Project Phil's 1975 Honda Civic 1200
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- Joined: November 30th, 2018, 3:58 am
- Province/State: SA
- Model: 1975 Hatchback
Re: Phil's 1975 Honda Civic 1200
The Rear Bumper
One of the saddest looking parts of the car was in need of a good restoration.
I decided to go a little further than the front bumper. I took off the bumper and separated all the bits from the main 'chrome' part and proceeded to clean with a decent car wash. I Spent a good day wire wheeling out all of the old paint/rust/yuck and applied a rust converter, which revealed a bruised 'purplish' black colour after I let set for 30 mins. Followed by a wipe with a damp cloth and some mineral turps.
After rust treatment, I chose to fill the existing two holes in the centre of the bumper with fibreglass from the inside edge. This was my first time using fibreglass, so I was pleased to see it worked out alright. Following up the fibreglass process, body filler was used to finish the job on the outside edge.
Next up was a good sand before moving onto painting the inside with equipment enamel (cheap and nasty industrial paint) works a charm. I'm in the shed to avoid the high wind!
Annnnnd out to bake
The following day I tackled the outside edge. A quick go over with the clay bar removed the majority of non essential sap and other crap from the bumper.
Let the taping Begin! This process, as last time takes a good effort of eye-tape coordination. The result only comes out as good as your preparation!
Again i'm using the same satin black 2k mix as the front bumper. I was really pleased with the shade last time.
Last but not least, the other bits... All hardware replaced with stainless steel options from united fasteners, just like the front bumper.
I do not endorse the site nor was I asked for permission to use or re-publish the information from here.
He scraped the web for past pages that are already included in the database of this site known as 1StGenCivic.com/org or previous generations and upgrades.
I am closing site down as an open discussion forum.