Ive had this car for about 5 years and im just starting to work on it. I was originally going to just change the color but It has come to the point where Im redoing the entire car from the ground up. I shaved the antenna, and mirrors off, want to put them up in the windows(only seen this done on a few rare cars) I bought a 97 front bumper, black jdm one piece headlights, blue carpet, shaved engine bay and brakes still keeping heat, wire tuck, built b20 thats boosted I picked up from a friend of mine, and f1 fenders. Im lookin for some feedback on what color to paint this, I want it blue but I cant decide if I should go with 99-00 electric blue pearl, or 07-09 fuji blue. Car is far from done but im looking for some imputs for anything else I should do, or if anyone has any ideas what mirrors and how they are mounting them in the glass. Heres some pics! Ill get more up as I get more work done!

As sitting for about 3 years



Here is an idea of what is coming


Works started











Thats most of it for now hah if I get further ill post more pics, Sad thing is the car was mint when I bought it, but I just had to do it!

 

pics would be better then links if you ever get the chance.
GL on the build.

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BTW ! what kind of fendors are those? They look bad ***.

 

Those are F1 style fenders, they were really crappy when I got them but I fiberglasses the backside so there thick and urathane primed the outside so Im hoping they will hold up haha

 

Wow, you weren't kidding when you said, "from the ground up."

 

Makes it a little easy imho. lol but it's what i would prefer.

 

Fuji blue would be a nice color,keep us updated.

 

Wow but it coming along good

 

yeah del sol baby!

 

x2

 

Ive been welding grinding and filling for about three days now feels like forever! I relocated the prop valve down by the heater core hoses I didnt like the idea of brake lines and fluid in the cabin and I wanted to keep heat so im just putting it all really low on the firewall. Its takin some time but I want to do everything right and everything once haha, but ill put more pics up as I get more work done! Got my new wiring harness's yesterday, I like fuji blue also and everyone seems to think so, I think ill pick up my paint sometime this week!

 

Good luck with the rebuild. Looking forward to seeing the completed product

 

Well I had my baby boy on the 16th! and its my birthday today, so project is on hold for a little while! I might be getting a del sol shell on Friday or saturday for my birthday present for myself to help me along with the build and parts I will need! I hope it follows through but ill keep it updated as soon as I start working on it again!

 

grats on the baby ! nice what you got so far and GL on the build

 

should I shave the side reflectors on the front bumper? I cant decide the emblem is gone, and pretty much everything else is shaved? I think im gonna rebend the brake lines to that looks like a mess I just have to get a double flair tool, Looking for some input! Thanks for the support!

 

Heres an update still a lot more of sanding to do but its coming along! I decided to go even further than I was and shave the washer fluid hole and the other side hole

 

More updated pics finally some color besides Grey!

 

its so dope how your doing it at your own garage.
nice color..

 

holy stuff batman

 

hey wat color code is that or the name of that shade of blue?

 

looks like you got a good plan. not a fan of the F1 fenders, seems rice to me. I like to stay OEM.

 

its 07-08 civic si fiji or fuji blue cant remember how its spelled, I was thinking about pickin up some stock fenders and spraying both sets so its all matchin and i can change them if i need to, I have the cabin and trunk sprayed now too, have to repair the bumpers and sand them ill get more pics up soon I really want this thing done, wiring is going to be a nightmare as well!

 

wicked bad color dude, and mad props for letting it sit that long without selling it lol... not a big fan of the fenders but hey its your car... that color is really dope tho. keep up the good work man

 

Ya haha I dont think I could have sold it the way it was sitting! Maybe scraped it! Im redoing the wiring this weekend(boring) so pry wont put any more pics up till I get some more work done that you can see, I think I might go with my stock fenders and just sell the f1 fenders, I like how they look a lot but where they bolt under the hood they dont sit very flat and im really worried about them cracking again. I might just do both sets not for sure! I have carbon fiber 3rd brakelight set coming, Going to get hood, top, trunk, rear garnish, and hopefully a full lip kit all in carbon fiber, Im having a hard time finding side skirts and rear lip in carbon so if anyone knows where to get some let me know

 

Nice, But u should keep your work space clear and clean. working in conditions like that is just gonna stress you.

 

ha ha dawn dish soap and my powerwasher are my best friends when I spray but I can pump out a lot of nice paint jobs out of my garage, I could take it to work and spray in downdraft booth but I like the fact of doing it all in my garage. Makes it worth the money having it haha