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Old May 5, 2010 | 05:35 PM
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I paid $1,500. Worth every penny though. There was a lot of work that was done and so that's why it's that much. They welded on new sheet metal instead of using bondo, got rid of every dent on the car so now it's 100% straight/smooth, they cut the fenders and installed my JDM Stanley sidemarkers using the template I gave them to ensure 100% accurate placement, they removed the windshield, headlights and corners, painted the following thins flat black: sideskirts, window trim, front vents/grill, sidemoldings, lower rear bumper and oem lip. My mud guards are new so I told him not to paint it. He also got me a brand new hood from Honda with emblem and painted inside it too. He painted the mirrors as well which weren't painted before. They aligned the front end pretty good, it looks OEM. They also shaved the license plate holes on th bumper and the screw holes that were on there because the previous owner had his plates off to the side. I'm now using the optional bracket,bolts and frame from Honda that mounts inside the grill.
He also put in my rear Civic Si emblem.
After all that he gave it a full detail. My friend just got his hatch painted there a month before I got mine done and that's why I went with them. It looks great too and he paid $1000 but his car had no rust since it's from the south.

They're located in Cranston, Rhode island. Distinctive auto body.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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thats DIRTY cheap!
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Old May 5, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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damn your car looks 100 percent better. thats refurbished si good job. hate the visors tho
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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I paid $1,500. Worth every penny though. There was a lot of work that was done and so that's why it's that much. They welded on new sheet metal instead of using bondo, got rid of every dent on the car so now it's 100% straight/smooth, they cut the fenders and installed my JDM Stanley sidemarkers using the template I gave them to ensure 100% accurate placement, they removed the windshield, headlights and corners, painted the following thins flat black: sideskirts, window trim, front vents/grill, sidemoldings, lower rear bumper and oem lip. My mud guards are new so I told him not to paint it. He also got me a brand new hood from Honda with emblem and painted inside it too. He painted the mirrors as well which weren't painted before. They aligned the front end pretty good, it looks OEM. They also shaved the license plate holes on th bumper and the screw holes that were on there because the previous owner had his plates off to the side. I'm now using the optional bracket,bolts and frame from Honda that mounts inside the grill.
He also put in my rear Civic Si emblem.
After all that he gave it a full detail. My friend just got his hatch painted there a month before I got mine done and that's why I went with them. It looks great too and he paid $1000 but his car had no rust since it's from the south.

They're located in Cranston, Rhode island. Distinctive auto body.
thats a great price u paid for the work they did . you had to know them to get a deal like that... makes me want to drive my car from Philly to Rhode island to get my paint done.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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damn your car looks 100 percent better. thats refurbished si good job. hate the visors tho
Really? I like them. They're not the JDM Honda Access onesJ. $45 sure beats $180... I know some people that don't like it. What do you think makes them not look good? Just curious, thanks for the feedback.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by HBKFanatic
I paid $1,500. Worth every penny though. There was a lot of work that was done and so that's why it's that much. They welded on new sheet metal instead of using bondo, got rid of every dent on the car so now it's 100% straight/smooth, they cut the fenders and installed my JDM Stanley sidemarkers using the template I gave them to ensure 100% accurate placement, they removed the windshield, headlights and corners, painted the following thins flat black: sideskirts, window trim, front vents/grill, sidemoldings, lower rear bumper and oem lip. My mud guards are new so I told him not to paint it. He also got me a brand new hood from Honda with emblem and painted inside it too. He painted the mirrors as well which weren't painted before. They aligned the front end pretty good, it looks OEM. They also shaved the license plate holes on th bumper and the screw holes that were on there because the previous owner had his plates off to the side. I'm now using the optional bracket,bolts and frame from Honda that mounts inside the grill.
He also put in my rear Civic Si emblem.
After all that he gave it a full detail. My friend just got his hatch painted there a month before I got mine done and that's why I went with them. It looks great too and he paid $1000 but his car had no rust since it's from the south.

They're located in Cranston, Rhode island. Distinctive auto body.

WOW!!!!!! Car looks great and what an awesome price. They really did alot of work too. I wish I was closer cause the people around here have been quoting 4-5k and I'm taking them a rolling shell with the windows and everything already taken out

Anyway congrats man and looking forward to seeing it in person.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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idk i just dont care for the look of it. it looks similar to the oem ones and i also dont like the little bump thats on there too. jdmspeedworx has oem visors for 120.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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WOW!!!!!! Car looks great and what an awesome price. They really did alot of work too. I wish I was closer cause the people around here have been quoting 4-5k and I'm taking them a rolling shell with the windows and everything already taken out

Anyway congrats man and looking forward to seeing it in person.
Thanks broski, you plan on painting the whole shell though right? I only did outside the car and inside the hood. Thats crazy high though regardless!

Tum, yeah I hear ya. I'm not sure if I'll keep them or not. I like them during the rain because I can keep my windows open but in the future I would like the OEM ones. Not sure though.

