Its harder than easier when trying to complete such a build.

 

I know, read the white font

 

spoke with the body guy today. pointed a few things out. hopefully the next time i update this thread, my car will be getting ripped apart...

 

before:



before assembly:

 

what did u paint it with?

 

Nice progress. I know it takes time to build a motor. Took me a year to build my B series and it drove me nuts. Do you have any idea when this motor might be finished? Spring of '11 maybe?

I can't wait to see this thing on the dyno. K is the future.

 

sem landau black

well, they said my motor is still at the machine shop since ill be running custom pistons and rods... could come back soon... im just playing the waiting game... 5 lug conversion should be done this coming week...

 

Yeah i know how the waiting game goes, October 29th will make a whole year since I've driven my CL because of building the engine. It'll all be worth it in the end though. You're making great progress bro

 

fresh off the press!

 

Lol so you wanna paint mine next?

 

if you strip everything down why not lol... the pain in the ass part is taking everything apart...

 

did you use sem PAINT?

 

this is what i used:

 

 

ahh, it looks good... i might do mine like that soon too... how much did it cost?

 

thats the exact same thing I used when I painted my gray plastics around the seat black. Same color and everything. The only thing I did different is I used the SEM scuff & clean part number 38338 before the prep

 

Looks good Kumar

 

looks hella good bro! Can't wait to see the pics of the car gutted!!

 

Kumar, did you have any issues with the paint sticking to the door handles, did they come out tacky feeling?

 

and was it easy to take off the middle leather on the doors?

 

If you are talking about the leather inserts behind the door handle they are just held on with bendable tabs, you bend them up to take it off and then when you put it back on you just bend them back down

 

Good to know thanks meng

 

i dont know, my projects usually dont have a budget

trust me, me too..

it feels great... still in perfect condition even with rain on the panels...

 

oh, did you do the plastic pieces? did you have to scuff them?

 

but wait, i think i paid like $150-&170 for the paint and prep... other then the door lining i did the steering wheel area, the panel below the steering wheel and the center arm rest... i washed them first, dried it then used the prep. if the prep doesnt dry correctly, that means grease or armoral is there... repeat steps then paint. you'll be good!

 

wow I paid like 40 something bucks for all 3 of my things from SEM on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

 

bought like 6 landau black, 4 prep, cloths, spray can handle...

 

ahh ok, I thought you just bought what you was showing. I was going to say......
I got the exact same thing except I got the SEM 38338 Scuff & X Clean as well and it was nowhere near that much. I couldn't find it anywhere near me so I just got mine off line

 

what you are suppose to do is... use soap to clean it off... use dishsoap cause it cuts down grease... and then let it dry... and then prep and then paint

 

wow i'm curious howthis is going toturn out.

 

wow NICE job on the door panels...so the sem paint you used was a perfect match for our oem panels? that looks pretty spot-on...does anyone know the sem color code for the light gray console plastic pieces and dash?

 

i used fantastic... it worked ok, but my panels were very dirty to begin with...

yea me too lol..

thanks! well i wanted to change the gray interior to black so im not sure about matching our interior panels...

 

so i tried to do the 5 lug conversion, failed!

i got the 97 prelude rear hubs/bearing and it would not fit! anything i over looked?

 

i thought you needed 95-98 Odyssey hubs and bearings?

 

oh sorry, the front is good... its the rear is where the problem is... the prelude hub wont go on our rear knuckles...

 

so whats going on with the K?

 

its at the shop... just waiting... they havent put it together...

 

ill try and do some research. im quite curious myself.

 

minor update: from what i think, us cl owners need to get the rear knuckles/spindles from an accord (94-45?) in order for us to be able to put the prelude hub/bearing assembly on. my mechanic got a set and just waiting for them to be ready.

the 5 lug conversion seemed cheap to me, boy was i wrong. im almost touching $800.

OUCH.

 

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