My Hoopty

[TotaledTL]

Dr Snooz- which brand of fogs did you find that fit those openings well? Did Honda make a kit at one time? I need to find some. Found some of the covers at Pull A Part but they don't fit my bumper.

[YK86]

I just went through the whole thread since I didn't see it originally. Wow, it was a nice read. Car looks great once again too! Great job!

[Dr_Snooz]

Thanks again everyone! The fogs are Kragen el cheapo jobs from about 15 years ago. I believe the dimensions are 6" x 2" (possibly 6" x 1.5"). It's a really hard size to find but worth the search.

[Dr_Snooz]

As promised, here are some updated pics.

[Dr_Snooz]

[lostforawhile]

looks great, I'll try to get busy on that shift boot, I didn't forget about it

[jesus_charger]

Super Clean!... nice car man... loving how ur fogs fit.. how big r those?

[87roach]

What a minty ride, she's looking great snooze! I'm jealous of your matching floor mats, and obviously the cleanness haha

[Dr_Snooz]

looks great, I'll try to get busy on that shift boot, I didn't forget about it

LOL. Take all the time you need. I'm excited about it but I can wait. Thanks!

[fullmonte44]

looks awesome. I'd want that over a new car anyday.

[Dr_Snooz]

Well, the Red Car just turned over 200,000 miles. Woohoo!

[MessyHonda]

cool stuff still running strong

[obdriver6]

Nice! Looking at the interior, it reminds me of how mine used to look but it wasn't as clean as yours! lol

[Greg Dawson]

Car looks Great!! I remember when mine turned 200k!

[kentwat]

Nice looking Coupe Snooz.

[Skellington]

I checked out your cars progression. The town you live in looks a lot NOT like fresno... more like a small quiet town about 30 mins south east down the 99. My wife grew up there and I lived there for college. -anyway
I like the work that you have done to your car. I love the paint color. And I agree, the painted bumper looks better.

[Civic Accord Honda]

car is still looking good snooz!

skellington your from coarsegold eh? i grew up in oakhurst ^_^

[POS carb]

Nice work!

[2ndGenGuy]

Looking minty fresh as always!

[Dr_Snooz]

I checked out your cars progression. The town you live in looks a lot NOT like fresno... more like a small quiet town about 30 mins south east down the 99. My wife grew up there and I lived there for college. -anyway
I like the work that you have done to your car. I love the paint color. And I agree, the painted bumper looks better.

Doh! You caught me. I tend to use "Fresno" as shorthand for the entire Central Valley. It's the place that everyone has heard of.

I've since moved up into the hills. It looks a lot like where you live now.

[2oodoor]

Minty fresh is what stuck in my head too , beautiful car.

[Dr_Snooz]

A couple months ago, I did an oil change on the truck. As usual, I drained the oil into my special, over-priced, plastic drain container. Then I loaded the container into my trunk. The oil recycling place is several miles away, up and down narrow, windy mountain roads. The trunk was nearly full of other crap when I placed the oil container on top of it all. When I arrived at my destination, I found to my horror that the container had toppled, the lid had not merely leaked, but shattered into pieces. Consequently, the entire contents of the container had emptied into my trunk.

This is what ground zero looked like with 5 quarts of filthy oil sloshing around in it.



Fortunately, all the crap in the trunk (including several sheets of additional protective cardboard) soaked up a lot of the oil. If it hadn't, I'm sure the oil would have sloshed into the cabin, onto the back seat and carpet.



Sun shade, blanket and car cover all destroyed.





The double-thick cardboard that I carved from a lawn furniture box specially to protect the carpet took the worst of the hit, thank God.




A goodly chunk of the precious Honda manual was defiled, including the fold-out wiring diagrams at the back.









Step 1 in the remediation operation.

[Dr_Snooz]

The flimsy, paper thin trunk floor was never worth a darn. As you can see, I tried to add support to it a couple times previously, in my less than elegant way, but it was always crap.




Having it covered in dirty oil was the impetus I needed to fix the problem properly.



I had some nice 1/2" plywood sitting around, so I traced out the outline of the old floor on it and cut a new floor.



I even re-attached the plastic anchor clips.

I'd like to say that the trunk has been completely restored, but it hasn't. The plastic panels lining the walls of the trunk still have ugly stains. I took the carpet to the car wash, but the soap was on the blink, so I just sprayed it with water. Did nothing. I'll probably end up dousing it with Simple Green and using the carpet shampooer on it, but until I get around to that, this slimy mess isn't going anywhere. Instead, it will be another of those projects I nibble on over the years until I get it back to perfect. Until then, I'm very not happy.

[gp02a0083]

good stuff here, man that spare wheel well looks like blood smeared everywhere lol

[lostforawhile]

simple green to clean the plastic, if it will clean that grimy oily mess off the machines at work, it should clean that fine