To shave, or not to shave!
03-05-2002, 03:31 PM
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To shave, or not to shave!
Since i am getting rust on my rear quarter pannels and i have a lot of little chips at the front i am planning on repainting the car in campionship white. The antenna, emblems, and the front licenlce plate screw holes will be shaved off for that cleaner look, however i am debating weather to shave my mouldings or not, should i keep them or take them off and fill the little holes so it resembles a cx. I personally want to shave them, also the car will be getting flat black HX wheels eventually. So what do you guys think?
03-05-2002, 03:34 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
This is just a bonus pic for you guys, because i know you love engine bays. Mine isn't exactly clean due to winter/salt/rain/etc. and it's not a b18c5, but hey it's something. I am an 18 year old student on a budjet so go easy on me 
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03-05-2002, 03:39 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
I think it'll look good. BTW, what kinda springs do you have? That thing is low!!! Any camber problems? I just picked up a 92 VX...so just trying to research. How does the car run? Any ets?
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03-05-2002, 03:45 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
03-05-2002, 03:46 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (Honda4CX-R)
Those are not springs, they are coilover sleeves on stock shocks for now 
As far as E/T's i haven't gone to the track yet, but i am going this summer. I can tell you this, the guy who did my swap, ran against his friend's hatch that runs high 14's right after they finished the swap, and they were neck to neck until 190km/h. Me, my best kill was a Porsche Boxter, just a basic model, a lot of people don't believe me, i might get flamed for this, but just to let you know, the car was gutted, no carpet, no seats, no door panels, no tar, no spare, just a driver's seat and a dash and the guy with the Porsche had a passanger, and i also beat 2001 Prelude SH with a CAI that runs 15.1
As far as E/T's i haven't gone to the track yet, but i am going this summer. I can tell you this, the guy who did my swap, ran against his friend's hatch that runs high 14's right after they finished the swap, and they were neck to neck until 190km/h. Me, my best kill was a Porsche Boxter, just a basic model, a lot of people don't believe me, i might get flamed for this, but just to let you know, the car was gutted, no carpet, no seats, no door panels, no tar, no spare, just a driver's seat and a dash
and the guy with the Porsche had a passanger, and i also beat 2001 Prelude SH with a CAI that runs 15.1
03-05-2002, 03:47 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (B_zurC)
Hey i have all the pics of your hatch already saved on my hard drive. Lovin' your car man
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03-05-2002, 03:47 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
I am an 18 year old student on a budjet so go easy on me
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03-05-2002, 03:56 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (94HybridEx)
And as far as camber, well i do have major camber up front, not too bad at the back though. I do like having some camber, great for cornering, but not the amount i have right now. I also have an ingalls camber kit, but the car is too low and i can't use the camber kit because the upper control arm is hitting the inner fender so i have to do some minor modifications to get it working.
03-05-2002, 03:57 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
hehe thanks but it looks kinda different now. no CF hood, smoked amber visions, and a set of poorman's SW388
I gotta get some new pics up.
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I gotta get some new pics up.
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03-05-2002, 04:20 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (B_zurC)
hehe thanks but it looks kinda different now. no CF hood, smoked amber visions, and a set of poorman's SW388
I gotta get some new pics up.
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I gotta get some new pics up.
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03-05-2002, 04:29 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
Oh i would like to mention that i have a Type R flywheel, i removed the entire A/C unit and P/S, still gotta change the rack and car is gutted.
03-05-2002, 05:27 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
hey i just ordered a kamikaze header for my car. i will sell you my dc 4-2-1 for 175 bucks if you want it. it is PERFECT meaning no dents, scratches, rust.
03-05-2002, 06:03 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (civicb18b)
i think u should keep ur moldings on and just get them painted.
no need to spend that extra dough, and the moldings look good anyway.
if u were gonna shave it, i say shave it totally, and not have that indent left over.
post pics when ur done
no need to spend that extra dough, and the moldings look good anyway.
if u were gonna shave it, i say shave it totally, and not have that indent left over.
post pics when ur done
03-05-2002, 06:05 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (civicb18b)
hey i just ordered a kamikaze header for my car. i will sell you my dc 4-2-1 for 175 bucks if you want it. it is PERFECT meaning no dents, scratches, rust.
03-05-2002, 06:08 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (civicb18b)
well i don't really like the shave molding thing but i do like to take off the molding and fill in the little holes,that is what i'm going to do to my black Si when i get it painted,here is a pic of what your car should look like
keep us posted on what you do
keep us posted on what you do
03-05-2002, 06:37 PM
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Re: To shave, or not to shave! (1.8 HB)
just wonderin if those are the 13's that are black on your car.
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03-05-2002, 10:04 PM
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