Pudds black facelift EK4 now B18C6 powered

[Pudd]

Copied from civiclife

So after wanting a civic for months i finally bought one, i bidded on it on ebay i won it for 750 which isnt too bad tbh, at the moment the car is faded alot ive read on the internet its not really possible to bring back to life cause the paint fades under the lacquer on the weekend im gunna bust the D.A out and give it a good going over to see if i does anything if not it looks like a full respray is gunna be in order. the car currently has a toyosport exhaust which has got to go lol plans are basically ek9 rep, im planning to use oem parts and not any ebay **** lol

 

[Pudd]

So today i thought id try out my new compound, havent got time in the week due to work and when im home its dark, i got a bit tied up today though was out with my mate (smash) trying out his new canon 650D lol so when i got back i give the D.A a quick go on the wing and its fair too say i can save the paint work on this car lol heres some pics enjoy

 

[fatboi]

good work mate. now get the rest done, and when you're finished come and bring my paint back to life

 

[Pudd]

Today I started to make some progress on the paint correction, I've decided now that I'm just going to do a panel at a time cause its so time consuming, Earlier on I cracked on with the roof, one of the worst parts of the car and it come up like new which I was really pleased with areas to be resprayed which I think wont come up with the D.A are going to be the bonnet, wing and passenger door by the looks, the rest of the car is fine if I'm honest, getting these parts sprayed though are one of my last priorities because the car is off the road to do the build and I've still got my first car which I'm using to drive about which is a bonus. Anyway here is a picture of the roof 50/50 to show the comparison.

 

[Pudd]

Today i cracked on with the interior, picked up my ek9 door cards, carpet and rear plastics off my mate rhys only problem i encountered was the that the rear plastics were from a pre-facelift ek9 so they wouldnt fit, ive asked a mate now to come over tomorrow to have a look as he fitted prefacelift ek9 interior into his facelift.heres some pics

 

[Pudd]

Next i carpet'd out the rear

 

[Pudd]

Started to Ek9 my headlights last week, first of all i used tint spray but the results was not as good as i expected them to be, so i got some paint mixed up i decided not to go with tempest grey as its semi matte and ek9 headlights are more of shiny colour, so i give them to my mate Phil whos also a member on this forum to spray them up for me, the results were amazing fairplay, if your wondering why the indicator part is painted its because when i used the tint spray i tried to remove it with nail vanish remover which resulted in stripping the chrome off the housing :cry: so i had to paint over it, was a bit gutted tbh cause i thought they would of looked really nice otherwise, i just bought some meister r's from a guy on here aswell hoping to fit them when i get my lower control arms and camber adjusters

 

[Pudd]

Update: got my coilovers today in the post going to wait till i get my LCA's and camber adjusters first before i fit them though

 

[Pudd]

Just put the headlights back on today, massive diffrence over the chrome lol

 

[Pudd]

good work mate. now get the rest done, and when you're finished come and bring my paint back to life

Haha thanks mate sadly not all of it could be saved im going to get the car fully resprayed now

 

[Pudd]

Fitted my coilovers, couldnt really set them that low because i dont have camber adjusters and im running 16" wheels with gay profile ( anyway heres some pictures! ive also got a ek9 grill from sammyb on here and ive got some ek9 recaros too

 

[fitzer]

hmmm i can see this is gunna be a good build with nice updates..ill be keeping an eye on this

 

[-Junior-]

nice build bro

 

[Pudd]

Cheers lads progress isnt the quickest but will be using all oem stuff and no cheapy **** so will be worth the wait while i save

 

[-Junior-]

can we get a pic of the car slammed? like s nice photo

 

[vtec 9000rpm]

keep the good work up

 

[Pudd]

can we get a pic of the car slammed? like s nice photo

Its not really slammed mate :/ im getting a ek9 hubswap and desmond regamasters next, once i get them and camber adjusters then it will be slammed for sure

 

[Pudd]

keep the good work up

Thanks dude

 

[Pudd]

Got myself a Ek9 cluster today and some 12x6 plates well happy with them

 

[Pudd]

Some updates, bought these te37's firstly, fitted my ek9 clocks today and my ek9 handbreak and surround also give all the interior a good clean cause of the mold

Enjoy