Myself and " I Heart Honda" recently picked up a 1989 civic hatch shell from JockinMeHardEF9.....under the intention it was perfect

But my camera was destroyed in a drunken stuper at a party, so i have to use a noob *** camera.


before we start with the massacre.... let me give you a taste of the car i thought i bought.





what you are about to see is real.....and quite graphic.....





I guess they had to make way for the intercooler piping


guess they ran out of solder, and favored the butt connector ECU style.

this is how it looked under the hood.


and heres the interior.


off to work we go.






wire tuck and brake line relocation.


now for engine bay shaving.






next comes the DA sander and more prep for paint.

sorry for the crappy pics, old school cam. will get my 8mp on it as soon as it comes back from canon


will update at every step


Modified by EFmashplz at 10:58 PM 4/3/2007

 

WOW, looks like you ended up with the **** end of the stick...lol.....good base for a total rebuild, looks like that is what you will do.

In for updates....

P.S. hope you didn't pay out the but for it..

 

dude take pictures normally before i kill you.

but yeah, i can vouch for the **** poor quality of absolutely everything the previous owner did to the car.

the bumper was held on by duct tape and zip ties.

bolts were missing from pretty much everywhere.

every wire for the LS swap to the ECU was butt connected.

mad metal was cut out for intercooler piping.

I could go on for days... but you cant complain you can only fix the problem and move on, so thats what were doing. like Chris said, well keep you guys updated.

Plans for the car are as follows:

- JDM B16A swap
- Grand Prix White complete color change(interior/exterior)
- Shaved bay and wire tuck
- Gold Rota Track R's and Tein Suspension
- New Carpet
- Interior hatch wire tuck

...and some surprise goodies for all of you fine HT viewers.

 

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did you buy that in the dark? i would resell it and buy a cleaner shell.

if you chrome a turd, its still a turd.

 

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lol no i told this fool not to buy it but w/e, he wanted it i said I'd give my expertise.

It's actually in pretty good condition other than the front end, and I am very, very good at welding so all of the holes will be fixed. The car is 99.5% rust free which is also a plus. I'm overseeing the project so you can be assured that it will come out perfect.

I am overwhelmingly **** when it comes to building my Hondas and I am going to put the same effort into helping my friend with his.

and HF was a typo talk to him.

 

wwooooowwwww ... that will be a good project Im in for updates

 

Sounds like a good build....keep us posted!

 

wowzas! whats up with the holes?

good luck

 

no 18+ year old car will ever be perfect but you can always do your best with it

good luck with the build


side note: Looks like a metal eating rat from hell got to the front end. I heard they live all over High Desert area

 

Ignore people saying to buy a cleaner shell. Thats cheating. You can bring sexy back.

 

wheres the fun in cheating


I love bleeding on cars

 

the way i see it is, built not bought to the max here. car came with VIS CF hood and jdm front end. kinda beat, but not dead. it will be transformed soon. thanks for the ups guys

 

People are just babies and are scared to weld a little bit of sheet metal on here and there. ha ha! Keep it up

 

you dont think itll mess with structural integrity do you?

 

looks like lots of work...gl

 

nice project good luck

 

it looks like they were goin to run 4inch charge pipes gl on the build.

 

im gonna weld those up, theyre hideous....

i cant believe it. cont. tomorrow

 

are you sanding down the sealent and do you plan on stitch welding the seams back to shave the bay??

 

ya, the sealant is gone where we started

ya, were gonna weld all the firewall holes, the frame holes and all the seams. im hoping to make it the arguably cleanest bay in history, as it isnt my only means of transport, i can add more love haha

 

Ihearthonda and efmashplz will turn this car from an eyesore into a gem.

i have confidence in the homies.

 

def post pictures of that and the process.
Its something I have been planing on on doing for the past month but haven't gotten all the tools for yet.

 

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haha kiss my *** vega

 

In my experience a grinder with a wire wheel does a better job for the bigger areas. Also, i wire-wheeled shirtless onetime, and stuck a wire in my nipple. I learned my lesson, just a heads up. Goodluck on ur build though!

 

i feel for you man! That looks so close to what I have had to deal with. Replacing the main harness FTL!