Buildup of my EF hatch... 56k go bake a cake

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28-Apr-2005, 06:49 PM

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Buildup of my EF hatch... 56k go bake a cake

Hey,

this is the very slow change of the appearence of my civic.... i have been workin on this car for about 2 weeks from the start of disassembly till now... paint tomorrow night

this is my first EVER bodywork so keep that in mind

let me know....
color is going to be sunburnt orange metallic(looks copper)

-Matt

pics are here....

28-Apr-2005, 06:51 PM

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28-Apr-2005, 06:53 PM

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let me know what you think guys

-Matt

28-Apr-2005, 07:09 PM

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not too bad for doing this for the first time

28-Apr-2005, 07:14 PM

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Looks good so far. Post up pics when its all done.

28-Apr-2005, 07:17 PM

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looks good

28-Apr-2005, 09:14 PM

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can I bring my car to your barn and paint mine...I wish I had a barn...its lookin pretty good man

28-Apr-2005, 09:55 PM

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yeah you can.... but i wont do as good of a job... this is a big effing job... remove engine and all the other stuff was a day by itself!

and there is so much sanding to do its unreal....

but im getting the hang of it so its going faster all the time....

and i did the 16 swap unassisted... first ever swap...
who else uses a tractor for an engine hoist?:P

-Matt

29-Apr-2005, 06:25 PM

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^^ I've used a tractor for a engine hoist before and a back hoe to! Did you do any metal cutting to get rid of rust?

Cynikal, ill let you use my barn for some beer!

29-Apr-2005, 06:56 PM

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^^ I've used a tractor for a engine hoist before and a back hoe to! Did you do any metal cutting to get rid of rust?

Cynikal, ill let you use my barn for some beer!

I don't think that would be a problem.

29-Apr-2005, 11:26 PM

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no metal cutting!

the only welding i had to do on the entire car was the custom work i did for shaving the engine bay...
the car was origonally from texas so they dont have winter as harsh there...

update! first coat of paint is on... i will have pics tomorrow morning.....

OMFG copper with metallic flake looks SICK!

-Matt

29-Apr-2005, 11:29 PM

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BTW... i have done 99% of this myself... only had a friend come over to help show me how to spray(set up the gun and technique)

I'm lovin it... sorry if I seem hyped up...

-Matt

29-Apr-2005, 11:40 PM

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GOODONYERNATE!

Hope you baged and marked all your nuts&bolts! Not many folk will do this. Keep up the good work. Let's see some pics when it is all over.

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30-Apr-2005, 09:21 AM

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I'm lovin it... sorry if I seem hyped up...

-Matt

I would hope that you would be hyped this kind of work is exciting

30-Apr-2005, 09:47 AM

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jeppa i have about a box of new ziplock bags holding all my nuts andf i labeled it with a permanent marker.....

its basically a milk crate full of ziplock bags with nuts and bolts in them.... i saw this trick done before... and it works

thanks for lookin out

solid EF
-Matt

30-Apr-2005, 11:11 AM

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eh Matt, your rims look VERY familiar!

Good stuff.

30-Apr-2005, 02:51 PM

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wow, good job....its looking good, I would have kept the antenna personally, but otherwise its looking awesome....good work...get some pics with the final coat on...

30-Apr-2005, 06:34 PM

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more pics... with the first coat of paint on the shell of the car

finish pics will come when im done
should be putting some paint on the kit tonight...

-Matt

30-Apr-2005, 07:38 PM

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looks so sick wow.. i wanna paint my car now

01-May-2005, 12:14 AM

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so do it.... if you do it yourself, expect the car to outta commision for a while and if you get it done by a pro have money for this extensive of a job(engine and interior removal etc)

dan, you can do it... but yours will look like ****... unlike mine will....

-Matt

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