from_si_to_is my actual build thread
from_si_to_is
Wagonist
I have been a huge fan of the civic wagon for a long time. Im not the best writer so ill mostly stick to pictures .so after about 5 years things fell into place and i found one about 4 hours away. I called the guy around 9:30 at night and told him that i wanted i here is the craigslist add
after a 13 hour road trip this is what i brought back and here is what i got... didn't live up to the pics i asked the girl whats up and she said that she just pulled a pic off the internet....fail. but i know i could fix her up. we settled on 800 dollars.
wheeled it into the garage and started working. I wanted this car to be a complete DIY car so if you have any questions please ask and ill do the best i can to help. the first thing i did (brcause i was broke) was the bumper.
here you can see a big cut in the bumper
take a saudering gun and melt it down use long strokes ( easy to sand)
after sanding
melted plastic in the plate holes the same way and sanded
and painted with rustoleum before you judge watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MsVWj3fGkY
i know it w dx and this isnt the propper paint rt4wd bla bla
then moved to the rear bumper the bumper was sagging in the corners
after a heat gun it pulled right out
also painted the rear
engine bay before
after
no big deal i know buth the plan is to keep the SOHC and do a full wire tuck (just clean)
more to come
after a 13 hour road trip this is what i brought back and here is what i got... didn't live up to the pics i asked the girl whats up and she said that she just pulled a pic off the internet....fail. but i know i could fix her up. we settled on 800 dollars.
wheeled it into the garage and started working. I wanted this car to be a complete DIY car so if you have any questions please ask and ill do the best i can to help. the first thing i did (brcause i was broke) was the bumper.
here you can see a big cut in the bumper
take a saudering gun and melt it down use long strokes ( easy to sand)
after sanding
melted plastic in the plate holes the same way and sanded
and painted with rustoleum before you judge watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MsVWj3fGkY
i know it w dx and this isnt the propper paint rt4wd bla bla
then moved to the rear bumper the bumper was sagging in the corners
after a heat gun it pulled right out
also painted the rear
engine bay before
after
no big deal i know buth the plan is to keep the SOHC and do a full wire tuck (just clean)
more to come
Comments
take the tail light out and trim piece off and start heating up the area (dont melt it) and then take a rag and reach where the tail light was and pull up on the bumper after you get it to where you want it put cold water on the bumper, it will help harden the abs plastic.
Here you can see how the old purple tint is peeling
went to Walmart and got a fabric steamer hold it over the tint for about 10 seconds the steam will release all the stickyness with the tint film
then scrap the area with a razor
and about 15 min your done
i also did my rear doors
inside doors painted needs weather stripping back on
now I gotta do the other side lol
Unscrew 4 screws and take off the top cover and you will look into this
locate the wires coming from the tape reader head cut them away from the reader
Strip one end of the audio jack and wire it in and Tada you have a old school radio w/ a iPod input
I painted the rear plate holder I figured why not i have three haha
here she is all sanded down.
Im have no experience with body repair just watched a bunch of youtube videos and ordered the stuff so 60 dollars and a week later I started doing the body work turns out one of my neighbors does it for a living haha. he came over and gave me a quick lesson and said i was doing a pretty good job
ton of fenderwork
shaved the front honda logo
shaving a few more things
hood squirters
trunk lock
and rear window wiper
tell me what you guys think. bodywork was pretty easy and took me about a day.
I love seeing people saving these cars!
Here you can see all the filler sanded down
Primered
Painted
Here you can see some scratches that showed through so I wet sanded the fender that will determine a good paint job from a bad one. Everyone here's the term "orange peel" the term refers to the paint having bumps and valleys if you wet sand the paint it will appear flat then you clear it and buff and polish it and Tada amazing paint haha but I'm not there yet
Here is what I ended with this is only wet sanded and dried off
left painted and right wet sanded
That all I really got this week guys and gals remember I'm doing this off a 100 dollars a paycheck but I'm always on here even tho I don't post much please ask questions Im more than willing to help!!
im quite surprised myself can't wait to clear,buff, and polish.