i was messing around today with a wide angle lens and also took off my bra...err, my cars bra to see what the car looks like with the new clears
and for those who care, i have taken off that "spare" on the rack meh, and its only when i post pics that i notice my lisence plate up front is slightly crooked :roll:
gosh, it seems im always losing body parts.. cant wait to finally be "done" with the exterior
Ditch the bra...looks doper without it. Plus they retain moisture along with dirt and salt...
im not worried about that cause it comes off at least once a week for a wash and wax
salt..? what salt? but anyways... Savannah gets a lot of rocks and stuff thrown up from the road (think Paper mills..) so for daily driving its nice that it protects the bonnet.
doitdub, you are my Faithful hahaha.
oh, and about shift knobs... we'll see what happens with that
my friend and i went to a car meet a few weeks or months ago or something, anyways, and there was a guy who was like "who wants this Skunk2 shift knob" and my friend offered the guy $15, the guy said $20 and then they made a deal at $18. gosh i was so pissed, only thing keeping me from getting that knob was that i had no cash on me :x
the guy with the shift knob had a Mugen one and just had this Skunk2 one "rolling around in the trunk for the past month"...it looks pretty darn real
um, no sand blowing around here dude!
you know whats funny? that basically the only non-rear-quarter panel rust on the car is in the door jams where the "Ziebart rust proofing" dots are. literally, there is rust around those. idk wft they are but bascially its from them that therust is there :x
ah well... one of these days i'll get around to doing something about that, soon as i get a good job this summer hopefully
Yeah that Zeibart crap is a total joke. I've parted out a couple CRXs, and both had those plastic tabs in the door frame area, and both were the rustiest things I've ever been in.
If i were you i would remove that trim along the lip of the quarter panel. that is what starts rust. debris get trapped in there and form rust.
Funny I was always told that, but I don't agree. My 89 CRX doesn't have any rust, and still have them on there and I'll tell you why...
My 2000 Impreza had the same things on there. I thought the same thing...take them off so there's no rust in the future. Well, about 6 months later it started bubbling on both sides, and just getting worse by the week. Unless there's rust already there, it's hard to say whether it's beneficial to remove them.
Mine was rotten underneath that rubber piece. I pulled the lip away with that piece. The opels here don't have it and yet almost ALL the older years (early 90s) have rotten rear quarters. You can buy that rear replacement lip for almost EVERY car over here because it is so bad. I am sure the dirt, water, salt that gets back there doesn't help much but it doesn't seem that that little piece of rubber makes much difference.
Most of the Japanese automakers here don't have much rust. I did notice however that the underbody coating on the rusted side was falling off. The other side which is completely clean is completely covered in that undercoating.
i didnt have that rubber trimming there when i got it, but i just put it there for now to hide the rust that i have :? its all a temp. fix till i get this rust DONE AWAY WITH forever and ever and ever....... hopefully.
Where is your rear european plate holder? I hope you hav'nt given that away. I will trade you my 4wd steering wheel emblem and shift knob for it. plz.
sorry i didnt see this post :oops:
the other plate holder is in my garage, i didnt feel like putting it on until i get my new EDM plate holder thingy. man d00d you dont want it, its broken in 3 parts (thanks to a mofuggan car wash that the dealership put my car through when i got an oil change) :x
brakes
-braided steel lines
-Civic EX 15/16 master cylinder
interior
-200 km/h gauge cluster
-EDM center console
-Si 3-spoke steering wheel
-underseat storage tray
-cargo cover
-passenger sunvisor with mirror from a Civic EX
exterior
-5th gen accord front lip
-EDM clear corners
-EDM rear lisence plate garnish
-EDM taillights
-OEM half bra
-OEM Rear mudflaps
-OEM roof rack
-EDM power mirrors
-EDM rear fogs w/ switch
-rear lip made from a 4th gen accord front lip
-EDM sidemarkers
-Bosch Icon windshield wipers
-awesome Szabo Honda Budapest dealers EDM lisence plate brackets front and rear
lowered the back of my wagon for shits and giggles. Tein Basic Dampers as LOW AS IT CAN GO!
didnt leave it like this cause i couldnt adjust my fronts BECAUSE i still havent bought a new toolbox. also, i dont feel like doing an alignment. anyways...
mudflaps were about 1/10 inch off the ground
going up my driveway
with "new" amber bumper lenses. took off the bra cause i was washing the car
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and for those who care, i have taken off that "spare" on the rack
gosh, it seems im always losing body parts.. cant wait to finally be "done" with the exterior
Oh, and get a sweet shift knob while you're at it. I vote circuit hero...
http://www.circuithero.com/products.html or skunk2.
