But here's whats up: 1990 hatch,5 speed, stock(not for long) and cruisin 126k on the body. I bought the car for $600 back...oh..about 8 months with a gimpy motor. I finished the motor off and bought another KAe so I could get from point A to point B. That motor is now on its way out, which I expected, and thats Ok. I paid 300 for the motor so total I have 900 in the car as it sits. I am in progress on the body work right now and have some Silver paint waiting in a box...in my room. But yes heres what I got so far..enjoy !

The ride when I brought it home: (more damage than you can see. Appearantly the last owner thought hitting a pole on the passenger side front fender was a good custom idea. I personally dont like his taste in uniqueness)

A few hours in.. (at this point in time I realized...somebody made off with the front of my car so Im dusting for prints ! .. just kidding)

Nude Picture..

Car taped up and in the process of primering (if my car was a butt pirate...get it..no? ok)

Left side(after some Dr.90210 stuff I have fixed dents..got rid of rust and reshaped her thighs)

ATTENTION! Some pictures in the following segments are graphic and shouldn't be viewed by those who are squimish. Proceed at your own risk.

The Crime pt.1 (what can I say.. her butt isnt the best round town but its not always about looks...right?...RIGHT!?)

The Cime pt.2 (...)

The Supect

The Sentance ( may you rot in hell )

Ok so thats all I got to today, but keep close and there will certainly be much more !!

To do list:

Finish body work
Primer
Paint
Motor swap

Modified by urcaptnspeaking at 4:48 PM 4/6/2008

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im in Kanawha County, right near south charleston.

and hooray for pignose

I may fix it .. or try. Its bad obviously..but im the kind of person who likes to take things that are deemed irrepairable and ..well repair them. If i go that route I am going to use a combo of metal...and fiberglass... and bondo.
Step one Cut the holes to take away the bent and damaged metal and to make a nice flat surface for the fiberglass on the inside of the hatch. and bondo on top... and hope to little baby Jesus that I shape the hatch right when I bondo it..and maybe a wing. Not sure.. but I like wingless...but thats beside the point.

Stay tuned boys.

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My car, and just about everything i've done to her:
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Id like to think my hatch was worst case scenario (I could be wrong) but it was bad..ya dig? the point of this and me not buying a new one is to show it can be done with just a few things/time. Its not for every one but it will keep your car "original" so to speak. I am by no means a body work guru nor do I claim to be with that in mind, here we go!

I made a point to use tools common to most every one. No welders or air tools here. So even you,yes you, can do it too

Step 1

[Weapon ("The Tooth")

Cut out weak metal like so

Step 2

Weapon ("Patches")

Make a nice place for the Bondo to rest its sleepy head

Like So..

And So..

Weapon ("Cover Girl")

Cover over the holes and fiberglass with a nice layer

Like So..

And So

Dont forget to sand that now

Another coat and sand again kiddies

Dont forget her curves she is a valupcious lady after all. Work it down til its just right and matches her body

After all that work put on her temporary make up so she can look presentable when showing her off

And there you have it fixed hatch boys

Ok I just used basic 80-120 grit and an orbital sander. Theres a trick to using an orbital on body work...so dont just hack away...go with the curves keeping it moving along the shape of the body.

It only took me like 3 hours total work time with some diddling between...so not too bad.

And Yes I know its not perfect I ran out of light and I promised an update so I went ahead and got that far and put the pics up. Thats only the first coat of primer, which we all know is the "revealing" coat and shows all the things you forgot to do. So when I get it all worked out Ill put more pics up tomorrow.

Stay tuned.

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Oh yeah and thanks man hah

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So I decided to take the 3rd brake light out.. Wish I woulda thought of that before I went and finished the hatch (^see above) But my studid a$$ gets bright ideas a little late.

Fiberglass work here done messed up my hard work from before..

Myspace angle

Later that day I made the oh so neat decision to also go Wiperless...

Hole

After some fiberglass and bondo we have..

First primer coat to see what I f'ed up.. seems to be alrighty

After the day and a few cuss words later here she is . Not perfect, but dangit I am sure proud to be done with it...at least for now.

Glamour Shot

And here are a few teasers of whats to come.

Fender Work,and rework, and so on..

This ones for White Comet. You Cutie

So there we have it another 2 days of work. I may have some more done tonight depends on how frisky Im feelin' . Happy Motoring

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My hatch had the exact same problem as yours, and I didn't even think about fixing it. Yours didn't turn out half bad

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OH well, gives you somethin to do right.

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Maybe down the road doing a moon roof as well

so that leads me here: any ideas for the wheels or headlights (remember I dont want people to go oh thats custom RIGHT off the bat. I want to say It looks like it could have came that way!)

This would be nice (Altima Wheels) But whats the offset and for that matter what year are they off of? Theyre on ebay but no info about them except theyre 5x114.3 and 17x7 i think is what it was.

Modified by urcaptnspeaking at 9:05 AM 4/18/2008

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