'89 LX-i...

[paul]

Hey guys,

Just bought a 89 LX-i, 89k miles, stock. Always liked the older acuras/hondas, was trying to find a similar gen. prelude, but all of them were molested and/or with high miles...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/PIC2.jpg

My other car's very happy it's no longer on daily-driver duty, solely a track/autocross car from now on! :)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IMG_0038.jpg

[86ccord]

nice find on the honda.. and nice cobra..

Welcome to 3geez.. hope you enjoy your stay!!

:welcome:

[Pico]

:welcome: any plans for the Accord

[paul]

Thanks for the welcome guys!
The double wishbone susp. on all corners / sunroof / pop-up lights is pretty cool stuff!

In terms of plans, I drive 30k+ miles a year, so mods woudn't be money well spent (e.g. sitting in traffic & in 5th on highways 90% of the time). I'd like to own the car at least 7yrs more, at which time I can put vintage plates on it! Car would have around 288,000 miles by then, not completely unrealistic right?

I need to order parts like a front license plate bracket, sunroof 'shade/cover', & valve cover gasket kit; anyone know a good site to order new-old stock parts from?

Thanks!

[Civic Accord Honda]

looks nice and rust free :D
should take thos center caps off tho looks much better with out them

[mushroom_toy]

You should definitely be able to make it to that mileage. I drive a LOT and im sitting at 406k. :)

[forrest89sei]

Looking Good :D

[bank2me]

:welcome: and very nice car man. I'd check your local junkyard for that stuff you listed or maybe ebay. More than likely a jy though they usually have little shit like that. :D

[GraniteLXI]

:welcome: Nice find! I would say your goal seems realistic :) Nice Cobra BTW, my older bro has a Cobra SVT....fun stuff lol

[paul]

The wheels cleaned up nice! both pics were taken in the same lighting...
(Might need to click the pics to enlarge)...
before...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IM000875.jpg
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08252/im000875295.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs128&d=08252&f=im000875295.jpg)
after...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IM0008742.jpg
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08252/im000874_2_109.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs128&d=08252&f=im000874_2_109.jpg)
Might start clay bar'ing the car this weekend, or maybe just a little collinite 845...

[86ccord]

http://www.carpartswholesale.com/

you can get things for our cars there and they are reasonably priced also.. ive gotten alot of things there... so go look and see what you need...

[MessyHonda]

i remember i washed my rims and they looked just like that....now they are black with break dust all on them....i would recomend using a ceramic pad with low dust

[markmdz89hatch]

welcome to the board Paul. Looks like you got yourself a nice clean sedan there. Where in NY are you? For the license plate bracket, keep an eye out on this board, there's always someone parting out their cars.

Valve cover gaskets, really anywhere. There's regularly someone on ebay selling a full gasket kit pretty cheap if you're thinking about doing an overhaul. If not, you should be able to get it just about anywhere (AutoZone, AdvanceAuto, PepBoys, NAPA, etc) pretty cheap.

[paul]

Thanks guys!

I've never seen such bad brake dust on a car actually, but the mpg more than makes up for it, on my 3rd tank, and never had less than 36mpg; which includes a fair amount of time 'parked' in LIE traffic!

I'm from suffolk county, long island.

[frantik]

:welcome:

[Civic Accord Honda]

The wheels cleaned up nice! both pics were taken in the same lighting...
(Might need to click the pics to enlarge)...
before...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IM000875.jpg
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08252/im000875295.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs128&d=08252&f=im000875295.jpg)
after...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/pj350/IM0008742.jpg
http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08252/im000874_2_109.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs128&d=08252&f=im000874_2_109.jpg)
Might start clay bar'ing the car this weekend, or maybe just a little collinite 845...
damnit man that make me miss my lxi rims XD

[frantik]

wheels look good just go buy some silver spray paint for the center caps :thumbup:

[MessyHonda]

it reminds me of my car when i got it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/Messybone/LX-i/DSCF1955Small.jpg