- Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:14 pm
#262538
Hello all. I bought a few weeks ago my first civic. Wanted one since i was small. $500 off a friend's coworker. It has 174,000 miles. It was purple. Now its half black half grey. Well needless to say they were failing epically. As far as the engine and tranny both run good but it's leaking oil from a very annoying place but a i finally found were it is. I will take a picture of that later so u can see for ureselves. The engine is going to be rebuilt so since i know its a gasket thats going to be replaced i dont worry about the leak. As far as the body, well it needs a lot of work but that is to be worried about later on. Im the kind of guy who worries more about how its running than looks. At least priority wise because there both important. I do want to leave the color purple because to paint the inside and everything is more of a hassle so i'd just rather stick to the original color. Besides there's not many purple civics out there. As far as what the car is for it's for a daily driver/ weekend car. So no worrying about turbo or nothing of the sort. I have the money for this project but no that much to make it into a show car. i will put up more pics during my journey. As of now i have only done the following to it: replace the brake pads (they were gone!!!! and were missing a bolt on each caliper and two of the clips were missing. One caliper is bad becuase the piston is stuck and needs to be replaced as well as the disc rotors. So thats on the list) i have also removed the rear and passenger seats door panels dash thing in the middle and rear panels which are the ones on the side of the rear seat. Also planned is to change radiator intake system, intake manifold exhaust header muffler battery alternator and several other things around the engine. So a long project indeed but well worth it in my book. Really i thought of it and send would i rather waste $5000 on a used car thats already used and goodness knows what its been through or waste that on a car that will be running like new and will be to my likings and id know exactly how it is all over. I chose the 2nd option. So here we go on my journey. Feel free to jump on up and please let me know throughout what i can do extra, Thanks everyone
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:18 pm
#262539
Here it is:
What the turnout plan is give or take a few details: