De-Rice and rolling the Teg.
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De-Rice and rolling the Teg.
*Crossposted at T-I*
This is a work in progress. Some background information:
I originally bought a 94 civic LX in September 05. It was an automatic, 4 door, 390k kilometers but with a new-ish engine. I paid too much for it, I later realized. The body was nice, though, very little rust and generally pretty straight minus a ding or 10.
Ha, I got a little nostalgic seeing that picture.
Anyways... [
]
I loved the 35 mpg but hated how slow and how automatic it was. So... I traded it (to a member on the board) for a 94 integra. Project car. Ohh, was it ever.
Here are some pictures from when I got it:
And what the pictures hide...
Heh. That door was RED. The front wheels came with the car but the backs were steelies when I bought it. I'm happy they were.
So, anyways, you see the rice, no? I see it. It's everywhere. So, I decided to de-rice the car.
Now, money's tight for a senior in high school, no doubt about that. I had a job telemarketing, but you know how that goes - bothering people weighs on you quickly. So I quit the job, found a few others here and there for short times, but never really held anything for too long because of school activities... plays, trips, etc.
But I did find money here and there to work on this car. There were QUITE a few things wrong with it. Here goes:
* E-brake worked on one wheel. Barely.
* That door is RED!
* That front bumper is green! ****, the rest of the car is BLUE! [intense]
* There are blue neons in the car. BLUE NEONS! ... Ohhh, how embarrassing.
* There were interior pieces missing: Driver's side pillar, passenger mirror triangle, cargo cover...
* Visors were extremely dirty and passenger wouldn't go up all the way.
* Rice taillights.
* Exhaust had a MASSIVE hole before the cat. Was so loud it felt like my ears were bleeding sometimes...
* There was a ricecan exhaust, badly put on... and according to my brother, it was upside-down. I'd have to look at an old picture again to confirm that.
* Missing corner light. Other one didn't blink anyways.
* Passenger front wide-body kit (wooo, I LOVED that [:x]) was cracked, badly. It would contact the passenger door when opening and make quite the noise.
* I just found this out last week when I put on blades - front passenger LCA was bent.
* Alarm was FINICKY, man. Real bad. It still is. The door sensor going to the alarm is reversed, so that it will passively arm when the door is open for more than 30 seconds, which is almost better than having it arm when the door is closed (passive arming blows).
* Intake filter fell off at one point. Came apart, actually. The glue within the actual filter weakened and left me with a cone filter base but no filter.
* The front rims were white... unknown brand but kind of nice (yet dirty) and the backs were steelies.
* Horn was broken. (During my latest project, I found it just completely missing)
* Neons were recklessly wired straight to the battery. I burned my hand BADLY taking it out, forgetting to disconnect the battery.
* Blower motor clicked, very noticably...
* A/C needed a recharge (hopefully that's all, haven't taken care of that yet)
* Thermostat was broken. Needed replacement.
* Paint had a LOT of runs. Door jambs were unpainted and were still stock green. Orange peel abounds.
* Floor mats missing.
* Spare cover was nasty. There was something growing back there.
* Trunk plastic was cracked.
* There are screws... missing... from interior parts. THe bumper rattled like mad from missing bolts. WHY?
* Gas door would not open because the wide-body was not shaved down enough. It would hit the wide-body when I tried to open it... had to always pry it open with a key.
* Not a big deal, but paint was chipping off the valve cover.
* Heatshield rattle recently formed.
* Bad paint chips on back bumper.
* A few rust bubbles on back passenger fender. To be honest, not much on that side lined up. He later told me the guy who did the body work was drunk. Great.
* Brakes were on their way out. Really.
* Pulled really badly to the right. I figured it was alignment, later found out tires were bad.
* Lowered only on springs, no camber kit.
* Shift **** sucked. Hard. Total chince.
* Shifter console was cracked.
* Window wasn’t attached to its track – the clip was broken.
* He filled in the back trunk keyhole. It was broken in to. Didn’t bother to sand it or paint over it, though, so there was a nice gray putty spot on the back.
I’m sure there’s something missing, but what a list, eh? It’s been a lot of work, and yet to this day I feel it was a fair trade for my civic. Imagine that, eh? I really like working on this car.
