luc's mugen style rt4wd new pic's
lucskywalker
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this is 15min's after picking it up in minisnowda, about 3 weeks ago now. many dents, mint interior 120k on the motor. overall very worth the drive and 1300 bucks, everything works!
yes different hood (guy hit a deer), new radiator, ac system, master cyl, cv axles, ect...
have many more pic's since then, its going under a complete body/respray. it will be champ white HNO code quite hard to find this paint, honda has a 2 letter 3 digit code usually, but they found it and the rt is now half painted.
when i have the time i will upload some action shots. lots of work! im getting very excited to finish :twisted:
yes different hood (guy hit a deer), new radiator, ac system, master cyl, cv axles, ect...
have many more pic's since then, its going under a complete body/respray. it will be champ white HNO code quite hard to find this paint, honda has a 2 letter 3 digit code usually, but they found it and the rt is now half painted.
when i have the time i will upload some action shots. lots of work! im getting very excited to finish :twisted:
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one way was 390 miles! what a way to have a bad trip if ia had a flat tire.
all in all i spent 65 bucks in gas for both cars the whole trip! well the rt did come with lil less than half a tank
rt doesnt get as good milage for shure, when my 2wd hit half, the rt was 1/8 less than that.
but over all good times driving two waggys down the freeway
question is has anyone ever passed the sniff test with boost? in theory it should as i would be using aem's fic and does not do anything fuel/timing wise until it reads boost. anyones imput would be great.
the start of the project
those rockers are very bad places for rust, and the bad part is you never know until you take the skirts off! but new metal and some welding works wonders
fenders.... i have no idea what this guy did to them, but both fenders are exactly the same dents! looks like the car was lifted with a big strap or something
now one finished fender, one down one to go
funny this car is very equil for damage, lol both sides are almost identical
the nicer body worked side
painted champ white side one
can't wait to see the progress.
im in for moar--- i want to do this to my wagon; hopefully by
the end of this year....
Hey, can u do a write up on the process u went through to remove the rust and make it look perfect like new again. I have a good ammount of rust in the same places
so much work, it seems at times i spend hours after work and my one day off a week and i stand back and say man seems like its not going anywhere! but it is i know
a step by step on how to remove rust...... well i can tell you that you need to cut it off to the clean stuff and weld in the new, either sheet metal or the same part from a doner car. if you follow my pic's you can get an idea, but i will say you need to weld, you need cutting tools, sanding disc's, compressor, ect...
new pics
the ugly side of rockers!
one clean rust free rocker
the doner car. yes my other waggy, she will be missed, but not completely as she will be part of the new rt4wd
the new rocker welded in place. still have to do the front wheel area wich will be sheet metal, my other
waggy has the surface rust in this area and i only want to use fresh metal!
some may not like it, but im a mugen fan! i love 95% of everything they do or have.... but....
nothing i have is real mugen. and im happy with that, everthing 3rd 4th and 5th gen has been out of production
for years. and the people selling this stuff can stuff the price up their arse!
painted the hood this morning. its from my old wagon.
i sold the d2's a while ago, traded down in adjustability but traded up in quality. it only makes sence after all im an authorized
tein installer, and get a great deal on the stuff! but still expencive for me.
picked up one of these and its fake and i love it!
this one i made from the hatch wing on the old wagon, its mugen style as much as i can imagine if mr. honda's son
got his hands on an rt or shuttle
im really still trying to love it, i like it, it does need some work still, but im still undecided on it. ive been working on this
for a few months now :twisted:
i kind of like the front bumper cover.
im starting to really love the outcome
i'll upload some more pic's in the next few day's
later tonight i will upload the pic's so far, i need a break! 2 months already, my eta for completion is monday!
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yes these headlights. i needed lights and these where cheaper, and with hid's brighter anyway. kinda starting to grow on me with the look of the car anyway.
old head from my other wagon, new block from the rt4wd, it a shame that its hard to find headers that work!
my front sus, skipped the skunk2 uppers and got some revo's somthing new that my old job is carrying, very close in quality and only 99 bucks well 79 my price
my cat back! im proud of this one, it was a bbp catback for a hatchback, now its an rtee4 cb
another view, runs in the stock location
last but not least, my nr-g harness bar and harnesses, good times installing this one. good thing i had the interior out anyway!
ok off to finish the waggy :P
the only thing that's bugging me are the headlights.
do you know where i could get some revo uca's?
figured someone would say something about the head lights lol. you cant do a itr tribute without projector's though, and im sick of fabing stuff to work for now so no jdm itr headlights. call topspeed @773-847-3718 they ship no problem
thanx man! ok the headlights! everyone must understand i love 4th gens. i bought my first one in 93, 89 4door. but..... i wont own any other gen except 3rd gen crx's so with this said updating the looks as much as possible is what im trying to do
the tenn meet might be in the works now i think of it, i'll be heading down to florida around that time so ill have to see.
anyone in the chicago area that wants the front seats out of the rt come and get them, THEY ARE MINT! and free! i will not ship i have no time at all! so sorry. grey color by the way. id hate to throw them away, and have no room for them.
so it's got a few thing's i must put on still, but she's fully functional now. over 70 day's of work, not full day's mind you, but 4-8 hours daily.
i will say ive never done a full restore to any of my rides, well one reason is they never needed it. lol it make's me feel old lolz, to see these car's in such bad shape,
will i ever do a full color change again? not a chance in hell! :twisted:
im still working on the top wing, one day i'll be happy with it, "im kinda pickey" if it's off a little it's still no go.
rim's will be the ep3's in champ white as well as im painting those tonight!
well im in love with her,... but,... i think it's gonna be some time till i spend any $$$$ on her.... now it's her turn to put out!
needs a rear lip and some rims and she will be ready for a photoshoot!!