Ok well this is my first post here, but I have just bought a 92-95 HB that needs some work. The car is originally red but has been primered and has a body kit molded to the body...what is the best way to get this off...what grit will I need? etc..I plan on buying all new bumpers and then sending it off to paint..any help is appreciated.

 

are you trying to get the primer off? and why?

 

he wants to get the bodykit off, ide use some pretty hardcore grit stuff to get it off . . . .


Modified by blkhatch92 at 2:44 PM 11/16/2005

 

yes i want the body kit off its really ugly plus ive never liked bodykits...so anyone else have experience with this..

 

if the body kit is molded to the car with fiberglass its gona take more then sandpaper to get it off but good luck restoring it post some picks so when u do fix it u can post the before and after

 

no offense, but why did you buy the car if it had a molded in body kit that you don't even like? i hope you got it super cheap or something, cuz thats an awful lot of work to get the car to a point where it looks stock.

 

i do alot of body work and i know that not only fiberglass is there. We put a apoxy between the body kit and car and ull do more damage to the car. Trust me it sucks all mine is molded on.

how u post pics on here and ill show u

 

I got the car for $250 so i figure if its a loss then oh well. The bodykit is supposedly put on with bondo...so im guessing sandpaper will take care of it...ill post pics this weekend. I bought it as a project not as a daily I have an XB for that so I dont need this project to be done in a month or anything. Thanks for the help guys

 

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that qualifies as cheap nice!

 

Ok so its officially in my garage now...just got it ten min. ago and the biggest job will be the sides.The front bumper is stock and seems to be in good condition and the rear needs a new bumper, so that solves those problems...would it be worth the money to just pay a body shop to take the molded sides off? Or is it really not to much of a pain to take these off? After this I have to put the whole interior together hahaha

 

you would have to do a prefessional cut on the sideskirts since is molded in the the fender and rear courter pannel., after cutting the sideskirts i dink u have to change the fender. alot of work,

 

So...Does anyone know of a good body shop?? Im located in socal...This thing is a pain.

 

are you planning to go JDM?

 

to post a picture do this

find a host for the file online, like http://www.putfile.com

then put the image url in, putfile automatically does it for you and you just copy and paste, the tags are.

[ img ]yourimageurl[ /img] without any spaces in it

 

OK thanks I will post pictures soon I just have to take them..as for the JDM I guess you could say that...Im just doing what I like, but for the most part the exterior will be stock, with the sir lip and it already has a duck bill so why not, other than that it will be just an eg with lip and duck bill..If that answers your question..I guess that JDM

 

you should get jdm fenders and side markers b4 your paint it. that would look nice. also have you looked into getting the siR wing instead of the duckbill wing. just giving my option.

 

i also jsut baught a hatch 89, i have a set of Rear and front strut bars are they worth it or should i jsut not kill the trunk space and sell them?

 

250 man you lucky sucker!

 

Yea the sir rear is nice..but Im definately going with new fenders..theyre inexpensive and I need them so why not...But any body shops? socal?