Ok finally found some time to put some pics up. I removed pinstripes today, still have some glue to remove and wet sand. I rebonded the SC2 spoiler and did some paint blending and wet sanding. I plan on going over the whole car and get a good base coat then clear the whole thing (minus the windows and tires of course)
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Last edited by 2oodoor; 07-07-2007 at 02:44 PM.
Still have some sanding to do on the seams, it will be painted but not look like it is part of the trunk.
Eight bolts, four to a side hold it on as well. I used a Toyota Cashmere biege metalic, it is real close but the metalics are slightley pearl. Once the whole car has been blended and cleared it will all look uniform.
Last edited by 2oodoor; 07-07-2007 at 02:49 PM.
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Last edited by 2oodoor; 07-07-2007 at 02:41 PM.
very nice i did not even know u still had a 3gee
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
I am going to say this in the nicest way possible, but that wing is fugly. Also your car is screaming for a drop, besides the wing I give you a.
I know about the drop. Im looking around for those civic parts.Originally Posted by Legend_master
I am going to say this in the nicest way possible, but that wing is fugly. Also your car is screaming for a drop, besides the wing I give you a
The wing has been off the car for a while and I just wanted to finish the project I started almost a year ago. I think the spoiler, not wing, looks ok..I am still contemplating how well it looks at all angles/distances. lol
Last edited by 2oodoor; 07-07-2007 at 05:47 PM.
nice body....but lose the saturn wing.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
send me your rims!!!
and send it to cah
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
I dunno... I kinda like the wing.
bump
Ok, I am kind of stuck as to continuing the spoiler project or not. I like the look, to me it is close to a 4gen spoiler but larger and it protrudes beyond the rear of the car, which I like.
Thing is since the car is going to be light colored, the seam of where the spoiler is attached is going to be highy visable from the rear of the car and it just doesnt look quite right to me. If the car were dark green or black it would be invisiible.
It does not matter to me if someone does not like it as it is, I like it but I have to do some moulding in to make it look like it belongs there. I have seen many other makes of cars (IE Pontiacs, just pick one) that the spoiler looks like crap others too that have huge gaps at the attaching points, so this is acceptable to the industry, just not to me.
I am going to have to make it look bonded to the trunk lid. This is going to be considerable more work, or I am going to need another trunk lid.
Should I continue to bond it in, or just trash the whole project?
keep in mind also these pics the spoiler and rear of car are all wet sanded and unfinished
Wow first time I've seen your car! Like the rims! Are those 15x7? What is the offset on them?
The gaps you're talking about, I take it that is due to the curvature of the trunk that the spoiler came off of? Since the Accord trunk is flat, I can see how it won't sit right. Maybe to mock it up better, and if you don't wanna screw up your trunk lid, you could get another trunk lid at the junk yard. That might give you some more freedom to play with bondo and paint, and then you can just toss it when you're done.
Looks good Roodoo,and the wing looks good on the car
Yes I did some work to help correct the curvature issue, but the surface of the stands still comes up short as you can see, even though it mounted flush on the stands to the decklid. I am using epoxy based filler to fill the shadows then I guess I will use something softer to sand for the finish before priming. I know I am going to have to get some glass on it to really blend it in from the point is is now and it is a flip of a coin now to do that or just have a plain decklid.. I need to move on with it so I can get back to the motor work and suspension.
The post is over a month old, I guess I am too add to figure out how to make a garage, signature, or update thread.
40 offset rims I think, I have to look, they were on the EX junker I bought for parts for the DX civiic and I painted them for the Accord they were too bright before.
Last edited by 2oodoor; 08-14-2007 at 10:41 AM.
Well my quest for opinions is , will it look good moulded in. And yes I do professional grade work on the bodywork and paint.
about the third application of sandable epoxy, it seems to be blending in ok
better view
engine pic, it is dirty
nice
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
Cool. Let's see a better pic of that weber set up & linkage you got going on.
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here ya go, dam my engine needs a cleaning
my raggey ass duo.... opps not the car pic
old pic when I first got it running after all the conversion
old cell phone pic
linkage bracket made from autozone muffler hangar with rubber & rivets cut out
my Weber throttle is on the right side of the engine, (left looking at it from the front but in car parts you refer to right as passenger side) Most you see will be on the left side (drivers)
Does the weber have a/c idle boost too?
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
NO, I am not using ac, although it is still intact.
If I did use it, I would use a solenoid idle stepper.
Two months and I have not touched the car other than driving it and swapping the cd out of the civic. I have some 15 inch saturn ion steelies I think I am going to put on until I get the suspension right. The offset on the mesh wheels is causing some tire contact in the rear.
Hopefully this weekend will be cleared up so I can get the front of the motor stuff installed and tune it to colder weather.
Hey man, you should make a lil EGR blockoff plate, then you can take off the EGR valve. It looks much nicer...I was pretty happy to get rid of mine.
looks good,you could cut the wing in half,chop out a section,to shorten it,then it would look better and wouldn't hang over the edge. i am still filling gaps on mine,and i've done a ton of work on it already. i might do some work on it this weekend. i am using the fiberglass reinforced long strand filler. then it won't chunk out.
It is supposed to hang over the edge, as i have seen on other cars (other makes) even on the 4g.a little. I know what you mean though, but it does not hang outside the rear profile. To me the shape of the back glass on the sedans, matches it perfectly. Good suggestion though, I did that on a front spoiler for my 72 capri, made from a lip of a Cimmeron Caddy.
2nd GG- yes I know ...its ugly egr, I have made some nice plates before on some of my other rides. I was going to pretty up all of that when I get back to engine detailing.. incorperate the linkage perch somehow maybe and have it all powder coated (not purple, that one is taken
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