I bought this car last fall and was waiting for the shitty South Dakota weather to subside. Here are some pics of the progress from last night. I had to leave early to wait for the furniture delivery peeps to deliver our new couch so here's the shots I snapped. I apologize about the shotty pics as I forgot my camera and just had my celly on me. Big thanks to my dad and his friend Joe for helping after hours at the Vern Eide body shop a local Honda dealership (my dad's the body shop manager):

Before






During








Marking the dents we need to fix


Test fitting and aligning the new body panels before they are painted


My dad fixing holes that were created by the previous owner for a body kit




This guy


The loaner car!


There will be more pics as it progresses. I'm going back tomorrow after work to get some more done to it and then Saturday hopefully it will be in primer


Modified by elivandenbosch at 1:42 PM 5/23/2008


Modified by elivandenbosch at 6:40 PM 5/24/2008

 

Teaser of what's going on it after the body work:












Modified by elivandenbosch at 10:37 AM 5/27/2008

 

Ooh... excited for this i am

 

Well, that makes 2 of us More updates will come tonight

 

 

Subscribed.

 

are those the real CE28 SE's? or the GP GR2's? either way, i like, and i want

im in for this thread, it has promising results

 

Looks good. I'm gunna keep an eye on this!

 

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I agree...

 

nice build bro

 

Its going to be something when it gets done. I cant wait....ej8 FTWx2

 

nice start for sure.

 

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They're actually the Spun Limited 1 Wheels 15x6.5 and only 11 lbs per wheel

Here's the progress from last night, again.... only had my cell on me











Found the start of some rust on the drivers door.... got rid of that ****

 

Today I did the thin moldings and skirts with a scuff pad, water, and plastic cleaner:

The cleaner



OEM Honda FTW











CTR "Style" Urethane Lip and the new trunk (old one had a wing installed then shotty weld to fill the holes which warped the lid

 

A few more pics:


These will be paint matched

 

Mirrors and Door handles prepped:

Picture taken while still drying:





Modified by elivandenbosch at 6:03 AM 5/27/2008

 

LOL at him grinding w/ his eyes closed.. Safety glasses Looks like its coming along.. Is your padre doin all the body work or are you doing some too?

 

He's doing the detailed work as he's a veteran at it and I'm doing a lot of the final prep such as prepping the plastic, scuffing the edges, tight areas and doing the smaller items like the mirrors and door handles... etc. Mechanical work is more my forte.

 

ohhh.. i see. Be careful not to go to low with those upper control arms. I have had tonsss of friends punch thru their shock towers..

 

Bump it up for some more feedback. The car is being painted tonight. Suspension components and wheels will be installed Thursday or Friday this week

 

Well, last night it was painted. When I left they were just putting the last coat of sealer on it and then was going to start painting. I had to wake up hella early today to get to work by 6 so I couldn't stay to see it get sprayed. Here are the pics I snapped:




















The Paint Brand









I'm going back tonight to start the reassembly process! I'll post updates tomorrow morning!

 

nice build!

whats the final color going to be? i might have just missed it cuz i didnt read every post lol. i like picture books

 

It's going to be the factory Milano Red again

 

bump

 

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