Here are some before & after pics of my ride after returning from the body shop yesterday. For those of you who might not have seen, I was side-swiped by an eighteen wheeler that decided he wanted my lane. Then, a week later I got caught in the worst hail storm in fifteen years.

The grand total for the repairs was $7800.00 & my insurance paid for all but $250 (comp deductible for the hail - 18-wheeler was uninsured motorist since he didn't stop with no deductible).

The list of parts that was replaced is : pass quarter, pass rear door, rear bumper, trunk, hood, roof skin, (1) Motegi 17" wheel & the chrome window trim for all 4 doors was replaced with black trim from a DX model. The entire car was repainted & the pin striping was left off. My buddy did the work & repainted the front bumper/air dam for free since it took almost a month to do all the repairs. The idiots @ the local dealership sent the roof for a 2-door & the quarter for a civic the first time.

Anyway, here's the pics:

Wrecked quarter up close:

Wrecked upper pillar:

Repaired quarter:

Drivers side before:

Drivers side after - notice how much better it looks without the pin stipe & with the black instead of chrome trim:

Rear before w/ altezzas:

Rear after with the painted centers from a set of TYC skyline-style lights. I put the corners on,
but they looked ghetto with these ugly reflectors on the sides. I'm thinking about taking the
altezza corners apart & painting the insides to match the centers.




Let me know whatca think

BTW: I had a piece of crap Mitsubishi Galant for the 26 days my car was in the shop & all I can say is "SHITTY" :madfawk:

 

I think those tail lights ruin the car. :happysad:

I like everything else though, the rest looks great.

How about some red/clears, all red, or stock tails?

 

The car looks great. I like the black strip as well. Not feelin the tail lights either though.

 

:werd: I like everything but the taillights:happysad: The black window trim does look better Did you paint your side modlings? I can't tell by the pics:eh:

Here's what red/clears looks like on the my car since it's the same color, but this pic is more than a year old

 

Looks good except for tail light.h:



I like AccordCutie's rear end.:yumyum::naughty:

 

i kinda like the tails h: :goodjob:

 

yeah the side mouldings were painted too.

as far as the tailights go, the altezzas & the tycs were both gifts, so I feel bab at least not TRYING them out, but I'll brobably go w/ red/clears or spray-tint my old factorys eventually.

I do like the painted center section, just don't like the corners

 

The tailights don't look bad EITHER

 

oh, ok. I wouldn't know what to do if anyone I knew bought me altezzas

 

I'll make an excuse that it got stolen:devil: