Alright, not really about the tail lights, but the glass piece in the middle on the hatck. Is there any way to get rid of the glass piece? I want to try to get a piece of metal or something. Does anyone know how to go about this, or if it has been done?

 

STD model hatchbacks used a black opaque plastic piece in the center, rather than the red translucent piece (it's plastic, not glass) found on DX and Si models . . .

 

alright, i found a picture (bumblezc) who has his colored. Can you get fusion plastic paint and paint it?

 

You can do whatever you want to it. Painting it is not at issue at all just make sure that you prep it good before painting. I am sure that they sell some sort of paint that will stick to plastic.

 

Use plastic primer, and you can use regular spraypaint.

Make sure it's based on the same solvent, or the paint will eat the primer. That's all.

 

thank you, that is what i thought. I am doing a lot of body work on my car right now, and then a motor swap, pics will follow
Taking off all door trim, bondoing it in, and sanding it flat

 

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well, i dont really have much of a choice on the door trim, I only have one piece left. Someone tried to steal it but it didn't do them any good because they broke the prongs off. Local junkyard wants $58 per piece of trim.
So...I am bondoing it in and sanding it flat. I know it looks weird, but, i kind of like it.

 

hey to each his own right...its all about personal preference ....also you can find some molding for dirt cheap if you look around, and another alternative is getting the mugen or wings west kit for it...

 

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Hey, do what you like!


http://www.majestichonda.com if you decide you want to replace the trim/clips.

 

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Ya, mine was shaved, but I hate it now. Goign back to stock red center peice.

 

Slam your door shut a bit too hard and all the filler will come falling off. I've seen it happen. Hadn't had such a good laugh in a long time.

 

First your giving him advice, now your making fun of what he wants to do.

But ya, Bondo the whole thing is a bad idea. It will crack. Welding in metal is you best bet.

 

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it will look like a geo metro, honda sells moldings i got all of them for like 170 i believe

 

hmm, i might get a wings west kit then. Only problem is id have to have a place here mold it. Cheapest ive found a place to do body kit work for just installing and molding it was 1200. Might look into that tho.

 

you dont have to mold anything with the wings west kit...sometimes people do but it doesnt look right...and its pretty simple to install it yourself...

 

Most the pictures i see of cars on extremedimensions.com have shaved sides.
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And

I am getting a body kit soon though, but i want one thats semi-easy to install on

I like the west wings, but no local dealers around here. As for the mugen, is that the "type M body kit"?

 

I got the Mugen Flared bodykit from extremedimensions.

took us 166hours to adjust it to fit the car.

 

wow, thats a LONG time. I did not see a "mugen flared kit" on there? link?

 

yes that first one has shaved sides.....it also has CHROME rims

i have seen several hatched with shaved sides.... none to date that has semi smooth finish... it will look wavy as hell and a wasted paint job

*edit---you can even see it in those pics

 

your looking in the wrong places...look threw some pics in this forum...at the very top of the civic crx page there is a whole list of ef pics...

here ya go: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=237599 there is actually a nice clean hatch with the wings west kit on that first page

 

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everything molded to the car. AFTER adapting the kit wich was ordered TO the car.

 

how much does a wings west kit normally run (retail)?
I think im gonna try one last junkyard and try to find my piece. I like the look of the wings west kit and stuff, But being 16 and doing a motorswap, I don't really have much money the way it is.