~sp33~

Thanks mate!

Chassis goes in to paint tomoz. Did a few more 'bits' today tho:



Amazing how long sanding/prepping takes on a 4 door compared to a 2 door.

~sp33~

Couple of updates.

Car is out of paint, all the pillars/door frames have been painted too. I decided to go with a gloss (instead of the original satin black) to offset the grey which i think looks really good.



Also got my new windshield installed which looks freakin tops. Makes the car look minty!



I've gotta do a couple of things to the motor, but i'll hopefully be dropping it back into the chassis on the weekend before it gets moved to my new place for the rest of the assembly.



I'm so keen to get that front end on!

flippy_ek

Looks so fresh

I can't wait to see it all buttoned up!

EE2bitsk

dude that thing is gonna look so good when it's back together.

My_EFsedan

why are you missing another whole for the side molding on the fender? wheres the progress pix man!

~sp33~

The way the fenders lined up deleted one of the holes and i didn't get a chance to cut it out pre-paint, nbd.

I've been moving house so i only just got my computer set back up again. The car is coming along though. I wish i could keep track of all the little details i've spent so much time on, like plastic welding the holes left by the chrome trim on the sideskirts, but **** happens so fast when you're working on it all day you forget about things aye!

Today i got the motor dropped in though:





aaand most of the front end on





Still a long way to go though.

EF Sedan Enthusiast

iTrader: (1)

Nice progress dude

Bluto!

hell yeah looking real nice, loving the new color...

billboard

holy moly it must be my birthday

My_EFsedan

i wish i had updates of my sedan like you have yours. its looking great man.

~sp33~

Thanks Dana! Fresh pics:



Spent a whole day just putting seals on lol.





Then it was on the trailer and off to my new home..

derek_k

Looks really good man, I can't wait till mine is painted. I wish they had awd Honda anything in Canada lol.

My_EFsedan

looking at your complete paint pix, makes me think the cars from thailand lmao. but how did you go about the hatch fenders on the sedan, i might have missed it?

~sp33~

They were the biggest PITA. There's probably more than one way to do it, but you can't just cut in the middle of the wheel arch straight up, because the hatch fenders are a different 'height' to the sedan fender, so they don't line up.

Basically the back edge (where it meets the door) and from the molding down is sedan, the rest forward is hatch.

Also, where the hood hinge bolts to the chassis is higher on the sedan than the hatch (the sedan has a raised section that the hood bolts to that the hatch doesn't).

EE2bitsk

so sick, I wanna see how that exhaust looks with the rear bumper on.

~sp33~

I just realised i haven't even put the rear bumper on with that exhaust yet lol.

I'm running a different rear bumper now, so it's going to be a surprise for both of us.

My_EFsedan

thats what i did with my sedan and crx fender

My_EFsedan

~sp33~

Yeah really similar. I didn't realise you had finished it though, why didn't you leave it on?

EE2bitsk

rear bumper with exhaust pics? haha

My_EFsedan

sorry for spamming your page steve. it was completed. at that time i was unemployed for 2 years and i need desperately so i sold the front for 600. but ! i still my 50/50 fenders in my backyard for when i do decide to do it again.

~sp33~

Actually put it on the other day, and lines up perfect! Will get some pics.

Can you please do this instead of selling?

The only thing i've really progressed with is getting the door harnesses and door cards back together:



Unfortunately the carpet that i took from the 35XT LE doesn't fit over the wider 4wd center tunnel, and the seats don't bolt in because they mount in a different location on the 4wd models.. So i'll have to have a think about what i'm going to do with that :/

HondaTom87

awesome build

but why did you swap out the front ends
I loved the 89 look with the parking pole

~sp33~

Thanks mate.

A couple of reasons. Mostly because i prefer the aesthetic, but the prefacelift hood rubs on the DOHC ZC, so i could use the extra clearance. Also I feel that my car now looks as rare as it is. With the prefacelift front it looked like every other sedan (not a bad thing, i just wanted to set it apart from everyone else). Also, i was bored with how it looked.. Ive had this car for over 5 years now... Keepin it fresh

jdm_AE86

lookin awesome dude