Cork
10-12-2010, 12:00 AM
Hello 3geez, greetings from Australia, I'm Cork!
Yep, my real name. Surname anyway.
I bought my current 89 Accord Si for $200AUS in September 2009, without insurance, and in fairly bad condition. I bought it off my cousin because he didn't want it anymore, how lucky. It ended up being my 18th birthday present.
I don't actually have a photo from when I first got my car, because I didn't care about it, haha. But this is days before I got my license;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/IMG_0017.jpg
If you look closely, you may see the heinous amount of rust in the sunroof...
Close up;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/012.jpg
It was fairly gross, but easily fixable!
The reason it was so rusty is because the previous-previous owner had sealed the sunroof shut because it was leaking, thinking it was a faulty seal.
Alas, after a quick google search, I found out there was actually a common problem with the drainage lines being blocked, so I un-sealed the sunroof carefully, and the wiring/switch/sliders all still worked, and the sunroof opened nicely.
Here is my lovely friend Jaime being antisocial after i fixed the rust / paintwork;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/035.jpg
More to come when I can be bothered, hopefully putting some money into this 2.0ltr beast for my birthday at the end of this month.
Yep, my real name. Surname anyway.
I bought my current 89 Accord Si for $200AUS in September 2009, without insurance, and in fairly bad condition. I bought it off my cousin because he didn't want it anymore, how lucky. It ended up being my 18th birthday present.
I don't actually have a photo from when I first got my car, because I didn't care about it, haha. But this is days before I got my license;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/IMG_0017.jpg
If you look closely, you may see the heinous amount of rust in the sunroof...
Close up;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/012.jpg
It was fairly gross, but easily fixable!
The reason it was so rusty is because the previous-previous owner had sealed the sunroof shut because it was leaking, thinking it was a faulty seal.
Alas, after a quick google search, I found out there was actually a common problem with the drainage lines being blocked, so I un-sealed the sunroof carefully, and the wiring/switch/sliders all still worked, and the sunroof opened nicely.
Here is my lovely friend Jaime being antisocial after i fixed the rust / paintwork;
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/Rivallewis/035.jpg
More to come when I can be bothered, hopefully putting some money into this 2.0ltr beast for my birthday at the end of this month.