here is the most recent pics of my car its not the best but its just some updates. i painted my front lip with spray paint i went to napa and got them to mix my paint color in a can. i mess up cause i should have used a light primer. i used a dark primer thats why i think it showed up darker




o yea i just ordered my type S wheels to but they havent came in yet
Ill post some better pics later

 

You gotta wax that baby up man!! It'll look a million times better!

 

not too bad, coulda been worse. use a light primer and try again with your skirts

 

my clear coat is cracking i think thats what it looks like but i dont know. i dont really got money to respray my car. yes im planning on using a white primer or like a gray primer this time

 

Needs a wax job, but no rear lip?

 

im looking for a rear lip now. i wanted a wing west lip. so wax will really help out the paint? what about the clear coat cracking?

 

looking very good bro...get those sideskirts painted and a rear lip and ur golden!!!....

 

yea i dont got the money to get a real paint job so im doing it the getto way until i have money to just repaint my whole car again.

 

pretty good job on the front lip.. little off but you can barely tell

 

How are the s techs? Any noise from the cabin?

 

nope its holding up pretty good. and on the paint job i just need to use a lighter primer

 

Sir your in Violation of Blocking your future Foglight mod, please move that plate over the alittle, you need your fogs ASAP......lol looks great.

 

WW rear lip is good to go... i assume you take off your body pieces before painting em, if so, do me a favor and try cutting off that front part of the skirts (where it curves up at the front fender).... i used to have those skirts and hated em but mostly for that upcurved part...

cmon do it... then smooth and paint em...

 

yea i was planning on doing the civic fog light mod but i dont know when but when i do ill move it over

 

i was planning on cutting the piece off but i think it will be to much work so im just gonna leave it for now until i have time to cut it off

 

X2 on the wax - would look MUCH cleaner. looks good otherwise though. fpr ftw!

 

hey....i like the kit on your car

 

looks like you need to buff out your headlights also - or is that the photo itself?

 

yes i need to do that. i did it before with the 3m headlight kit but i dont know it still yellow kinda. maybe i didnt do it right. i just painted my sides today so ill be posting pics soon

 

Looking good while its in the works. Do the headlights, thats cheap and easy..

Wetsand with the following:
800 Grit
1000 Grit
1500 Grit
and If, 2000 Grit

In between changing grits, make sure to wash it down and always use soap..
Afterward, buff it out with Mothers Plastic Wax..

 

i tried that but i used the buff that it the 3m kit came with. ill be doing it again sometime soon. i should use wet sand paper right?

 

Yes, wetsand it.

What I do is take a cup, half filled with water/soap mixed. I let the sandpaper soak in there, and then start sanding the headlights (make sure the headlights have been washed prior). The key thing to it is, take your time and get every inch of surface. This is not a job you want to rush at all. I don't know about the 3M bro, but I like either Meguire or Mothers.. Both did good on my behalf.

 

the meguire scratchx i got worked like a champ.

 

Damn you really fixed up my old front lip, that thing was really scrapped up.

Looks pretty good for spray paint.

Good luck on the rear lip. =)

 

yea i didnt know how scrapped up it was until i got it lol i sand that b!tch down lol. ill have pics of my car with everything painted maybe tomorrow or something i need to go wash it first

 

instead of just taking the wings off the grill.. paint them with a satin black paint and put it back on.. thats what i did... has the same effect, without it looking like somethings missing...

 

yes i gotta redo the grill. i used some kind of plastic grill instead of the metal on. im gonna get me the medal one and redo it

 

wax will def. make a difference man...my paint didnt look as yours looks now but similar to it....got it waxed and the car looked brand new from the outside, like it was wet at all times...80 bucks at most for exterior detailing or more if you go to a exclusive spot or something. If u want me to post some pics let me know

 

take that 80 bucks and put it into a savings fund for a UDM (ultimate detailing machine). that way you can do your own car buffing and waxing. check out the wash and wax section of azine. you could make that red color POP out with a little work

as for the headlights, use sandpaper for sure. start off with the 800 cuz you'll need something rough to get that oxidized layer of haze off. then just keep going up on the grit

 

well ill try to wax it this weekend. what should i use?

 

i use mothers hard wax "non-squirt bottle"
night and day difference.. i've also used meguires "sp"?

 

You should just clay your car while your at it too but iono about this weekend they said it was gonna rain/snow in denver on sunday. But if you go to walmart just pick up Mothers clay bar it comes with the clay bar detailer and carnauba wax

 

is the clay better?

 

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as you guys can see on the side of my car the clear coat is cracking. well thats wat i think it is. is there any way to fix that? o yea can anyone help me with my driver side front wheel. like its push back some

 

Clay is pretty good gets rid of any old wax or contaminants that are on the paint and it makes the paint really smooth. Then after that you can seal it up with the wax they provide you with in the clay bar box.

 

for sure ill try it

 

how did you manage to do that! that wheel had to hit some major shittt!

its almost touching your sideskirts...

 

nice. clay bar and wax and u shud b good.

well, i have the flu, so im going to bed.

 

yea i know i dont know my brother had the car before and yea i think its the strut rod bushing but iono. im scared that onces i get my type s wheels on it will really rub the side skirts

 

^^i wouldn't put them on until you have this fixed - or at least looked into.