what a beautiful day (97 civic)

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Turbo86

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well since it was so nice outside, i decided to do come body work

this is the before
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and after
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and another repatch that was a little bigger
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i also finally changed from gunmetal housing to black housing and installed my front lip
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future projects include
paint
EL rears
perhaps some engine work
 
how did you "repair" the rust? I'm asking cause I have little spots of rust I wanna fix too..

btw, the pic of th efront of your ride.. is that your passenger front wheel about to roll of the sidewalk?


Nice car! keep it up!:D
 
Digitized said:
how did you "repair" the rust? I'm asking cause I have little spots of rust I wanna fix too..

btw, the pic of th efront of your ride.. is that your passenger front wheel about to roll of the sidewalk?


Nice car! keep it up!:D
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for the rust, i bought a sandblaster and own a air compressor, so i started to blast away what i saw of rust. as it turns out, it made a pig hole through the quarter panel. to remove all the rust i had to cut out chunks of metal.

i was left with a big hole. idealy, you would want to weld a piece of metal in the spot that you cut. unfortunately, i dont own one, so i took some mesh (one side is sticky) and put it on the inside of the panel.

one think coat of bondo-hair (looks more like fiberglass than regular bondo paste) and then filled up the rest with regular bondo. sand down very well then a thin coat of bondo glaze. and your done.

as for the wheel rolling off my drive way... i was putting my headlights back in and didnt want to take out the jack so i put it up on the end of my driveway which gave me a couple extra inches to take the bumper off
 
you should try a little wet sanding and buff on you headlamps...they will look better and you'll see better at night !


nice diy project
 
How is that rubbing?!?!

When you got sparks all kinds flying everywhere when you're on the highway, then I'll say it rubs! :p
 
S-spec said:
How is that rubbing?!?!

When you got sparks all kinds flying everywhere when you're on the highway, then I'll say it rubs! :p
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lol the rocker panels rub on the speed bump.
 
silver7 said:
you should try a little wet sanding and buff on you headlamps...they will look better and you'll see better at night !


nice diy project
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did it already and thats how it came out
 
buff té lumiere tu sera pas décus....... ca dure pas plus de 1ans mais ca vaut la peine.......... pis ca va y rehausser l'aparence d'un crant de plus :)
 
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