So, I first replaced the interior parts. Not a big deal, got them shipped in from a member. I later bought new corners after hitting a car battery in a parking lot (how did THAT get there?) that destroyed one completely. Harnesses were gone too, had to rewire those.
I took it to a shop to replace the thermostat. That was nice, considering the 2k idle I had before the thermostat was fixed.
This is a funny picture, from a very bad day. I forgot to set the e-brake. No damage, thank God – it stopped, because it bottomed out - inches from a tree. Thank god for drops.
I then took it to my friend’s shop, replaced all brakes ourselves, and fixed the e-brake. We later welded new pipe to fix the exhaust leak (which later I got repaired for good by a shop) and put on the stock exhaust. The next week, I sprayed the red door Duplicolor blue, which happened to match almost perfectly. I sprayed the putty on the back, too. I made an attempt on my red doorjamb (because of the replaced door) but later gave up because I didn’t want to overspray too badly. Intake filter also fell off somewhere around then and I replaced that.
I then took it all around the state (and Illinois) for parts about two weeks ago. First, I went to Deerfield to get new tails (stock, thank God), a new blower motor, new visors, and new trunk plastic from “Natesgarage”. He gave me a great deal and was an awesome seller, even installed some things for me. Highly, highly recommended. He had more Integra parts than I’d ever seen.
Next was to Appleton to pick up stock fenders. They were black, in pretty good shape, with a small dent and a small rust bubble. It was a good deal though, so I took them. I then went to Green Bay and picked up some GSR blades to replace my mismatched wheels.
I installed everything myself, resulting in a very mismatched car. It was a blue car with black fenders and a green front bumper. I was almost there. The difference the new fenders made was amazing. The back wide-body will not come off, though, as it was bondo’d to the car, but they’re of little concern as they’re at least somewhat tasteful. The other parts, such as the trunk plastic, went in well. I de-funkified the spare well. Ew.
So, with new rims and almost all of the above problems fixed, I set on paint. The car had to be painted at some point. So, I looked online and found the famous “$50 paint job” on moparts. Rollers, they say. After numerous testimonials supporting the OP’s theory, I decided to give it a shot. I rolled what I thought was silver on to an old Integra door I had sitting around. Ended up looking like primer gray, but it wasn’t the roller’s fault. In fact, for primer gray, it wasn’t bad looking. It sure was easy, too.
I was hooked. I decided to give it a shot.
After numerous color changes in my head, I decided on white. I love white cars and I love how clean they look. I like blue more, to be honest, but I wanted my color change to be noticeable, to have it feel like a new car. Plus, from what I could tell on the moparts thread, white rolled best. It allows you to get away with certain body imperfections as well, and just is the easiest color.
So, I started. More on the next post, which I'm typing up now
This is a work in progress. Some background information:
I originally bought a 94 civic LX in September 05. It was an automatic, 4 door, 390k kilometers but with a new-ish engine. I paid too much for it, I later realized. The body was nice, though, very little rust and generally pretty straight minus a ding or 10.
Ha, I got a little nostalgic seeing that picture.
Anyways... [
]I loved the 35 mpg but hated how slow and how automatic it was. So... I traded it (to a member on the board) for a 94 integra. Project car. Ohh, was it ever.
Here are some pictures from when I got it:
And what the pictures hide...
Heh. That door was RED. The front wheels came with the car but the backs were steelies when I bought it. I'm happy they were.
So, anyways, you see the rice, no? I see it. It's everywhere. So, I decided to de-rice the car.
Now, money's tight for a senior in high school, no doubt about that. I had a job telemarketing, but you know how that goes - bothering people weighs on you quickly. So I quit the job, found a few others here and there for short times, but never really held anything for too long because of school activities... plays, trips, etc.
But I did find money here and there to work on this car. There were QUITE a few things wrong with it. Here goes:
* E-brake worked on one wheel. Barely.
* That door is RED!
* That front bumper is green! ****, the rest of the car is BLUE! [intense]
* There are blue neons in the car. BLUE NEONS! ... Ohhh, how embarrassing.
* There were interior pieces missing: Driver's side pillar, passenger mirror triangle, cargo cover...
