Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

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?

Bill · Post by **Bill** » January 28th, 2012, 4:45 am

They are left with that finish to aid oil retention the part. That was the thinking back then and it seems to work out just fine. If you were to be running a higher compression engine I would polish and round any edges to ward off ping.

Steph · Post by **Steph** » January 28th, 2012, 5:18 am

Thanks Bill.

islander · Post by **islander** » January 28th, 2012, 1:35 pm

Thanks for asking that question about the dull finish Steph. I was wondering the same thing. All and all it seems to be a good response on the parts then. As far as I know all the machine shop has to do is find me one crank seal and everything else should be good to go. Also now that I have the pistons they can carry on with the bore on the cylinders.

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Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic