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Old 23-Feb-2003, 04:30 PM
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Bought a '93 Civic yesterday!

Details: Red, 2-door EX coupe, sunroof, air, pw, pl, pm, cruise, 105K miles. Body is in average shape with very little rust around the rear wheel wells (got a buddy who can repair that). Car is from the US, the a/c need to be charged and the gas gauge sometimes sticks.
Front brakes were done last week to meet safety. Paid $4,700 for car safetied and e-tested. It's sitting in my garage right now. GF is coming down to pick it up next week once she gets the paper work done on it. I'm taking it for an oil change and having the guy in the parking lot at my work detail the inside.

I usually have a really good eye for cars (owned approx. 10 in the past 6 years) but I didn't notice this until we got home but I think the car may have been in an accident. She drives perfect but the front hood is missing the emblem and there is no holes where the emblem should be. Doh! And the two scoops in the front bumper should be black but they are body colour. Also, the passenger door sticks abit when opening. Some job I did looking it over eh!
But she should still be okay. I smashed my '91 MR2 before to the tune of $16K but after the repair she never ran better!

What do y'all think??







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Old 23-Feb-2003, 04:34 PM
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Nice find. My friend got a '93 civic just like yours minus the spoiler. His is a CX, he paid a bit over $2500. Nice car.
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 04:40 PM
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Nice buy!

You might have to oil the door hinges a bit if its sticky...happens alot, no biggie.
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 04:47 PM
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Thanks guys. The door actually sticks at the top end of where it meets the quarterpanel window. Where the weather stripping meets is where she tends to stick.

Do you guys know what kind of lube I can buy to grease up the sunroof track so she doesn't chatter?

Also, did they ever change the name of the EX in the US to Si or do they still call it the EX to this day?
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 05:29 PM
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Also, did they ever change the name of the EX in the US to Si or do they still call it the EX to this day?
Honda US is still offering the EX coupe, I don't think there are any plans to change the model from EX to Si anytime soon.
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 06:30 PM
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Just curious was the $4700 US or CDN funds, Nice buy if it was CDN funds
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 07:05 PM
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It was in CDN funds. Thanks Joker.

The only other decent '93 si that I saw out there was from a small dealer selling a nice green coupe with 180K kms. He wouldn't go any lower than $5,700 and then factor in both taxes. The body looked to be in extremely good condition compared to the others I've seen.
Funny thing was when they were moving cars around to free up access to the car they were bumping cars without a care in the world!
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Old 23-Feb-2003, 07:46 PM
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Just curious, is YOUR name "Crystal" or is it your girlfriend's name?

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Old 23-Feb-2003, 08:46 PM
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GF's name is Crystal. My name is Bill.
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Old 24-Feb-2003, 03:08 PM
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Should have bought MINE..j/k - nice find - good luck with it.
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Old 24-Feb-2003, 04:19 PM
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Anyone out there with a 5th gen Milano Red coupe interested in trading their spoiler-less trunklid for one with an OEM spoiler? I want to get rid of mine.
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Nice buy,to lube up the rubber seals around windows and trunk use VMS (vehicle maintance services) its a small spray can that you can pick up at crap tire or your mechanic may have it.It works great and doesn't drip.
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Old 25-Feb-2003, 03:32 PM
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The US EX is the Canadian Si.
Honda Canada follows Honda Japan when it comes to trim.
The Canadian EX is the 4 door sedan. I'd be thinking "WTF" if I saw a 2dr EX drivin around.
Congrats on your car though
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good buy!!..just bought a 93 civic myself but a four door..!!good luck.
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nice and clean
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Congrats on the purchase! Hope all is good with the new toy.
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