Gwest's DIY CTR before and after *56K warning*

[Nine78Guy]

hey man, they came out great. you are doing the same thing imma doing, but backwards. I just finished my calipers and moving on to the lighes. keep my updated on how you are doing.

 

[Nine78Guy]

hey man, what paint did you use? color? brand?

 

[J32a2OwnsU]

hey man, what paint did you use? color? brand?

hey man, read the thread!!!!

Duplicolor Graphite Gray Metallic, I coated it on pretty thick

 

[97civicracer]

way to diy props

edit: i wonder if you could get that authentic CTR shine if you put a clear coat on over the graphite...?

 

[Silas675]

came out clean man

 

[oc_civic]

way to diy props

edit: i wonder if you could get that authentic CTR shine if you put a clear coat on over the graphite...?

no would would not.. real ek9 housings are more reflective than shiney.. almost like a gunmetal mirror... not so much a gloss paint color..

 

[Blazed]

gwest u know i think ur shyt is bangin..

 

[ruff_ridaz99]

OoOo..should've never painted that corner light reflector...i hate mines because i forgot to tape it..now it's not as bright as it's suppose to...turned out good though

 

[soldiaboy]

nice man, car looks good

 

[krayziejcs]

very nice
definately one of the best DIY CTR i've seen

 

[nightryder99]

I'm impressed.... good job
I think I'll add that to my DIY list after my coupe is black too

 

[mienboiracer209]

looks good especially w/ the dark colored civic

 

[ReggieSD]

looks good man.

 

[cgpEJ6]

they look great.

 

[dawrenn]

Alright whats up guys, I'd wanted to do this for a long time so today I just got off my ass and did it. Turned out pretty well.

I followed this site for the instructions, worked very well I would recommend this site to anyone doing this mod on their ride.

http://www.brokenlimits.com/hbake.htm

Alright on with the pics:

Before





During the making





No reflector tape here...


And finally the finished product











And there you go, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Heres a couple of shots I took just because I was bored.


Fin.

I would have put tape where the bulb reflector is.

 

[deftone]

turned out real nice... good job

 

[Going-West]

I would have put tape where the bulb reflector is.

most people do but ive always liked the way amber looked against black. thanks for the comments everyone i appreciate it

 

[dawrenn]

most people do but ive always liked the way amber looked against black. thanks for the comments everyone i appreciate it

I meant the part where the bulb goes. That is not suppose to be painted. If you notice at night it is not as bright as it used to be.

It should look like this: Of course these are Real CTR's but you should get my point.

you should still be able to see the reflection of the bulb.

and it should be bright like this:

 

[Going-West]

I wasn't going for the excact CTR replica anyway, I just called them that because I didn't know what else to. It doesn't really matter much anyway

 

[SiLvErCiV]

nice dude, they came out great