Operation Windshield Part 3

Work done today! I'm pretty happy with how it came out...





Windshield is going to be installed next week. I am so pumped now for racing this season. Finally, after owning this car for almost 10 years it will have a new windshield and it will be able to pass tech.

YAY!

Operation Windshield Part 2

Today I worked on the rust for a few hours. I wire wheeled and sanded down the windshield channels. I still have a lot of work to do. Here is what it's looking like now:








I have a '91 Civic parts car down at my Dad's house. It has a rust free windshield channel. I'm going to cut the sections out tomorrow and will cut the same but a tad bigger off of the parts car. More updates soon. Thanks for reading.

Operation Windshield Part One

Hello folks. Today my wife and I finished part one of Operation Windshield. My wife was putting in exta work today. Most wives aren't willing to DO WORK...



The rust isn't as bad as I thought it would be but it still is bad in some areas.






Tomorrow Kristy and I will wire wheel the windshield housing and get it ready for new skin. More updates tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

Interior Dismantling

Today I enjoyed the 55* degree weather with zero humidity today. I did some work to my Civic.

First I installed my new LCAs. They fit perfectly. The driver's side LCA was bent from a curb bender years ago. I had to really pull the LCA closer to my traction bar to get the wheel base equal. With the new LCAs the wheel base is the same and I didn't have to move the LCA closer to my traction bar.

I also removed some sheet metal from inside of my Civic's cabin:




The interior looks slightly different now...




I wasn't able to round up any of my friends today to help me with Operation Rust. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some assistance and get that glass removed.

Dash Board Fab

Today I did some work to my dash board. For years it has had a big hole right above the glove box. This was an eye sore to me and I finally got around to permanently covering the hole up. I used 20 gauge aluminum sheet metal.

I started out with this...



I made a template out of paper to make sure I covered the entire hole...



I used some snips from Home Depot and cut out the shape I needed. I then riveted the sheet metal to the dash board...



After that I painted the sheet metal and rivets black...



I'm huge fan of punk rock music. I decided to cover the dashboard in band stickers...




Recently I picked up some new lower control arms. They look so nice!




Soon Operation Rust will commence. There is a lot of rust at the base of the windshield pillars that I must fix before a new windshield can be installed. I will be updating this blog as I begin this fun and challenging operation!