Check out my new subwoofers though. Im surprised I never see anyone messing with the sound system though. I guess that would make a ricer... I respect others though and you don't hear the bass only from outside like these jackasses that drive up the street around here. Sounds sick

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Old May 5, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by xsole
thats a great price u paid for the work they did . you had to know them to get a deal like that... makes me want to drive my car from Philly to Rhode island to get my paint done.
dude if you're down to do so am i!

hbk your car looks flawless!!!! i pmed you.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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My friend and selling me itr front and rear seats and center console for 650 should I buy it?????.......
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by HBKFanatic
Really? I like them. They're not the JDM Honda Access onesJ. $45 sure beats $180... I know some people that don't like it. What do you think makes them not look good? Just curious, thanks for the feedback.
Whered you get those visors?
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Old May 6, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Phantastic
dude if you're down to do so am i!

hbk your car looks flawless!!!! i pmed you.
im serious bro, i might consider in taking a trip up there this summer to get my car done. probably stay in a hotel or something for a night or so until the car is done.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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Whered you get those visors?
I bought them last year from eBay.

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Old May 6, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by chero112
My friend and selling me itr front and rear seats and center console for 650 should I buy it?????.......
that's the usual price they go for on the east coast.

Originally Posted by xsole
im serious bro, i might consider in taking a trip up there this summer to get my car done. probably stay in a hotel or something for a night or so until the car is done.
i'm serious also. i told my friend about it and we are thinking about making the trip to get our hatches done there. the only thing is how long will it take for them to have the cars done. i would drive 4 hrs just for that price lol compared to what ppl are estimating me in philadelphia.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 07:35 AM
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im serious bro, i might consider in taking a trip up there this summer to get my car done. probably stay in a hotel or something for a night or so until the car is done.
You guys should come, its definately worth it. I wouldn't stay at a hotel though. I told him to take his time with it and he told me that he was going to be busy because he was doing a few other cars too but it was definitely worth the wait.

My friend got his car 7 or 8 business days after he dropped it off. So like a week and a half. Mine took exactly 4 weeks but he informed me it was going to take this long and I didn't have a problem.

PM me if you want to know anymore. I can always show you where it is. I also made a drive. Its 1 hour away from my house.

There is no orange peel either so you know they did a good job prepping and used quality paint.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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Damn yall are crazy lol
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:39 AM
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i'm serious also. i told my friend about it and we are thinking about making the trip to get our hatches done there. the only thing is how long will it take for them to have the cars done. i would drive 4 hrs just for that price lol compared to what ppl are estimating me in philadelphia.
alright cool. when ever you're ready let me know so we all can take a road trip up there together and get out cars done.

im thinkin about sometime in the summer but i just dont know how long it will take and where to stay for the mean time.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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alright cool. when ever you're ready let me know so we all can take a road trip up there together and get out cars done.

im thinkin about sometime in the summer but i just dont know how long it will take and where to stay for the mean time.
Youre going to loose work and whatever else you've got going on down there for 2 weeks? That is crazy! You should just get a friend to drive up there with you and then get driven back. I had a friend drive with me there and then drove me home.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Youre going to loose work and whatever else you've got going on down there for 2 weeks? That is crazy! You should just get a friend to drive up there with you and then get driven back. I had a friend drive with me there and then drove me home.
of course i'll get someone to come with me. missing 2 weeks of work is basically me losing the $1500 i need to pay for the work on my car lol. i hope when i do come up there, it'll be worth it! i'll PM you when im ready so i can get some more info.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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I hope you pm me some more pics of the girl in your avatar! haha
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by HBKFanatic
I paid $1,500. Worth every penny though. There was a lot of work that was done and so that's why it's that much. They welded on new sheet metal instead of using bondo, got rid of every dent on the car so now it's 100% straight/smooth, they cut the fenders and installed my JDM Stanley sidemarkers using the template I gave them to ensure 100% accurate placement, they removed the windshield, headlights and corners, painted the following thins flat black: sideskirts, window trim, front vents/grill, sidemoldings, lower rear bumper and oem lip. My mud guards are new so I told him not to paint it. He also got me a brand new hood from Honda with emblem and painted inside it too. He painted the mirrors as well which weren't painted before. They aligned the front end pretty good, it looks OEM. They also shaved the license plate holes on th bumper and the screw holes that were on there because the previous owner had his plates off to the side. I'm now using the optional bracket,bolts and frame from Honda that mounts inside the grill.
Dood, the car looks great!!

i'm so jealous of you guys in the US being able to get work like that done for so cheap! my local shops are going to charge me at least $3500 CAD to get the same type of work done.

average price here would be anywhere from $5000 to $8000 for that type of work...
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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Some new additions to my car:

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Another alternative to my Project Kics R40's:


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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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^^Volk formula lugnuts were hands down the besy looking and functional lugnuts I've ever had. I highly reccommend.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hatchy69
Damn yall are crazy lol
haha for how much it is and quality of the work in the pic is soooo worth it. mind if i crash at your place when i'm in RI? haha

Originally Posted by xsole
alright cool. when ever you're ready let me know so we all can take a road trip up there together and get out cars done.

im thinkin about sometime in the summer but i just dont know how long it will take and where to stay for the mean time.
well there's this one body shop i need to stop by to see what their estimate will be before i make my decision to make the trip up there lol. i'll def let you know if i'm heading up to RI or not.

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Youre going to loose work and whatever else you've got going on down there for 2 weeks? That is crazy! You should just get a friend to drive up there with you and then get driven back. I had a friend drive with me there and then drove me home.
if the work takes a month to do i'll just drop off the car and when it's time to pick up the car i'll take a week vacation up there haha. i'll pm you again if i decide to go to your body shop.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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^^Volk formula lugnuts were hands down the besy looking and functional lugnuts I've ever had. I highly reccommend.
I'll have to toss them onto my car to see how they look. i'm using the R40 NeoChrome now and i love the colors

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