AHVTEC's Getting Fresh Paint - 1994 EH3 Civic Content
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AHVTEC's Getting Fresh Paint - 1994 EH3 Civic Content
Dont Hate on me too Hard LOL.
Hows it going everyone, my name is Kegan A.K.A. AHVTEC , I’ve been in the Honda game since I could drive… So about 6 years. My first car was a 1995 GSR Integra, I had it for a little over 2 years and then I traded it for a 99CX hatch and a Built GSR… I put the GSR into the CX but couldn’t get it to run correctly… In a nutshell, RYWIRE’s Harness was Incorrect, the Map sensor was pinned wrong, a friend of mine and also a friend of the person that I traded the car with, discovered it after I traded for the car you’ll see below.
I want to start off by saying that I've looked at a TONNN of build threads and until now I didn't realize how much work it took to create and manage a thread even as extensive as the one I'm posting... Most of the Build Threads I've looked at are much more in depth than mine... So Props to those who have created those wonderful, extensive and in depth build threads for everyone to follow... Its part of what makes our hobby so great.
I've had my Civic since Early Summer of 2007. Since then Its been through a few changes, nothing crazy, but since I've owned it I've ALWAYS wanted to have it repainted because It had a good bit of dings and scratches. When I originally got the car I was under the impression that it was Formula Red because one of the previous owners kept the paint can from when it was repainted before. So basically in the three years and a few months that I’ve owned the car I’ve thought and have been telling people that my car was Formula Red. I guess in the time I’ve had my car I’ve grown partial to “Formula Red”, I’ve always thought that my paint had great depth even though the quality of the paint job was poor. Long story short the car was not actually formula red, later in the thread you’ll see exactly what color it is and what I decide to do with the color.
Since 2007, I've changed the wheels quite a few times and have done little Knick Knack stuff here and there. When I would plan on getting the car painted I'd find another set of wheels that I liked and I would focus my money on wheels. My Priorities just weren't always in the best interest for the car to get re-painted. I knew my cars drawback was the shitty paint job but I was scared to pull it apart and just have it painted. I have always been very Obsessive Compulsive about my EH it seems (Just ask my close Friends LOL... "Don’t Touch it... Don't Even Look at It" - Hangover. HAHAHA) even with its shitty paint, so I guess part of why I was hesitant to have the car re-done was because I didn't know if I could handle the stress and upkeep of having a nice paint job that could only go downhill from the day it comes out of the booth.
The reason I finally broke down and decided to have the car painted was because one day while I was at work my car got keyed. I guess It was kind of the last straw, I knew I couldn’t be driving it around with almost every panel on the car scared from being keyed, so off she went about a month or so later to be repainted.
This is how my car looked when I got it... I put my Slipstreams on and added my Ebay Coilovers with Tokicko Shocks from my previous car, I bought some HID's, some ITR cams and then shortly after purchased the parts from Honda that you will see further on down the page.
My Next Set of wheels... Mugen RNR's
Added the Function and Form Version 1 Type 2's...
I Found a very slight bend on one of my RNR's that I guess I didn’t notice when I purchased them so I decided to sell them and buy brand new RPF1's...
After 3 months of owning the Enkei's I decided I wanted to get ahold of some Diamond Black RE30's, bought them brand new.
Three Months passes after owning the RE's... I found a great deal on 5 Lug suspension so I sold both the Enkei's and the Volks and picked up the USDM 5 Lug.
A couple of months later I sourced some Black SRD's.
I had been rocking the ITR wheels for a few months at this point and one day my good friend Tuan - HT SN - 6SPD_EJ6 found me some 5 Lug 15 Inch +43 Matte Black Volk CE28's... The following day I made the Journey to go pick them up. (Thanks to my Girl Friend and Dad for fronting me the money to get them when I didn't have it.)
The Day I picked them up.
First Pictures with them on the car. (most recent look.)
Just a couple of Random pictures
June 4th 2010
The Tear Down Begins.