Just thoughts!
BTW nice pics, as always...
im not worried about that cause it comes off at least once a week for a wash and wax
salt..? what salt?
doitdub, you are my Faithful hahaha.
oh, and about shift knobs... we'll see what happens with that
^^ Dodgy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/ ... 020607.jpg
I still think the circuit hero one would go best with what you've got goin on.
As for the bra, you guys don't have sand blowin around in the air? I know we do.
BTW, I think your wagon is the only car I've seen that has a Ziebart sticker and isn't falling apart from all the rust.
um, no sand blowing around here dude!
you know whats funny? that basically the only non-rear-quarter panel rust on the car is in the door jams where the "Ziebart rust proofing" dots are. literally, there is rust around those. idk wft they are but bascially its from them that therust is there :x
ah well... one of these days i'll get around to doing something about that, soon as i get a good job this summer hopefully
I don't know how they sleep at night.
Where is your rear european plate holder? I hope you hav'nt given that away. I will trade you my 4wd steering wheel emblem and shift knob for it.
My 2000 Impreza had the same things on there. I thought the same thing...take them off so there's no rust in the future. Well, about 6 months later it started bubbling on both sides, and just getting worse by the week. Unless there's rust already there, it's hard to say whether it's beneficial to remove them.
Most of the Japanese automakers here don't have much rust. I did notice however that the underbody coating on the rusted side was falling off. The other side which is completely clean is completely covered in that undercoating.
patience my friend, patience
sorry i didnt see this post :oops:
the other plate holder is in my garage, i didnt feel like putting it on until i get my new EDM plate holder thingy. man d00d you dont want it, its broken in 3 parts (thanks to a mofuggan car wash that the dealership put my car through when i got an oil change) :x
You cut your hair?
HAHAHAHAHHAHAA x billion
its been short for a good 4 months now :P
mod list to date 8)
engine
-2.25 catback w/ turbo POS muffler
-nameless Header
-stock D15B2 engine w/ PM6 MPFI swap
-shiny red valve cover... lolzerz
suspension
-Revo Technica camber kit
-Tein Basic Dampers
brakes
-braided steel lines
-Civic EX 15/16 master cylinder
interior
-200 km/h gauge cluster
-EDM center console
-Si 3-spoke steering wheel
-underseat storage tray
-cargo cover
-passenger sunvisor with mirror from a Civic EX
exterior
-5th gen accord front lip
-EDM clear corners
-EDM rear lisence plate garnish
-EDM taillights
-OEM half bra
-OEM Rear mudflaps
-OEM roof rack
-EDM power mirrors
-EDM rear fogs w/ switch
-rear lip made from a 4th gen accord front lip
-EDM sidemarkers
-Bosch Icon windshield wipers
-awesome Szabo Honda Budapest dealers EDM lisence plate brackets front and rear
wheels
-Kumho Escta AST 195/50/15 tires
-Spun Supamesh wheels in Hyper Pink
shits and giggles
-enough stickers to make a granny stare.. rofl
-rear horns wired to an OEM CRX sunroof switch
-EDM adjustable headlight switch
stereo or lack of.... haha
-OEM 1000 Cassette player :P
repping 8)
didnt leave it like this cause i couldnt adjust my fronts BECAUSE i still havent bought a new toolbox. also, i dont feel like doing an alignment. anyways...
mudflaps were about 1/10 inch off the ground
going up my driveway
with "new" amber bumper lenses. took off the bra cause i was washing the car
If you were on flat ground and the car was slammed that hard there would be one of these :shock: but now all you get is :roll:
HA HA
Just messing with you
My wife just made fun of your pink wheels
yeah i couldnt get any lower. that was my lowest setting, haha.. the mudflaps were almost touching the ground in the rear.