UPDATE - 12/20 - Car Stolen - 1993 Civic CX from Chicago

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By TrailerTrash
- Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:40 pm #296967 wheels are gunna looks awesome!

i asume you are going to want the H black again i have a trick for that. put some black paint in a cup(you can use spray paint just spray till it pools up) and take a paint brush get paint on it till its dripping and slowly "fill" the area up with paint by letting it drip or run off the brush. thats how i did my CRX button center caps with red. works awesome
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By davidomalley
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:53 am #297534 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of wheel paint, and 2 coats of clear
some pics of the finished center caps with red "H". thanks TrailerTrash, inspired me to paint the center caps red.
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Finished wheels
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Mounting my Yokohama AVS ES100 205/60-14 next week! woot! woot!
not bad for 21 year old wheels.
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By Eg6H2D
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:03 pm #297748 Nice car has come along way! Make sure to spray another coat of clear over, to cover the Red H . So it doesnt start chipping!

I used the same to do my Red H's on my HX's .

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By TrailerTrash
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:17 pm #297749 they look amazing :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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By davidomalley
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:50 am #297778
TrailerTrash wrote:they look amazing :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:


thanks Trailer Trash & EG6b20R.

I put 3 coats of clear after the red "h". so i should be good. I will have pics of the mounted tires in less than a week. I want to wait a full week for the paint to dry.
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By davidomalley
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:28 am #297978 put on my tires...$8 a corner. not bad

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the tires look stealth, they reall look good from behind, 205 really look more aggressive. the ride is much better than my snow tires.
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By davidomalley
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:59 pm #301282 small update, bought a beat up leather wrapped jdm momo steering wheel. eventually I will have it rewrapped, but for right now it works for me.

CX SRS wheel
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SRS out
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momo goodness
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By davidomalley
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:44 pm #301287 got the wheel for $125 ($85 + $40 shipping from Japan)

as for fixing the rust, it took me a good 4 months working only a few hours on the weekend. my little family take most of my time with a toddler and an infant. sorry, I will not have time to help you out. I know a couple great shops in chicago that will do it for about $400 if you buy the panels yourself.
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By HungRealLow21
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:34 pm #301326
davidomalley wrote:got the wheel for $125 ($85 + $40 shipping from Japan)

as for fixing the rust, it took me a good 4 months working only a few hours on the weekend. my little family take most of my time with a toddler and an infant. sorry, I will not have time to help you out. I know a couple great shops in chicago that will do it for about $400 if you buy the panels yourself.


oh man i feel you im on the same boat i got a 3 year old and a 5 month old so i know how you feel
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By davidomalley
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:34 pm #301339 I hear yeah, 2 week old son, and a 20 month old girl. My little girl saw a 370Z the other day and her eyes opened up so wide and she got so excited. she walked all the way around the car touching it ever so slightly. I have high hopes for her!
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By davidomalley
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:40 pm #302747 more progress

right rear coilovers and conversion
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ASR subframe & rear sway from gsr
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front sway bar and control arms from a dc2
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Yonaka exhaust ...actaully installing full exhaust including headers
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just need gsr rear brake lines and a new o2 sensor, mine is stuck on my cast oem heasder.

whew...one more weekend and i'll be done.[/img]
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