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Optional Console out
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Back of the Roof… Rust
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Driver Side Quarter Panel
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No Idea what happened here, was like this when I got the car.
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Most of the rock chips were there before I got the car.
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Right of the door handle… a spot from where it was keyed.
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Under the Electrical Tape is Rust. Something the previous owner did… Didn’t want to remove it and potentially make it worse.
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This Panel was dry sprayed badly.
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Rear Bumper doesn’t Line up.
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Tail Gate doesn’t Line Up.
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Spider Cracks in the Rear Bumper… This was my fault LOL, Backed into my Girlfriends Dads Car.
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Ding and scratch that has been there since I’ve owned the Car.
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One of the spots from when the car was Keyed
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Another small spot that has been there since I’ve owned it… The Wiper did this damage.
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More Rock Chips.
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Few more things out.
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The SRD’s are in the House LOL.
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Took the Muffler off, This was the first time I’ve heard my car without the World Sport
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Take a Look at that Date… The 21st of November 2007. All OEM Parts - Front Bumper, Side Moldings, Roof Rails, and the Side Windshield Moldings
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OEM Front Bumper
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The Same Night…This is after the body guy got ahold of the car… Had to see how bad the rust really was. It was hard to watch someone that I had only known for 5 minutes do this to my car, granted I’ve known my painter for about 3 years, he assured me that Scott (the body guy) was the best man for the job... He took a knife and dug through each piece of rust that was on the car
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Back of the Roof.
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From when the Car was Keyed, above the driver door
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7-8-2010.
Picked the car up from the body shop and dropped it off at my Painter's shop
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Much Better
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No more dings
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Tailgate lines up much Better.
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Metal welded in… No more rust here.
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Rust gone here too.
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7-24-10.
Some More Progress. Removed the headlights and everything on the radiator support so my painter could prep it. The inner fenders will be painted as well.
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When my painter removed the rear bumper he discovered a Hideaway key box with my Original Honda Key... Pretty Crazy… I’ve had the car over 3 years and NEVER knew it was there LOL.
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Ding no longer present
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Bought a Brand New Hood From Honda (Thanks to my boy Mr. 6SPD_EJ6 for the Discount and help)
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7-25-2010
The Doors are off and some tape and paper work was done... A tad bit of painting too!!!
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90
Taped up and ready to go.
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92
Radiator Support and Inner Fenders are also ready… Poof… and no more B16.
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The inside of the doors will be painted as well.
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98
The Color that is laid down on the hood in the following two pictures is Formula Red... Had too much orange in it for my taste (Hard to Tell From the Pictures)... Since then I've decided to change it up a bit.
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8-7-10
The Car is Getting Close.
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101
102
103
104
Some More Paint Work.
After I saw how Formula Red laid down, not being the exact color I had hoped for, I decided to just match the color that was on my car... The car ended up being a color called Rio Red (1997 Ford Mustang Cobra Color) according to the Spies Hecker camera. The Spies Hecker gave my painter the strongest and most accurate reading it could give at a .4, so once I saw how badly the Formula Red came out (Too Orangey for my taste) I decided just to play it safe and match the color that I had grown accustomed to in the 3 years and some change that I have owned the car. (The Flash altered the color a bit in these next few pics)
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109
Jams Painted and DAMN do they Look Good.
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Driver Side Door Jam
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The Paint on the Door and Quarter Panel in this picture is still the existing paint, the Rocker Panels (Pieces under the Side Shirt) have been re-painted, thats what picture 113 and 114 are showing.
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Hood Box...
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The Correct color (Rio Red) on the Back of the Hood in this Picture. Its very dusty though.
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Front Bumper taped up and almost ready to go
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LOL, Joel Cooper, the painter… Lovin on my bumper.
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Rear Bumper Sanded and almost ready.
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Side Moldings… First time out of the Packaging Lol.
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Fender Side Moldings
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The Back Side of the Tailgate is now painted but no pics with the fresh paint because it was taped up.
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Rear Jam taped up, just a little bit more cleaning back here and it’ll be ready for paint.
