Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - Time to say good bye to her.

[Trey_Dog650]

I hope you were able to keep the dash so you can at least keep on working on it!!!

Quick question did you just use resin on the dash?

[scooter99]

I have the dash kit which is all I need for it.

I sanded it down, drilled holes in it, and put grill cloth over it before I resined it. I'm also going to resin it from the inside. Then body filler to finish on the outside.

Why?

[Trey_Dog650]

Just learning how to do it loll

I never messed with it. I didn't know resin could get hard on its own

That's what she said

[scooter99]

It doesn't really. Well it does, but it uses material to get the solid state. It gets hard, but the strength comes from materials, and fiberglass. That's a better answer. LOL

Ok Honda parts have been ordered. Had to replace a couple parts, and I bought a replacement light kit for the face plate to get done. SHIT, it better be worth it. Damn thing was $25.00!! But I have to keep the old one so I can have lights and switches! DAMN IT, or I bet I could've made another one! Oh well! At least if I ever go back to stock I have a replacement!

Damn, is it time to go home and do some real work yet!?! 2 more hours! Lets go time! Get with the program, I've got people waiting on me!

[scooter99]

Ok little update. Not much to post picture wise, I have a few but not the end results yet.

Got a pool of resin on the sides of the frame on back side. Actually think I mixed too much hardener in it, cause it go super super hot! I went out and checked it a bit ago, and one side cracked. WOW! Nothing else happened though. Everything else seems good.

So I turned it over and got the second coat on the outside! SO that's about it tonight. I may take a pic before I go to bed, but otherwise tomorrow maybe.

Things are probably not going to happen for a couple days now. Our daughter's 8th birthday is Saturday, and my wife is stressing out on all the stuff that needs to get done before then. So that's probably going to require me to step up and score some points on the home front! But we'll see if I can sneak away at any point or not.

Good night all!

[conceptM]

Don't over rush it. By adding hardener the final product will get brittle and will crack easier. Especially on vibrating/moving parts this is a problem.

I've seen the blackbox radio idea before, but it sure is quite some work.

Good and very detailed writedown!

Nice to see you just have a go at it all.

BTW, I've used a Miele as workbench before: very handy as it's quite heavy and sturdy, just not as puposefull with some laudry in it & running

[scooter99]

Yeah I hear ya. This is still a learning process for me, so the only way I learn unfortunately is by experimenting with it. But it's all good, this can be fixed and move forward!

Here are some pics from last night. Not a whole lot to discuss, I filled in the sides by pouring resin in there (hence the resin cracking issue we discussed) and then applied another coat on the outside as well. Then cut off the excess cloth and cut out the center. It's ready to sand down and body fill the inside and prep for the face piece.

Outside coat one, pre coat two.

Inside pre filling.

Filled the inside, crack on the right side.

Can't really see the left side, it's too small and not enough or good enough light in the garage. The over head light i have is about to go out so it flickers alot. But we're only here for another few weeks so I'm going to see how long I can hold out.

Second outer coat.

Then cut out the center.

Looking down on the connector.

So like I said, it's time to sand and body fill. Then we'll see where we're at next. Not sure how much, if anything, I'll get done tonight, or the next couple days. Stay tuned for more! Gonna get real exciting here soon!

[Trey_Dog650]

Looks great Scott!

[scooter99]

New UBL has been started! Check it out, in my signature!

[HatersGonnaHate]

I'm sure you have, but I'll ask anyway, you did test fit the tab after the resin process, right? Coming along quite smoothly sir ;-)