White_Rabbit
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Few small things to the car.
First the 18's were too large so I got rid of those and went with Konig Tantrums in silver and 17". Basically they are same style as Motegi MR7's. Also, I changed out the bumper lights for clear ones. Lastly, the front calipers looked horrible. Someone talked me into color matching them to the car so I tried it out. I like them but wish I would have went black. I didn't really want them to stand out since they are black. No biggy cause they're getting changed to two piston calipers when I get back from my deployment.
Onto the photos.
Before I got started
With the wheel off. You can see why I wanted to clean them up.
Cleaning them up with Brake Parts cleaner and the hose real good
Prepping it for paint. Some stuff I didn't want to get paint in or on.
Primed em
First coat. This pic made it look silver because it was a thin coat with grey primer under it.
After I few coats of white and a few more coats of clear its back together.
Here are some pics as of today of it washed and waxed.
Near future includes a new hood, CF front lip, 98-01 all red stock tails, my fourth set of rims since getting the car, and 2 1/4" catback into a Flowmaster 60 series muffler. After my deployment not sure which route I'll go with it. I have some time to figure it out though. Thats when it becomes my toy because soon as I get back I'm finally buying myself a brand new car. Looking at a 2009 Honda Civic Si 4-door.
I'm highly disappointed with my photography skills. The pics made it look like a POS when its actually in pretty good shape. The front does have a few scrapes in it but that gets taken care of with the lip. They aren't near as bad as the pics make them look. The front and rear bumper are off but again in the photos it looks like I can stick my foot in between the body and the bumpers lol...which is not true. Oh well its a work in progress just thought I'd share.
First the 18's were too large so I got rid of those and went with Konig Tantrums in silver and 17". Basically they are same style as Motegi MR7's. Also, I changed out the bumper lights for clear ones. Lastly, the front calipers looked horrible. Someone talked me into color matching them to the car so I tried it out. I like them but wish I would have went black. I didn't really want them to stand out since they are black. No biggy cause they're getting changed to two piston calipers when I get back from my deployment.
Onto the photos.
Before I got started
With the wheel off. You can see why I wanted to clean them up.
Cleaning them up with Brake Parts cleaner and the hose real good
Prepping it for paint. Some stuff I didn't want to get paint in or on.
Primed em
First coat. This pic made it look silver because it was a thin coat with grey primer under it.
After I few coats of white and a few more coats of clear its back together.
Here are some pics as of today of it washed and waxed.
Near future includes a new hood, CF front lip, 98-01 all red stock tails, my fourth set of rims since getting the car, and 2 1/4" catback into a Flowmaster 60 series muffler. After my deployment not sure which route I'll go with it. I have some time to figure it out though. Thats when it becomes my toy because soon as I get back I'm finally buying myself a brand new car. Looking at a 2009 Honda Civic Si 4-door.
I'm highly disappointed with my photography skills. The pics made it look like a POS when its actually in pretty good shape. The front does have a few scrapes in it but that gets taken care of with the lip. They aren't near as bad as the pics make them look. The front and rear bumper are off but again in the photos it looks like I can stick my foot in between the body and the bumpers lol...which is not true. Oh well its a work in progress just thought I'd share.