efguy16

btw the pic is a shitty cell phone pic i took it sucks i will have better pics later

TurboRex90

Its cool, looking past the butterscotch color lol, its a good job.. one question though, did he bondo the whole molding? or like metal plate or what.

efguy16

i think he bondod it all but it turned out great so far

TurboRex90

Yeah talkin to the guy doing my work.. he said the bondo would have cost alot, not to mention if the body flexed it would crack.. he was gonna sheet metal over it and smooth it out for about $350.. hmm idk. But gratz on the work in progress.

And sorry for not puttin up pics of mine yet guys.. still tryin to get on that!

efguy16

im not to worried about it cracking foreal just be easy on the doors and it will be all right and if it does crap ill get my friend to sand and repaint it for the cost of paint really i got a couple people that know how to paint and wont charge me except like 20 bucks or something to repaint it

TurboRex90

well cuz im having the car professionally painted afterwards i cant afford to have that stuff happen.

dacheat

werd, and it should get done right the first time. otherwise you're just creating another one of those eyesore hondas we are all sad to see crawling down a road with its tail between its legs.

efguy16

but mine isnt completely molded out like the guy didnt even use that much bondo on it foreal like its like just enough to make it smooth really he said it shouldnt crack unless it get slammed real real hard like my body dips in a bit where the molding acctually was so it shouldnt crack is what he said and im not getting it like "professionally done at a shop" but my friend could walk into a shop and get a job painting easy he has his own paint booth at his house him and his grampa built for his grampa to paint bikes and its like a decent paint booth but its shop quality ill post a pic of this guys s2000 hard top that he painted its sick ill post it later i gotta go to work

efguy16

any more progress? im getting my car hauled back to my house tomarro and painting the engine bay and inside because its gutted out and want it to look decent. and my new transmission should be in friday along with my jumper harness and then ill have to bolt it up and drop the b18 in it

TurboRex90

ughh... TERRIBLE news guys.. i had my car out for one last day.. a few hours before i was to drop it off and i was doing like 20mph over cuz i was close to home and really had to pee.. my hood pins malfuctioned.. hood opened up at 60mph.. needless to say it WAS a carbon fiber hood..... well you can think of the aftermath.. so its gonna be a few more days before i have any work done.. probably wont start til this weekend.. and have to get it trailered... :'(

but ill try to get the pics up from before and a pic up of what happened.. so you can see..

dacheat

efguy16

that sucks so much, do u have gsr brakes on ur ef? mines got a huge swaying problem im not sure what it is tho dont be a smart a$$ and say get sway bars, there something wrong like a car should not sway this much like its hard to keep it on the road at 40mph thats how bad it sways? any ideas of what it could be?im thinking the back wheels need alingned and maybe new suspention and camber kit in the rear but im not really that sure of what it could be? any ideas of what it could be any suggestions will be aprieciated?

TurboRex90

oh yeah it sucked hard.. but yeah i have the gsr rear brakes. As far as swaying do you have any aftermarket suspension work done? i.e coilcovers, springs, etc? if not then your wheel bearing may be bad and you'll need to get it fixed cuz not only does it throw out your alignment but could cause that sway. To check jack up the rear of the car just enough so the wheel is off the groud and grab is from the top and bottom and try moving it.. if it isnt snug then thats a sign your bearings out.

efguy16

ill try that thanks, im getting coilovers soon right now it has cut springs thanks to the guy who had it before me ha

TurboRex90

well that could be the problem. haha i had the same thing.. then i got skunk 2 pro S series coilovers. best 600$ ive ever spent

crxdude219

i had to replace the trim on my rex it used to be a hell of a lot cheaper... its crazy now...

TurboRex90

yeah, Honda wants an arm and a leg for the trim now. It's stupid.

TurboRex90

Well i finally get some pictures of the damage.. i need to find my camera with what the car looked like before the "hood incident". But ill show what damage is being fixed at the shop and what the hood did.
What the hood did:


Here's some pictures of when i was hit.. its actually not bad but it paid off a couple grand with insurance.



Here's some general pics of my car:
Granted this is the day before having the car taken to the body shop, i had pulled out the wire harness abut didnt take the time to make it look pretty when i put it back.. thats a job for after it gets back.

caboose

if your insurance is covering the cost of the repairs, why do you even care about how much it is going to cost to have it fixed.

TurboRex90

because they totaled the car.. and i bought it back and i'd like a little extra spending cash to put into the motor.

caboose

oh, ic. That makes sense.

efguy16

the hood accident sucks alot but you got a good project car it looks like it just needs some tlc and it will be back nice

TurboRex90

this whole car has been a project car. but i love it

AHHVTEC

dang that sux

TurboRex90

ha, this thread is starting to attract some attention.