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17 year old hoochie gets a facelift....
Pictures on page 1 and 2
I believe this is the first time the car has graced the pages of HondaTech. The purpose of this thread is supply the readers of this forum the ability to follow along the progress of the reincarnation of the 17 year old body of my car. I see a lot of "what's a good body shop", "where should I get my car painted" threads on this forum. This is going to be a prime example of what a crap job looks like (current) and what it shoudl look like (future). I checked out a lot of shops and wound up choosing Eddie and Tim of ET Kreations in Fargo ND. To anyone in the midwest area, I suggest you seriously SERIOUSLY consider these guys. But I believe the progress pics will speak for themselves. To start off, "The Before Pictures". The car appears to have had one paintjob prior to my purchase. It's a shatty paintjob, simple as that. Rust coming through on the rear quarter panels and underneath the side moulding. A bit of surface rust is appearing on the pinch welds...but it's nothing too big. ET is going to get rid of all the rust, correctly align all the panels, and respray the factory Superior Blue Metallic. Now for the eye candy: http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47626-l-zr...F5naHNa9Zg.jpg General shot of the car, doesn't look "too" bad, right? Wrong. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47624-l-ZD...SblnRLa2LA.jpg Here's a little peak of the beautiful oxidation happening below the paint. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47628-l-RM...agBw1TS0EA.jpg MMM....yeah, pretty. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47623-l-nT...s5lPVHi8jA.jpg While we are touring the rear quarter area, check out that great sanding job. Nice touch. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47619-l-xF...a7enaFfuXA.jpg Just a bit behind the moulding...no biggy. Tim is magic with a welder. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47622-l-7t...JftfIJ5AVQ.jpg Mostly just surface stuff here....almost happy to see it! http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47625-l-4V...27Hf8x3pDw.jpg This is what happens when people do shitty paint jobs...it falls off. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47618-l-1N...CalPRvoDfA.jpg What the guys do in there spare time. http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47620-l-9e...qR0lz2ezTg.jpg https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmileo.gif http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47621-l-bJ...XnoUnbiyzA.jpg New GIXXER liter bike gets some love. Thats all for now. The guys should be starting on the car next week. Stay tuned for progress pics over the next couple weeks Modified by spankjelly at 10:08 PM 3/18/2006 Modified by spankjelly at 3:10 PM 3/28/2006 |
damn keep us updated, it was just getting interested when I ran out of pics to look at https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif
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Re: (dreww..)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dreww.. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn keep us updated, it was just getting interested when I ran out of pics to look at https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif</TD></TR></TABLE>
Here is a little teaser of the dubs that are going on the ride. They will see some extensive refinishing also. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif http://is.rely.net/1-4368-47629-l-sP...lHOpRoEbTA.jpg |
Re: (dreww..)
so what color did you decide to go with?
or should we stayed tuned for the next thread? https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emwink.gif |
Re: (5 Speed DC2)
The majority of the car is going back to the superior blue metallic color honda meant it to be, the roof and trunk are PROBABLY going to be phantom grey pearl...atleast thats the plan now.
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Re: (spankjelly)
in for this ish!
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Re: (.brian.)
damn looks like alot of work can't wait to see the finished project
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Re: 17 year old hoochie gets a facelift.... (spankjelly)
subscribed!
Wanna see how this turns out. Love seeing rexs be reborn. I'm probably going to have to go through the same thing for my hatchie Paint job the car came with is crap and is bubbling and flaking off. |
Thanks for all the comments. Can't wait to see it done myself, the rust was actually starting to make me sick to my stomach. seriously.
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Re: (spankjelly)
Subscribing.. good to see some people still do builds/restorations the right way https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif
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Re: (spankjelly)
good luck with the project... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif
so you know the bike is a gixxer not a kawi... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif |
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Re: (curioso)
your pictures tell a billion stories...
great pics https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif |
Re: (curioso)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by curioso »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: (dreww..)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dreww.. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn keep us updated, it was just getting interested when I ran out of pics to look at https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: (crxgatoRR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxgatoRR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good luck with the project... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif
so you know the bike is a gixxer not a kawi... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif </TD></TR></TABLE> bah....not a honda...thats all I know https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif Look for new pics around tuesday guys, I'll do my best to keep everyone updated. |
Re: (spankjelly)
Pics are dope!!!! Good luck https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif
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Re: (schpootypie)
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suzuki not kawi
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Yeah...again, my bad. GIXXER litre bike getting some love.
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Re: (chitownrida)
I wish my crx was as clean as yours https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif
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subscribed!!!!!
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Re: (LankorDie)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LankorDie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wish my crx was as clean as yours https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>
I know...and I wish mine was as fast as yours https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif |
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