Well after some time of being out of the Honda game (5+ years) I decided to buy a 2000 Civic Coupe Ex 5-speed. Decent condition and completely stock minus hood, suspension and rims which is pretty nice since it isn't all hacked up. Picked it up for $800 with a bad ignition (owner didn't know what was wrong or didn't want to fix it). Since ignition is fixed, starts up perfectly and runs great. However, since this isn't my daily I won't be driving it anytime soon.

Plans are Euro-r H22a Turbo around 5-700hp (eventually). This project could take years to finish as I want everything on the car to be pretty much replace brand new so I know I won't have much issues when done. It could also take this long as i have a 4-month old baby boy and may eventually want to turn this into a track car for him and I. So time and money isn't terribly tight but don't want to just throw a bunch of money in all at once and just take my time and do it right.

pictures of the car to come as I only have night ones for now and have to find a way to upload since I haven't been on here in forever. If not allowed go ahead and delete.

 

You are not getting deleted.

You are getting a place of honor in members rides!
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/m...ml#post9407683

We are all looking forward to those pictures.
-Bob

 

Thanks buddy. Pictures are uploading to photobucket right now. Had to try and regain access to it.

 

Should I start posting in the other one or do simplified post over there and detailed here? Haven't been on in a while and looks like some stuff has changed, not much though.

 

 

Members rides keeps them together:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/m...ml#post9407683
more than having the projects spread all over the site.

Where you post will be up to you and no one will complain.

Thanks for posting some pics.

 

so this is what the CF hood looked like when I got it. Had some chips all around it which was making the hood hold moisture.



so I put some resin after some sanding to make sure it didn't hold moisture and further mess up the hood. This was just a quick fix (2days not so quick lol) but just wanted the moisture to stop retaining. Will do a deeper shaving and remove all imperfections in resin to make like new again. Still some scratches but looks a whole lot better.

 

That is amazing!
That is hard to believe that you brought the hood back from "carbon fiber zombie death".
I'm glad you put up the pictures.

Pat yourself on the back, man!
That looks great!

 

Not as hard as people think. As long as it hasn't messed up the threading in the carbon fiber it can be like new again. Also, this was done with a rattle can so actual reclear will be done when I paint the car.

 

You have some skills.

If you have some thoughts about fixing clear coat, here's a good place to post:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/p...ody-detailing/

There are plenty of people who need help fixing it.