Well Ill start off with the engine setup. The car came with a d15b7 in it that had 256K on it and was getting some bad blow by. The new engine is a JDM d15b vtec sohc attached to a rebuilt si tranny. Basic bolt ons for now but plan on doing a vitara build and 400hp.
















I’ve had this car for 2 years now and have been doing the bodywork to it since then. Finally it is complete and I love it. It's gonna need a good wet sand and buff but it should come out nice after that. I’m not going to talk I’m just going to post the pictures (lots of them) and let you guys see what I started with, what I’ve done, and what it’s become.













































































































































































































































































Here are some shitty pictures that I just took. I couldnt tell that they were blurry untill I got home and looked at them on the computer. Oh well. Ill have a good shoot in bright day light soon, maybe this weekend.

It really needs a wet sand and buff before itll look really good. Just gotta set aside an entire day to do that.









Damn bugs already all over the bumper





UPDATE

Started wet sanding and buffing. I have a long weekend ahead of me

Before:



After:













Pics are somewhat dark I shot them with the exposure way down on my camera so I have more room to play with them in photoshop.









Still have to finish wet sanding and buffing then Ill have some good pictures.

 

great job bro ,did you have any troubles with shaving the handles ? i know i did on the corners when i did my integra's ,it was wierd id throw nex to any heat at it and it would warp ,so i had to go back and pull it and fill with weld ,pain in the ***

good **** though

 

No I didnt have any troubles shaving the handles. There was one area on the quarter that sucked in when I welded the patch in but it wasnt to bad.

The key to welding our thin Honda metal is stitch welds. Weld in stitches a few inches apart from each other then start another pass and weld another stitch right next to your old stitches.

Like this:

X = first pass
O = second pass
T = third pass

XOTXOTXOTXOT

 

yeah ive welded a few hondas now ,just had an issue with the corners on the doors thats all

anyways air ride that car and hit some switches

 

looks like its got some potential now compared to before.....dont let this go in the wrong direction

 

I wont.

Should have the wet sanding and buffing finished up today. If Im lucky Ill have some time left over to take some nice pics.

 

The start of your car looks like mine now. Rusted and a little beat up!

Your car is looking great! Congrats on getting it this far.

 

UPDATE:

DONE!!

Some teasers (dont mind the water drops, it was raining)

 

any updates on this car?

 

way to bring that car back to life.

 

Excellent work on the body. I'm not a fan of the wheels or the shaved door handles, but the work put into the car is well-executed.

 

+1 nice come back tho..