* Visors were extremely dirty and passenger wouldn't go up all the way.
* Rice taillights.
* Exhaust had a MASSIVE hole before the cat. Was so loud it felt like my ears were bleeding sometimes...
* There was a ricecan exhaust, badly put on... and according to my brother, it was upside-down. I'd have to look at an old picture again to confirm that.
* Missing corner light. Other one didn't blink anyways.
* Passenger front wide-body kit (wooo, I LOVED that [:x]) was cracked, badly. It would contact the passenger door when opening and make quite the noise.
* I just found this out last week when I put on blades - front passenger LCA was bent.
* Alarm was FINICKY, man. Real bad. It still is. The door sensor going to the alarm is reversed, so that it will passively arm when the door is open for more than 30 seconds, which is almost better than having it arm when the door is closed (passive arming blows).
* Intake filter fell off at one point. Came apart, actually. The glue within the actual filter weakened and left me with a cone filter base but no filter.
* The front rims were white... unknown brand but kind of nice (yet dirty) and the backs were steelies.
* Horn was broken. (During my latest project, I found it just completely missing)
* Neons were recklessly wired straight to the battery. I burned my hand BADLY taking it out, forgetting to disconnect the battery.
* Blower motor clicked, very noticably...
* A/C needed a recharge (hopefully that's all, haven't taken care of that yet)
* Thermostat was broken. Needed replacement.
* Paint had a LOT of runs. Door jambs were unpainted and were still stock green. Orange peel abounds.
* Floor mats missing.
* Spare cover was nasty. There was something growing back there.
* Trunk plastic was cracked.
* There are screws... missing... from interior parts. THe bumper rattled like mad from missing bolts. WHY?
* Gas door would not open because the wide-body was not shaved down enough. It would hit the wide-body when I tried to open it... had to always pry it open with a key.
* Not a big deal, but paint was chipping off the valve cover.
* Heatshield rattle recently formed.
* Bad paint chips on back bumper.
* A few rust bubbles on back passenger fender. To be honest, not much on that side lined up. He later told me the guy who did the body work was drunk. Great.
* Brakes were on their way out. Really.
* Pulled really badly to the right. I figured it was alignment, later found out tires were bad.
* Lowered only on springs, no camber kit.
* Shift **** sucked. Hard. Total chince.
* Shifter console was cracked.
* Window wasn’t attached to its track – the clip was broken.
* He filled in the back trunk keyhole. It was broken in to. Didn’t bother to sand it or paint over it, though, so there was a nice gray putty spot on the back.
I’m sure there’s something missing, but what a list, eh? It’s been a lot of work, and yet to this day I feel it was a fair trade for my civic. Imagine that, eh? I really like working on this car.
So, I first replaced the interior parts. Not a big deal, got them shipped in from a member. I later bought new corners after hitting a car battery in a parking lot (how did THAT get there?) that destroyed one completely. Harnesses were gone too, had to rewire those.
I took it to a shop to replace the thermostat. That was nice, considering the 2k idle I had before the thermostat was fixed.
This is a funny picture, from a very bad day. I forgot to set the e-brake. No damage, thank God – it stopped, because it bottomed out - inches from a tree. Thank god for drops.
I then took it to my friend’s shop, replaced all brakes ourselves, and fixed the e-brake. We later welded new pipe to fix the exhaust leak (which later I got repaired for good by a shop) and put on the stock exhaust. The next week, I sprayed the red door Duplicolor blue, which happened to match almost perfectly. I sprayed the putty on the back, too. I made an attempt on my red doorjamb (because of the replaced door) but later gave up because I didn’t want to overspray too badly. Intake filter also fell off somewhere around then and I replaced that.
I then took it all around the state (and Illinois) for parts about two weeks ago. First, I went to Deerfield to get new tails (stock, thank God), a new blower motor, new visors, and new trunk plastic from “Natesgarage”. He gave me a great deal and was an awesome seller, even installed some things for me. Highly, highly recommended. He had more Integra parts than I’d ever seen.
Next was to Appleton to pick up stock fenders. They were black, in pretty good shape, with a small dent and a small rust bubble. It was a good deal though, so I took them. I then went to Green Bay and picked up some GSR blades to replace my mismatched wheels.
