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Good stuff Walshy, been welding up my rex recently in the exact same places, have to say the clamps help a lot.

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Red EC9 - sold
Red EE9 - sold
Black CRX siR - new toy

Yeah it was defititley a Either dive in head forst or just scrap it situation, so head first for win I actually quite enjoy welding and making up the plates so its all good



Best way man ! Make sure you get a gas one though, gasless is a real PITA much harder to get decent welds.



Yeah pretty common area's its all because of the drain tubes on this one, and yet my boss still wants to keep the damn sunroof

Yeah man clamps are great certainly make life alot easier !

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

Bit more welding done

Front end bulk head A pillar where the indicator wiing goes through had a rotted away, so cut out and a new plate welded in. Forgot the pics in progress.





Front end rot !



Cut out



After some wire wheel action



Decided that the wire wheeled section was too far gone so new plate, made up and welded in





Bottom half plate made up and welded in









After some shaping up



Engine bay view also re welded abit further







Decided the rear end section could do with abit more fab work as at the back it was a little crusty, so angle grinder out !





New plate welded on







Zinc primed



Backing plate welded in

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

O/S/F inner wheel arch, rotted at the front of it and the back ohh the joy ! Rot cut out and grinded back then zinc primed



PLate made up



Welded in



Inside view





Also when i welded up the plate for the indicator wiring i had to drill out the spot welds on this stregthening plate for better access so all painted up and welded back in place. Obvisously need to drill the hole for the wiring again but that can wait for now.



Then since almost everything is done on the O/S barring a small plate for the inner arch, i thought id make it look like a car again for a minute or two



Then onto the N/S/F inner arch at the back same place as the off side only worse



ROugh plate made up the, self tappers used to hold in place then beaten into shape, rusted panel still underneath for this to ensure a decent replica of the original.....just without the hole-age







PLate almost finished off and removed so rusted panel could be cut out.



Thats all so far !....actually its not but i forgot the pics

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

woah thats a lot of rust, gettin stuck in tho.

what colour you spraying it?

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White ED7 - sold
Black EE9 - Rust can
Red EC9 - Rust can
Black ED7 - Written off
Superior blue ED2 - Sold
Black CRX EF6 Glassroof - in the making

Haha i know its unbelievable how much there is even fair clean looking places take em back and theres rust underneath

Im not suire to be honest, between red and black i prefer red but my boss prefers black

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

no worry tho by the looks of those welds youll be fine!

i love restoration threads, doing a sick job mate keep up the good work.

hmmmmm i think black 3gs do look the tits and theres like none left... but red when it fresh is also the bollocks.

i reckon black just cos i never see black 3gs?

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White ED7 - sold
Black EE9 - Rust can
Red EC9 - Rust can
Black ED7 - Written off
Superior blue ED2 - Sold
Black CRX EF6 Glassroof - in the making

Welds aint too bad, im getting better as im going along

Thanks man ! Its getting there hopefully get all the welding done by around the end of august begining of september. Then the fun can begin, engine building

I do like them in black, but i just think the red stands out more a tidy red one always looks cool. but to be fair any 3g tidy or not looks sweet

Maybe paint it a nice mercedes black something really deep, we'll see its a way off getting paint yet

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

N/S front inner plate tacked in place



Welded up



N/S bottom inner arch plate made up and welded in place



All zinc'd up



Then i made a start stripping down the waxoyl on the N/S/R inner arch section noticed some corrosion around the seat belt anchor point so out cam the grinder and wire wheel







Hmmm some fab worked then Drlled out the spots so just need to chop off the outer plate so i can see just how far the rot has gotten underneath finger crossed it isnt too bad, ill never get the thing finished at this rate

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

jesus some work ethan!


colour?


mugen motul race car!

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90' EF-9 siR
90' EF-1 23L
96' INTEGRA Xi-G 4 door

Aye certainly not a quick turn around project this

Haha Motul replica would be nice

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

aye plus red would match your DX/GL beast!

mercedes! dammit walsh OEM colours! haha

cant be much more rust now!

this thread is making me want a 3g...

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White ED7 - sold
Black EE9 - Rust can
Red EC9 - Rust can
Black ED7 - Written off
Superior blue ED2 - Sold
Black CRX EF6 Glassroof - in the making

Would have to have white wings aswell

Hahaha ok ok, ooooo barcelona green might be nice

You'd be suprised Its hiding everywhere

Really !? Damn i saw a car with all this rust having to be done id be like annndd thats off the wish list

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)

hell nooo

i love a bit of bodywork, just not welding haha

i want a mk1 rex as a project

hows the 3 goin now? find anymore lol

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White ED7 - sold
Black EE9 - Rust can
Red EC9 - Rust can
Black ED7 - Written off
Superior blue ED2 - Sold
Black CRX EF6 Glassroof - in the making

Haha well i hate bodywork but like welding we should make a deal

Now personally i dont like the look of the mk1 rex im not sure why im just not a fan, civic all the way

Nothing much to update really bit more of the floor pan done and some of more chopping of the rear end rot, but thats about it. have been pretty busy at the garage so not had much time, got my car in there aswell at the minute we could pull of being jap specialists at the minute. My 4g boss' 3g his brothers ep3, friends impreza Far better than working on sodding fiats ...apart from the subaru PITA doesnt begin to describe

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1990 civic Gl (re-shelled)
1989 civic Dx (never ending project)
1984 civic GT (scrapped)
1991 civic Gl (Bisimoto n BIKE CARBS !)
1989 civic Gl (USDM Z6 project)
1994 civic LSI (...its an Eg no project)