87 LXi Hatch Shaved Molding & Repaint

[89HatchbackLxi]

Nice Job! Looks good. Almost kinda has a CRX look to it after the trim is shaved off.

[niles]

*Paint Update*

Hey Geezers! Been a long while since I shared some love on the forums. The car has been good, just a daily driver and not really doing much on it. I since moved from the Portland area to the Columbia River gorge where I have a shop that I can do better work in than a driveway.

Wanted to throw out an update since I am back to being proud of the appearance of my ride. Truth be told, the plastidip failed miserably after about a year. Never do plastidip, even getting gas becomes tricky because it works like a solvent if it drips on the plastidip. Basically the dip became glued onto the car and had to be melted off with solvents to remove it. Huge PITA.

So next I decided to do a urethane paint job, about 7 years ago now. It was my first paint job and I did it on the cheap with cheap Harbor Freight equipment. I was even too embarrassed to post an update about it here. The only legit thing I used was the paint from Eastwood. I made many errors and ended up doing a second coat of metallic flakes in a stripe along the body to hide the worst mistakes; sags, drips, you name it. It felt like driving a clown car, but hey; at least it was unique!

Here is the intermediate paint job, had it on for the last 7 years.


The worst part, that paint was way too thick and I didn't properly prep the surfaces, so after 7 years of PNW winters and other things like snow falling off the roof onto the car pretty much destroying the bodywork on the passenger side, and getting hit by a deer, the paint was flaking off in massive sheets.

This year I decided to do the Honda proper and did a new paint job. Slightly better equipment, and a better head on my shoulders. Still made a few amateur mistakes, but did way better than last time. Lemme know what you think.

[Jacques]

Awesome Niles!

[Oldblueaccord]

Hey man thats is quite the color. Welcome back!

[Fixedit]

You redeemed yourself! Man that color is muah chef’s kiss. Really cool to see you post here again