it cracked and broke the sub box. amazing huh. anyway sorry for hijacking again....but just wanted to share.

[qh187]

for cheap sound deadening you can use that stuff they use for roofing. its much cheaper than dynamat and works just as well. the whole concept is to add mass to your body panels so that they won't vibrate. it'll smell like tar at first but air it out for a day or two and you're set.

[2drSE-i]

thats because it is tar

[Gemini2003]

Here are the pics of my new sound equipment:



And just so you can see a size comparison I put a Canadian beer bottle in the Pic...



Engine bay -1 Engine!



I try to be organized so I made 3 bags of bolts per car. Each bag is Titled "Dash" "Interior" "Engine/Engine Bay"




All labeled of course:






Like I said I'm trigger happy! but you know what? Seeing my own step by step progress here keeps me totally motivated :-)



THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS!!!

[russiankid]

that is what i call stripping down a car

[2drSE-i]

awww! wook at da wittle axwes! hehehe

those are huge btw

[Pinball Kidd]

Looking good man, we will have to get together during the holidays and do some wrenchin on that thing
"Slow and steady wins the race"
Zach

[88Accord-DX]

Wooo. That looks like something they do on Overhaulin', full restoration type project. If you going to re-do a car, that is taking it to the limit. Good luck, wouldn't mind seeing the final outcome..

[A18A]

dam, wish dem pics wud sho

[thegreatdane]

Yeah the car is going to be sandblasted so she has to be naked to the bone.


- Thanks for stopping by
- mm

Now that's the kind of talk I like. Getting it sandblasted is definately a good choise in my opinion.

I just hope you wont be putting back in a sad LX engine, but go with something more B-ish. or H...

good luck

[Pinball Kidd]

Yah Mike (Gemini2003) Put something B-ish in there!
"You can dooo ittt"
I would love to help with that.
Zach

[Gemini2003]

Hey guys... Thank you for all the great compliments...

The only spare engine I have laying around ( lol ) is the EFI one out of the donor car. Unfortunately at the time I started this project I didn't plan to do a non accord engine swap as 1.) I don't have a bunch of cash and 2.) I'm just a novice! I'm learning a lot as I go and a simple swap is what I need to do first.

I would love to swap in a nice engine but I think I may have to wait till I'm done this project.

As for all the pictures not working I'm having issues with my hosting company right now and they should be working shortly. **UPDATE** My host decided to change thier nameservers without telling me AND THEN they gave me the wrong ones! anyhoo... you'll see pics in 24-48 hrs (It's 10:30AM Dec 22 2005 right now.)

SANDBLASTING

As for the sandblasting idea... I called a few body shops that do sandblasting and the general idea is that sandblasting is going to be too harsh for the thin gauge metal on the body. The car will still have all the paint stripped off but I'm not sure if it's going to be done with a less harsh media blaster or by hand.

If it's by hand it's been suggested to me that I use a variable speed rotary sander or possibly chemical stripping product... any ideas on this?

[ZackieDarko]

you should rub coca-cola on it, if it'll clean up your chrome it must like to eat paint :-p

[A18A]

what about water blasting it? or is water blasting 2 weak?

[Gemini2003]

I could see water blasting if I could get like a 15HP or higher...

I've used 5 HP pressure washers and l didn't damage my paint in least so i'd need to use probably 3 times that but yeah I'm just guessing.

[FyreDaug]

Pics broken dude.

[thegreatdane]

Oh, when you said get it sandblasted I automatically assumed you meant getting the underbody sandblasted. Not the outside body of the car

Several people gets the underbody sandblasted and painted and afterwards it'll be clean as heck and without any rust. A good option for people in countrys with salt on the roads that wants to protect their precious car.

[Gemini2003]

I Actually never thought about the underside of my car!! I feel silly now lol

I wonder if spending the time on the underside is going to be worth it.... I mean I am in Canada and we do use salt and gavel but I'm not planning on driving it in the winter so maybe not.... Good idea though!


Oh and by the way all the pictures are fixed.

[jonrichert]

get much done over the holidays mike? hope it's all going well for ya.. I found a fairly clean, '88 black coupe in westbank for sale, think i'm gonna look into getting me a fuel injected accord too.

[Gemini2003]

I've been waiting on a couple of things so unfortunately no major accomplishments since tear down was completed...

Basically next step is to pressure wash the car then Sand all around the bad rust areas and the areas that I will be replacing... All prep work for the upcoming body panel replacements.

[ICEMAN707]

Hey Gemini what tool do you use to remove the front and rear windshields? Isn't it like some tool with a sharp blade edge that heats up to melt the rubber seal and makes it easy to cut? I dunno what it's called.

[mykwikcoupe]

no heating or anything. its basically a handle with a sharp very ridgid blade. Theres a flexjoint attatched that goes out to a handle so you can pull on it and all. Ryan made it look pretty easy when he did my windshields but thats what he does.

[ICEMAN707]

any idea where i can get the new metal trim for the windshields and the snaps/fasteners? also, what type of rubber adhesive is that that they use to glue on the windshields? can i get that at home depot?

[Gemini2003]

Actually I used Wire and 2 screw drivers :-)

Went to the local parts place and picked up window removal wire for under $10 and just went at it like a saw but with wire :-)

As for what the substance is to put the window back in... Honestly I'd check a local glass shop for what they use... they are usually very nice about it :-)

I'm Actually going to use a glass shop to put everything back in for the fact they will do it right the first time and guarantee work :-)

Oh, and for anyone interested I peeled the rubber of my front window and I found a whole pile of unwanted rust :-( Oh well more sanding

**Edit** One more thing there is a nice update on Zack's site (Pinball Kidd) his car and a few others including mine are on there located here: 3gee Accord