Work has resumed on my money pit...

[d17type-R]

After watching the pros do it, I thought I'd try my hand at posting a few photos to give you all a look at what I'm working on. To bring it up to speed, my car was party to a dickhead that backed into the front end. The Insurance Corporation Of BC was kind enough to tell me that if I was claiming a hit and run that I had to prove it....... .....
...so anyways.... here I am now, I've completed some fabrication of the trunk pieces. Basically the car for now will be an "all show/some go"

The car is a 2004 Civic LX Coupe (EM2...hit me if I arsed that up)

This is what's going onto the car:

-'03 OEM Bumpers and Skirts (if anyone has a lead on an '03 bumper that
DOESN'T have that nasty looking liscence plate flat
piece, lemme know)
......just a matter of personal taste but I think the bumpers on the 04-05 have too much of a flare and detract from the cleanness of the car


As for wheels:
This one has a hollow-spoke design ..and it looks bad-ass
...aaaaannnnd the attachment didn't work...
Ho well, it's an Axis Reverb (5 spoke with a polished lip)with the center spokes in Gunmetal

But this one would look kinda off the hiz-ook...ish.... if I get the raised center spokes powder-coated to match the Fijian Pearl Blue
AGAIN!... not working attachment... It's an Enkei Tarmac 5 spoke

And now for the custom multimedia:
I'll let you all use your imagination...^_^
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More to come...... Stay "tuned"..literally

COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.........

 

[neonmike]

lookin good so far keep the updates comin with pictures

 

[d17type-R]

Here you go.... the idea is to have a Voltmeter and Ammeter from Dakota Digital with the black bezels in the bottom holes closest to the center and then cut out a hole to mount a touchscreen.... and and then wrap the whole thing in carbon fibre-look vinyl

 

[neonmike]

nice, is that just raw uncovered fiberglass cause it looks pretty smooth if it is.

 

[phunky.buddha]

Love the box mockup.

 

[d17type-R]

nice, is that just raw uncovered fiberglass cause it looks pretty smooth if it is.

I wish it would be that smooth... less sanding is always a good thing
...It's actually the end result of:
-making a mold of the trunk lid (i think there's a pic with the foil on the lid)
-glassing the lid
-cutting out the base shape
-making "stilts" to hold up the face shape
-routering the face "plate with a slight roundover with the notch
to staple fleece to (that way you just sand off the excess
after glassing the fleece)
- cutting out the unglassed fleece where the holes had plugs covering them
-rough sanding first with 80 on a DA sander, then 120 then 150
-Evercoat Rage Gold (this is THE best shit on the face of the planet!
-sands like butta!!)
-then a primer coat to see the pin holes and dimples that I missed
-then more Rage Gold
-then a High Build 2-part Body shop quality primer
-then sand by hand with 220...
-then you can THINK about finishing it in vinyl or taking it to the paint shop
.... where they'll most likely wet sand it and primer it again^_^

I was considering an OEM Aero Kit from the Honda and Acura Accessories site.
I would want to mould it onto the bumpers though.
something about having as few extra bits looks cleaner.
Then I could also french in the Exhaust tips in the center of the rear bumper.
I saw it on the show version of the prototype 06 Civic
They had the exhaust tips in the center of the rear bumper.
I think they should have kept it that way.... my theory is that the back of the car looks more balanced... less lop-sided.

Of course that means I'm going to have to put a welded notch in the spare tire well for the WSII universal cannister..... but, like I said....
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