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Very nice fabrication on mid-engined CRX
Mave - 3/1/06 at 05:05 PM

No Locost, but look at the fabrication! Very neatly done.......
It somehow looks like they fill the welds, to smoothen them out. I don't have the feeling that they fillet braze everything together....

For more pics and info:
http://180customs.net/v-web/gallery/CRX


k33ts - 3/1/06 at 05:08 PM

body filler and a lot of rubbing down i would think!

dustent - 17/1/06 at 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by k33ts
body filler and a lot of rubbing down i would think!


Exactly! We used an aluminum filler over the welds, then sanded that down. We followed with a kevlar-based body filler, then house of kolor high-build primer.

My name is dusten. I am the site admin for 180customs.net. I see lots of traffic from your site, so I thought I'd check it out. I have a supercharged BMW 318ti. I can try to answer quesitons about the CRX, although it is not my car. I just work on it.

Alan B - 17/1/06 at 10:30 PM

Welcome Dusten..

This cross-visiting of each others forums can only be a good thing......many gems of info. to un-earth....

Mave - 18/1/06 at 04:47 PM

Hi Dusten,

what's the current status of the CRX? I'd love to see more progress.

Marcel

dustent - 18/1/06 at 09:25 PM

The status hasn't changed much in the last 12 months. We are in the process of moving into an actual building instead of working out of a 6 car garage. The building was an old factory, so it needs some updating, and this of course requires permits and lots of time. We are installing a paint booth and some kind of blaster to do media blasting.

We recently picked up a couple new project cars too. We have 2 gen 2 RX-7s, both are getting Nissan SR20DET motor swaps and will be used for autocross and whatever else. We also picked up 2 1957 chevy belair (no posts) that we are turning into street rods. Think slammed with huge tubbed out rear ends. We also have a 1954 chevy that just got the 5 inches cut out of the top.

Once the building prep gets settled, we'll start working on the cars again. I'll let you know when I have some updated pics!

chrisf - 19/1/06 at 03:13 AM

Where do you get Kevlar body filler? What is it called?

--Chris

dustent - 19/1/06 at 08:00 PM



This isn't the same brand we use, but I think it's the same.

Peteff - 19/1/06 at 08:39 PM

Can you trim your avatar dusty?, it's shoving the writing off my monitor. It's o.k. I've blocked it now.