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Hows it going everyone, my name is Kegan A.K.A. AHVTEC , I’ve been in the Honda game since I could drive… So about 6 years. My first car was a 1995 GSR Integra, I had it for a little over 2 years and then I traded it for a 99CX hatch and a Built GSR… I put the GSR into the CX but couldn’t get it to run correctly… In a nutshell, RYWIRE’s Harness was Incorrect, the Map sensor was pinned wrong, a friend of mine and also a friend of the person that I traded the car with, discovered it after I traded for the car you’ll see below.
I want to start off by saying that I've looked at a TONNN of build threads and until now I didn't realize how much work it took to create and manage a thread even as extensive as the one I'm posting... Most of the Build Threads I've looked at are much more in depth than mine... So Props to those who have created those wonderful, extensive and in depth build threads for everyone to follow... Its part of what makes our hobby so great.
I've had my Civic since Early Summer of 2007. Since then Its been through a few changes, nothing crazy, but since I've owned it I've ALWAYS wanted to have it repainted because It had a good bit of dings and scratches. When I originally got the car I was under the impression that it was Formula Red because one of the previous owners kept the paint can from when it was repainted before. So basically in the three years and a few months that I’ve owned the car I’ve thought and have been telling people that my car was Formula Red. I guess in the time I’ve had my car I’ve grown partial to “Formula Red”, I’ve always thought that my paint had great depth even though the quality of the paint job was poor. Long story short the car was not actually formula red, later in the thread you’ll see exactly what color it is and what I decide to do with the color.
Since 2007, I've changed the wheels quite a few times and have done little Knick Knack stuff here and there. When I would plan on getting the car painted I'd find another set of wheels that I liked and I would focus my money on wheels. My Priorities just weren't always in the best interest for the car to get re-painted. I knew my cars drawback was the shitty paint job but I was scared to pull it apart and just have it painted. I have always been very Obsessive Compulsive about my EH it seems (Just ask my close Friends LOL... "Don’t Touch it... Don't Even Look at It" - Hangover. HAHAHA) even with its shitty paint, so I guess part of why I was hesitant to have the car re-done was because I didn't know if I could handle the stress and upkeep of having a nice paint job that could only go downhill from the day it comes out of the booth.
The reason I finally broke down and decided to have the car painted was because one day while I was at work my car got keyed. I guess It was kind of the last straw, I knew I couldn’t be driving it around with almost every panel on the car scared from being keyed, so off she went about a month or so later to be repainted.
This is how my car looked when I got it... I put my Slipstreams on and added my Ebay Coilovers with Tokicko Shocks from my previous car, I bought some HID's, some ITR cams and then shortly after purchased the parts from Honda that you will see further on down the page.
My Next Set of wheels... Mugen RNR's
Added the Function and Form Version 1 Type 2's...
I Found a very slight bend on one of my RNR's that I guess I didn’t notice when I purchased them so I decided to sell them and buy brand new RPF1's...
After 3 months of owning the Enkei's I decided I wanted to get ahold of some Diamond Black RE30's, bought them brand new.
Three Months passes after owning the RE's... I found a great deal on 5 Lug suspension so I sold both the Enkei's and the Volks and picked up the USDM 5 Lug.
A couple of months later I sourced some Black SRD's.
I had been rocking the ITR wheels for a few months at this point and one day my good friend Tuan - HT SN - 6SPD_EJ6 found me some 5 Lug 15 Inch +43 Matte Black Volk CE28's... The following day I made the Journey to go pick them up. (Thanks to my Girl Friend and Dad for fronting me the money to get them when I didn't have it.)
The Day I picked them up.
First Pictures with them on the car. (most recent look.)
Just a couple of Random pictures
June 4th 2010
The Tear Down Begins.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Optional Console out
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Back of the Roof… Rust
15
Driver Side Quarter Panel
16
17
No Idea what happened here, was like this when I got the car.
18
Most of the rock chips were there before I got the car.
