- Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:54 am
#171591
Hey all,
I'm Matt, I'm from the UK [South coast] and I recently aquired a 95 civic coupe LSi with a D15b7 for my first car. Payed just over £600 for it, and it's in pretty good nick, however it has problems.
That's pictures of her sat on my drive.
She's a bit messy and tatty, so she needs a good clean to begin with. I've already cleaned the interior, but, by the looks of things she's gonna need a new interior.
Was re-sprayed from a dull white to black, but wasn't done properly so needs a touch up in most places!
Also, the lights're gone. Only one main beam works, one side light, and one dipped. think It's the bulbs, so getting new ones this friday and going to test that, to [hopefully] get that sorted.
Next, there's the Right hand side front indicator. The sides and rear go at twice the speed, so I'm going on the assumption that it's the bulb, and not a short. However, on closer inspection, the indicator is actually loose and broken off. It's tied on with a bit of rope, so will probably need to get some replacements. [Was thinking either the Orange JDM ones, or the Black/crystal ones. Any suggestions?]
also, the reverse lights just... Don't work. Not sure why or how, but they don't. So I need to get that sorted before it comes up for a new MOT [3 months left]
Smaller problems are the speaker wireing, the Passanger electric window sticks [sounds like either the seal or the motor] And the electric sunroof is the same.
Think that's about it. Will be using this as a sort of personal blog + To Do list, but as this is my first car, I'm going to be quite an amateur with most of the jobs [I've got myself a Haynes manual, and you guys are all super-geniouses if the manual doesn't help
]
Also, in around 6 months/year I plan on getting a B18C put in, and maybe even get it boosted in the further future. All depends on my available funds, but for now I just want to get the thing running nicely and working well. Maybe neaten up the bodywork [get rid of the nicks/scratches/small dents] and get a CF bonnet. Was also maybe thinking about getting a bodykit, but I'm not sure if i could handle being seen as a ricer. Maybe once I've got a B18 in, just so people think I'm a young kid with a small car and big spoiler and then they realise It's actually got some grunt! But that all depends on various factors.
To do:
Get matching front left alloy!
Indicator
Headlights
Reverse Lights
Paint touch up
Re-wire sound system
wire up sub+amp
Get 2nd key cut
neaten up bodywork
fix sunroof
fix E/W
Get bonnet
Thanks for reading! Any input/advice/suggestions will be welcomed! will update with pictures from my camera when I get it back and will take snaps of all the problem areas, and me attempting to fix them.
I'm Matt, I'm from the UK [South coast] and I recently aquired a 95 civic coupe LSi with a D15b7 for my first car. Payed just over £600 for it, and it's in pretty good nick, however it has problems.
That's pictures of her sat on my drive.
She's a bit messy and tatty, so she needs a good clean to begin with. I've already cleaned the interior, but, by the looks of things she's gonna need a new interior.
Was re-sprayed from a dull white to black, but wasn't done properly so needs a touch up in most places!
Also, the lights're gone. Only one main beam works, one side light, and one dipped. think It's the bulbs, so getting new ones this friday and going to test that, to [hopefully] get that sorted.
Next, there's the Right hand side front indicator. The sides and rear go at twice the speed, so I'm going on the assumption that it's the bulb, and not a short. However, on closer inspection, the indicator is actually loose and broken off. It's tied on with a bit of rope, so will probably need to get some replacements. [Was thinking either the Orange JDM ones, or the Black/crystal ones. Any suggestions?]
also, the reverse lights just... Don't work. Not sure why or how, but they don't. So I need to get that sorted before it comes up for a new MOT [3 months left]
Smaller problems are the speaker wireing, the Passanger electric window sticks [sounds like either the seal or the motor] And the electric sunroof is the same.
Think that's about it. Will be using this as a sort of personal blog + To Do list, but as this is my first car, I'm going to be quite an amateur with most of the jobs [I've got myself a Haynes manual, and you guys are all super-geniouses if the manual doesn't help
]
Also, in around 6 months/year I plan on getting a B18C put in, and maybe even get it boosted in the further future. All depends on my available funds, but for now I just want to get the thing running nicely and working well. Maybe neaten up the bodywork [get rid of the nicks/scratches/small dents] and get a CF bonnet. Was also maybe thinking about getting a bodykit, but I'm not sure if i could handle being seen as a ricer. Maybe once I've got a B18 in, just so people think I'm a young kid with a small car and big spoiler and then they realise It's actually got some grunt! But that all depends on various factors.
To do:
Get matching front left alloy!
Indicator
Headlights
Reverse Lights
Paint touch up
Re-wire sound system
wire up sub+amp
Get 2nd key cut
neaten up bodywork
fix sunroof
fix E/W
Get bonnet
Thanks for reading! Any input/advice/suggestions will be welcomed! will update with pictures from my camera when I get it back and will take snaps of all the problem areas, and me attempting to fix them.
Last edited by Boods on Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:33 am, edited 6 times in total.
