I have a 1991 civic sedan lx i had it for about 4 years now an i think its time to bring my b***h back to life. I bought the car for 600 it needed some work body wise came with the 1.5. I bought it off some old guy that said needed a trans well here the clutch cable was not adjusted it was just laying there lol i noticed it but obviously didnt say nothing lmao. So did the transfer an went back an adjusted the cable an drove it home. He did body work to it the rear end had patches of primer so took it to maaco an paid 375 for quick paint job(bad idea) it came out alright i guess for what i paid. A week later after getting the car painted i woke up on a saturday morning to go to work an when i opened the door there was my car hit from behind the trunk was open from the impact i guess an my rear bumper was laying on the floor not good at all i guess i was a victim from a hit an run. So grabbed the bumper shoved it in the car an took it to work i put it on my lift at work an found a really bad bad problem, found out that the brackets that hold the bumper were so rotted that they finished breaking off the car then found out that the whole rear door jams on both sides were molded with foam wtf. So you could imagine how i was feeling i guess he got me when i thought all along i pulled a fast 1 on him for the tranny situation i guess i lost lmao so since then she has been sitting just finally got motivated to give her life again. Wit that said sorry for the long story but just wanted to fill everybody in on the history of the car. Now i understand wit doing this an seeing other threads that were posted they will be negative comments thats fine with me say what you like i can handle it. Hopefully evrybody would like it but find thaaaaaat to hard to believe lol enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Pic?

 

This is how the body work is going so far

 

more body work

 

this is how the 1 side came out, this is where the bumper bracket goes

 

done wit the body work,taped everything off , undercoat is done, ready to paint.

 

went to my garage an we painted the jams, i must admit it laid down pretty good an the body work came out great!

 

will paint the doors tomorrow an post the pics later on that night.

 

Great work on it !!! What engine you want to put in?

 

Dont know havent made up my mind i have a z6 thats ready i built it last summer an still sitting in my garage, or a zc which i also have but would have to rebuild it. my brotha in law has a b16a1 that hes willing to sell me but dont know if i wanna do all that but you never know lol

 

whats up everyone sorry for the delay i dont have much i got the doors done will post pics. ill be heading to my garage today lets see what i accomplish lol.This is gonna be 1 long adventure for me an for the people following my thread. I wanna say thanks to all the people who are viewing my page

 

cant wait for finished pics!

 

whats up everybody long day at work man it was brutal, I love what i do for a living let me tell you man, but 1 thing that i dont like is f*****g oil changes that just really anoys me then i get customers where they say oh i usually do it but its too cold out right now lmao, then i get stuck doing it an i get rained on from the snow being jammed up in there an s**t. lol but yea i love what i do i been doing it since i could remember my dads dad was a auto technician an my dad was too but the funny part about it my moms dad was a auto technician as well , but at that time they were called mechanics. well enough about me lets get to the car. i really thought i was goona have some negative comments by now but i didnt YET LOL oh well either that or people just arent that interested in my build either way its ok. now i just got home from my garage i did pretty much today on my car i will post pics up. Again thanks everybody for looking an following my page, ENJOY

 

So as you can see i pulled the motor out today. Any suggestions on what i should do with the engine bay ? I just dont know if i should shave it an stuff i am planning to do the wire tuck. An obviously im gonna paint the engine bay but dont know if to go wit a diff color or same color as the car. Any suggestions will be great

 

ok so i got up extra early this morning about 4ish an headed to my garage, to start painting the car got some pics of course that i will post now for you guys to see any comments are appreciated. ENJOY!

 

i still dont know what to do about the engine bay

 

^ paint it the same color! car looks great though

 

Actually I hate the trend...but I actually think your car would look nice with a deep candy red metallic bay. Also, keep the window trim black.

 

i was thinking more of a gold an then do the wheels same color as the engine bay what do you think of that.

 

rude awakening : what is it about the trend you hate? If you hate something explaine why you hate it !

 

thanks

 

It's a "trend", that's the problem. Do what you want/like. I personally only like black bays or color matched, but I do what I want...not what HT wants.

Nice build so far, great work!

Steve

 

Paint it the same as the car, the mismatched paint is goofy and gold would look weird. If you want to tie in with the wheels paint the valve cover and pipes the same color as the wheels. The only different color engine bay I understand is white or light gray as it make it easier to see in the bay and makes it easier to find leaks and whatnot. Black tends to hide things under the hood. Not a big difference but it can be a little helpful if you plan to be in the engine bay a lot. So far the car look great, love the color. Paint all the trim to match and it will look awesome.

 

Fawk it. Paint the bay gold!

 

Most of the time it looks like some fool couldn't afford to paint his bay. It has to be done REALLY nice, with a really nice color to not give off that impression.