My 99 DC4 Build
 

Well now that the work has started on my car, thanks to me starting on it tonight. So far I have spent 2 hours tonight sanding the front bumper right down taking off all the paint, because it was stoned chipped big time, and that the bumper it's self has stoned chips (thanks to it being rubber). So tomorrow I just finish doing all the spots I could not get the 6" air palm sander into, but got about 97% of it done tonight. Plus I sanded down where the licence plate bolts to, as I'll be making is smooth on the front. Here's a few pictures I took with my Iphone of what I got done tonight. I'll have more tomorrow of it all sanded, and what ever other part I start sanding tomorrow. Here are also some pictures of how the car looks right now. I'm doing all the work at Budd's Collision in oakville.

Interior:
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Front Bumper:
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WOOT WOOT!, A build thread. Mine is coming up soon. :)
what are the plans for the interior ? Caging it still?

That's a old picture of the interior, all the interior parts from the doors back ar out of the car, as there is rust to be fixed, and i'm cutting out the trunk floor and welding in new metal. Yes the car will still be getting caged, but that will be last to go in.

Clean that carpet. i dyed mine.

What colour?

Spike, looking good man. Fresh coat of black, or other colour going on it? Also, you planning on having a track day car type setup?

Interesting build, looking forward to seeing the results.

looks good..and what you gonna do to your carpet? i have the same problem with mine and what are you changing in the interior?

I think having just a black integra carpet is good. Then just paint up the A pillar and B pillar bars black and maybe do a Bride headliner ? NOICCCCCCE

thats alot of work...nice

The carpet will be going black. Plus today I finished the front bumper, and the rear bumper is pretty much done aswell, just have a few more spots to finish sanding, plus got the passenger fender almost done, as there was a little bit of rust on it and a dent, and all that is fixed now, and the last layer sanded down and then it will be ready for priming like the bumper.

Nice. I hated the rust fix and sand part of my process.

Here's the pictures from tonight.

Front bumper ready for priming:
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Rear bumper before sanding:
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Rear bumper after sanding, and the bumper was red before:
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Passenger fender getting fixed, stupid dent and rust:
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Wow. thats amazing work.

whats the final grit that you are using?

soo did you buy all these parts and replacing or were they from your car that your fixing up? and whered you get a hold of the black carpet?

Thanks

On the bumpers I'm just using 240 grit, and a red scratch pad, and then they are being primed. All the body will get 600 before priming, and then go from 400 to 1400 grit before the paint goes on.

I bought a whole front end as my front bumper has a chunk out of it, and my hood was rusted at the front, so I still need to get my old front end off the car still,lol. I'm not buying a black carpet, I'm painting it with carpet paint.

great thread.. i'll have a build thread too when it's warmer!

Good call on not buying a black carpet those things are way too over priced. I wish I could do body work like sanding lol. I'm always afraid I'm not going to sand it down smoothly or without having indents.

Looking good spike!

I am sure it will turn out amazing.

Thanks every one. I'll be back there today for a few more hours getting some more parts done.

Yeah the carpets are over priced.

Can't wait to see this thing at the summer meets.
Keep up the great work Jason :yeah:

Thanks Dan. I can't wait for it as well. I miss driving her.

Maybe I'll take it for a spin in the parking lot, and move it to a new parking spot while you sit in Tim's ;)

LMFAO that was funny, and thats why you never leave your keys in your car,lol.

where you gonna get the carpet paint..i wen to canadian tire and they just have normal spray paints and my friend painted his carpet and the feeling of it isnt that great..its pretty rough

You have to dye carpet, not just onces 2 or 3 times to make sure you get all the areas covered.

Spike I am sure u know what ur doing

Go to micheals or fabric land. i got mine at micheals.

Mix it half and half in a spray bottle. shake it up and spray away. you can do it in the winter time. it has to dry outside or in your garage for 2 days.

It looks like this https://www.bargainbox.com.au/images...0-%20Black.jpg

But i needed 3 of these for my DC carpet(i obvisely didnt use green, just picture reference)
https://www.ecoupons.com/show_image....000%2Fg578.jpg

thanks bro

no problem.

If you need a diy on how to take the carpet off, let me know.

Youll have to cut your carpet behind your center console. because you do not want to take off your dash board, do you.

Well here are some more pictures from Wednesday when I went in. Got both bumpers and fenders in primer before I left, and got the hood all sanded down, and after I left, my dad got both the inside of the fenders, and the under side of the hood painted in gloss black, and got the hood primed aswell. Here's the pictures of the parts.

