17 hoochie gets a facelift....
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17 year old hoochie gets a facelift....
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I believe this is the first time the car has graced the pages of HondaTech. The purpose of this thread is supply the readers of this forum the ability to follow along the progress of the reincarnation of the 17 year old body of my car. I see a lot of "what's a good body shop", "where should I get my car painted" threads on this forum. This is going to be a prime example of what a crap job looks like (current) and what it shoudl look like (future). I checked out a lot of shops and wound up choosing Eddie and Tim of ET Kreations in Fargo ND. To anyone in the midwest area, I suggest you seriously SERIOUSLY consider these guys. But I believe the progress pics will speak for themselves.
To start off, "The Before Pictures". The car appears to have had one paintjob prior to my purchase. It's a shatty paintjob, simple as that. Rust coming through on the rear quarter panels and underneath the side moulding. A bit of surface rust is appearing on the pinch welds...but it's nothing too big. ET is going to get rid of all the rust, correctly align all the panels, and respray the factory Superior Blue Metallic. Now for the eye candy:
General shot of the car, doesn't look "too" bad, right? Wrong.
Here's a little peak of the beautiful oxidation happening below the paint.
MMM....yeah, pretty.
While we are touring the rear quarter area, check out that great sanding job. Nice touch.
Just a bit behind the moulding...no biggy. Tim is magic with a welder.
Mostly just surface stuff here....almost happy to see it!
This is what happens when people do shitty paint jobs...it falls off.
What the guys do in there spare time.
New GIXXER liter bike gets some love.
Thats all for now. The guys should be starting on the car next week. Stay tuned for progress pics over the next couple weeks
Modified by spankjelly at 10:08 PM 3/18/2006
Modified by spankjelly at 3:10 PM 3/28/2006
I believe this is the first time the car has graced the pages of HondaTech. The purpose of this thread is supply the readers of this forum the ability to follow along the progress of the reincarnation of the 17 year old body of my car. I see a lot of "what's a good body shop", "where should I get my car painted" threads on this forum. This is going to be a prime example of what a crap job looks like (current) and what it shoudl look like (future). I checked out a lot of shops and wound up choosing Eddie and Tim of ET Kreations in Fargo ND. To anyone in the midwest area, I suggest you seriously SERIOUSLY consider these guys. But I believe the progress pics will speak for themselves.
To start off, "The Before Pictures". The car appears to have had one paintjob prior to my purchase. It's a shatty paintjob, simple as that. Rust coming through on the rear quarter panels and underneath the side moulding. A bit of surface rust is appearing on the pinch welds...but it's nothing too big. ET is going to get rid of all the rust, correctly align all the panels, and respray the factory Superior Blue Metallic. Now for the eye candy:
General shot of the car, doesn't look "too" bad, right? Wrong.
Here's a little peak of the beautiful oxidation happening below the paint.
MMM....yeah, pretty.
While we are touring the rear quarter area, check out that great sanding job. Nice touch.
Just a bit behind the moulding...no biggy. Tim is magic with a welder.
Mostly just surface stuff here....almost happy to see it!
This is what happens when people do shitty paint jobs...it falls off.
What the guys do in there spare time.
New GIXXER liter bike gets some love.
Thats all for now. The guys should be starting on the car next week. Stay tuned for progress pics over the next couple weeks
Modified by spankjelly at 10:08 PM 3/18/2006
Modified by spankjelly at 3:10 PM 3/28/2006
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Here is a little teaser of the dubs that are going on the ride. They will see some extensive refinishing also.
</TD></TR></TABLE>Here is a little teaser of the dubs that are going on the ride. They will see some extensive refinishing also.
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The majority of the car is going back to the superior blue metallic color honda meant it to be, the roof and trunk are PROBABLY going to be phantom grey pearl...atleast thats the plan now.
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Wanna see how this turns out. Love seeing rexs be reborn.
I'm probably going to have to go through the same thing for my hatchie
Paint job the car came with is crap and is bubbling and flaking off.
Wanna see how this turns out. Love seeing rexs be reborn.
I'm probably going to have to go through the same thing for my hatchie
Paint job the car came with is crap and is bubbling and flaking off.
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so you know the bike is a gixxer not a kawi... </TD></TR></TABLE>
bah....not a honda...thats all I know
Look for new pics around tuesday guys, I'll do my best to keep everyone updated.
so you know the bike is a gixxer not a kawi...
</TD></TR></TABLE>bah....not a honda...thats all I know
Look for new pics around tuesday guys, I'll do my best to keep everyone updated.
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I know...and I wish mine was as fast as yours
</TD></TR></TABLE>I know...and I wish mine was as fast as yours