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lxndr's Photo lxndr 26 Feb 2006

QUOTE (Aren D. @ Feb 26 2006, 12:00 AM)
looks good, I was wondering what did you use to shave your side molding on the door skins/fenders/rocker? and how did it come out?


I used fiberglass filler to fill the side moldings. The doors came out nice but for some reason the filler in the fenders is starting to pop out a little. I think maybe I didn't scuff the groove in the fenders enough for the filler to adhere. I have better fenders that I got from Chedda_J on the way (mine are cracked and filled with figerglass and bondo), so I'll use fiberglass to fill the groove. It will be much easier to fill the grove with fiberglass with the fenders off! I plan to do the same to the door side panels once I find a decent set at the junk yard.

The rear bumper is the stock SI bumper. I tried filling the groove on a spare DX bumper but it started popping out as I mounted it to the car so I gave up on it. I later found a flexible body filler that would have been a better choice for the bumpers.

My car is a "10 footer", meaning it looks great from 10 feet away, but when you start looking it over closely you can see some flaws. This summer I plan to solve this problem by concentrating on the body and interior.

I'll keep you guys posted!
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mesean13's Photo mesean13 27 Feb 2006

QUOTE (lxndr @ Feb 25 2006, 01:02 AM)
The weather finally cleared up today here in Seattle, so I quickly ran out and took some pics of my winter project.



For more pics:

http://www.redpepper...gallery/v/lxndr

Let the flaming begin!

Is that a brown top with a blacktop I.M.? It bolts up?
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crazi-85crx's Photo crazi-85crx 27 Feb 2006

QUOTE (mesean13 @ Feb 27 2006, 01:09 PM)
Is that a brown top with a blacktop I.M.? It bolts up?

no, that's a blacktop with a 2gen CRX ZC IM.
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JEFFtheJ00la's Photo JEFFtheJ00la 27 Feb 2006

damn your car looks good. i like that front bumper, nice and subtle. it looks like the one im thinking about puttin on my rex.
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necro's Photo necro 27 Feb 2006

Looks real good. Love the valve cover.
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lxndr's Photo lxndr 27 Feb 2006

QUOTE (necro @ Feb 27 2006, 12:24 PM)
Looks real good.  Love the valve cover.


Krylon Wrinkle Red from Fred Meyer. Amazingly that was the only place I could find red wrinkle paint.
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badpenny's Photo badpenny 27 Feb 2006

Now if I could find a rex, it definatley would look similar to that. That is HAWT. cool.gif
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lemons's Photo lemons 27 Feb 2006

Does anyone remember that vector drawing i did for retrocrx?


yup wink.gif
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badpenny's Photo badpenny 27 Feb 2006

Wasn't that a calender pic last march or april?
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85c-rex's Photo 85c-rex 27 Feb 2006

yeah it was
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Sonotaps's Photo Sonotaps 27 Feb 2006

Nice car, man. Most cars that age are '10 footers', but who cares. Nicely done!
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JEFFtheJ00la's Photo JEFFtheJ00la 27 Feb 2006

QUOTE (badpenny @ Feb 27 2006, 03:44 PM)
Now if I could find a rex, it definatley would look similar to that.  That is HAWT. cool.gif


finding them isnt hard. its convincing your wife to LET you get it that is smile.gif


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Nice car, man. Most cars that age are '10 footers', but who cares. Nicely done!

very well put
Edited by jeff420, 27 February 2006 - 05:19 PM.
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mesean13's Photo mesean13 28 Feb 2006

QUOTE (crazi-85crx @ Feb 27 2006, 09:13 PM)
QUOTE (mesean13 @ Feb 27 2006, 01:09 PM)
Is that a brown top with a blacktop I.M.? It bolts up?

no, that's a blacktop with a 2gen CRX ZC IM.


That just looks strange to me cause' the browntops over here are 4 bolt valve cover and the D16a9(2nd gen zc) have 8 bolt covers. WTF?
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C8V6C's Photo C8V6C 28 Feb 2006

Looks cool man.....engine bay looks clean
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kakabox's Photo kakabox 28 Feb 2006

QUOTE (C8V6C @ Feb 28 2006, 11:06 AM)
Looks cool man.....engine bay looks clean

..it is, I had lunch in there the other day! biggrin.gif
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