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Old 06-27-2006, 05:39 PM   #1
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Default 5th Gen Engine Bay shave
Not sure if this Thread belongs in the Prelude forum or the Fabrication Forum but here it goes..

A while back I pulled my motor to build a new turbo setup, and me being real OCD about how clean my engine bay is, I noticed how dirty it got even though I regularly cleaned it, I noticed the factory paint in the engine bay was just the base coat white, with no pearl added, or clear coat. So that white, when gets dirty gets stained by the dirt and wont come out.

So I opted to repaint the whole bay in my garage, with Factory paint and clear coat to keep the dirty from staining

While I was at it, I said to my self, just go all out, since my car is far from stock, way far from stock. I dove into the point of no return, I decided to shave the engine bay. Cleaning the majority of the lines and holes that I will not use, and along with that I decided to do a wire tuck since thats what seems to be the trend on here on HT.

here are some pics of the progess so far, I havent clear coated it yet, As I just got done spraying the last coat of pearl, waiting for that to dry, before I can clear, I figured why not and post come pics on the Prelude forum.
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Old 06-27-2006, 05:41 PM   #2
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The dirtiness made me want to change everything







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Old 06-27-2006, 05:43 PM   #3
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after a few weeks I realized how much work it was , so I had ot buckle down to get my car running mean while, while I was fabbing my new turbo setup.







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Old 06-27-2006, 05:44 PM   #4
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primered the other night, so close to being done!







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just finished putting the base white coat







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just got done putting pearl coat on








shaved the 12 random holes honda put there, and left the 4 stock holes for the stock radiator

and added two holes with 10mm nuts on spot welded underneath in the middle for the half sized civic radiator mount

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looks really good. I should have cleaned my bay in tyhe 4th gen. while the engine was out, but I was too lazy and still had a bunch of shit still there like the wiring harness and p/s and a/c. keep us updated man!
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psh, that is going to be one slow car, look at all that bondo you put on.. what a waste
Wow, nice first post douchebag. I honestly wish I could personally kick every noob that asks a stupid question right in their ignorant pea sized balls.

BTW, looks great, cant wait to see it with the motor in there.
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psh, that is going to be one slow car, look at all that bondo you put on.. what a waste

eat shit and die n00b!!
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ya ditto on what egcoupe94 said. Looks real nice man, i wish i had money and resources to pull my engine and play with it good job thought
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lol at lam!
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psh, that is going to be one slow car, look at all that bondo you put on.. what a waste
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Ban please? Clearly already with 2 posts he's proven he has nothing to add to this community.

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that looks awesome man i have alot of respect for someone who can do something like that thereself

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hahaha, nah dont ban lamvu, thats my bestfriend he helped me on this project hes just messing with me

i just sprayed clear coat.. and man it looks like candy paint.. ill shoot pics asap!
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clear coat pics!!









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Looks nice man! Cant wait to see the finished product!
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Looks nice!

How long did this little project take?
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she looks amazing! I just wish I had some automotive painting experiance, I would be doing the same to my bay right now. cant wait to see finished pics with the beast installed. -Jeremy
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some people PMed me with the authenticy of using real car paint.. so I took these a few mins ago to prove my behalf..



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Looks great

How much experience prior to this do you have with painting?

By the way, I took care of that jackass that was posting up all the bs.
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that engine bay looks amazing.
good luck not scratching it when you put the motor back in.
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Looks nice!

How long did this little project take?
thanks man, it took me about a months worth of time .. the sanding and bondo-ing took most of the time.. bc i was really lazy to sand.. after i got all that done.. painting it took 2 days tops
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Looks great

How much experience prior to this do you have with painting?

By the way, I took care of that jackass that was posting up all the bs.
i really dont have much time behind the gun, about 3 yrs ago someone backed into my car and messed up the paint, so i took that time to learn how to paint, fixing my hood and front bumper..

my paint supplier was really skepical of me performing the job back then, and was really concerned about me messing up my car, but after a few hrs, of painting I got it down, and I showed him my work and he was really surprised. He said I painted better than some professionals he deals with.

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nice job bro...wish i knew how to paint like that because then i could paint my own stuff without paying the money for labor and shit. lol
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Damn that looks great! I cant wait to see it with everything in! hurry up! lol
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