My Hoopty

[Civic Accord Honda]

haha u should see my tirres the front edge of my tire has camber wear that has the trade like this

___----_________------______-----------------____----- all wavy and shit there will be like 3 chucks that are bald then one spot that has good tred then another bald spot... dunno how it even got like that...........

[Dr_Snooz]

Well, shock of all shocks, the tires balanced out okay! Love those Michelins. I found my trans oil leak. I just needed a new crush washer for the filler bolt. I have the new panels on and lined up nicely. I'll try to get it painted here soon.

Yay!

[Dr_Snooz]

I took the parts in to get them painted. The hood came back good and a very close match to the existing paint. They painted the bumper grill red, so that remained behind to get fixed. I'll get it Monday.

I have all new non-oversprayed window trim ready to go on. I've replaced the corner lights with non-weathered/cracked ones. I pulled the heater controls tonight and re-soldered the LED lights so they work now.

I think I've figured out a fix for the seat levers that always fall off. I'll work on that some more and post it if it works.

[Xaisk]

Thats looking great! I never seen this thread. I think the bumper looks pretty badass solid black like that. I am debating weather to body match mine or keep it black though. I dunno.

Props man props!

[Pico]

Glad to see it coming back together

[87roach]

Sounds like some good common fixes!

Are you just going to fill the handle with epoxy and jam it back on? haha

[Dr_Snooz]

Sounds like some good common fixes!

Are you just going to fill the handle with epoxy and jam it back on? haha

The way my luck works, as soon as the epoxy dried, I'd have to take the seat apart for something. I'll need to get the handle off at some point when I reupholster, so epoxy is a no go. I'm going to try drilling a little hole through the side of the handle and into the metal arm. Thread the hole in the metal arm and use a little countersunk screw to hold the handle to the arm. It should work if I can drill the hole in the right spot.

I picked up some of these el-cheapo fog lights from Wal-Mart tonight.



The old ones are so yellowed and weathered that I can't stand them anymore. The new ones are pretty impressive. The bodies are metal and the lenses sound like they are glass. They take Hella replacement bulbs too. They stink like toxic Chinese rubber, but the construction is really solid.

I get the bumper back tomorrow! Yay!

[87roach]

Ah, the screw idea is even better! Good thinking.

As for the yellowing fogs, I was going to say try to get something glass this time around and it looks like you are far ahead of that.

Make sure to show us how they turn out. Where were you thinking of mounting them?

[Dr_Snooz]

I was thinking in the stock location. I did a brief test fit tonight and they look waaay too small. There's just too much bumper hole around them so I'm probably going to return them. I might go after the old fogs with some polish to see if I can clean them up. They really fit the bumper openings perfectly.

[Dr_Snooz]

Woohoo! The Red Car is back to her old self!!!! The paint isn't a perfect match, but you'd have to look real hard to notice. Yay!















I have a little more fine tuning to do on the driver's side there, but it's still so nice to have the car back to normal.

New washer nozzles are on the their way from Majestic too. More yay!

[-DWM-]

This is a beautiful Accord. I'm pretty jealous.

We should all totes be j.

[Dr_Snooz]

Thank you! I think it's mostly because I just don't know when to give up. I've had to endure a lot of ribbing from the family about it. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "why don't you sell it and get a newer car?"

Please.

[Dr_Snooz]

Took after the old fog lights today with some wet sanding. I finished up with some Zymol polish to get the last of the cloudiness out. Here's what I have so far. That's all by hand as I don't have a power sander.

[lostforawhile]

have you tried the mcquires plastix yet? I had really good luck with it

[-DWM-]

Sand them down, working to fine grit, then spray clear coat on them. The PlastX won't do anything for the deep pits, unless you want to sand/polish for days.

[lostforawhile]

Sand them down, working to fine grit, then spray clear coat on them. The PlastX won't do anything for the deep pits, unless you want to sand/polish for days.

right it's the final item, but it seals them. We went through this on the 98 civic, I had the lights clear, then my wife wrecked it and ruined them. Had to buy new ones

[Dr_Snooz]

The lights have "halogen" stamped in the lenses. LOL. Remember when Halogen bulbs were the new cool thing? That's how old these are. And cheap plastic too.

[Dr_Snooz]

Woohoo! Rear disc swap!

[ShyBoyCA6]

wanna trade coupes?! lol looks good man

[Dr_Snooz]

Thanks bro. I need to get some good pics here soon. I just shined the car up with my good wax and she really gleams now. I'm even surprised how good it looks.

[Pico]

Woohoo! Rear disc swap!

[87roach]

Great swap!

[Greg Dawson]

Car looks awesome, Snooz.

[Dr_Snooz]

Thank you! That reminds me that I need to get some good pics posted.

[2ndGenGuy]

Looking great man! That rear disc swap looks good too!