"deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds" (deviantcustoms)
05/04/2018 at 11:36 • Filed to: None
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"deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds" (deviantcustoms)
05/04/2018 at 11:36 • Filed to: None | 7
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In May 2017, I: A) was frustrated at work B) knew I had July to myself with wife and 3 kids gone on a homeland visit C) had a big surplus of nitrile gloves (bought 200 when I only needed 2) - so I decided to buy this junkyard special to start my first ever build.
It was a risky build concept that could break the car so I didn’t want to risk a nice Prelude. This would later come back to bite me in the butt. Hard.
To get the boring bit out of the way: I had six MIL codes to fix + reverting stuff to stock before I could even smog the car to take ownership (thank you CARB). Pics can do the talking.
By the Fourth of July when they left, I was finally ready to get cracking. Figured I’d get about a hundred hours of work in while they were gone, perhaps another 150 hours to complete it by the end of the year.
Boy was I wrong.
Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
> deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds
05/04/2018 at 13:04 |
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Aren’t we all completely wrong when it comes to estimate work hours?
Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
> Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
05/04/2018 at 16:14 |
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I am so bad at this.
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deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds
> Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
05/04/2018 at 17:09 |
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Yes... though the stakes are high when you have to drive 20miles to work on the build and have a wife and three kiddos wondering if you’re really “working on the car”.
The wifey is definitely a keeper though, she helped me wrap fenders and bumpers in the living room =D