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1-21-2002
  My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal« » 10:46 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

All questions and comments welcome. Most of the work I did myself and it was my first time at it, so let me know what you think.

Before:

Here's the rundown. After Nopi, I decided to shave my bay and do better wire tuck. Being an amateur welder and having access to just a stick welder, it took me just under a month to weld, grind, and have the bay ready for filler. I worked after hours and on the weekend at work. I had help here and there on the difficult parts. It was then taken to the body shop. There I filled and sanded the bay. Most of the bay had to be hand sanded. I came back and did the same thing after primer. This is where I left off. The rest of the exterior and paint was professionally handled. In the meantime, I finished my harness. Reassembly didn't take long. I had the engine running the day after I got the car back from paint.









After:


I welded in some plates to cover the two holes behind each headlight. The driver's side was for the a/c and washer reservoir. The passenger side hole was for the oem air box assembly.

Here is a shot of the seam sealer. I just sanded down the factory sealer to make it look smoother and less noticeable.

The support here alone had 25 holes to weld up. This is counting from fender to fender.

Harness and inverted injectors

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Special thanks to:
-Justin-, Brewer, and Chris miller for the pics
Tracy (speeddreamz.com) for allowing me to use the shop (Mobile Electronics and Performance in Tuscaloosa, AL) after work hours
Tracy and Yosuke for helping on the hard welds
Ryan Clough at Automations in Bessemer, AL for the body and paint
Chase with the wire tuck tips

Modified by maxpsi at 6:29 PM 7/29/2008


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4-22-2006
 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (maxpsi)« » 10:56 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (Chef Andre)« » 11:11 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

wow i dig the color and i like everything but the sparo seats


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5-24-2006
 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (Chef Andre)« » 11:22 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

it looks extra nice and fresh


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (Brice.Hayden)« » 11:24 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

wow that color is hot


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (bjones)« » 11:30 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

looks awesome!! great work

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1-5-2006
 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (NSXOT1C)« » 11:41 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

great job homie!! looks sickk


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (mr.coupe)« » 11:43 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

clean


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (NSXOT1C)« » 11:44 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

nice work man!


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (mr.coupe)« » 11:45 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

Thanks guys! I was leaning towards the Chevrolet red, at first, that looks similar to this color. Ryan noticed it had a good bit of purple in it. You've probably seen the color on the new Tahoe. Anyways, Ryan pointed me towards this color. This color is on Chargers, Ram p/u, crossfire, as well as other chrysler vehicles.

Most people would think it was out of a ppg catalog. Did you?


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (maxpsi)« » 11:54 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

Stick welder? You were using my $2k tig welder. Turned out pretty nice. The engine bay looks much cleaner.


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (Chef Andre)« » 11:57 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

That bay is gorgeous


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 « Re: My EJ8 shaved, tucked, and repainted Blaze red crystal (SpeedDreamz.com)« » 11:57 PM 6/2/2008 Reply  Edit

You can imagine how much faster it would have gone with a wire-feed.


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6-3-2007
 « « » 12:04 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

sick!!


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 « Re: (matysik27)« » 12:15 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Sick job dude! looks great in person!


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 « Re: (JdMhEaD)« » 12:19 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

very clean ride.. i remember seeing in a few weeks back when i was in Bama for Import Face-off





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 « « » 12:23 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Looks bitchin haha

but, why the black grill? totally kills the front end for me


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 « Re: (EJ_ALLMOTA)« » 12:23 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Thanks for the comments and pics. That was a nice show with some nice racing. I placed 1st in Import Wild.


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 « Re: (EJ_ALLMOTA)« » 12:24 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

WOOOOOWWWWW This is sick dude, looks badass.

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 « Re: (Chase)« » 12:32 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

color is amazing. Side shots ASAP!

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 « Re: (Chase)« » 12:32 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Personally, would have kept it white, but your work is very good


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 « Re: (Chase)« » 12:34 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

love the engine bay...the shaving and sanding of the seam sealer looks killer


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 « Re: (ware)« » 12:40 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Quote, originally posted by ware »
color is amazing. Side shots ASAP!

Quote, originally posted by speedaddict »
love the engine bay...the shaving and sanding of the seam sealer looks killer

I wasn't comfortable messing with it and the brake lines like some people do with their tucks. Sanding the factory seam sealer was an afterthought once I got started on the bay at Automations. I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. Thanks for the comments.


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FS thread:
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2155654
Car pics:
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 « « » 12:43 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Looks great!!!


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 « Re: (Mr.OB*GYN_Rhett)« » 12:44 AM 6/3/2008 Reply  Edit

Quote, originally posted by Mr.OB*GYN_Rhett »
Personally, would have kept it white, but your work is very good

That was the original plan and without a shaved bay. But, I told myself if I was to spend the money, the paint better stand out. And, if I was paint it, I might was well shave the bay. It was a pretty enormous task for someone whose never welded or had to do body work.


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FS thread:
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2155654
Car pics:
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2313719
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