Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

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rite on. well i think i can handle that then. i guy i work with has a friend in the trany bis that might be able to help. thanx for the feed back man it all helps
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bumper time!!!

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Here are some pics of the front and back bumpers. The rear bumper has been striped and costumed to fit in nice and snug all that is left to do is a little smoothing out on the filler panel, weld up the holes a little bit of smoothing out being that it started out as a front bumper and had license plat holes. the front one I started today at work since it was a little slow at the shop today. a few rust spots needs to be takin care of.
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This is the patch fitted in the hole before being welded up.
This is the patch fitted in the hole before being welded up.
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this is one of the patches I fabed up for the BIG rust hole
this is one of the patches I fabed up for the BIG rust hole
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front bumper with rust cut out of it
front bumper with rust cut out of it
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Post by Eduardo I. Nieves Davila »

Wow, a perfect patch. Do you have any pictures of the process? Are they going to be chromed after that? That patch might need no body filler
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thanx for the compliment on the patch. no i wont be chroming my bumpers, they are both getting painted to match. i will confess i used a patch out of my old bumper. all i had to do was add a few bends to it to make it fit the corner. it is all welded up now tho and turned out very well. all i have to do is weld up the holes for the bumper mounts in both bumpers. i will get some pics as soon as i get that done.
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ran into a bit of a problem this week :( i found out the hard way that a 78' hood does'nt bolt up the same way as my 75' does. It would not be that big a deal if i still had my stock hood..... but i sold it... stupid, stupid me :roll: anyone out there have a spare set of hood hinges i can borrow? in the mean time im working on fabbing up a set. keep you all posted.
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Here are a few pics iv been waiting to post. injoy 8)
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started to hang the finished panels to prevent them getting damaged in the move. good chance to see what all the work iv put in is going to turn out like .
started to hang the finished panels to prevent them getting damaged in the move. good chance to see what all the work iv put in is going to turn out like .
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this is the rusted out corner that i had to patch
this is the rusted out corner that i had to patch
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more bumper pics
more bumper pics
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hatch emblems after being touched up
hatch emblems after being touched up
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more pics
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hatch all complete
hatch all complete
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It's outstanding how small you manage to get those picture files :lol:
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:D :lol: :D hahaha... I know... I have no idea why some come out as a good size and then for some reason others uplode like they have gone through the wash and seriously shrunk :?:
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Post by Eduardo I. Nieves Davila »

The fact that you are painting it by parts makes me want to do the same :) ; no worring on overspray and alot of other things :D .Although i dont think it would work with metalics :?:
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