I installed everything myself, resulting in a very mismatched car. It was a blue car with black fenders and a green front bumper. I was almost there. The difference the new fenders made was amazing. The back wide-body will not come off, though, as it was bondo’d to the car, but they’re of little concern as they’re at least somewhat tasteful. The other parts, such as the trunk plastic, went in well. I de-funkified the spare well. Ew.
So, with new rims and almost all of the above problems fixed, I set on paint. The car had to be painted at some point. So, I looked online and found the famous “$50 paint job” on moparts. Rollers, they say. After numerous testimonials supporting the OP’s theory, I decided to give it a shot. I rolled what I thought was silver on to an old Integra door I had sitting around. Ended up looking like primer gray, but it wasn’t the roller’s fault. In fact, for primer gray, it wasn’t bad looking. It sure was easy, too.
I was hooked. I decided to give it a shot.
After numerous color changes in my head, I decided on white. I love white cars and I love how clean they look. I like blue more, to be honest, but I wanted my color change to be noticeable, to have it feel like a new car. Plus, from what I could tell on the moparts thread, white rolled best. It allows you to get away with certain body imperfections as well, and just is the easiest color.
So, I started. More on the next post, which I'm typing up now
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
So, being as the Integra is my primary car… I’m now driving my brother’s truck whilewe work on the teg.
Here it is… it’s [intense].
[typer] It’s just a joke, it’s a $200 truck [:D].
So, I drove the teg over to my friend Dan’s place. We started taking apart the car…
I have some soldering work to do on those harnesses and the mirror blinkers from the m3 mirrors (came with the car, but they’re … okay)
More disassembly.
Crazy how the front looks without the bumper, eh?
[IMG] http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...x.jpg[/IMG]
This is the beginning of the 320 grit sanding.
The offensive gas tank – and what I forgot to mention, the very offensive antenna/noisemaker/girl repellant.
There was a really, really bad scratch in this.
My parts stash – and sanding fenders.
Starting taping – and more evidence of an offensive red door.
Rolling an Integra front bumper is one of the worst things one can possibly do with his or her time. I later ended up masking and spraying the grill. A roller will NOT work on this.
I believe this is the first or second coat on the fenders. They have to be thin; it takes 4 or more to cover up the color underneath.
My friend Dan trying to act excited about sanding and bondoing the gas tank. It had a problem with contacting the wide-body and not opening without prying persuasion.
More to come.
Here it is… it’s [intense].
[typer] It’s just a joke, it’s a $200 truck [:D].
So, I drove the teg over to my friend Dan’s place. We started taking apart the car…
I have some soldering work to do on those harnesses and the mirror blinkers from the m3 mirrors (came with the car, but they’re … okay)
More disassembly.
Crazy how the front looks without the bumper, eh?
[IMG] http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...x.jpg[/IMG]
This is the beginning of the 320 grit sanding.
The offensive gas tank – and what I forgot to mention, the very offensive antenna/noisemaker/girl repellant.
There was a really, really bad scratch in this.
My parts stash – and sanding fenders.
Starting taping – and more evidence of an offensive red door.
Rolling an Integra front bumper is one of the worst things one can possibly do with his or her time. I later ended up masking and spraying the grill. A roller will NOT work on this.
I believe this is the first or second coat on the fenders. They have to be thin; it takes 4 or more to cover up the color underneath.
My friend Dan trying to act excited about sanding and bondoing the gas tank. It had a problem with contacting the wide-body and not opening without prying persuasion.
More to come.
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First door coat. This was definitely a “WTF am I doing?!” moment. Moparts even said that would happen. It gets better, though. First coat is always rough.
First spray of the gas tank. We just sprayed it all. Rustoleum white is beautiful.
After spraying the taillight backs. I don’t know why Dan did this. Considering how I ran out of spray later when I needed it… oh well, doesn’t hurt to be thorough.
This is the first hood coat. Another WTF moment.
My buddy Nathan thinking about how he has to go to work. You can also see in the back how nice the bumper and spoiler is turning out.
I’m going to try to split this up more between posts. All of this is from today, I believe. The door coat may have been last night. I got to Dan’s at 9 am and left at 8 pm. Ugh, what a day.
