The suspension component is fine, its the crossmember mounting point meved couple cms back. So far the car still drives fine, we don't feel like sending the car to fix the suspension. Who knows what else could go wrong when they pull back the chassis..
Anyway, did some work today, yay!
Primed the engine bay
w00t!
Can't wait to see the whole car in this color!!!!!!
holy shit, must of been a hell of a time masking off the whole engine baynice work
& obviously even harder to paint it neatly with all the little crevices involved & remaining parts to paint around.
New colour will certainly be wild.
Yeah its such a pain to mask the engine bay lol. Missed couple of spots, mainly on lower firewall and near the brake lines. But not too bad, you won't notice it unless you really find the flaw.
Anyway, the wiring is back on.
Tomorrows MondayThat means no major work can be done until next week. Stupid work
I am really excited to see the whole car in that paint!
Great job!
I am looking forward to see golden Accord!!
Hi Hazwan
Removing the engine is not so much work. Theres no need for special tools, except a lift, of course, but sanding and painting is MUCH easyer then. I'm not sure, if covering each single part is less work. (?) It remembers a little bit at Mr. Bean, anybody knows the episode 'Do it yourself'? He covered every single part in his room before painting with a 'big bang'
Never the less, your engine bay looks fine now!
Detlef
lol the lift is what the problem to me, or else we pulled out the engine already
That's why I've usually done it the other way -out the bottom, then you only need a trolley (or roller skates) & a jack (or two), undo steering, brakes, shift linkage, drop frt of car in trolley, undo subframe bolts & lift body away.the lift is what the problem to me, or else we pulled out the engine already
Wow great work! The car is coming along great! I love that color too.
Man that clean paint in the engine bay looks good! Nice to have a fresh coat in there, hard to get a clean bay with an old car...
cant wait to see this bad boy done!!
very nice...now you will only need to swap in a b20.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
im excited, that engine bay looks awesome and rust-free. gold to go with the brake calipers right?
you even inspired me to take my rear bumper off and attack the rust holes in the rear sill and wheelarch corners. my car also has a slightly [ok very] wonky front-most crossmember. i swapped it for an unmashed one and sort of shimmed it a bit with some metal plate to make it sit flat. i had to modify the hemispherical bushings for those long rods that bolt to the swingarms to bring the whole front wheel forward about 1 cm too, but it runs pretty much straight now, aside from a tiny bit of steering rack play.
its a pain having even slightly damaged components [nothing fits right arrrgh], but like you said the alternatives arent very attractive.
Last edited by tomatofiasco; 07-03-2007 at 09:40 PM.
You're doing some excellent work.
More filling and sanding has been done since last monday. The roof, doors, bonnet, boot and fenders are done. More filling needs to be done on both rear quarterpanels. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!
I miss driving her already
very good work
2 weeks perhaps?
Stupid work is what holding me back.
My friend Saito-san in Japan is sending his best regard and his respect to you.
He is also wondering how the parts supply is (especially wind screen, window rubber seals) in Malaysia.
Thanks. His car is one of my inspiration to work on my car
As for the parts, windscreen and the seal are available, as I broke my windshield 2 years ago. Non original though. I have no idea about others (weather strips etc.)
Junkyard cars are plenty, at least here in my area. Last time I went theres at least 4 1geez. Parts are getting harder to find and getting more expensive every year..
w00t primered the whole car today!
I'm unhappy with the middle lines on left quarter panel and front right door. Needs some filling/sanding. And ugh, I'm running out of primer, so that explains the lower right door..
So far the 'fixed' part (bonnet, left fender and roof) turns out nice, smooth and sharp lines.
wow very nice
this is my favourite build thread on here now since its quite often updated :humbup:
Last edited by A18A; 07-07-2007 at 04:15 AM.
Prays that my paint supply store opens tomorrow
If it doesn't, I'll finish up the minor imperfections and sanding the whole car and ready for paint...... next week. Stupid work
Even primer finish looks nice and exciting!
The Car is looking great, Great to see it being done the proper way
2004-2011?
Very nice you are making me want to go buy a sander and satrt doing my car right lol but i relly dont want my perents to shoot me :-X lol
you are doind a very good job cant wait to see her done
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
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