Yet another newbie.

[Andagail]

Hi, I have been driving my 1989 Accord LXi for about two weeks now. I got it for free. The first thing I did was have a muffler put on. There are so many things wrong with it. I plan to get them fixed as I get the money. Brake calipers, tires, cv joint, hood, grille, side dent...It's not too bad, yet. :D

I just love this car. It is so much fun to drive. I don't have to worry about running out of gas.

I will put up pictures soon.

Andagail

[ghettogeddy]

would have fixed those other probs before the muffler lol

anyways were you from and post some pics

[A18A]

putting a muffler on before replacing the faulty brake calipers.. nice

[Civic Accord Honda]

i would also of fixxed the brakes before muffler i even drove around with no muffler before lol

[Pico]

:welcome:

[race12001]

i would also of fixxed the brakes before muffler i even drove around with no muffler before lol

thats a real shocker but yea deffanetly would have done the brakes first

[MessyHonda]

welcome....get some nice pads and rotors these cars stop good with the right set up

[Andagail]

New brakes were put on before I got the car. When I stop quickly, the car sort of shimmies. One person said rotors, and another said calipers. I am getting that taken care of.
I knew someone who had carbon monoxide poisoning from poor exhaust. I had no muffler at all and the pipe was all holey.
I am paying for my "free" car. :)


Thanks for the welcome.

[bank2me]

Andagail welcome brother and i'd say replace the rotors, mine did the same and replaced rotors and it stopped. You should get pics soon. Good luck with the car man

[ghettogeddy]

Andagail welcome brother and i'd say replace the rotors, mine did the same and replaced rotors and it stopped. You should get pics soon. Good luck with the car man

x2 the rotors you have were prolly the cheapest the previous owner could get
just get some decent ones the shuttering should stop hell i have to do this myself got a lil warped rotor cant wait for the slot and drilled ones lol

[Andagail]

Hi, again. Thanks for the info on the rotors. I have to tell you, I am not a brother. I am, in fact, a sister. :lol: I am not a mechanic, either, big surprise. :) I live in Florida. In the HOTTEST part. My car window motor quit.

I will take pictures this evening or tomorrow and post them. Then y'all can tell me which things to fix first when I get to the body.

Andagail

[MessyHonda]

woot "sista" power!


my mom is the original owner of my frist car...haha

[GraniteLXI]

:welcome: You found a great place for info, and dont forget to post up some pics of your 3gee :)

[labeledsk8r]

welcome im another florida member and i feel your pain on the heat ( my windows are stuck up while i order new parts for the windows) hope you find everytihng you need... and one thing on the brakes it can actully be ball joints or other supention bushings going bad.. i just rebuilt my entire brake system and i still get shudering so check that stuff out

[Vanilla Sky]

Where in FL? We're looking to start some meets up.

[Andagail]

Hi, all. The rotors were replaced, too. The guy said that he's going to replace the calipers. I am in Gator Country.
I am getting the mechanical things taken care of before the cosmetic. One day I want to have the car back to the way it should be.
Here are some pictures. I resized them like another website liked their's resized, so we'll see if they work. The upload process is not what I am used to.
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7070/leftsidecarid0.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leftsidecarid0.jpg)
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/37/frontcarag4.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frontcarag4.jpg)
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8854/rightsidecarax2.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rightsidecarax2.jpg)
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/629/backcarew8.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=backcarew8.jpg)

Andagail
Oh, yeah, the hood was taken from another car and cut to fit. Sad, huh?

[cubert]

welcome to the site :tumbup:



The car definitely isnt the prettiest, but as long as it gets from point A to point B who cares....function before style.

[Andagail]

It is not the prettiest, I agree. :)
I had the front tires replaced. That got rid of the wobbling. Next thing would be the CV joint thing. Then alignment. Then...
Andagail