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Old 03-23-2018, 03:50 PM   #332 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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A little disappointing

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Originally Posted by iikhod View Post
Looking good. Like you said, it is different. I myself would paint the whole "edge" of the rim.
I had thought about doing the edge in black and let the green 1/4" pin stripe sit on that. But that's a color scheme everyone does... A stripe on black. I wanna explore a little.

Speaking of exploring, the plastidip on the hole fillings is not working so great. Here are three: far right is unpainted weed block on the foil tape, middle is one coat plasti done in place (resulting in bad overspray partly cleaned-up), and third from right is FOUR coats of plasti after removing the weed block circle. This picture makes it look more solidly black than it is.

I might wanna go looking for a more solid black lawn fabric and just buy it. I want UV stability and an easy process with a clean look (for DIY). This ain't it.



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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88 View Post
I think it looks pretty nice... should give you “most” of the benefits of a smooth wheel cover without the pain of attachment
Do you mean the stripe or the whole wheel looks good. What think u of the stripe?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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