Andrew's engine swap (pics)
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riceracerex
D-Series Ninja
Congrats and 100 Pages!
Andrew
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Sorry. The pics are back up.
The reason that happened is b/c I haven't logged into my old (bakerboy4679) account in forever! so it just temporarily suspended it until I logged in again. Now it's all good. On the newer posts it's on my new account (apmcrx) and it's almost full! 99% to be exact. lol
Anyway, I did some cleaning up of my CRX lately (and have been driving it daily for the last few weeks) including redoing some wiring through the passenger fender (and adding new extra wires for future needs) and repainting the valve cover and intake to match. heres a few pics for now. Gotta get some more of the full car since it's put back together!
I think I'll be doing a lot more body work on the CRX, and get it repainted (by myself of course) in the near future. So I'll show you guys all the steps I take. I know it'll help someone who's interested in doing body work!
Valve Cover:
Notice on the valve cover I shaved a couple of the ground tabs and the casting lines after it was stripped
Self Etching Primer (better bond to bare metal. use it!) 2 solid coats
Wrinkle black. This stuff can be tricky. I've heard and seen (Mac_24_seven) bauch this up somehow, but mine worked out fine. You just have to lay it on very thick. it's not like normal paint where you do 5 light layers. GLOB this stuff on and it'll settle into a nice wrinkle finish:
Like so:
Then 1 day later(should have baked it in the oven. The black wasn't cured all the way through yet, but hard/dry to the touch. I'll know next time!) came the red. I decided to use Brake Caliper paint on this, just for the heck of it. turned out GREAT!
Tack layer:
3 coats:
Razored the letters then sanded them with some 220-320.
Also freshened up the headlights while the front end was apart. (forgot why I pulled the front end...)
Also took some Acetone and cleaned up the jams where the seam sealer has collected the dirt (this stuff is like glue!?)
Before:
After:
I'll get it washed today and get some more pics for you guys!
I'll get back into this thread, but I'll warn you- I'll be very busy with vacations and stuff, and I'm saving my money. But I'll have some goodies posted up soon
(Have a couple turbos laying around that I'll soon put to good use. )
Till then!
-Andrew
The reason that happened is b/c I haven't logged into my old (bakerboy4679) account in forever! so it just temporarily suspended it until I logged in again. Now it's all good. On the newer posts it's on my new account (apmcrx) and it's almost full! 99% to be exact. lol
Anyway, I did some cleaning up of my CRX lately (and have been driving it daily for the last few weeks) including redoing some wiring through the passenger fender (and adding new extra wires for future needs) and repainting the valve cover and intake to match. heres a few pics for now. Gotta get some more of the full car since it's put back together!
I think I'll be doing a lot more body work on the CRX, and get it repainted (by myself of course) in the near future. So I'll show you guys all the steps I take. I know it'll help someone who's interested in doing body work!
Valve Cover:
Notice on the valve cover I shaved a couple of the ground tabs and the casting lines after it was stripped
Self Etching Primer (better bond to bare metal. use it!) 2 solid coats
Wrinkle black. This stuff can be tricky. I've heard and seen (Mac_24_seven) bauch this up somehow, but mine worked out fine. You just have to lay it on very thick. it's not like normal paint where you do 5 light layers. GLOB this stuff on and it'll settle into a nice wrinkle finish:
Like so:
Then 1 day later(should have baked it in the oven. The black wasn't cured all the way through yet, but hard/dry to the touch. I'll know next time!) came the red. I decided to use Brake Caliper paint on this, just for the heck of it. turned out GREAT!
Tack layer:
3 coats:
Razored the letters then sanded them with some 220-320.
Also freshened up the headlights while the front end was apart. (forgot why I pulled the front end...)
Also took some Acetone and cleaned up the jams where the seam sealer has collected the dirt (this stuff is like glue!?)
Before:
After:
I'll get it washed today and get some more pics for you guys!
I'll get back into this thread, but I'll warn you- I'll be very busy with vacations and stuff, and I'm saving my money. But I'll have some goodies posted up soon
(Have a couple turbos laying around that I'll soon put to good use. )Till then!
-Andrew
riceracerex
D-Series Ninja
Nice Pics!
Andrew
Active Member
EVERYWHERE in Tallahassee was sold out and could not even order them! Crazy. So I got inventive
good job man. i wish i had the time to work on my car like the old days
good luck and hope to see that car on the skreets someday.!
I know man! I miss hanging out with you. [/no homo]
What are you driving now? Still have the GSR EG Bubble?
Heres the pics, guys! I need paint, bad. This is after a wash/wax, clay-bar, and ICE wipe on polisher/protector (I like this stuff!)
Going for the RC Car look
Coulple e-bay shots from before the wash:
And a couple e-bay shots after the wash.
And a couple random points of the bay that are new
-Andrew
GlassHeadlights
West West Yall
Everything looks sick! All of it! I want to do a red wrincle valve cover now! 
riceracerex
D-Series Ninja
Jerkzilla Rofl... Very Clean.
b18a1build
Gay username^
I noticed in one of the last pictures your valve cover had a couple dings in it? Is that in the new paint?
Andrew
Active Member
good eye! yeah my hood is rubbing a little, and I wasn't as careful as I should have been while I cut/sanded the letters... so a little imperfection here and there.
And yeah man I traded my old suspension setup plus some skrilla for th Ksports. I love em too! However i am not complimenting them with new bushings and sway and strut bars yet. that will make a big difference I think.
Anyway, Im happy to see the old folks around here still. This has definitely proved to be my favorite Honda forum! not a lot of drama and GREAT reference stuffs!
And yeah man I traded my old suspension setup plus some skrilla for th Ksports. I love em too! However i am not complimenting them with new bushings and sway and strut bars yet. that will make a big difference I think.
Anyway, Im happy to see the old folks around here still. This has definitely proved to be my favorite Honda forum! not a lot of drama and GREAT reference stuffs!
