Me[kk]A

So it begins... my tenure as a honda driver. Bought the car yesterday and left it at my mechanics shop for monday morning. totally different feel in every bloody sense of the word.

im actually surprised to find myself not minding the lack thereof of any aesthetic appeal whatsoever.. body has a tonne of rust to be taken care of..including the standard rear quarter rot, a hole near the hatch and on the doors...the maxima has put me through hell for a good 2 years now cost me about $20k in total expenditures.. for a $5k worth car? no thanks

so here are the goods and bads for my new car..

BAD
leaking brake lines
speedomoter cable snapped
rust
exhaust rattle
too bloody loud..damn you flowmaster!!
gonna need bushings soon
crack in windshield
needs two $1 gaskets to get the check engine light to come off
needs a tune up
needs a new drivers corner light(got another one in the trunk hehe)
needs a complete paintjob to look clean enough in anyway for me..

GOOD

B16A1 jdm motor about 60kms on that (160HP in this tin can )
forget which one but acura 5spd tranny with LSD
Full posi
running synthetic oil (mobil 1)
starts everytime
heat works like a banshee
cost me $400
if it gets to troublesome..ill just sell it
here are the pics:








Note that there was a ton of crap in the hatch at this point

imported_jonny_emo

congrats man! looks pretty nice for $400 bucks!

Me[kk]A

i see it as a smart buy.. even if i dump another 2 g's two repaint it and take care of every little problem with it..ill have a practically brand new car for around $3k.. sweet!

imported_jonny_emo

for sure! i want to do that right now.......i miss my EF.....saving up some cash.....but it's in the running with a 1972 VW bug. may not be compareable.....but the bug is mint!

Me[kk]A

no no dont discredit the beetle dude.. buddy of mine has a dumped fastback while my old mans best buddy has a beetle pushing 140hp..thing flies!

imported_jonny_emo

by no means am i trying to discredit the bettle.....motor is this one has had some work, rebulit carbs, pretty much ready for some. probably would get the extra trunk lid with the molded spoiler on it. purple and black might not be the best colors, but damn is it fine! have fun with your EF!

lowprofile

it looks nice. i have a 2001 that i bought used for way too much, for my next car i'd like to do like you did and buy a sub-$1000 and put a bit of time and money into it for fun.

Oldspower

IMO that car isnt worth doing the body work on. I'd just drive it till the wheels fall off, and buy a car in better shape to make a nice car out of. Any rust you see now is about a 1/5th of the rust that's actually on the car. Good buy for a beater though.
-Chris

imported_janz3n

ya find a nice shell and swap in the motor.

siroaddemon

hey man nice deal its not gonna be that hard to make that look good, good stuff fellow ef civc-er

Me[kk]A

so in your eyes if i repainted the car and took care of the rust it would come apart again too soon?

imported_rhd_ef

^wtf. They have no clue wtf they are talking about.


For a ontario ef, thats in decnt shape.

Trust me, ive fixed worse/

****ty bodywork=what was decribed above
Good bodywork=good repair


Pm me, i can do your 1/4's

Ill give you the d/l.

Come and check out my ef, same shape as yours. Nows its a showcar.

bbor-imported

That car is a money pit.

imported_t_dot_SiR

where you found such an awesome deal? i'm seeking something like this too... but in a 1g max budget with minimum (very minimum) to fix... just hoping it would run

bbor-imported

I have a red 1990 DX hatch at my work. $700 its automatic., very lil rust ...

imported_janz3n

for an ontario car thats pretty bad in some spots.. but for the price its good.. im just saying it might be cheaper to buy a shell then replair and paint it.

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

Congrats on the buy! and as everyone said, might be cheaper/easyer to buy a good shell and swap everything.

Me[kk]A

understandable for a shell to be maybe a cheaper route gents..however..id probly end up redoing the shell as im picky with how i want this car to look..i figure might as well fix up this shell and do it all at the same time.

imported_SIR_Injected

doesnt look to bad!

my car was bad too.. all cars are money pits if ya dont take care of them and leave everything.. if somthing is broken fix it... before the list gets to long.. thats what i'd say... im in the process of it ... my cars gone a long way.

Brett

Good Luck with the Rust! I can tell you from experience you have a lot of work ahead of you...