More to come from this afternoon and night.
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
You can barely see it in the pictures, and I wish I had shot some of it, but this panel was especially bad. Where the widebody contacts the molding, there was some overlapping. Yes, overlapping. The widebody is crooked. We removed the molding, sanded the crap out of it and bondo’d the broken molding back on. As it turned out, there was some really bad rust back there too… Dan took the liberty of smashing all the rust (to my brief dismay) but offered to rebuild it. He did, over the course of many hours, and it looks quite good to be honest.
Just a note about bondo – don’t forget the hardener. Agh. We did most of the car (we’ve never used bondo) without mixing in the hardener. That added almost an entire day of work to remove and replace the bondo. Do NOT forget that if you ever do this.
Anyway, back on to today’s work:
A good look at the car as a whole at this point. It’s one coat on most parts, two or three on others. My painting was inconsistent (some things were painted more than others) because Dan always seemed to have something to bondo… preventing me from painting. Whatever… he did a really good job though. So these pictures were my relief at being able to finally paint the whole car.
Another hood coat. Starting to look less ghetto.
Remember what I said about inconsistent coats? That passenger side was where Dan was fixing the fender for hours on end. I only got to paint it towards the end of the day.
A note on that picture – see the fan in the back? These helped A LOT. They really sped up drying and popped all the bubbles that rolling will leave behind. Recommended if you ever do this. Drying time was cut in half.
More coming.
Just a note about bondo – don’t forget the hardener. Agh. We did most of the car (we’ve never used bondo) without mixing in the hardener. That added almost an entire day of work to remove and replace the bondo. Do NOT forget that if you ever do this.
Anyway, back on to today’s work:
A good look at the car as a whole at this point. It’s one coat on most parts, two or three on others. My painting was inconsistent (some things were painted more than others) because Dan always seemed to have something to bondo… preventing me from painting. Whatever… he did a really good job though. So these pictures were my relief at being able to finally paint the whole car.
Another hood coat. Starting to look less ghetto.
Remember what I said about inconsistent coats? That passenger side was where Dan was fixing the fender for hours on end. I only got to paint it towards the end of the day.
A note on that picture – see the fan in the back? These helped A LOT. They really sped up drying and popped all the bubbles that rolling will leave behind. Recommended if you ever do this. Drying time was cut in half.
More coming.
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
This is a good shot of the side I spent the most time on, as there was less bondoing here. It’s starting to shape up…
WTF moments are fading… the gas tank looks amazing. There was a little spray here too though. Rustoleum spray is awesome – highly recommended for whatever you need. Even if you’re rolling, at least one can is a must for hard-to-reach spots.
Few more progress shots. Note the gigantic scratch in the hood is GONE. Oh bondo, how I love thee…
Her (currently) bad side. Less coats than the other. Notice the truck reflection in the window [:D]. I love that truck. I was on the highway with it, following Dan, going up a slight hill… flooring it… losing speed. It’s a 4-cylinder Ranger. [woohoo]
The current state of the parts stash. Notice how much better it looks than before. Oh, and before anyone asks, yeah, those are two sets of taillights. One is those old altezzas. Anyone want them?
Also noteworthy is the mirror-in-a-box. I masked it off, started spraying, but ran out of spray. ‘Twas a good thing, though, because I had forgotten to sand it and there were huge runs from the previous paint job. Sandpaper, ho!
More coats. Can you tell there’s bondo on the front of the back wheelwell? Me neither. I can, however, tell that I need to take the wheel off and give the inside of the fender a good painting [
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The hood is really shaping up. Hopefully it’ll shine soon.
My final shot from the day – the back bumper. After so many coats, it’s really starting to look nice.
That’s all from today. Tomorrow is more coats, then Tuesday will be final wetsanding, buffing, and polishing for that factory look. Hope you guys have enjoyed so far. More to come [:D].
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
dude your using a ******* paint roller on your car bro. atleast rattle can the damn thing.
and if you dont remove those "feelz" fender flares, your gonna feelz them in your *** when i shove them up there.
and if you dont remove those "feelz" fender flares, your gonna feelz them in your *** when i shove them up there.
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
oh and wtf?
