Extreme Makeover **Lotsa Pics**

00Ranger

00Ranger

Where did my title go?
This is a car I did for my brother over the weekend. He paid $1000 for this 95 Honda Civic. He had the Hood, Front Cap and Rear Wing painted this past week and so I figured I would help him get the rest of the car looking nice, and something for him to be proud to drive.
Ok I have been working on this car for 2 days so I am going to try and remember everything that was done.
Wash & Clay ( Side note....I tried the Wolfgang Auto Bath as the wash...and I have to say that was the longest lasting suds of any soap I have ever used...reat Product)

Meg's Compound Power Cleaner - Rotary (Roof and rear deck)
Meg's DACP - Rotary (Whole Car)
Meg's Speed Glaze - PC (Whole Car)
Meg's #7 - (Hood, Front Cap, Rear Wing)
Meg's NXT - (Everywhere but hood,front cap, and wing)
PB Trim Restorer & Forever Black Trim - (All Trim& Molding)
NXT Protectant - (Interior)
Engine Bay - (Simple Green 50/50, Meg's #40 Dressing, and ColorX on underside of the hood)
Removed Wheels and Applied Undercoating to wheel wells.
Removed and repainted Side Mirrors and Wiper Arms.
And many other misc. things...like removing all the old wax built up in the cracks and trim from the old owner :mad:
Ok her we go
First one shows the horrible side effect of rocks
then the clear coat failure on the rear wing
 
First one is roof before...then my favorite part the engine bay and underhood...followed by a pic all taped up and ready to be polished...finally a during shot of the hood, you can see the tape marks in the middle of the hood
 
First one is the after repaint of the hood and front end..side...rear wing after repaint( and a little glossing :) )....Roof after ...then my fav. again dramatic after of the engine bay and underhood
 
Final pics.....the first is a Zaino Shot :) just to show the difference from the frist reflection with dull swirled paint....then a good shot the metallic color in honda black....finally a full car shot

i hope you all enjoy the pics As much as I did doing it :)
Now i am going to drink me a beverage and sleep for about 2 days :drunk
 
Man sweet detail! I like how the engine got so clean. Did you just dig down and grab all the crud out like the leaves etc? Oh and your truck looks great in the background. You should put a few of those pics in the gallery!
 
Hey Woob,
Thanks , Actually most just came flying out with the water. :) I used to have some good ones of the truck around here somewhere, but they got misplaced during the last upgrade :(
 
:bow Fantastic!!!! I love the engine shot, what a difference!!!!

Sorry I couldn't be there to help, but it looks like you would have just used me for labor! :)

Do you have any B/A's of the mirros?

How about that CPC? Awesome, huh?

About the photos, I like to host then elsewhere, then just link the URL's into the img prompts.

I use http://www.imageshack.us/ for a lot of the photos that I post. Just resize them to whatever size you want, then upload them.
 
Last edited:
00Ranger

Outstanding results !!! How long did this transformation take ? How did you repaint the hood and the rear wing. Great job on that engine !!!
 
Thanks guys it was a LONG weekend :)
Clean Dean I didn't do the painting on the hood and wing just some touch up spray painting on the mirrors and wiper arms. The hood and wing were done by a painter that is a neighbor of my brothers. I just polished and added some #7.
I don't really have any close ups of the mirrors, but is was nothing special anyway just some small areas that were chipped away.
 
Great job on fixing up that car. I concur with the others esp the amazing transformation of that engine bay.
 
Sweeet

Excellent makeover :bigups You just turned a $1000 car into a $2500 car , way to go:bigups
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top