Started my bodywork! :D *Good Luck 56k*

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Started my bodywork! :D *Good Luck 56k*

By Skyu_Ivy
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:32 am #19483 Well, i had told you all that "I couldn't wait" so i was sending my car to a boby shop... blah blah .. So after thinking long and hard I decided to not go with the body shop .. and do it myself. Well, frankly, the guy couldn't care less about my car or how it turns out. i would like to see it looking good! So thursday me and my girlfriend decided to go ahead and start the repair haha

Here are some pics of our handywork:

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Not as straight as i had thought it was.. but i think i might be able to fix it with filler.. Also have to weld on the rocker .. which i made at school before summer
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By york62
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:40 am #19487 looks awesome soo far...you putting rockers into ?
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By ohDirka
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:14 am #19489 a girlfriend that helps weld is a keeper for sure lol
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By vtec_gloucester
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:59 pm #19504 ive got alot of time for the DIY'ers :thumb:

big respect... looks great for a first time effort aswell :thumb:
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By Skyu_Ivy
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:59 am #19583 Thanks guys :D I am taking 3 days off this week also to try to get the majority of the work done :D I need money but i figure i am saving a lot by doing it myself anyways :P

Hopefully i can get some new parts for it soon, i was hoping to get a cf duckbill and new headlights with amber corners :P But i have spent my budget for this pay period lol although i still havent cashed my last pay! I also found:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/92-95-CIVIC-Ball-joints-Tie-rod-ends-link-kit_W0QQitemZ250152488277QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33583QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And these and i was wondering if anyone has head of them before.. or would recommend.. i could always buy them and try them haha i don't know though
http://cgi.ebay.ca/COILOVER-KIT-CIVIC-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-00-INTEGRA_W0QQitemZ220138163084QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33581QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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By Skyu_Ivy
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:19 am #20429 Okay last week i slapped some bondo on the right side of the car and kinda roughly started to shape it out! But that was short lived. I want to spend some good quality time on the finish after both sides are done! And i have a lot of work to do on the driver side! :x Around the filler pipe was nasty! At least the rust ate away all the hard to reach areas..... :thumbdown: I am taking 6 days off in the next couple weeks to try to get it finished up! :D Also going to order those springtech coilovers! i found out they are a canadian company and they are fairly good quality for the price! So "Canada represent!" :lol:

Any ways haha here are some pictures of my progress so far:

Some rough spots but not too bad.. i never did well in art class lol .. maybe playing with clay could have helped my bondo skills!
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I think i messed up the cut.. but i will figure something out! It fits alright but not perfect
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This is under the gas cap! Honda should have come up with a better drain hole haha oh well!
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This was the easy part! Took only an hour or 2 to do..
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This is the hard part i seem to be pondering over! (I have my trusty helper lol. I wouldn't set up the tripod to get my in the picture... :eh: lol)
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Sleep deprovation at its best!
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There is still a lonnnng way to go to get that other side buttoned up but its getting there! I will hopefully get the majority of it done this coming week.. and weather permitting maybe even the trusty rattlecan paint job lol..

By EG-nath
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:27 am #20451 my hat off to you sir! :thumb:

i resprayed my front end myself and teh work just envolved in that :o

as long as the prepartion is good the finish will follow! :D

nice one
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Re: Started my bodywork! :D *Good Luck 56k*

By Sire
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:09 pm #20497 Image

This has to be my favorite, a girl with some powertools working on an EG!! :thumb:

But seriously, I think you're doing a great job! And like EG-nath said, Take your time to prep!!! It'll show in the end...
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By Skyu_Ivy
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:48 pm #20517 Yeah haha she's great! :P Didn't think she'd want to get greasy so i never asked her to help.. then she asked "Why do you never want me to help" lol

I want to do a good job with the prep definately.. but i suck with bondo.. i also noticed on one of the seams the fill started to crack... thats not a good sign.. i don't know what made it do that.. :?

I also have to prime the bumper cause it cam raw .. and i heard it is hard to get some primer to stick to plastic? That true? I also don't have a garage i can paint it in.. but i guess i can always wetsand out the little critters that get in the paint out doors. ... . :(

I have the next three days to work on it.. so hopefully i can get it close to paint! :D Then i have to take it to get it safety inspected.. and i don't know if it will pass.. i touched one of the brake lines and it started leaking .. so i need one of those! But they are cheap...

Anyone know off hand what fittings are on the brake lines from the flex hose to the brake drum?
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By Racing Rice
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:13 pm #20608 Wish I could find weld in 1/4 panels for the Sol, lucky ass. :roll: Nice work though, keep it up! :thumb:
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By Sire
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:06 pm #20685
Skyu_Ivy wrote:I want to do a good job with the prep definately.. but i suck with bondo.. i also noticed on one of the seams the fill started to crack... thats not a good sign.. i don't know what made it do that.. :?

I also have to prime the bumper cause it cam raw .. and i heard it is hard to get some primer to stick to plastic?


On the bondo part, I don't know if you used a multiple component bondo, but if you did, maybe you put in too much hardener?

And as for the primer, just get a special plastics primer and you should be fine...

Good luck! :thumb:
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By Skyu_Ivy
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:36 am #20700 Yeah i used a component bondo.. "gold" sands much eaiser than regular bondo! And mixed alot eaiser.. The first time i used to little hardner and took a long time to set lol second time i got the hang of it proportion wise.. i just can't seem to get the shape right.. i think i sand off too much then have to reapply it..

I also picked up some plastic primer made my duplicolor.. see how well that works and i will get the new bumper painted :D :thumb:
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By chnzgoofball
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:49 am #20707 nice start! is that an apex n1 muffler i see?? man... wish my old girl friends help me with my car like that.... :lol:
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