Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 6-25-07 IT'S ALIVE!
 

Your wiring skills suck.

Otherwise, good work. It's a lot better car than you started with.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 6-25-07 IT'S ALIVE!
 

Awesome progress. I just read the entire thread...wow. :o

I imagine that's how my car looked before, but kinda worse. It had one of those monster sized body kits on it, was hit on each corner, had melted underhood wiring, yellow-painted interior parts, and was half painted flat black/teal.... I think there is a lot of 92-95 civics with this same fate.

You're really not making terrible progress. Most well-done car restorations take a few years if the normal person is doing all the work themselves. My first car took 3 years to build, and cost about $12k when I was done, too bad it isn't nearly as fast as yours will be.

That rad. hose is a pretty scary sight. I would think of maybe running a metal pipe for it instead, connected with rubber ends. But if you get some of that metallic-like heat-wrap, that ---- is supposed to be able to protect plug wires from metlting, that are against exhausts, so that should work fine too.

Good luck.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 6-25-07 IT'S ALIVE!
 

The wiring isn't done yet dickweed. :6

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

Well, after going through a million colors I had finally decided on olive green (bmw urban green to be exact). Unfortunately I recently found out that a local shop owner (and ex-hmt sponsor *straight line specialties*) currently has a civic hatch in the shop getting painted olive green. So, not wanting any of the locals to say I was copying him I changed colors again, this time I'm going with an OEM honda color (honda element cargo khaki) I sprayed out the bumper with some single stage today to get a feel for it, and I really like it, I'm going to go buy the paint for it this week and start on the body work.

In the shade:

http://img7.imagevenue.com/loc640/th..._122_640lo.jpg

In the sunlight (7:30 pm)

http://img101.imagevenue.com/loc1080...122_1080lo.jpg

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

Wow, nice progress...that thing was super rice!

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 6-25-07 IT'S ALIVE!
 

You mean you wire ---- so it's hanging out everywhere in order to cut it later and run it the way you were supposed to in the first place? Okay.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

I thought rice rockets were street bikes?

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 6-25-07 IT'S ALIVE!
 

No, I mean the 5 strands of wires you see are coming straight off the middle gauge, the other two are already wired and I had just pulled the wires from the middle one away so they didn't get tangled in with the other wiring. As far as that gauge goes I haden't actually wired anything for it when that pic was taken, those are just 5 wires going to nowhere for all of one day before i tucked them back with the rest of the wiring and actually ran them properly.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

So you take pictures of how you leave ---- half completed and perpetually unfinished?
















































































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:P

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

that paint looks rough as some 40 grit sandpaper =P good color though... add some clear too :)

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

This is what happens when a fat stoner makes a project thread...

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

Awesome work man! Keep the pics coming. :y

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

I may be fat, but I haven't been stoned in over 3 years. :P

I was just doing a sprayout to get a feel for the color, when I do the actual paint job I am going to wet sand it smooth, but i'm not putting clear on it, it's single stage and I don't care enough.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

Yo, dawg you lookin for an e-fight, I'll ---- you up son. /honda-tech tough guy

What it actually looks like:

http://img124.imagevenue.com/loc923/..._122_923lo.jpg

(holy ----, I've got to paint those vents again there is still a lot of blue in there)































































http://www.kapitalismo.com/archives/...ddleFinger.jpg

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

Started the body work, I'm going to be busting my ass on this for the next few days, if it isn't painted and out on the street within 2 weeks I lose a $50 bet to my boss.

http://img169.imagevenue.com/loc335/..._122_335lo.jpghttp://img28.imagevenue.com/loc723/t..._122_723lo.jpg

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

thats a sweet box for a home garage.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

Damn. Looks like a lot of work. :S

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

That isn't my "at home box" it's actually my work box but my boss just leaves his unlocked and tells jayme and I (the night and weekend techs) to use his tools until we can figure out somewhere to put ours (the shop is a little full at the moment)

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

How not to shave moldings:

http://img126.imagevenue.com/loc819/..._122_819lo.jpghttp://img179.imagevenue.com/loc65/t...8_122_65lo.jpg


In order...paint, primer, body filler, another layer of body filler, fiberglass resin, body filler, more fiberglass resin...
------ ricer...

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

your picture host is auto closing my browser before the picture loads :S

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

my picture host has recently started addint popups, I'm going to move all of the pics if I get some time tonight. :)

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

Awesome project i just wanted to know where you got the aftermarket d series motor mounts? ;D

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Bodywork started 7-14-07
 

arizona race and machine

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

sanded, in the process of skimming the whole car with body filler right now (drying as i post). i'll hopefully have it sanded and ready for primer tomorrow.


http://images6.pictiger.com/thumbs/7...faf9d77.th.jpg http://images6.pictiger.com/thumbs/2...d486e23.th.jpg

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

Still going with that green? Good to see you've kept with the project

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! Updated 7-5-07
 

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

anymore progress? lol how about hat bet?

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

failed terribly. :)

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

bump for a sweet build. i like you build and thanks for de-ricing that civic. ;D

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

I know its been a while since this thread was posted in but I just wanted to see if this car has since been finished it is a sick car.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 10-12-07
 

It's -10 right now. I'm going to paint it in the spring.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

Starting to get nice out and I've got today off. I've got the driver's side skimmed, knocked down, and partially blocked.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3/IMG_0652.jpg

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

holy ---- you did something to the car? :o

i want to see this car done hurry up already......

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

*cough*crxrighthanddriveconversion*cough*

Sorry, what was that matt, I couldn't hear you over my coughing.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

damn, everytime this thread comes up, i throw up in my mouth a little bit. glad to see you are almost done getting all of the rice off of that thing

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

damn, i've been there. those pictures look oh so familiar.. the ol' bondo dust covered honda. Not worth it in my opinion. There's a straight as an arrow 96' hatch like that down the road for 1k bucks, and it runs good.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

but you gotta think, he's saving this car...and i think its worth it because not only do you get the extra experience on doing all of the needed work, but now the car will hold more of a sentimental value to the person.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

sentimental value? ---- that, I'll probably sell this ------- thing within a year of finishing it. I just like building different cars...I'll sell this to finance the start of the next project....mini-truck. :)

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

---- let me know when you sell this car! my brother is just turned 16 and is gettin his license in about a year, and for some odd reason loves camo. He would love this car. Either way glad to see some progress. I like the color.

Re: Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 3-14-08
 

whats camo got to do with the car?