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Old 12-08-2018, 09:13 PM
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After 2 years of the car just laying around, I am finally going to try to get her finished by end of March 2019 just in time for the Spring Import Alliance if not definitely the summer meet.

Strut tower paint was cracking so I had to fix that. Exterior paint is horrible as it never had a complete real paint job since I owned it back in 2012.
Hood looks awlful!!











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Laying base coat then 2k clear.



















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Post #s 1-4 aren't loading photos for me?
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same ^
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same ^
Old 12-11-2018, 07:11 PM
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Yeah. Idk guys. I am having issues with posting my photos from imgur.
it should be working now. I never had this kinda issues on posting on Honda-Tech before.
its been years since I posted on here tho. Lol

let me know if y’all can see the photos now. I can see it now from my side.
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Nope!

What I do is... upload to Imgur, and then upload them into an album on the site using imgur links, and then just pull them from the album when making a post.

Not sure why it works this way, but I haven't had any problems over the past year doing it like this. This is also gives you an easy way to re-size them so they don't take the whole page lol.
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Rear bumper and front lip in.
Hope these cheap crap fits decently.
Its hit & miss with these ebay junk. LOL


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What website did you buy the hood from? Love how it’s coming out! I’ve always wanted a 4 door but I ended up finding a clean coupe instead :/
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What website did you buy the hood from? Love how it’s coming out! I’ve always wanted a 4 door but I ended up finding a clean coupe instead :/
Thanks man. Its not as nice as some of the builds on here as its a budget build. Hood came from carparts.com. I believe it was only like $79? Had a coupon code. I only got like under $300 in parts so far on the rebuild.
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More pics.



4300k hids into fogs

New hood


New headlights


Everything ready to put on.

New smoked amber corners

New front bumper

Headlights

New fogs

New hood


Led bulbs for the tag light


New hardware



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So I always wondered why the eg fogs' light output wasn't as bright as for say newer civic/rsx fogs. So I decided to take the bulb reflector out and the projector lens out which increased the brightness and output. Of course I had to aim them lower so it didn't bling incoming traffic. The output on them are amazing now.


Projector lens and shield out of the fogs!




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New headlights and corner lens on



New bumper on.



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Aiming headlights

Aiming foglights



Only fogs. Lol


Foglights output is amazing now. I will probably only use these when there is no traffic around.
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Heating up fenders before rolling them


Test fitting the front lip on old bumper


First oil change in a year. Lol. Haven’t driven the car.
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New bumper/fender grommets/screws. The old ones were barely holding them on. Lol

Sem trim paint for wipers, sideskirts, window trim. Maybe for the mirrors as well.



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Guys, please let me know if you can finally see the photos. I tried to rearrange them in the correct order as well.
not sure why the font is so big when I am typing either. It’s set on default. I am not yelling. Lol
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Seems to be working, you’ve got Volks and a k swap but still have some weird raptor tires I’ve never heard of. Get some nice tires on there!!
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Seems to be working, you’ve got Volks and a k swap but still have some weird raptor tires I’ve never heard of. Get some nice tires on there!!
I got the raptor tires bc they are the widest 14” street tires that I could find at 215. Nitto has some 205 but they aren’t exactly street tires.
lol. Raptor is actually made by Michelin tires. The tire actually is a decent tire. Not many people know.


New fender liner clips came in today.



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I’m not doubting the brand just doubt they have any traction. Think the nt-01 would do great unless this is a daily. There are a couple others in 14” too tires make or break a car to me
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I’m not doubting the brand just doubt they have any traction. Think the nt-01 would do great unless this is a daily. There are a couple others in 14” too tires make or break a car to me

Your right. At the time when I started the build, car was a daily driver. Guess it’s not anymore.
Traction is not too bad. Car doesn’t have much tq to it. It really picks up on the top end tho.
The wheels and tires been on the car since May of 2015. Lol
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Surprised you haven’t made the 2019 IA “Official” pic thread yet
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New front fender liners came in.
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Surprised you haven’t made the 2019 IA “Official” pic thread yet
lol.
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Newly painted rocker panels going on





Used some Carnabua Wax on the newly painted engine bay. It’s been over 2 months so time for wax.







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