19
20
21
22
Right of the door handle… a spot from where it was keyed.
23
Under the Electrical Tape is Rust. Something the previous owner did… Didn’t want to remove it and potentially make it worse.
24
This Panel was dry sprayed badly.
25
Rear Bumper doesn’t Line up.
26
Tail Gate doesn’t Line Up.
27
Spider Cracks in the Rear Bumper… This was my fault LOL, Backed into my Girlfriends Dads Car.
28
Ding and scratch that has been there since I’ve owned the Car.
29
One of the spots from when the car was Keyed
30
Another small spot that has been there since I’ve owned it… The Wiper did this damage.
31
More Rock Chips.
32
Few more things out.
33
The SRD’s are in the House LOL.
34
35
Took the Muffler off, This was the first time I’ve heard my car without the World Sport
36
37
Take a Look at that Date… The 21st of November 2007. All OEM Parts - Front Bumper, Side Moldings, Roof Rails, and the Side Windshield Moldings
38
39
40
OEM Front Bumper
41
42
43
44
45
The Same Night…This is after the body guy got ahold of the car… Had to see how bad the rust really was. It was hard to watch someone that I had only known for 5 minutes do this to my car, granted I’ve known my painter for about 3 years, he assured me that Scott (the body guy) was the best man for the job... He took a knife and dug through each piece of rust that was on the car
46
47
Back of the Roof.
48
49
50
From when the Car was Keyed, above the driver door
51
7-8-2010.
Picked the car up from the body shop and dropped it off at my Painter's shop
52
53
54
Much Better
55
56
No more dings
57
Tailgate lines up much Better.
58
Metal welded in… No more rust here.
59
60
Rust gone here too.
61
7-24-10.
Some More Progress. Removed the headlights and everything on the radiator support so my painter could prep it. The inner fenders will be painted as well.
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
When my painter removed the rear bumper he discovered a Hideaway key box with my Original Honda Key... Pretty Crazy… I’ve had the car over 3 years and NEVER knew it was there LOL.
69
70
71
72
Ding no longer present
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Bought a Brand New Hood From Honda (Thanks to my boy Mr. 6SPD_EJ6 for the Discount and help)
87
88
7-25-2010
The Doors are off and some tape and paper work was done... A tad bit of painting too!!!
89
90
Taped up and ready to go.
91
92
Radiator Support and Inner Fenders are also ready… Poof… and no more B16.
93
94
95
96
The inside of the doors will be painted as well.
97
98
The Color that is laid down on the hood in the following two pictures is Formula Red... Had too much orange in it for my taste (Hard to Tell From the Pictures)... Since then I've decided to change it up a bit.
99
8-7-10
The Car is Getting Close.
100
101
102
103
104
Some More Paint Work.
After I saw how Formula Red laid down, not being the exact color I had hoped for, I decided to just match the color that was on my car... The car ended up being a color called Rio Red (1997 Ford Mustang Cobra Color) according to the Spies Hecker camera. The Spies Hecker gave my painter the strongest and most accurate reading it could give at a .4, so once I saw how badly the Formula Red came out (Too Orangey for my taste) I decided just to play it safe and match the color that I had grown accustomed to in the 3 years and some change that I have owned the car. (The Flash altered the color a bit in these next few pics)
105
106
107
108
109
Jams Painted and DAMN do they Look Good.
110
111
112
Driver Side Door Jam
113
The Paint on the Door and Quarter Panel in this picture is still the existing paint, the Rocker Panels (Pieces under the Side Shirt) have been re-painted, thats what picture 113 and 114 are showing.
114
115
Hood Box...
116
117
118
The Correct color (Rio Red) on the Back of the Hood in this Picture. Its very dusty though.
119
Front Bumper taped up and almost ready to go
120
121
122
LOL, Joel Cooper, the painter… Lovin on my bumper.
123
Rear Bumper Sanded and almost ready.
124
125
126
127
Side Moldings… First time out of the Packaging Lol.
