At first, Brian was going to go overboard and have a tube frame made along with air bags. He even went as far as getting a time booked with a shop from Cali to get it all done. But after his car kept getting off back because of the conflicting schedules, it gave Brian the opportunity to weigh out his options. So, the search began for a painter. Brian talked to several shops and even had a little work done by an independent guy out of his house. But a final decision was for the crew from Iron Art Industries in Glendale Arizona to handle the exterior. Chris "McGyver" Jannasch, a friend of Brian's who worked as a Honda tech and now works for SRD as head mechanic, was there helping with the entire project. They call him McGyver because he can do anything and always manages to pull some crazy shit out of his ass. The first thing that was done was to strip the car down to a rolling unibody. With nothing in the engine bay, no interior or windows, Brian's Integra was off at Iron Art in Glendale, AZ. They know their shit and did their best to keep Brian happy through the whole "ordeal". Iron Art first smoothed out the curves of the body. They shaved the handles, moldings, front license plate box, third brake light, emblems, trunk key hole, inner taillights and antenna. The rear window defroster now works as the antenna. Iron Art also mounted the side markers flush in the stock location to add the finishing touches. Now completely shaved, it was time to spray the House Of Kolor Organic Green paint. The project was not the smoothest, but Iron Art busted ass and the exterior came out beautiful. 
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While the car was at Iron Art, the engine and interior were treated to the same level of attention as the exterior. He had always planned on doing some chrome under the hood. Then one day while working in the garage, he was noticing several engine parts laying around on the floor. He decided it was now or never for the chromed out engine bay, and since the engine was already out of the car, now would be the perfect time. So the next step was to pull out the camera and catalogue every thing that could be dipped. After getting it all in order, he took it all to Pete’s Custom Metals to be plated and polished. Once he got his parts back and his engine put back together, Brian's engine was now shiny enough to get the sneak peaks of the girls who are bending over to check things out!  
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