eghatch9295

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Hi guys, got bored and knocked out a quick project. I don't have any pictures of the day I towed it home, unfortunately, but it looks like the "before" paint pics, except it had a rusted out trunk on it and a massive hole in the roof from the previous owner removing and disposing of an aftermarket sunroof. Roof was dented in, as well. I bought the car for $375. It came on clean Rota GT3's with corded tires that I quickly unloaded for $325, bringing my total down to $50 for a haggard HX on steel wheels with bald tires.

When I bought the car, it had an eBay header on it with rust and holes galore. I grabbed an OEM one from the yard for $24, bringing my total to $74. Bodywork was next. Luckily, the quarters on this car were solid. However, there was a massive hole in the roof to deal with. In the interest of making this the cheapest Civic ever, I made a patch panel out of two dented fenders, and riveted that sucker up. Tons of Bondo and sandpaper later, I had spent $56, which brought me to $130.

Next up was interior. The thing was missing the headliner, misc plastic parts, had a random wheel with no airbag, no radio, and no ecu. A trip to the junkyard/my beat parts pile cost $25. Ecu I happened to have was a p2e, so to make it work with the engine I had to swap the throttle body with a spare y7 one I had, and bought a new gasket for $5. This brought me to a total of $160. A 3 wire IAC conversion, 4 wire o2 conversion, and headache later, it ran.

The car needed wheels, paint, and a trunk lid. I had a mildly fucked over trunk from a past project I swapped onto it. Next, I grabbed and redrilled a set of Miata daisy wheels with tires off CL for $50. Paint is a rattle job, with molding, skirts, grill painted satin black, with the body sprayed satin khaki. Total cost: $87, bringing my total to $247. I didn't like how the hood looked, so I bought a used bra for it for $10. New total: $257.

Threw an oil change at her ($15), and she runs great! Not looking horrible at all, and best of all, I am in it for $272 all said and done. As a bonus, it came with a full EM1 interior, and a brand new ACT stage 2 clutch kit and flywheel I installed. Not so much of a bonus are the shitty eBay sleeves. Pics:

Notice the tarp on the roof, lol. Bumpers off for towing.



Shitty roof patch job:



Dirty old bay:



Smoothin her out:



Guide coat/almost done:



Bumpers on/ ready for a sub $50 paint job:



Wheels on/ job almost done:



Not bad for 2 days work and under $300.

W95civicEXcoupe

^^ Awesome!

24TEN

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Roof scares me but otherwise awesome job. I can appreciate the work that went into the roof shape (specifically shaping), that's not as easy as you made it look.

tony_2018

Roof work.......woooh...but nonetheless its gone and weight reduction complete. Nice work!! Dedication!!

eghatch9295

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not sure if any weight was lost, lol... lots of bondo

jdmeg6118

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Looks a lot better then it did haha Fenders as your roof nice.

TomCat39

I must say, I'm really envious of your body work knowledge.

Even if I had the space and tools, I have no idea of what I'm doing if I were to attack a body work project. Sadly, both my Hondas need the rear fender work done and I'm clueless to any of it.

Great job man. Looks pretty good for what it was.

eghatch9295

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thanks guys, wasn't really trying with the body. it was a bit half assed, but it did come out ok.

joey1320

Dedication - very nice