- Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:22 pm
#332975
I picked this little thing up on mother's day for $800, first owner, was the guys dd for the past 15ish years, and needed it gone since he got a Fit. 178k on the motor and body, OEM Clutch (slips a bit in reverse but it's rare, kinda surprised how much life's left in it), needs a new timing belt (never been replaced, I get nervous driving it sometimes). The number one thing I love about it, is that it's a 5 speed. I HAD to make sure my first whip was stick, I can't stand driving an automatic. I have big plans for this, but for now it's prettymeh
IMG_20130515_095514 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
I totally forgot to take a picture when I brought it home, but here it is, the e-brake was out of adjustment so I had to go in and fix that myself, and I thought I might as well check the brake pads up front while I was at it. Clear coat chipping off the fenders and hood, so I took a paint scraper and worked all that off, eventually I'm repainting her FULLY so I'm not worried about it fading.
IMG_20130517_182308 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
When I went to go gawk at my engine bay, I was disgusted at how dirty it was, it's a '95 so I shouldn't have been AS shocked as I was, but I don't want it being filthy under there ya know?
IMG_20130517_172653 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
A few days after getting her I went out and picked up a can of engine degreaser, went all out, and let it sit for like 20 minutes while I went and got lunch. I came back, hosed her down, and started scrubbing at the rest with a wire brush I picked up at AutoZone.
IMG_20130517_061804 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
MUCH BETTER!
IMG_20130516_092456 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
There's no real significance to this picture, but I thought I'd show off my friend Alex's RSX, I've done every last bit of work on it; the rims, the calipers, the badges, the decal, and a performance mod or two (post-photo op).
IMG_20130613_125425 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
So later on I decided to spruce up the engine bay with some fresh paint. Ignore the blue, I seriously have no idea how ANY of that got there. Probably my little brothers messing around again -___-
IMG_20130613_125000 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
At this point I went ahead and painted the hood black. I kinda like the fact that all the paint looks terrible right now because it goes with the rest of my schism that I have going on with the rest of the car, I think it's kinda intimidating. Also I painted the steelies white and the lugs purple. Thought it looked pretty dope.
IMG_20130613_125015 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
Here's the back, nothing special here except my purple badge, it makes the car stand out from the crowd because you don't see too many purple Honda badges floating around. Also there's something missing here...
IMG_20130613_125020 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
WHERE'D MY MUFFLER GO?!?!?! I took it off for now (let the hate roll in!) until I get some cash to either straight-pipe or buy my friend's aftermarket exhaust, but for now I like the sound of it, it's different, much unlike a lot of the Civics you hear that sound like shit
IMG_20130613_125143 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
And what's any car without a set of fuzzy dice
IMG_20130613_125123 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
Now here's where the fun happens ;) over the past few days I've been doing a major weight reduction, well not MAJOR major, but it's a decent amount. I'm not gonna spend forever explaining what I took out, but I've shaved ~125 lbs off of her. Check the next two pictures:
IMG_20130613_125152 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
IMG_20130613_125256 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
So this is what I got for now! It's a pretty disgusting looking car, it needs some good work done to it, but it's my first car, I'm only 16, and I have all the time in the world so I'm not worried at the moment, it'll happen over time.
IMG_20130515_095514 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
I totally forgot to take a picture when I brought it home, but here it is, the e-brake was out of adjustment so I had to go in and fix that myself, and I thought I might as well check the brake pads up front while I was at it. Clear coat chipping off the fenders and hood, so I took a paint scraper and worked all that off, eventually I'm repainting her FULLY so I'm not worried about it fading.
IMG_20130517_182308 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
When I went to go gawk at my engine bay, I was disgusted at how dirty it was, it's a '95 so I shouldn't have been AS shocked as I was, but I don't want it being filthy under there ya know?
IMG_20130517_172653 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
A few days after getting her I went out and picked up a can of engine degreaser, went all out, and let it sit for like 20 minutes while I went and got lunch. I came back, hosed her down, and started scrubbing at the rest with a wire brush I picked up at AutoZone.
IMG_20130517_061804 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
MUCH BETTER!
IMG_20130516_092456 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
There's no real significance to this picture, but I thought I'd show off my friend Alex's RSX, I've done every last bit of work on it; the rims, the calipers, the badges, the decal, and a performance mod or two (post-photo op).
IMG_20130613_125425 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
So later on I decided to spruce up the engine bay with some fresh paint. Ignore the blue, I seriously have no idea how ANY of that got there. Probably my little brothers messing around again -___-
IMG_20130613_125000 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
At this point I went ahead and painted the hood black. I kinda like the fact that all the paint looks terrible right now because it goes with the rest of my schism that I have going on with the rest of the car, I think it's kinda intimidating. Also I painted the steelies white and the lugs purple. Thought it looked pretty dope.
IMG_20130613_125015 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
Here's the back, nothing special here except my purple badge, it makes the car stand out from the crowd because you don't see too many purple Honda badges floating around. Also there's something missing here...
IMG_20130613_125020 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
WHERE'D MY MUFFLER GO?!?!?! I took it off for now (let the hate roll in!) until I get some cash to either straight-pipe or buy my friend's aftermarket exhaust, but for now I like the sound of it, it's different, much unlike a lot of the Civics you hear that sound like shit
IMG_20130613_125143 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
And what's any car without a set of fuzzy dice
IMG_20130613_125123 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
Now here's where the fun happens ;) over the past few days I've been doing a major weight reduction, well not MAJOR major, but it's a decent amount. I'm not gonna spend forever explaining what I took out, but I've shaved ~125 lbs off of her. Check the next two pictures:
IMG_20130613_125152 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
IMG_20130613_125256 by chrisverde_eg8, on Flickr
So this is what I got for now! It's a pretty disgusting looking car, it needs some good work done to it, but it's my first car, I'm only 16, and I have all the time in the world so I'm not worried at the moment, it'll happen over time.
Last edited by chris_verde_ on Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:01 pm, edited 3 times in total.
)I got one headlight done, as you can see below:
with all the parts that I've painted, I know they can be easily taken care of if things went wrong, like the silver in the way back maybe not so much, although there's probably a way, but that was just god-awful haha. I'm redoing the exterior paintjob over the summer so whatever happens on the outside I don't really mind because it's all getting redone anyways