Mykizism

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.

Mykizism

The dirtiness made me want to change everything

Mykizism

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.

Mykizism

primered the other night, so close to being done!

Mykizism

just finished putting the base white coat

Mykizism

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

.BigSexy

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 **** still there like the wiring harness and p/s and a/c. keep us updated man!

BB6-213

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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 *****.

BTW, looks great, cant wait to see it with the motor in there.

.BigSexy

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eat **** and die n00b!!

hamadiscool

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

94Vtecluder

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Ban please? Clearly already with 2 posts he's proven he has nothing to add to this community.

Nice job on the engine bay!

tcontesh

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

Mykizism

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!

Mykizism

clear coat pics!!

Shakes

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

MLBZ521

iTrader: (6)

Looks nice!

How long did this little project take?

-NA-H22A

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

Mykizism

some people PMed me with the authenticy of using real car paint.. so I took these a few mins ago to prove my behalf..

PrecisionH23a

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.

plikit

that engine bay looks amazing.
good luck not scratching it when you put the motor back in.
wowser.

Mykizism

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Looks nice!

How long did this little project take?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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

Mykizism

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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.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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.

IIVIIoOkY

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 ****. lol

jdmlude_dude

Damn that looks great! I cant wait to see it with everything in! hurry up! lol

98vtec

looks great


got plans to do this when i pull the motor out of mine

dunno about the shaving part tho