Hollie is...Back...My baby is back!!

[EK 2.0]

Ok so here it is...the thread some of you have been asking for, some have been waiting for and some don't give two shits about haha. A few friends and people have seen the pics. A few close friends have seen the progress in person. But here is the culmination of all of the secrecy and weirdness haha...I also wanna apologize, and thank the homies. I kind of just dropped off the face of the earth...but man oh man I was so depressed...EK was EMO!!...But thanks guys for being totally cool again when I made my comeback...

On August 18th, 2006 I was involved in a traffic accident. I am not gonna get into details about that. But it was stupidity on my part and that left me in a position of losing my Hollie forever, or making her badder than ever. And by bad, I mean good, you know how sick is not sick like the flu, or SARS, but like sick is like...daaaayyymmmm ya hurrd me??...hahaha so yeah, here we go.

I am not gonna post pics of how Hollie was before the accident as I mean we all know, and there are pictures floating around beyond and Honda Tech. But I will post how she looked after the collision and the process of rebuilding her, the processes, the hard work put in by Dan, and Dave at Screamin Paintworks. Before I do go ahead and post these pics though, I would like to thank Dan and Dave. They put up with my questions, my numerous visits to take pics. Waiting on my lazy ass to get parts to them, and did I mention all the questions I had along the way?? I was a lil worried that at one point Dan was gonna be like "Get out of my shop!!" But, he was a trooper and for that and for the, hard work, and for the end result of Hollie's transformation I thank him.

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These are pics of the aftermath of the collision. They really don't show the severity of the impact...as a few friends can attest to seeing the car in person after...but yeah. This is what got the ball rolling. It was a busted headlight, crumpled hood, messed up bumper cover, bent rad support. And because of the hood getting messed up, it affected the fenders as well.


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Here the new rad support was installed and clamped on for placement and waiting for a lil tacking. I am not gonna focus on that part of the repair in this thread...I have a ton of pics I snapped, but the purpose essentially of the project was the rust repair. So we will have more of a following of that procedure.


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And then here is the front ready and waiting for the rest of the car to be finished...


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At one of the first discussions Dan and I had we were kind of both hoping that the rear 1/4 panel rust we both knew was there, would be able to be patched up. For two reasons mainly. First off, I wanted the car back for October 7th for SCC and secondly, to reduce the shock to EK 2.0's wallet haha...But as most of us here know...it NEVER works out that way haha...his was how the drivers 1/4 panel looked after taking away a bit of the paint and some body filler....


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So, Dan informs me of this...and what does Arif do?? Decides...fuck it, let's replace both 1/4's...haha...Arif is MUY LOCO mang!! And that brings us here...


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What's that you ask on the Honda box??...Well, there were two boxes and they contained...


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And...


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Wowsahs!!...New OEM!! So Dan then sighed the biggest sigh ever, shook his head, and got to cutting haha...


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And while in the shop, a mutual friend of both Redlyne_mr2 and I dropped by the shop to see Hollie and leave me a message.


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But Dan, he kept working and finally uncovered what we both knew was there, but didn't want to acknowledge haha...


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and I figured...hey since I am essentially getting rid of Hollie's cancer, why not the body hair too??...So, we shaved...Yeah got rid of her antenna.


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And so...Dan started to put Hollie back together...Drivers 1/4 in place ready for welding...


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And needless to say...we did the same to the passenger side...I say "we" like I was there doing the work haha...But, nope...I wasn't haha.


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And then...started making Hollie pretty again. Primered as so Dan can start pulling and fixing any dents or imperfections...


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Dan said the body was pretty strait, no real issues aside from the roof having a dish to it. But Dan my man, took care of that for Hollie. Then...the spraying started. I decided, (and Dan can attest to this) after a LOT of different colours and combinations (Man I wanted Arctic Camo, John Deere Green, Silver, Black, Flat Black, Piano Gloss Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Imola Red, Grey, I even wanted to keep it just primer after I saw how that looked.), to keep the Championship White for a few reasons. It's a clean colour, my engine bay is already that shade, it and looks sooo sharp. Plus as richardchan2001 would say OEM FTW haha. Dan sprayed the door jambs as well as the rear hatch area (which was covered in undercoating) for me.


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[EK 2.0]

And then...Friday the 1st of December I get a call from the body shop. And Dan informs me that my baby is sprayed. The trim, mirrors, front and rear bumpers, side skirts and lips are not done yet, but the car is sprayed. And that if I wanted to come down and bring my "Kodak" then I should. So of course I do, and this is what I see...



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And in the booth at the same time was a piano...or was it??


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No it wasn't...it was my black roof...haha...


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And now starting to go back together...Man it's been a long time...but all the little touches, and ideas are starting to come together (thanks to Dan)...

My Valve Cover...


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And then assembled but in need of a wash...


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[EK 2.0]

And a couple of shots after Hollie is finished...Excuse the dark pics...will snap some nicer ones in the morning...I was kinda wrapped up in just staring at her in awe tonight...GOD!! I missed her haha...


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Engine Bay...


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Once again...thank you ever so much to Dan and Dave at...





THANKS FOR READING EVERYONE

[Kaos]

Looks 100 times better.
Literally, 100 times better.

[soupey]

the green is gone!

haha looks awesome, how long did the entire repair process take?

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by soupey


the green is gone!

haha looks awesome, how long did the entire repair process take?

The Rota's on there are still green...Just a VERY dark shade and depending on angle and lighting, they are a Royal Green, or Black looking...

All in all the whole thing was about 3 months...But having said that...for me it wasn't a priority to get the car back...so they were able to take their time. I am sure if it was their main focus and only job that they would have had it out in far less than that...

[pyar_deewane]

amazing and beautiful

[soupey]

im sure this is gona get asked later on...but what did the total price end up at?

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by soupey
im sure this is gona get asked later on...but what did the total price end up at?

hahaha...I was worried about that. The price Dan gave me for all the work was very VERY fair. And unfortunately I will not divulge that here as every job he will take on is different. And, the last thing I want is peeps to have beef with Dan cause he did this job for this price and that job for that price. As well as I supplied a LOT of my own parts...Hood, 1/4's and lil parts here and there so yeah...

[Sharpie]

Holy shit that looks amazing

[soupey]

Originally posted by EK 2.0



hahaha...I was worried about that. The price Dan gave me for all the work was very VERY fair. And unfortunately I will not divulge that here as every job he will take on is different. And, the last thing I want is peeps to have beef with Dan cause he did this job for this price and that job for that price. As well as I supplied a LOT of my own parts...Hood, 1/4's and lil parts here and there so yeah...

haha guess that works

but yea looks awesome!, hopefully i actually get out to a meet at some point and see it, i keep on saying ill go but something always ends up happening...blah...

[CRXguy]

Looking good buddy!

[vtec]

did you get your engine bay re sprayed as well?

[FiveFreshFish]

Well worth the wait!

Will you drive her now or wait until spring?

[h_s]

congrats on the rebuild!! i wouldnt know what id do if "nicole" got smashed... how much did the 1/4's set you back? seems kinda uneccesary for the amount of rust there was on there.. props, she looks sexy

[speedracer]

Lots of work and the end results look great!

[snow_daniel]

OMG ....you finally decide to keep it white but with the BLACK roof
Glad to see it on the street again(soon)
I still remember when I saw your car with the damage front end I was like...o no....thats not good to happen
anyway is all in the past....now your EK will look as like as STRD EK because of the white body and CFhood (even though is different kind of white color)