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    re-building the R

    hey guys, this has been a long time coming..........
    after losing my job on friday 27th march 09 and it being my mrs b-day party that weekend, things were gonna get tuff and rough...........

    to make things worse on wednesday 1st april 09, i was taking my lil bro to school and having some joke sms' thown around as it was april fools.................

    unfortunatly for me there was no fooling around.............
    i dont mean to be sexest, however some dumb female decided to change lanes on the freeway without looking and side swipe the passenger side of the R.....






    and to top it all off she is uninsured...............

    so after much arguing and lawyers i finally got paid out,

    friday 7th august 09 brand new factory ITR rear pods arrived and fitted.........and scored myself a full re-spray.....




    sunday 9th august 09, the striping started...........
    rear pods without spoiler (the way it will stay for a while).......




    then i moved to the interior................




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    and all the interior out.........................i think i might weigh it for fun and see what extra this car carries for no reason.........lol




    tuesday 11th august 09, car gets dropped off at the panel and paint shop.....






    and today saturday 22nd august 09, i decided to swing past the panel shop and see how its going......................to my disbelief, all the repairs are done, and the car was sitting in the booth awaiting paint......




    and the rest of the parts including the repaired door.







    just a side note, i was really contemplaiting a change in colour, and really thought hard about matte/satin black with yellow stock engine bay colour, however i thought hard about re-sale value and the extensive work that would be required to change the colour..................

    pheonix yellow it is............
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      #3
      great Write up, Sorry to hear about your highway dilema, atleast you got payed out, Will be keeping an eye on this thread for updates. Smart choice sticking with the phoenix yellow, to much effort involved in respraying & I personally think DC2's look best in their original factory colours!

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        #4
        Originally posted by Type S Tony View Post
        great Write up, Sorry to hear about your highway dilema, atleast you got payed out, Will be keeping an eye on this thread for updates. Smart choice sticking with the phoenix yellow, to much effort involved in respraying & I personally think DC2's look best in their original factory colours!
        thanks tony.............

        hopefully it all turns out okay, and things start to swing back my way........

        yeh i would love to change colour, but i couldnt do it................
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          #5
          Originally posted by ievaq8 View Post
          thanks tony.............

          hopefully it all turns out okay, and things start to swing back my way........

          yeh i would love to change colour, but i couldnt do it................
          sry to hear abt that...but eah, at least you got paid out

          again, good pick up on color, unless you decide to respary the engine bay as well, otherwise keeping the factory color
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            #6
            Glad to hear it got sorted out man. A change of colour is a nice thought but when it comes down to it, i dont really recommend it unless it's a proper job. Besides, yellow dc2's are rare as!
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              #7
              wow!

              nice series of pictures,

              looking forwards to the end result!
              ... retired/

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                #8
                hey, how come u got an arm rest glove box?

                hitting vtec is like masturbating, sometimes you just do it because you can

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                  #9
                  nice write up man.. sad to hear ur story. look on the bright side but, atleast ur car is gonna come out looking brand new again =]
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                    #10
                    sucks about ur accident bro, keep us updated with the progress
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                      #11
                      Hope everything will turn out well for you mate!

                      Keep us updated

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by mikoZ View Post
                        sry to hear abt that...but eah, at least you got paid out

                        again, good pick up on color, unless you decide to respary the engine bay as well, otherwise keeping the factory color
                        Originally posted by Didz View Post
                        Glad to hear it got sorted out man. A change of colour is a nice thought but when it comes down to it, i dont really recommend it unless it's a proper job. Besides, yellow dc2's are rare as!
                        i was thinking of US spec with different colour engine bay, however, the painter and my best mate, put it into perpective and said "arnt yellow itr's rare???" lol..........

                        Originally posted by tinkerbell View Post
                        wow!

                        nice series of pictures,

                        looking forwards to the end result!
                        thanks man....

                        Originally posted by on boost View Post
                        hey, how come u got an arm rest glove box?
                        its from a vtir.........i prefer it, as u can store more things.......lol....i also scored a mint condition vtir leather/vinyl lid from the wreckers the other day

                        Originally posted by jj17 View Post
                        nice write up man.. sad to hear ur story. look on the bright side but, atleast ur car is gonna come out looking brand new again =]
                        thanks mate, i hope it looks better than new....lol

                        Originally posted by 03DC5R View Post
                        sucks about ur accident bro, keep us updated with the progress
                        it sucks alright, update soon

                        Originally posted by zeth_an View Post
                        Hope everything will turn out well for you mate!

                        Keep us updated
                        thanks mate, update on its way
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                          #13
                          very nice job.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by dynosaur View Post
                            very nice job.
                            thanks mate
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                              #15
                              today's update...............

                              swung past the panel shop to see if the car had been painted, ......


























                              unfortunatly it wasnt, however, as i walked in they where masking up my front bar (the black bit), and the car was fully masked in the booth ready for paint........

                              the painter showed me that the paint had arrived, he was waiting on a brand new gun he ordered, and thought he may as well break it in on a full re-spray.......hehehe

                              pics.........for u guys to enjoy......









                              not sure what u guys think, but i so badly love the matte yellow look........
                              i told that to the painter, and he nearly bashed me.....lol
                              Last edited by ievaq8; 24-08-09, 08:28 PM.
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