i have the solution to the rear lip on the hatchbacks

[stat1K]

oh i got excited and forgot to ask... how well does that compound work? it looks to do the trick... the reason i ask is because i wanted to fill in the muffler the arch that's on my rear lip of my crx so that i could make my exhaust tip point the ground... kind of a hidden exhaust type thing... so yeah lemme know what you think about it / find out about it and how well it holds up and i might just do it!

[Hazwan]

they are countersunk below the surface.

Cool. I never thought of that. I hate when people left the rivets visible.

Nice work, as always!

[lostforawhile]

ok went to the yard,got a nice non rusty steel inner bumper from a sedan,the steel part should be the same as the hatch correct? i did notice it seems lighter,maby that was an improvement. this one hasn't been hit like the one i have now.

[2oodoor]

[Civic Accord Honda]

[lostforawhile]

i haven't put in the new steel part yet,been digging up old dead bushes and putting in rose bushes all day. been rolling in the dirt all day. heres the steel bumper part i got from the yard. i'm making a piece right now that attaches to the center section i made,about to go to the hardware store and pick up some socket head bolts as a matter of fact.

[lostforawhile]

ok the rear splitter is done,thast the part i decided to make for the center.

[2oodoor]

I can't really tell what Im looking at there, but are the hatch rear bumpers different than sedans? I thought there was a lip on 88-89 LXi models bumpers already?

For all practical purposes I really don't care for the low dragging bumpers, just because we have a lot of steep driveways around here, some off the main road where you can't take it easy or you will get runn-ded over
I like the idea of fabricating with the plastics though, the general ideas involving the bonding and durability of these modifications are usefull in many other areas of the car. IMO

[lostforawhile]

it's nowhere near to the ground, the hatch bumper is way up in the air. none of the hatches came with a built in rear lip, all the bumper covers are the same on the hatches from 86-89. this is actually an 89 lxi hatch cover now. the hatch and sedan rear cover are different from each other. but the steel inner part us the same. the way my muffler is under my bumper the lip is still higher then the muffler itself.

[Civic Accord Honda]

and 8889 sedan rear bumpers are flugy XD :P

[2oodoor]

ahhh good to know, hatchy bumpers r for hatchys only, of course I am sure if I had both cars sitting in front of me now I would see the obvious difference aye? The lip should be the same shape though.
Dark CAH I agree somewhat, I would not change to one myself, but I do like the SEI sedans that have them &

[mushroom_toy]

ahhh good to know, hatchy bumpers r for hatchys only, of course I am sure if I had both cars sitting in front of me now I would see the obvious difference aye? The lip should be the same shape though.
Dark CAH I agree somewhat, I would not change to one myself, but I do like the SEI sedans that have them &

Except for front bumpers. Im running a hatch front bumper on my ca (86-87) and its the same as a sedan one.

[lostforawhile]

ok the old steel bumper is out,what a piece of shit. i forgot how bad it was,this steel bumper was put on the car at some point in the past, the amount of rust on it,doesn't match the rest of the car. the new steel bumper i got is from a southern car also,and it doesn't have any rust. this car has always been in the south from the records i found on it. only minor difference,is the 86 steel part has two pieces that help hold the bumper shape on the bottom,and the 89 has three. this is not a major problem,the plastic pieces on the top where the screws go are the same.

[Civic Accord Honda]

cool and yeah all front bumpers are interchageable but
coupe rear bumper only fits on coupe and hatch rear bumper only fits on hatch and sedan rear bumper only fits sedans lol

[lostforawhile]

son of a bitch i think the hatch rear steel part is different despite what everyone on here says it's almost twice as thick as the hatch steel part

[lostforawhile]

ok it fits but barely. the steel box section on the sedan bumper is twice as thick as the single box section on the hatch. actually sits up against the sheet metal on the car. i slid it in temporarily to make sure the bolts went through. i will try to pull it and paint it tomorrow, it looks awesome. too dark for pics tonight,but i will get some tomorrow. this really finishes off the rear of the hatch. the splitter looks like something ferrari would have put on it. it def was worth all the hard work.

[GraniteLXI]

Cant wait for the pics!
Funny how much little money you had to spend but how much time you had to put into it!

[mushroom_toy]

Cant wait to see the rear lip man.

[lostforawhile]

the dam 88-89 bumper doesn't fit so i need to take it all back apart and go back to the junkyard to pull an 86-87 inner steel bumper. the dual cross sections just don't fit. in the picture the ends aren't connected and i haven't painted it yet. was just trying to get an idea what it would look like.

[lostforawhile]

does anyone know for sure that the 86-87 sedan rear bumper will fit the hatch? this is going to be a pain in the ass to go pull another one. the bumper cross section is too thick and won't slide up all the way. so theres a huge gap. someone needs to put this in the sticky section that 88-89 steel bumpers don't fit 86-87 hatches or possibly sedans. there is some misinformation floating around about them

[mushroom_toy]

Hmmm you do a lot of nice work man....but that lip....doesnt go with the car at all. I hate to say its definitely not my taste...XD But you made it, and thats what really matters.

[lostforawhile]

well i could paint the center section black, dk yet, i might powdercoat it
it looks wierd because it's not sitting right since it won't slide all the way up

[Civic Accord Honda]

lip looks good id paint the center black though

[lostforawhile]

yea as soon as i get the proper steel bumper everything will line up,i'll probably have to powdercoat the center section black because paint won't last long there.

[GraniteLXI]

Damn, what a shame that after all that it turned out it just wouldn't fit The general idea looks good, and yea that center steel section needs to be painted black as well ^_^