The 96 sedan

[WaLLeYeMan]

Its been a slow process but its almost done. Heres a few sneek peek pics.

I started primering it but it got dark so i stopped. Theres still a lot of dents i need to fix too. The car will be black when its all good and done. The pics are off my crappy cell phone too since i was too lazy to go find my digi cam.

I need to find me a real OEM front bumper too, this certifit s**t is annoying the hell out of me.

update:

 

[Kensai]

Hey try posting when you're not "lazy" and you can find your digital camera and have time to fix the dents/paint. Your car looks like an unfinished piece of garbage right now and I have no idea why you would even post pics of it. I don't know if you were looking for feedback but that's pretty much what you're gonna get at this point...

 

[2slo4u]

make sure to keep us posted on the finished product

 

[WaLLeYeMan]

Hey try posting when you're not "lazy" and you can find your digital camera and have time to fix the dents/paint. Your car looks like an unfinished piece of garbage right now and I have no idea why you would even post pics of it. I don't know if you were looking for feedback but that's pretty much what you're gonna get at this point...

dude, take a chill pill. I could care less what you think. Some people asked for pictures of it so here are pictures.

 

[Kensai]

I'm chill as a miller. I'm just letting you know what I think.

 

[EK|B]

Post pics when it's done being painted.

 

[somejaykid]

looks good so far man

 

[mylovehx]

its gonna look good black. cant wait to see it finished!

 

[SoJ1Ro]

sweet i can't wait to see the finish product. keep us updated man

 

[DarkCreep]

Shitty pictures..


Props for getting the correct front lip though.

 

[WaLLeYeMan]

here are the rims. Still from the cell phone since I cant seem to find the digi cam, must of left it at a friends house somewhere.

Cant finish primering it either since the new primer i got was grey instead of black as you can tell from the blotches of grey where the dings and dents were fixed.

 

[99SilverCX]

wtf, seriously, i donno why some people have to b***h about the dummest s**t, you're posting the progress of your project and they start flaming.

I think you're going the right route, it will look good when done, just don't give up, slow progress is better than no progress,
I just have two suggestions:
1. That grille doesn't fit quite right to me, looks like a replica to me, which is fine cus some of us cant afford the real thing, maybe try another one or do a diy ctr, i've heard you can get better fitment that way...
2. It could be the quality of the pics, but the headlights look a bit dull, HondaTuning did an article on how to sand headlights to get them to look new and I did it to mine and turned out great, just don't remember what issue it was, I'm sure they have it on their website, if you can't find it PM me and I'll look through my stack.

 

[jeders]

you might as well just clear coat your headlights if you can. its gunna look new and stay that way for a while.

 

[WaLLeYeMan]

yeah, the headlights are a bit foggy since they are used CTR headlights. I was going to sand them down and refinish them later when everything else is done along with painting the tailights all red too. I was thinking of doing a retrofit too but I'm on and off about it, thats one of the reasons why I havent cleaned them up yet too. I hate taking s**t off and on.

I hate the grill too, its junk but I dont have any other one to use right now. The stock one was literally stuck to the old busted up bumper. I tried taking it off but broke it instead since those screws were rusted to crap. Probably going to go find a stock one and modify it once i find a real OEM bumper too.

But we'll see when its done if I like it or not. The car is still just sitting in the garage, its not going to be driven any time soon.

 

[WaLLeYeMan]

finished primer and body repair, waiting for paint now. Stuck on what color to paint now that I'm at this point again. White, Black, brown/tan, i just dont know right now. Still not driving around yet so I still have time to think about it.

Tail lights will be painted all red when i get to it.

Right now its got a coupe grill on it, actually like it better than the cheapo ebay crap. And New CTR depos, old ones will be retro'd and cleaned up whenever i get my projectors.

good thing i finished primering right before it rained while the sun was still shining brightly, retarded weather.

 

[mymmeryloss]

loving the front end...

 

[JDMJNKY]

looking fly.....what size rims you rockin?

 

[kyle97charlie]

Liking the progress!!

 

[WaLLeYeMan]

Rims are 17x7.5 +45 with 205/40/17 tires. Only reason Im riding on them is because I got them with tires for $300 or was it $400, i dont remember. I want to get 16s so I can be on the ground but now I'm rethinking about being on the ground since my driveway is a pos curb. I already scratch on it at its current height and my old accord used to barely clear it without scraping.

That deformed pos rear PU lip is gone too, got an ABS lip on it now so it fits a lot better.

The car will probably get painted in july when it gets its plates so I can drive it to the shop since I dont feel like painting it myself anymore. I'll have a color chosen by then hopefully.

I forgot to mention too, this is just my winter beater/rain car. I'm getting my bike soon once i get my license.

 

[Genuine Rolla]

So far so good bro, keep up the good work!