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sottilde »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just a note about bondo – don’t forget the hardener. Agh. We did most of the car (we’ve never used bondo) without mixing in the hardener. That added almost an entire day of work to remove and replace the bondo. Do NOT forget that if you ever do this.</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sottilde »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just a note about bondo – don’t forget the hardener. Agh. We did most of the car (we’ve never used bondo) without mixing in the hardener. That added almost an entire day of work to remove and replace the bondo. Do NOT forget that if you ever do this.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (i heart honda)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i heart honda »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude your using a ******* paint roller on your car bro. atleast rattle can the damn thing.
and if you dont remove those "feelz" fender flares, your gonna feelz them in your *** when i shove them up there.
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Way to be civil. Not needed here.
As posted above, you obviously haven't read the thread.
And as for the back fenders - considering my financial situation, removing them is impossible. God knows what's under there.
and if you dont remove those "feelz" fender flares, your gonna feelz them in your *** when i shove them up there.
</TD></TR></TABLE>Way to be civil. Not needed here.
As posted above, you obviously haven't read the thread.
And as for the back fenders - considering my financial situation, removing them is impossible. God knows what's under there.
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you should have just broke that widebody off and chizzled the bondo off of the car, but seeing as all the **** that was wrong with the car, whoever owned it probally put the rear widebody on because somone dented the fenders in
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (i heart honda)
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There's a tube of hardener when you use bondo, it's red. We forgot to use it. Bondo itself will not get hard - that's why it doesn't crust up in the can. You need to mix it with the hardener... then it gets solid in minutes. We discovered this after it sat for about two hours and was still soft... "Hey Sam, did you read the directions?" "****!"
There's a tube of hardener when you use bondo, it's red. We forgot to use it. Bondo itself will not get hard - that's why it doesn't crust up in the can. You need to mix it with the hardener... then it gets solid in minutes. We discovered this after it sat for about two hours and was still soft... "Hey Sam, did you read the directions?" "****!"
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (i heart honda)
look at this thread the first car was painted with a roller
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1555133
its about a 50 dollar paint job
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1555133
its about a 50 dollar paint job
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (Sottilde)
I know dude I was just messing around. I guess I can be a dick sometimes
but yeah man, I hate to see a perfectly good teg go to ****. If you have a daily beater, just give it a good month or two of work and that thing will be sittin pretty. Its all how dedicated you are bro.
oh and for the record I know how to use bondo lol
but yeah man, I hate to see a perfectly good teg go to ****. If you have a daily beater, just give it a good month or two of work and that thing will be sittin pretty. Its all how dedicated you are bro.
oh and for the record I know how to use bondo lol
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Re: De-Rice and rolling the Teg. (LFA Squad :: fwdtamiya)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LFA Squad :: fwdtamiya »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wait, I didn't read much but why are you ruining a good paint job? And if you ask me painting a car with a roller is pushing it further into rice 
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It's no wonder people say H-T is full of trolls. If you read the post... you'd realize that the blue was NOT a good paint job, I had multiple colors, and I wanted something different.
But reading must be optional.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eg2wes »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should have just broke that widebody off and chizzled the bondo off of the car, but seeing as all the **** that was wrong with the car, whoever owned it probally put the rear widebody on because somone dented the fenders in</TD></TR></TABLE>
Somebody understands...
Yeah, from what we figured, the right side was in a minor accident - the biggest damage was to the front passenger fender and the front passenger LCA. He must've just slapped the whole widebody on to fix it... was overkill, could've just done it with one new fender, but God knows how these people work.
</TD></TR></TABLE>It's no wonder people say H-T is full of trolls. If you read the post... you'd realize that the blue was NOT a good paint job, I had multiple colors, and I wanted something different.
But reading must be optional.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eg2wes »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should have just broke that widebody off and chizzled the bondo off of the car, but seeing as all the **** that was wrong with the car, whoever owned it probally put the rear widebody on because somone dented the fenders in</TD></TR></TABLE>
Somebody understands...
Yeah, from what we figured, the right side was in a minor accident - the biggest damage was to the front passenger fender and the front passenger LCA. He must've just slapped the whole widebody on to fix it... was overkill, could've just done it with one new fender, but God knows how these people work.