KingKoala

Starting my second EF Sedan build, this will be a slow project for me but I will update when I can and take shots as I clean it up. Thanks for checkin it out.

1989 Civic Sedan DX
Factory Blade Silver Paint
Original Motor

KingKoala

Installed JDM sedan taillights that I bought from "sp33" last month, going through shots of some clean-up work I did, I'll post more soon.

Clipsed

iTrader: (2)

Didn't realize someone had an NOS 89 sedan... "sick clean" lolz

Arseezy

looks cleannn. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

KingKoala

The first shot is after some paint clean up work I did, here is a close-up of the paint before:

Light scratches and swirls:


Embedded small black and rust colored specs all over, you can see some in that light glare here:


Had to use two new claybars after trying to wash and wax out the scratches and embedded stuff:


After the clay and another quick pass with hand applied cleaner wax, all minor scratches and surface stuff is out, check out the first pic for a view of the paint from a few feet away:


Still needs a little more cleaning, especially around emblems and side molding, and some spots still look a little cloudy so next step will be an orbital buffer.

jdm36

damn that is clean.

BrayzieEF9

Clean Sedan

KEMIS

Clean sedan dude. Hey where'd u get thoose taillights

lunalink

clean

WhiteSlips

Very nice! There is an old lady that lives on my street that has a mint gold DX sedan that looks just like your car.

KingKoala

A member here sold them to me, they are in pretty good shape considering how old they are.

Driven

got more pics of the vette in the background?

KingKoala

Yup - that Vette is why my honda projects get put on hold. Here's another shot:


And there are a few more from a road trip I did last summer posted here:
http://king-koala.com/2009/11/12/nat...-caravan-2009/

B16-CRX

cleanest sedan I have ever seen! how much did you pay for it???

KingKoala

I picked this one up for $2,500 - which is kind of high, but it had cold AC, original motor, low miles, and the body/paint and interior are pretty clean so I didn't try to bargain much. I paid the same for my other sedan 6 yrs ago, this one will most likely look very similar when done (picture below).



But I don't plan to do an engine swap on this one - i'll keep the performance mods on the 90, and this 89 will stay simple.

KingKoala

Ok, back on topic, the glass all around the car was stained and had hard water spots that wouldn't wash off. (even tried cleaner wax on the glass to see if it would help):



So I got something called Hawaiian Island Shine glass cleaner. Smells like comet cleaner so I tapped up all the black before cleaning the windows:



A little hard to tell from the first pic in this thread, but it worked pretty good, I still need to do a couple of more passes on the corners and edges.

KingKoala

Here's a side shot - looks like a 4x4 compared to the other one.

Arseezy

Looks great. Hope to make mine as clean as yours is right now LOL. I just picked mine up today for $400. Decent body high miles, it's good enough in my opinion.

Eighty-Nyne

Because that's probably the cleaners base, lol.

Comet removes hard water and calcium stains from shower porcelain and faucets..I use comet quite often for cleaning and polishing lips on wheels.

btw that is one of the cleanest sedans I have ever seen.

KingKoala

Arseezy - just saw your thread, thats a great price for what you have to start with.

Eighty-Nyne - So comet is safe to use on cars too?

Eighty-Nyne

Just windows and finished metals. Not paint, plastics or rubber.

Actually, wood ashes on a wet towel works really good at removing hard water stains, too.

KingKoala

I dont usually have wood ashes around, but I'll test comet on the exhaust pipes and windows stains.

whoa its len 2

Another sedan? Nice, show em how it's done!

KingKoala

Haha - thought about selling the other one, but for now i'll keep both

sabideefoo

Mad props on picking up such a clean sedan. People like me arnt so lucky in our finds. How many miles KingKoala