Type R Club of America

aklackner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:04 pm Some progress (of course it starts to rain when I stopped by)







Unfortunately they’ve found a good deal of body filler but they‘re getting it all cleaned out and repaired.

Sounds like ~3 more weeks depending what rain does.

New bumper or is that the original ls one ? I love the updates. Thanks.

They’re used OEM bumpers from eBay. LoL
I shopped around and found ones that were rough but complete and repairable.

I wanted to go with the 97 look but my LS front bumper had broken tabs and the rear was destroyed when it was rearended.

The shop did a fantastic job getting the used eBay bumpers repaired and sealed up!

For some reason they had the “Integra” impressions covered (taped) when I took the photos but they confirmed the OEM bumper impressions will remain.

More updates from the body shop.
Body lines are starting to look sharp. Still a ways to go before paint yet

The bodywork progress is impressive.

More from the body shop today

whats going on here? a bodyshop that is actually working on your car regularly and sending you updates? i say its photoshopped. looking good. when are you expecting paint to be sprayed?

Not sure when they’ll be ready to paint. I’m guessing 1-2 weeks based on progress.

noahf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:54 pm whats going on here? a bodyshop that is actually working on your car regularly and sending you updates? i say its photoshopped...

It's positive to see consistent updates.

Still working the lines but more progress pics to share

Started playing with an old OEM '96 Spec JDM exhaust manifold. Originally thought I'd take it for extrude honing but that was going to be $500+.

Then the local shop that offers this in LA didn't seem to answer their phone ever so I started looking around and found these cool ball brush hones by Brush Research they are about $18/ea. on Amazon and figured I'd buy one and see what I could do with it.

To test I ordered the 54mm (brush is probably 1/4 larger than, listed hole size) in 180 grit and some "flex hone" oil. Photos below are after(should have grabbed some before shots) maybe a couple 1-2 minutes, with my drill on a relatively slow speed. I'm impressed by the results, I doubt extrude honing would have been significantly different result. ID measured 55mm pretty evenly around after. I ordered a couple more size brushes now to do the smaller dia. sections then it will be off to be abrasive blasted, then I plan to spray with Zybar (not sure if I'll coat inside and out or just outside).

I did a poor job cleaning it out after so the little specks and dust a bit deeper mostly came from blowing out the O2 sensor threads and just didn't get wiped out well