Thanks man, I am going to put some decepticon accents in the car, wanna put one on the valve cover, I need to get another one so I can work on it at my leisure, then I could swap them out & have a good looking cover, mine looks like s**t now.
My 96 Civic LX Sedan
- Thread starter dj_hallucn8
- Start date
Genuine Rolla
Its PETEY PETE, y0!
Registered VIP
Registered OG
5+ Year Member
10+ Year Member
15+ Year Member
not bad...just not feeln' the fake splits or the painted calipers.
Also selling my halos with all bulbs except signal lights, $50 obo
I cleaned the lenses, got all moisture out & resealed the right side.
I cleaned the lenses, got all moisture out & resealed the right side.
Mine looks fine just stock. but i want to do the same thing i am putting together a list for pull apart when i want enough stuff to make it worth the gas ill go and try and get an extra valve cover if they have one.
Where are you thiking about doin the accents in the car?
Well the valve cover to start, then maybe some interior pieces, I'll get more ideas when I get that far ahead, right now focused on engine bay & getting bodywork done so it can be painted.
I have knocked a few fender dents out when I had them off, one still may need som bondo & the rest I have not touched yet, getting a body & paint estimate on thursday because my wife said I got $500 to work with plus some of the money I make repairing computers I should have about $700, do you guys think I can get a decent paint job (base/clear) for that amount of money?
It depends on your area man i know i could, but we have a family friend that owns a reputable body and paint shop he does all the work on mine when i destroy them or cant fix them myself. I got alot of of body work and paintmatching one whole side of a previous car for 600 cash so i would think you may be able to.
Do you know of any good shops to take it to it would be keeper if you can do all the prep yourself or at least most of it.
Most places will cut you some slack if its not an inusrance job and you pay in cash.
Do you know of any good shops to take it to it would be keeper if you can do all the prep yourself or at least most of it.
Most places will cut you some slack if its not an inusrance job and you pay in cash.
i would do as much as you can, like for how much it cost to get the body work done, i know i can often get a new part cheaper. like a fender for 20 bucks versus 40 to get the body work done
UPDATE, just a before pic
Got another valve cover today for $10, it has some red paint on it but I'm getting it off slowly with a dremel, think I'm gonna polish the letters & paint the rest in blue.
Got another valve cover today for $10, it has some red paint on it but I'm getting it off slowly with a dremel, think I'm gonna polish the letters & paint the rest in blue.
you look at a junkyard? i get mine for 4 bucks. also i would just use a wirebrush or wire wheel. its much quicker. paint stripper helps too or carb cleaner
Using wire wheel on my drill, smaller ones with my dremel, & some detail bits to get all of the paint around the letters, I already pressure washed it with purple power all over & got the inside clean, started on the outside but have some other things that need to be done like fix customers computers, that's the money I use to get things done to the Civic, so priority has changed ATM.
google.com. majestic honda probably has it too
Got it on eBay, only $12.50 free shipping, they had both side but only needed the left.
UPDATE! Not good.
Well today I was driving from my mother's house heading home & I needed to stop by a bodyshop for a quote, when I first pulled up I smelled coolant, opened up my hood & water & muck was spewing out of the radiator cap & the temp was almost full on hot, so I let it cool down, the mechanic there hope I didn't fry the head or gasket, filled it up with water & drove home, almost to my house it gets hot again, open the hood & water is coming out of the cap again, I didn't have any water to put in so I waited 15 minutes with the hood up, then drove it home less than a mile & got hot again but made it home, opened the hood & only steam from the cap. I pulled the thermostat housing apart & no thermostat, so I looked at the cap & saw the rubbers were worn & one of the clips that screws it in place was bent out a bit so I replaced it, while I had it all apart I pulled all drain plugs & bottom hose & flushed it out. I put everything back together & filled it up with fresh coolant, let it run till it got to normal temp, took it for a drive & came back with no overheating or leaks of any kind, temp stayed normal, also it was dark out so a real test will be tomorrow when it's warmer. That's my sad tale today but if it's not fixed then it may be the water pump which I might as well change out the timing belt whether it needs it or not.
Well today I was driving from my mother's house heading home & I needed to stop by a bodyshop for a quote, when I first pulled up I smelled coolant, opened up my hood & water & muck was spewing out of the radiator cap & the temp was almost full on hot, so I let it cool down, the mechanic there hope I didn't fry the head or gasket, filled it up with water & drove home, almost to my house it gets hot again, open the hood & water is coming out of the cap again, I didn't have any water to put in so I waited 15 minutes with the hood up, then drove it home less than a mile & got hot again but made it home, opened the hood & only steam from the cap. I pulled the thermostat housing apart & no thermostat, so I looked at the cap & saw the rubbers were worn & one of the clips that screws it in place was bent out a bit so I replaced it, while I had it all apart I pulled all drain plugs & bottom hose & flushed it out. I put everything back together & filled it up with fresh coolant, let it run till it got to normal temp, took it for a drive & came back with no overheating or leaks of any kind, temp stayed normal, also it was dark out so a real test will be tomorrow when it's warmer. That's my sad tale today but if it's not fixed then it may be the water pump which I might as well change out the timing belt whether it needs it or not.
damn hopefully nothings wrecked inside it. good luck tomorrow
I also went ahead & installed a thermostat, forgot to mention that, not that it helps much but I believe in having one in.