1979 Honda Civic Restoration and Modification

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » September 29th, 2009, 12:58 pm

The mounting pins on the 5speed one don't fit in the existing holes (maybe it's an Accord emblem, or Toyota??), so I would have to cut at least 1 pin off. But that doesn't matter. The RS emblem is pin-less, so just sticks on..

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » September 30th, 2009, 2:51 pm

Foose came over today

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 1st, 2009, 2:16 am

Yep, it's called Dynamat and you can see it on every show of Discovery's Overhaulin'. Quite expensive stuff though..hope it works

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 3rd, 2009, 4:00 pm

Here's a small update. Today we installed the rear window and the wiper kit and the result looks sweet :P
My girlfriend also painted the roof trim strips black with vinyl paint, cause the "chrome" was all damaged. Looks okay, maybe I'll replace it some day when I find a good looking pair. Finally the parts in the box are going to be zinc plated (and yellow passivated), so these will shine up the engine bay 8)

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 21st, 2009, 1:21 pm

Hi! It's been a while, but progression is on it's way. New seats fit in well, I'll post a pic of that soon. Here are a couple of pics of the parts that have a new coat of zinc. Love it! :P

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 23rd, 2009, 12:51 pm

Today the King Springs on the new original front shocks are installed (tomorrow rear). My buddy Dennis shortened the shocks so the springs are captured safely. Also my girl friend installed the rear quarter windows, handy!

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 23rd, 2009, 1:05 pm

I bought them directly from King Springs in Australia. Shipping is about 90 euro's and it takes roughly one month to get them over here.

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » October 23rd, 2009, 1:42 pm

I paid AUD$480.00 (GBP 271,-) in total (set front and set rear, incl. shipping). Kris Tarrant helped me and everything went very smooth (kris@kingsprings.com.au).

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » November 9th, 2009, 3:41 pm

This weekend the door windows are fitted in place, including the mechanism and all that stuff. You can also see a little sneak on the new seats. Looking quite well and are way more comfortable than the original ones. This week the rear shocks are going to be shortened as well. I was hoping the rear wasn't necessary and the King Springs would be a simple bolt on, but for that I'll have to wait a couple of days..will turn out nice!

koosjer55 · Post by **koosjer55** » November 10th, 2009, 12:20 pm

dynamat so far so good. Be sure you wear gloves when you apply it, my hands were covered by cuts cause the aluminium edges are darn sharp. The real verdict can be made when the car is a driver
Btw, thanks for the compliments everybody! :D

owwww, and watch out when your dad is suddenly into Photoshop

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1979 Honda Civic Restoration and Modification