steelbluesleepR : 1990 Accord LX

[MikeW]

Looking better and better Jayson.

I got that EGR in a working Monday, drove it tuesday with no codes, but i havent been able to drive it since.

[steelbluesleepR]

Clean cb! Nice clear bumper and corner lights! Is that a color matched DIY grille? ^^^

thanks man, fogs are coming as well and yes, its a color-matched DIY grill, but that will be changing soon. i'm not telling though

Looking better and better Jayson.

I got that EGR in a working Monday, drove it tuesday with no codes, but i havent been able to drive it since.

thats good to hear michael. let me know if you have any time this weekend to come down, that is if you dont mind grinding and sanding i need to get my bay smoothed ASAP so i can get it ready for paint. that is probably going to be the main thing stopping me from dropping the motor in when i get it built.

[jhoff]

this car is looking great

[Clean_4th gen]

thanks man, fogs are coming as well and yes, its a color-matched DIY grill, but that will be changing soon. i'm not telling though

Cool I'm the process of making a DIY grill but I dont know if it's goin to be color matched though...your grille is clean and so is your paint job! That an OEM paint job?

[MikeW]

thats good to hear michael. let me know if you have any time this weekend to come down, that is if you dont mind grinding and sanding i need to get my bay smoothed ASAP so i can get it ready for paint. that is probably going to be the main thing stopping me from dropping the motor in when i get it built.

Icksnay on me going anywhere man. Dislocated kneecap and sprained MCL got me holed up until further notice.

[steelbluesleepR]

update time again, this time with pictures!

first up, when i had the welder i shaved the core support:



here is my engine bay in the first coat of self-etching primer. i put this down after I wire-wheeled the surface rust that was starting to form off. a LOT more grinding is going to need to be done before i am ready for the last of the self-etching primer. here are some in-primer pictures, which give you a good idea of about what it's going to look like when it's all painted and such. also notice the shaved and smoothed headlight supports:








here is a picture of the dash and some of the air/heat components out :


and some shots of the wiring to give you an idea of what is going to happen. not one wire has been cut yet, just kindof in the planning stages. my focus is on the bodywork in the engine bay right now, so the wiring is going to come later.








stay tuned! im going to be working on it off-and-on all weekend, then really hit it hard again as soon as i can for as long as i can. i am aiming for completion by a show at the end of may that is about 100 miles away, so i want some testing and tuning time before then!

[steelbluesleepR]

man i'm not getting any love?

well update time again, i havent really done a whole lot, but it looks like ive done a shit-load. i ground down the welds on the passenger side, primed everything with self-etching primer, then started bondo-ing everything. nothing has been sanded with higher than 60 grit, but it already looks a LOT better than it did.

unfortunately i found a couple small cracks in the driver side around the engine mount, so i need to borrow the welder again before i do any more work on that side. until then, the passenger side and the firewall are going to get all of the attention!

pics:




the smoothed out headlight support and a sneak peek at the (sorta) smoothed out core support




not quite smooth yet, but its getting there


all the shit that still has to come out before paint!

[mndude07]

Its starting to look sick man. I can't wait to see some paint on that bay with the H22.

[steelbluesleepR]

Its starting to look sick man. I can't wait to see some paint on that bay with the H22.

thanks adam, i cant fukin wait

[oneoffaccord]

good luck man. shit is looking good. take your time to perfect it or it wont look right..

[steelbluesleepR]

good luck man. shit is looking good. take your time to perfect it or it wont look right..

thanks man, i'm definately taking my time with this project! no corners are getting cut whatsoever, im yanking everything in the bay down to the brake lines and the clutch line just so its perfect.

[turboh22accord]

damn this is exactly what im trying to do loooks goood !

[quakerjoe]

damn.... wish I wasn't so busy.

[baracuda]

damn dude its looking sick. you will have a clean ass engine bay for sure

[steelbluesleepR]

damn this is exactly what im trying to do loooks goood !

thanks man, mine is going to be clean but not gonna be putting out NEAR the power you are! i just took a quick look at your members ride and your car is sick man, it took me a while to even see the shaved moldings they look so good. the s2k's are a nice touch too

damn.... wish I wasn't so busy.

lol me too joe!

damn dude its looking sick. you will have a clean ass engine bay for sure

thanks man, that's what i'm going for. its going to be a ton of work though.