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I do not believe they used a marker. I believe they had a can of paint with a small brush and just gooped it on.

So I ordered some badges a little while back because, you know it's yellow now. Why not? I bought them out of the UK I think the hood badge looks ok? The hatch emblems are different. They use double sided tape. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The vendor said there were a number of reasons they felt this was better and I could call. I didn't want to do that at a $1 or 2 a minute. If somebody potentially in the UK is interested I can provide the number. I'm pretty pleased with the qtr emblems. They seem correct? The fender emblems were a disappointment. They look nice but they are way too small! Also doubled sided tape...

So 3 months later we're at it again. So we worked on getting the timing set on and prepping the head gasket. The dark gasket i the old gasket off the L16. I believe the new gasket i off a KA motor?? It needs a number of holes added So I tried a round hole punch but the metal in the gasket just stretched Then we tried drilling the holes I finally settled on dremel tools We put the guides on and found out the chain in our timing set was too short. In actuality I have the wrong timing set, which is too bad because I can't return it now. 😞 So I ordered the correct one. We are also concerned about piston valve interference, so I ordered some clay to do some measuring

I got a BaT notice the other day. 14k mile 73 didn't meet reserve at $135k!?

I would see if you can reach out to SEM directly. Many of these suppliers have a way to ask technical questions. Or talk to a local auto paint supply house near you

Probably not many and in all reality it problem only causes problems on cars that are pushed pretty hard or have lots of horsepower

It wasn't manufacturing practice to put unnecessary items on cars...

Or you might be able to find an inspector through the local Copart in the area. They have inspectors that do pretty thorough write ups

I hate when I do that. I almost did that the other day on a gas line at a customers house. It would have been too short to reflare!

If your tire spaces are currently even, I don't see how it couldn't help but change is you remove 1/2" from the height of the rear strut

Yes

I am not sure this is a good repair. I'm not worried about crumple zones in a Z car. Let's face it the driver is the crumple zone! John at Bad Dog rails makes a replacement piece for this exact area and is very insistent that they not be welded in continuously. Evidently that extra rigidity in the floor causes problems or cracking in other areas of the car. I believe it was in Atlanta he and I were talking to Matsuo San (?) about the lead joints at the A pillars and quarter panels and he expressed that it was so the car could "breathe" ie flex. So those areas are very important to the over all structure of the car. Overly reinforcing one area forces the flexing to a different area with unpredictable consequences. Caveat Emptor...

That's possible I guess but I don't think they would need to be as long as they are or go all the way to the rear just to make the rocker stiff enough for jacking

Looks like it finished at $165k @siteunseenyou missed low

If you are referring to the middle piece of the rocker panel sandwich. It's a reinforcement. Probably because that part of the rocker would bulge and shear without it. Always remember automotive manufacturers don't add pieces for no reason! They try to make everything as cheap as possible

Civic Si, My brother had about the same year. That little car would move and it handled really well too

You are correct, I was thinking it was the other way C

Those are pretty corroded. Although the corrosion in the bore is probably a bigger concern than the corrosion on the piston

Is this a blue that was used for exterior paint? Not engine block paint, correct?

Even using the 3m stuff I have struggled. The paint shop sold me some black urethane they said would hold anything. Haven't really tested it yet. Yes, lots of little clamps but not too strong or the seal will glue down with a pucker at every clamp

I think I would consider taking out the freeze plugs/casting plugs and shooting high pressure water through the block to flush it out. My concern is there are large pieces of rust in the jackets and they are fouling the holes at the head gasket. You have them cleared now but when you add fluid back into the motor that debris will circulate again and stop those points up again. Causing random overheating that seems undiagnosable

Did you look at ITBs and rule them out?

I believe KF Vintage makes the most accurate panels when compared to Tabco. I might go so far as to say Tabco has the least accurate panels...

You're making great time!

The rust in the jackets and head needs attention. A pressure washer would be good for that