SiRCiviC94

I currently ran into problems with my 1998 dx hb shell. I believe when i bought it, it was in an accident and patched where the shock tower meets the frame it deteriorated and separated itself. the extra weight of the swap and stiffness from being lowered def. took its toll heres a pic

I am currently welding in new strengthened steel in here but plan to just use this winter and pull the swap

B20DelSol

Wow...that is the panel from the unibody that has separated?...Wow....

doctorake

That looks horribly dangerous.

habanerored06si

I think its time to get your money back. Through legal means or otherwise.

**** looks def dangerous.

EG FTW

iTrader: (4)

gnarly looking hole you got there. perfect for a CAI haha, but serously bump to fix this.

kyden

scrap.

98civdx

Holy ****! It needs to be scrapped.

Where was it bought from? Did they tell you it was wrecked? How long ago?

B20DelSol

Time for a custom space frame chassis

SiRCiviC94

i actually put 15k on this chasis for it to separate. I did notice a crack and hole but figured aghhhh. when putting my oem suspension back in. not further investigating or realizing what was going on here.

now i see how bad and yes dangerous this can be. im not after the seller the car has a beautiful gsr swap for my race car..and if this was 1999 the insurance would have this repaired i believe.... I paid 1600 for the car swapped it wasnt a huge pricetag for a mint shell. (seller might have known about this though! purchased ASIS)

ive given a go ahead to repair this with welded steel at a very skilled welding shop and will post what I get back! for now im still amazed and looked at a couple hondas...

this is very weak area, there is a hole for a brake line that can rust, crack, and cause this over time. I have checked my other car to make sure this will never happen to it.

so i got out to my shop i saw it sitting low on that corner, and the hood slightly elevated. check your hondas make sure this doesnt happen!

im hoping my ek will live another winter or year with the repair. it should easily. but now I will not be going next level and doing any bodywork or restore of anykind to it

dirty19

iTrader: (1)

time to put that one out to pasture.

SiRCiviC94

^ thats what i said when i saw....im working with a very tricky situation and would have to pull 3 swaps. this one into an eg, the one from my eg into a new ek, etc

ill post what I get back next weekend, im trying to use this car and swap till spring ish then part it out

98civdx

UCA also appears to be bent.

SiRCiviC94

what youre seeing is it lifted because the shock tower in this pic is not pushed down, once its pushed down and lined up like how it came originally, tacked, then plate welded it will sit normally. i hope.

mint shell though eh guys I had some nice plans to race this car a bit but now its just to get around and baby my back up swap for my turbo civic

Lizardslap

take everything salvageable off of it including all interior parts harnesses and what not and sell what you want off. And scrap the chassis

SiRCiviC94

All fixed. Welded solid and spot welded. Better than new, pics to follow.

RunNoelRun

Pictures please. Tough hole to dig out of.

alphalanos

just by the way that car looks and how dirty it is i wouldnt drive it

SiRCiviC94

its my winter beater and the sound of the engine brightens my day it runs like it came off the show room floor. its reinforced to hit a small jump now and not get any damage. phone is dead but will have a pic within a couple hours.

thanks for the opinions! i am a bit stubborn but try and not half *** **** anymore

SiRCiviC94

Perfectionist would grind the welds and make it not
Noticeable. Nothin to hide here tho.

cryptonik

I'd run it!

98civdx

hopefully it wont fall apart.

SiRCiviC94

not a chance! the welds penetrated very well and i lowered the car pretty fast on the jack. ZERO movement. and rides nice n straight now too.

now im just annoyed the last owner stripped a couple threads in the aluminum head for the header to bolt up and seal 100% so I cant get the threaded stud to stay in without re drilling and tapping for a larger stud and it needs new ps/alt belts..... thats about it. dont buy peoples unfinished projects.

92lxsleeper

wow, thats as bad as the rear towers on my ek hatch i have them welded with thick 1" natural gas pipe, just to get the car around for 1 more year, then the body is getting scrapped and my motor is going into another shell.

SiRCiviC94

got any pics? that sounds un real

92lxsleeper

sadly no. i covered it all with sound deadening so that i dont have to deal with the road noise.