128
129
Fender Side Moldings
130
The Back Side of the Tailgate is now painted but no pics with the fresh paint because it was taped up.
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132
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134
Rear Jam taped up, just a little bit more cleaning back here and it’ll be ready for paint.
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08-08-2010, 04:29 PM
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You weren't joking when you said the paint looked better in pics than it did in person. Rust is a bitch for sure. I can't wait to see this thing looking minty fresh. Keep us updated homie.
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I appreciate that man, The car got painted today... Although I haven't seen it in person yet, the car looks great in the pictures my painter took and sent to me.
Haha, you sure do buddy. I hope ure doing alright bud, haven't talked to you in a while.
Will do buddy, pictures of the car painted are coming right up, it got painted today. Hows yalls TSX treating ya? Great Car huh?
Thanks alot dude, not too happy with most of my pictures but they'll get the Job done I guess Lol
HAHA thanks man. Its gonna look really slick when its put back together I think... Its not too far from done.
Early Update LOL...
8-8-10
CAR PAINTED!!!!! Pictures Complementary of my Painter Joel... Only thing left to be painted are the Side Moldings, Front Bumper, Factory Mirrors and Door Handles
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1:25 PM... Car Enters the Booth
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1:27 PM
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3:29 PM... Some Progress made with the sealant
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3:30 PM
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4:28 PM... A little black base coat was layed down in the rear hatch jam.
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5:24 PM... The Base Coat is now covering the entire car.
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5:26 PM.
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6:25 PM...Entire Car Cleared
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6:26 PM... This Pictures Gives me the Chills. By the way the color on the Roof Is a Honda Color. Berlina Black off of the S2000
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Haha, you sure do buddy. I hope ure doing alright bud, haven't talked to you in a while.
Thanks alot dude, not too happy with most of my pictures but they'll get the Job done I guess Lol
Early Update LOL...
8-8-10
CAR PAINTED!!!!! Pictures Complementary of my Painter Joel... Only thing left to be painted are the Side Moldings, Front Bumper, Factory Mirrors and Door Handles
136
1:25 PM... Car Enters the Booth
137
1:27 PM
138
3:29 PM... Some Progress made with the sealant
139
3:30 PM
140
4:28 PM... A little black base coat was layed down in the rear hatch jam.
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5:24 PM... The Base Coat is now covering the entire car.
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5:26 PM.
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5:26 PM.
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6:25 PM...Entire Car Cleared
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6:25 PM
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6:25 PM
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6:26 PM... This Pictures Gives me the Chills. By the way the color on the Roof Is a Honda Color. Berlina Black off of the S2000
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08-09-2010, 03:59 AM
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Re: AHVTEC's Getting Fresh Paint - 1994 EH3 Civic Content
Looks great Kegan, my only advice to you after you get it back is to keep the car clean and don't let bugs sit on your bumper for too long or bird poop because that stuff ruins the paint. Another thing is invest in wash and detail supplies. Keep it waxed and all, that will help protect the paint. Good luck!
08-09-2010, 05:59 AM
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It looks good!!!!! I know when I saw fresh paint on my car for the first time I got chills for sure.
The TSX is great, we love driving that thing. Ended up going with S-Techs and got the Works on there, de-badged, Euro R grille, blacked out door handles etc etc.
The TSX is great, we love driving that thing. Ended up going with S-Techs and got the Works on there, de-badged, Euro R grille, blacked out door handles etc etc.
08-09-2010, 06:00 AM
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Re: AHVTEC's Getting Fresh Paint - 1994 EH3 Civic Content
Look great and hope you didn't cover the rust with bondo... Where did you got your motor from?
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Looks great Kegan, my only advice to you after you get it back is to keep the car clean and don't let bugs sit on your bumper for too long or bird poop because that stuff ruins the paint. Another thing is invest in wash and detail supplies. Keep it waxed and all, that will help protect the paint
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now chef, this dude was **** as hell about this car before it was even painted, so with that being said i dont think he will let anyone within ten feet of it now! haha.