Front bumper:
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Rear bumper:
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Left fender:
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Right fender:
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Under side of hood:
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Top side of hood:
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Top side of hood with stone chips getting fixed:
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How the car is sitting right now:
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All these pictures are taken with my Iphone, not my DSLR I have.

Looking Good Spike,
Love the plate :)

Yeah it is looking good. I am just imagining what your car is going to look like when it finally comes out in the summer.

Thanks guys. I can wait for it to be done. Well the body will be mint with no rust anywhere on it, and the interior will be different as well.

Sweet, time for some more cruisin with it! :D

AWESOME. Car looks sick man, you work fast too. keep it up

Spike this is looking great can't wait to see it back on th road. Ya I can't wait for the next cruise.

Well today I got the hood and fender swapped over to the new ones. Plus I got the side skirts off, changed over my trunk shock to one that hold it up now, removed the power antenna, Remove my type-r wing, got my trunk opener unseazed, also got the head lights off. I'll post pictures later on tonight or tomorrow morning.

In for pics :)

Here are the pictures. You can see the reflection of the engine on the under side of the hood when the hood is up. These pictures where taken with my DSLR.

Under side of hood:
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Front bumper plate that hold the top of the bumper:
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Inside R/F fender:
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Inside L/F fender:
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L/F fender and hood lined up on the car:
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R/F fender and hood lined up on the car:
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Type-R wing off now:
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thats some niceee paint. you can tell the quality of it.

ps- you really need to msg me on msn. i know ur there

Thanks

PS-I'm not at home right now, I'm on my Iphone.

Ohhhhh ok. Sorry then. When you get a chance, even if im not online, leave me an offline message, or PM me. I want to know when your good to go for the swap, im good to go anytime after this tuesday.

love the progress babe.....can't wait to cruise with you in my sexy civic lol

Thanks Michelle. Yes I can't wait for the cruising like we did last summer.

Looking good... If you don't wanna buy a new carpet go to crappy tire and get the vinyl/carpet dye. Works really well and looks good.. Did it on mine

looooks amazinggg..is this your first time with body work or do you have a body work shop? and i had a problem when installing my front bumper..my bumper and fender didn't alight too perfect dont know why..do you know why that might be? and theres a little gap from my cf hood to the bumper

I have done body work before in the pass, and just getting them to line up takes time, alot of moving the panels around to get them just right.

Well here are some more pictures from yesturday working on the car. I got everything else stripped off the car that needed to come off. Got all the side moldings, side mirrors, and window molding that keeps the water out all off the car. I also removed the cluster and installed my real carbon fiber gauge bezel and put LED lights in it. Also got all the rubber window moldings taped up, and started doing the doors on the car. I also started to fit meshing into the front bumper, and removed the tail lights and the antenna. Here are the pictures.

Car:
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Cluster Before:
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Cluster After:
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SIIIIICK. Shave the sidemouldings pleaaaaaase. I really want to do that with mine. Now that you have yours off do it uppppp. You gonna paint the mesh black or keep it silver?

No I'm not shaving the moldings off, they look like ---- with them off, and it's a ---- load more work to fill the holes. I'm going to be painting the meshing black as well.

nice work...you gonna be shaving the atenna? i agree with vida should shave the side moulding tegs look sweet without them...i too will be shaving mine come spring.

nice work on the grill, you putting a lip on that?

Very nice, if I ever have to repaint the front bumper I'm going to put a grill similar to that. My brackets and the center strip that went across the middle of the "mouth" part of it are messed hard from the raccoon I hit a while back anyways.

Inspiring work. Keep it up.

Here's some more pictures of the car from work done on Saturday evening. Got the roof all straighten and primed, as swell as the whole right side of the car.

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:yeah: I like that, it'll look good.

wow your car is gonna turn out awsome, wish i had the materials and time to repaint my teg. its looking fantastic!

Thanks. The car is being done by pros, but I'm helping as well, as my dads doing most of the work, as this is what he does, prep and paints cars every day.

cant wait to see more pictures and the work thats being done to your car is amazing..as you said pros are doing it..how much would it have cost for the same job with a teg in similar condition as yours? and are you repainting black?

wow man that is looking really good.

It would normally have costed around $3000 most likely, but the car is not at a cheap shop tho, that's why it would cost so much, you pay to get the best.

I had the side mouldings shaved on my old 96 teg years ago, the year after you could see where the work kind of sunk in a bit and you could see the holes, had to have the sides of the car redone again. I didn't shave the mouldings the next time.

Nice work by the way