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I'm in the process of buying one. Any idea when the body kits gonna be out?

you can order them via RS' 800 number. as for when it hits actual stores, i have no idea...

thanks

Here is a link for pictures of the civic body kits.

http://tinyrc.com/forums/showthread....threadid=14619

Hehe...Not much to look at now, but come back in about 24 hours.

What color are you going to paint it? Wait like your gonna tell us, your gonna leave us hanging till the very last minute. I hope to see JDM style headlights on that baby...
-B

Well, it's nothing special. I was going to paint it all pure white, cuz I think bodykitted Civics in white look really good, but after seeing the first few coats, I'm not too sure about this one. I may scrap it and start over.

When you take paint off what do you use to wipe it off? I use goo-gone. Do you use things like oven-bake cleaner?

To be honest, I have never removed paint from one of my paint jobs. I have used that Castrol Super Degreaser to remove paint from Zips. I'm not removing this one, just gonna keep going and see if I can salvage it.

after seeing the civic, i think i might have found a new one to purchase, either that of another form of r/c car, mini Z or tamiya expert built 4wd subaru wrx.

Any progress on the civic? I cant wait to see how it comes out.

Here's my Chameleonish metalic purple/blue Civic next to my painted Supra.

heres the side View.

The front. I blacked out the housing on the lights.

oops. here

And finally. the rear end of it.

wow:eek:
tell you the truth i don't really like civic....:rolleyes: but this one is truly peace of art!

great work keep it up

Very nice work! I like the color too, what is it? Nice job on the headlights lenses.

I used a really light coat of pearl purple directly over the black.I sanded the gloss off. (i can still see the liscence plate and logos. The paint's really for lexan bodies. Then I went over it with clear gloss pearl. I was kinda iffy about the color at first but when I drove it and saw the colors changing from turn to turn I loved it after that. Hopefully i can do a direct fullfilment on a body kit sometime soon.

Thanc Angelo.

Great work man! I like the coat of paint on it. You did a good job of masking. I want to know why your civic is lop-sided to one side. What happened?

he should try making altezzas in the back!

did u um..... lower it in the front

i lowered the front a little bit. In the pic i just had it slammed as far as it can go. I made a custom front mount to fit the supra and the civic b/c my other chassis broke. the chassis the civic is on is my old supra chassis. it's all stripped of parts and its basically wheels and thats about it. When i put the civic on the chassis that works its a little higher.
*Angelo

o ok :D
now it makes sence

To be honest, I have never removed paint from one of my paint jobs. I have used that
 

If you Guys want a way to remove Paint from Plastic, use Oven cleaner (easy -off). It doesnt work on 100% of the paints out there but when it does work it works great. Only a little bit of scrubbing to get it all out of the crevaces. This works well and safely on Plastic model bodies and parts, The Xmod bodies seem to be made out of the same kind of plastic so..... But if you do use Oven Cleaner, wear Vynil gloves 'cause it will eat your skin.

don't like civics too much....but this one is very nice
good job:)

Hey JDMXMOD you forgot one important item. JDM headlights, they need to be smoked... But otherwise heck of a job, i like it alot.
-B

How'd you paint the rims?

My race Civic...
 

I didn't do much to this one, it is my next 6 cell car I will actually take outside and run around in. I used mostly the wild body kit, but I painted in some of the silver vents...had too much of a smiley face as someone else put it. Basically, it looks like it just has the intercooler in the front now. I also painted the wheels chrome.

Front...

Rear...

Nice job. You planning on painting it??? And where do you buy chrome paint.

No, I 'm not going to paint anything else on this one, it is going to be run outside a lot. The chrome paint came from Wal Mart....in the house paint section. It is made by Krylon, called original chrome. Whatever you do, don't apply clear to it afterwards, it will actually make the paint dull and grey looking.

BC, you should make dual exhaust for your civic. Especially wit that rear bumper, since there are 2 openings

Lowered Civic...
 

Here is my newly lowered Civic...

Question?
 

Doesn't the front rub on the wheel well when it turns? I lowered mine and it rubs so bad it stops the wheel. I had no choice but to raise it. Its still lower than stock but its still pretty high.

Oh yeah, did you dremel the back mount so it sat lower? or did you do somehting else?

I used the Skyline front tab and removed some of the support that the rear tab mounts to. The only time it rubs in the front is when I take a hard, fast turn and lean on the suspension. I have soft springs now, I'm going to try the hard and see how it does.

You can always dremel out the front fender enough, just like we do with the Zips.

Cool thanx
 

I'll try it out and see what happens.. I might have to make a custom front mount. The dremeling thing scares me. It might thin out the too much but i'll try it anyway.. I'm just woried about it going all the way through.

Thanx Angelo.

You shouldn't have to worry about going too far. There is plenty of plastic above the front fenders, all you would do is shave away a little at the top to clear for the tires.