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Old 11-03-2010, 12:35 PM   #1
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Default How to derice a hatchback

Hey all,

Whilst on the millstone, I received an email from a colleague who wrote 'dericing' instead of 'deriving'. I wanted to make sure it was a genuine typo and not something else.

So I did what any self-respecting Geek would do - put 'dericing' into Google.

Came across this rather amusing thread:
http://www.civicforums.com/forums/46...hatchback.html

Suffice it to say, after stripping down all that fibreglass and bog, the owner of that car probably cut down the weight of that civic by about 60kgs!

Enjoy

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Old 11-03-2010, 02:26 PM   #2
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I quite enjoyed that.
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:24 PM   #3
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im surprised most of the replys supported what he was doing.
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im surprised most of the replys supported what he was doing.
Agreed!
Perhaps when 'ricers' start to develop an acument to using the Internet/read/write/etc, they start to come to their senses! :P
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:30 PM   #5
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Definatly surprising

It actually looks better with mismatched colours than when the bloke bought the car :P
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:31 PM   #6
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I quite enjoyed that.
I especially like how he chieseled off complete chunks of faux-body just behind the doors (above the skirts). The first couple of images looked as though he was ripping into the sheetmetal (WTF?!).

But when I scrolled down further and saw the images of his restoration of the roof guttering (and the copious amounts of bog being dug out) I realised that wasn't sheetmetal he was hacking into!
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:34 PM   #7
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..and checkout the pic of the engine bay (3rd image).

The radiator's smaller than the one on my transmission!
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:53 PM   #8
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im surprised most of the replys supported what he was doing.
Oh come on, not all Honda drivers are ricers, only most of them.
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Old 11-03-2010, 04:04 PM   #9
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Thats pretty dumb really, someone has gone to all the work to build a car ALOT of people would love, then he goes and rips it all off again!

Would have been worth more (to some) riced up! But a stock one in the first place!
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