Chad,
Did you have to trim the JDM bumper to make it fit with your FMIC? It looks like Im going to have to trim mine.
i barrrrley had to trim off the driver side only on the inside, it was less than a cm by say 5 inches long, its designed on an angle for the side mount in japan so one side is fine, the other is a little tight, its a 30 seccond job.
hey chad, what shop is doing the work for you?
Jon
anyone have any tips on post paint procedures ? how soon should i wash, clean, drive… brush… everything… i dont want to put any scratches on this thing and i dont know about winter driving, im parking it on wednesday until the grass is green so im not worried, but how soon should i start to wax… or buff ? anyone know ?
SO did your guy leave the cancer in there right on top of his patch panel?
Do you plan on pulling the door handles off prior to paint?
door handles are off and all the rust in the back was grinded to a bare metal and then a plate was welded in place, sanded, primored, sanded, and painted silver 
so basically the entire car is rustless except for what is still left to be blasted.
car looks good so far… keep it up man
Chad, looking good so far. You should get some Work Wheels for your car. The wait time on wheels from Japan in custom sizes is more like 3-4 months and it doesn’t really feel that long.
The Car is done… tomorrow is clean up day… i should be done and have pics around 5 or 6 oclock - my life is complete haha
almost ready to get on the road again, just doing some wet sanding and buffing everything clean,
should have the 5 lug on in about a week -
car isnt actually this brownish colour, that is terrible cell quality haha
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What a colour for that car!
i think (hope) the photo is making it look more brown/beige than it actually is
care to list details of the wet sanding?
yes it is no where near brown or beige haha it is my cell phone - i will have updated digi cam pictures tomorrow -
there is 5 layers of clear so im going to fix one run of clear on the trunk lid, and re paint the hood beacuse something fell off the roof and effed it up.
oh daaaaaaamn chad
you really need 5lug rims now
toss those SE 4lug in some pile of snow!
can’t wait to see your car with some new rims and slammed to the ground
doooo it bro
regardles of the 5 lug or not,
that colour is hot hands down.
hurting.
looks nice … now ur car is clean looking…
throw some ds on that b****