well soon ill be right there with you im starting a build hopefully in the next month. im excited to see the front bumper done everything looks great whats the engine looking like?

 

More progress on the body kit (after I get it done, I'll be working on my civic instead of a kit for someone else lol)


Fiberglassed over the top vents


Three billion layers of bondo later



After a few layers of primer (I didn't get the whole bumper primered... I need to stop at autozone and pick up a few more cans)


The first layer of fiberglass is on the back bumper


Honestly, I'll bo so glad when the kit is done... I've spent almost literally all my free time since last wednesday or so on this body kit... there's probably been over 100 man-hours worth of work in the kit so far

But I'm getting stock bumpers (my car will actually have both skirts for the first time since last summer ) out of the deal, as well as some money that should pay for some of the smaller things for my project (manual pedals, clutch lines, master cylinder, clutch resevoir, center console w/ armrest, etc.)

I should have the body kit done tomorrow night if everything goes according to plan... however, that never seems to happen, so I'm guessing it'll be done by thursday afternoon.


Oh, and jp - my engine is pretty much stock (sri, header) since it's an auto... hopefully, I'll be swapping to a b18c (with manual lsd tranny) in the next month or two and modding the hell out of it (okay, just i/h/e at first, but I'll probably boost it within a year or two)... I need to convince my dad that HMO is perfectly safe to order from... he seems to think I'm going to get a blown engine or they'll take our credit card number and run.

 

well i hope your geting enough cash for the kit with all this work!!!!!!!!!

one reason why i dont do any body work or fiberglass work for friends. LOL

its bad enough when its for myself! im dreading sanding my 94 down
ie had the car listed for sale localy on free craigslist but ive said as soon as i paint the car ill most likely keep it!
last car i painted was my 66impala and that thing was HUGE and weeks and weeks of sanding and prep work!!!!!! ive hated body work ever since then.LOL


tho i will be doing alittle fiberglass project for my 94 center console when ever i can get some stock parts to mold off from. ive bid on a stock arm rest back section and hopefully ill win it but im not holding my breath since ive been geting outbid on every one i bid on so far!!!!
either way im definatly fabing up some custom cupholders and a arm rest for my style. BUT i still need to get pieces that i can mold from, cause i dont want to touch my stock parts if i dont have to JUST INCASE it doesnt work out.....

 

yeah, I'm starting to hate fiberglass work lol... between the waiting and the hours of nonstop sanding, it really sucks (and I've even been using a disk sander for the bulk of the sanding).

But I'm getting enough money to pay for materials (which is what I'm worried about), and I'm getting the guy's oem bumpers (he has a 5th gen coupe, too)... so that's saving me money (I need a new rear bumper and side skirts.... I'll probably do some mods to the extra front bumper, like maybe a custom front lip). Really, I don't mind how long this is taking me.... it's giving me something to do in my spare time lol

Anyway, the kit will be 100% done tonight... right now, I'm waiting for the (hopefully) final layer of fiberglass to dry, then I'll be bondo-ing it (which I love doing... body filler is fun to work with) and painting it. I'll have more pics up later tonight.

And I'm dreading the body prep for my car's new paint job... right now, I have two game plans...
1) get a few friends together and start sanding on friday afternoon, going basically nonstop until we get it sanded and smoothed out (hopefully by sunds), and have the car sprayed down with primer on sunday, and ready to drive by monday.

2) wait for a week where it's not supposed to rain at all and work on my car every day after work and get it primered by the weekend. (I'll be using my cbr as a dd until the body work is done)

 

well when it comes to sanding/body work.... if ya dont FULLY TRUST YOUR FRIENDS SKILLS then dont.LOL id do it yourself....

 

^ I think I'll let them sand down the paint, but when it comes to actually smoothing everything out and filling dents and stuff, I'm not letting them touch the car... not that I think they'll be complaining lol

Anyway, I got the kit completely done wednesday:

 

dude you did a great job making that bodykit looking better, i like it alot better than it was... props to all your hard work, hopefully you get the money you want for it

 

^ +1

 

ya know what, if the front bumper cover didnt have themolding/hole on the side.. it kinda looks like a bys(backyard special)front bumper

 

sorry to hear about you deciding not to go with an H[:@] Haha I guess the B will be a decent motor too haha. I think you'd be just fine in your ability to swap the H though.