Well, there is the black shock brace.
And the rear lip was a very rare ad on, iv only seen one OEM one., then again thats only for a 2 door not a 4.
Color matched door handles, mirrors, and skirts.
Cluster
Floor mats
Thats all i know.

Oh that prop valve, if your civic is a stick already then you just use your old one, all 96-00 civic prop valves are the same. Hell i did a ITR 5 lug on my civic and kept my old prop valve, and these are bigger breaks.

 

Got some painting done today.

Grille masked and ready for prep.


Skip a bunch of steps and a couple hours and it's done.


Did the fog bezels while I was at it. I kept a chunk of the front bumper cover from when I put the fogs on and sanded half of it to compare for color match. Looks like it's a perfect match.

UNFORTUNATELY, ITS RAINING AND I CAN'T REALLY PUT THEM ON THE CAR NOW....

Also, I didn't get to the mirrors due to the rain. I will have to order another can to do the lips and the handles.

 

Looking good, is that a OEM grill ?

 

Nope, not OEM. Looks alright though.

Thanks to Superfly for making this happen. What do you think of the emblem's new home?


Now, a preface... I'd say the color match is 95%ish, but the flash from my camera makes it look REALLY off. It might be due to the differences in paint layers. The rebuilt front end had 2 base, 2 clear. I used 2-3 base, 1 clear. This might make the flash react differently off the painted bits. In person, they don't look off at all unless you really look closely.

But still, night pics ftl.






I can't wait to wash the car, wax everything, and take some day pics. Also, need to do the mirrors. Those are next...

[edit] Also, it'll look better if I can ever find someone who will sell me that front hood seal... because that gap looks like ***.

 

looks good on the car

 

if you dont NEED a front plate, why have one? lol. i would pay to not have to rock a front plate on my car. but grill and fogs look sick! not guna paint the lip?

 

Eh, I just like to represent. Since I don't have a front emblem, I have the emblem on a plate. That's just me.

The lip WILL be painted. Both front and rear will, I promise. I was waiting to see how the paint from that automotivetouchup.com whatever site turned out. The paint is as close as it could be without them sampling the actual car to match, so I think it'll be fine. When I make the second paint order, I'll paint the lips and the door handles.

Which brings me to the update for today: More paint. I pulled the mirrors off the car bright and early today and prepped them for paint. Turns out that one is OEM and the other is aftermarket OEM style. Guess which one it was?

That passenger side has been abused to hell, I tell you. Whoever owned this car before me needs to surrender their license...

I was heavy handed with the rattle can, so I need wet sand one before I can finish it, but the other looks GREAT. I'll get some pics up later today.

Special thanks to xsteinbachx for my paint booth. I'm using the box he sent my rear lip in as a makeshift paint booth. Works great, keeps the dust off.

(I'm really post whoring the heck out of my update thread lately. Dang.)

 

haha, if i had an update thread, there'd be updates hourly, this being the reason why i didnt make one. lol.

 

Paint update:

Base coat:


Clear coat:


See? The paint match really is close. The flash just made it look bad.








Ugh, can't wait until the rear disc brakes are here and the suspension is done so the rims will look good on the car... The hubcaps have to go!

 

wow that paint matched really good! cant tell in the pics! lookin good!