Honda Civic (Rebuilt)

[Custom Mike]

This was a first for me, I rebuilt one of my old kits. I've never done it before, because I like to see my progress from kit-to-kit, but this one irritated me to no end. I built it about 5-6 years ago, and it had the best detailed engine I've ever done on a Tuner. The problem with it was a giant (1/16th of an inch!) blob of super-glue holding the rear bumper on (On the passenger side), and the funky Gold trim, don't ask what I was smoking, but it must have been really good! So I found some Purple Pearl nail polish that was a near-match for the engine compartment, grabbed some Crimson Pearl, and started in on it. The body was stripped, the interior was repainted, and the kit glass (Which caused the problems with the rear bumper fitting in the first place) was modified. I cut the side windows off the glass, and trimmed them up so they fit flush in the openings, then painted her all up nice and pretty with a cool fade, and re-assembled it all. The first three pics are what I started with (Blech!), and the rest are of this newly-finished beauty! Enjoy, and as always, there are more pics over on my Fotki page, just click on the links!

http://public.fotki....-civic-rebuild/

http://public.fotki....rs/honda-civic/

But wait, there's more.....

Edited May 29, 2010 by Mike S.

[geckoman1220]

looks good, im rally digging that front mesh on it. where did you get it?

[Custom Mike]

Since you clicked within 15 minutes, I'm throwing in these 5 last pictures absolutely free!

Thanks for looking, and operators are standing by!

[Custom Mike]

looks good, im rally digging that front mesh on it. where did you get it?

Jordan, that comes from Commercial Smoke Detectors, the kind that are tied to Fire Alarm systems. I've been working on Alarms for almost 20 years now, and I used to get these 6 inch long, 3/4 inch high pieces of stainless mesh from the high-end detectors. Unfortunately, they stopped using this and went to a cheesy fiberglass mesh, so I'm almost out of it now. I'd love to know where to find something like it in the aftermarket, but nothing I've seen comes close to it.

[MyBradKeselowski]

Fantastic, beautiful paint...

[Custom Mike]

Thanks Steve, I appreciate it. It came out 1000 times better than it's first go-around, that's for sure!