Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

nismo · Post by **nismo** » January 26th, 2012, 4:38 pm

Lots of attention to detail in your build, its looking great. 8)

islander · Post by **islander** » January 26th, 2012, 11:21 pm

Finished up the restoration the steering wheel today. I even managed to install it too :D

Steph · Post by **Steph** » January 27th, 2012, 12:36 am

Nice work, Jeremy! :D

islander · Post by **islander** » January 27th, 2012, 2:36 am

Thanks again Steph :D

Layspeed · Post by **Layspeed** » January 27th, 2012, 12:27 pm

Fancy! And a great match to the faux wood dash trim 8) If you don't mind sharing, what process/materials did you use? Just curious.

islander · Post by **islander** » January 27th, 2012, 12:56 pm

Lay all I did was strip the wheel down, sanded the wood part with 180 grit. I noticed there were cracks in the wood. To repair this I simply used the wood dust that had been sanded in to the crack and coated over top of the crack with super glue. Once the glue was dried I sanded it smooth. Once the wheel was ready, I masked up the wood and based the center with silver. When the silver was dry, I un masked the wood and cleared the whole wheel. I did not apply any stain to the wood, the colour came just from the clear coat.

bob78cvcc · Post by **bob78cvcc** » January 27th, 2012, 7:11 pm

The wheel came out great.

islander · Post by **islander** » January 27th, 2012, 10:28 pm

Thanks Bob.
My pistons showed up today :D I just cant get over how fast they got here. I ordered them 4 days ago from New Zealand. They must be fast pistons

Has anyone ever heard of this brand? Just wondering the quality. I mean the important thing is that they will fit my car, not looking for race performance out of this motor.

Bill · Post by **Bill** » January 28th, 2012, 3:54 am

Nippon Piston Ring, big supplier of engine parts, used a lot of them in the 80's never had a problem with the parts. Had a little translation issues but that was more funny than a problem.

Steph · Post by **Steph** » January 28th, 2012, 4:37 am

That's the exact same set I have in my box of parts for my eventual rebuild, which I also bought from Chris. Don't know when I'll actually need to rebuild though, as the engine doesn't even blow any smoke when I thrash it, and that's running on 10W40 oil. Mine also have a dull finish, and I'm wondering if I should polish them up or not... Bill?