dr_broon Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Good stuff mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverjoe Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 Cheers! Hopefully more Updates Next week as i tackle the Dreaded Scuttle Panel Rust. Not Holed Just yet thankfully but it will need a new windscreen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Scuttle panel seems to be where a lot of these are sucumbing to the dreaded rust. The replacement panels look like new after getting them stripped eh! Massive improvement! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverjoe Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 Yes the guys did a great job, Really looking forward to getting them fitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverjoe Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 Hello all once again, i did the investigation regarding the scuttle panel. And needless to say i think i caught it in the nick of time although im still uncertain what lurks beneath the windscreen. I will be infact replacing this at somepoint later on in the project as it has delaminated at the bottom so my guess is water has gotten in and possibly caused a few issues however i did a bit of poking under the scuttle panel and everything all seems solid. I even got a camera underneath just to check and no signs of rust thankfully. However there are 2 patches that are on either side where the bonnet hinges are bolted to. So as a temporary measure i have just removed the rust used some Hydrate 80 and protected it with some etch primer. I will be returning to this and doing it properly with Epoxy primer and will probably just repaint the whole inner wings and arches alongside reseaming the seal that Honda did a recall on. I am just thankful that this was not holed otherwise it would be getting the MIG out again lmao. In other news i got a spare set of Lower Control Arms and have bought some new bushings to be installed, i will be getting these sand blasted and powder coated black so its all nice and original looking. All i need to do now is remove the bush sleeves... fun times 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Deffo caught that just in time and luckily looks like it hasn't spread under the screen. Love seeing these civics getting restored now, not something we ever thought we'd see when we started civic5 back in 2009. Back then the civic eg/eks were already being restored whereas most of that honda scene were buying our civic m's just to Rob them of the engines to put in said eg/ek's. So hats off to you and also our other members who are restoring their civics. Values are eventually only going to go one way with these civics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Looks like a good job on the windscreen area.. Like watching this one coming back to life. There's a crazy low amount of VTI left now. They need to be saved.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverjoe Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 Cheers Guys, Im hoping After june i can start actually doing the welding, i have Been doing this course and ive been doing some practising, Did some MIG tonight which is what ill be using, Surprised to say for my first time i didn't do too bad managed to create some decent tacks and i also created a few lines of weld alongside creating a box! so a few more months of practising for confidence and we should be good. They also said that i can actually create the Inner sill there using the Metal Folding machine they have so i am pretty pleased to say the least! I will post some photos once the sill has been fabricated to show you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 That's amazing that you're learning toweld mate, something I've a,ways wanted to do. My dad was a professional welder for 40 yrs and was always going to teach me once he retired. Sadly passed away before he could teach me. I tried it at high school (this is going back to about 1984 so think before mig and tig really became the norm) and I was totally pants at it! I was shit scared every time it struck an arc! lol Handed the rod to the teacher and said F*&ck that, you do it! lol😄 I will learn one day though as it's deffo something I still want to master. Post up pics of your box you made too mate, nice to see how you're starting out and then what it's like when you've gotten the hang of it. Will help me see where I'm going wrong too when I start lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverjoe Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Ill get some photos of it and ill pop them on here, Its the first time doing it so it wont be the best welds but i was surprised i never made any pigeon poo welds Defo try and get into it though, it will save you lots of money rather than going to a body shop. I was quoted £3000 for welding so i thought id give it a try myself and if it doesnt work then atleast i tried and ill go down a different route to get it repaired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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