if you want to do this i got the picture of how to do it.

 

looks like a normal accord to me...wat is it missing?

 

hey no trim or poppy door handles
how? ill do it

 

There's no side molding.

 

all it takes is a blow dryer and some strong fishing line

 

im lost, wheres a how to?

 

wow thats the first cd5 ive ever liked, if theres a DIY that would be sick cuz i want to do that to my cb7 too

 

If I recall there's clips on the backside of those molding pieces you have to weld up.

Remove the clips (probably they'll break because of how brittle they are) and take off the moldings. Weld the holes and paint.

 

so he was joking about the fishing line?

 

I looks nice. What have to done to it performance wise?

 

I hope you did it the right way instead of cutting corners, cause if not and you used Bondo, they are going to sink in.

What type of Accords are you looking at? Go check out the album to the CD Squad and you'll see there are nicer Accords.

 

lol you can always tell a HS member.

 

It's a CD7.. btw (cd5 is 4 doors).

Seems like he didn't just shave the mouldings. I could be wrong, since white can hide some details, but it looks as if he has done a custom work of shaving the side grooves of the car.. doesn't look bad at all though.

And doesn't make a lot of sense to post something and not continue with it...

 

I do believe you are correct. Some cars are as easy as they said but I do recall selling the side molding from my 95 EX and the buyer reported back to me that almost all the clips were broke, I didn't know for sure so I gave him a CAI to make good on the deal. And I do recall there being holes in the door and also a grove those moldings sat into. I could be wrong as this was something like 5 years ago now.

 

it not that simple, you can do that with a 4dr not a 2dr reason is cuz the quarter panel/

 

sorry i been busy.

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hope you guy enjoy it. make sure you TIG weld it, so you can hammer on dolly it, reason is because of oil can and shrunking.

 

i got a new tail light and new accord 2000 EX rim for it.

let me know if you have any question

 

I could think of a couple diffrent ways of shaving the moldings and thats not one of them. Are you taking a metal fabrication class. I've taken a auto body repair class called R.O.P, and I recall one of my class mates doing something similar for brownie points. He made his own wide body EG civic coupe out of sheet metal and a ton of bondo.

 

I'm not sure about wide body kits or Civics. But This is the way I would do it on my 5th gen Accord. There is a 0.30" surface height difference between the upper half and lower half of the body panel. This contour is very aggressive directly above the trim. In order to get that 0.30" difference to transition smoothly. You would be required to stretch the transition out over x amount. I'm guessing that is why he cut so much of the panels out.

I don't see how this procedure is going to cause the op to use an excessive amount of bondo. He isn't making a radically new contour, he is flattening one out. As long as he has the sheet metal work formed and welded in properly. It should only take a few light skims of bondo.

Nice work

 

yea i'm taking ''street rod metal fab'' class. i mean there other way to do it, by just hammer the molding out and body filler it. but there only 1 problem, you have to do a lot of shrinking and stretching due to oil can and metal display, but it work.

 

thanks . just bend it to the round contour and cut it and weld it thenlight skim of bondo, too much bondle will cause CRACK in the future.

dont want to put like 2 or 3 grand paint job on the car and then it crack, that's not kool. lol

 

You're correct. Its a PITA too which you can break them off while removing the mouldings.

 

Yep, I (and many others) had no idea what the OP was originally saying. He removed the whole groove that runs right below the molding area. Seems overkill for something so small though

 

I think it looks real good keep up the good work,and keep us posted on your build

 

It really isn't that much of a pain. You have to run a razorblade on the lower part of the moulding to free it from the double sided tape. That's step one.
Step two is opening the door and removing the 8mm screw.
To actually remove the moulding, you can use a spatula and gently fit under the moulding and the clips (one by one as you do it) will come off, you can do that without braking the clips or the tabs of the moulding.
A second option includes removing the door panels, and actually squeezing the clips out (this one is quicker than doing with a spatula), the hardest one is the one closest to the fenders on the doors. Quarter panels is the same thing, remove the panel, and reach the clips.