Finally getting some pics up!

[ronniman]

So for anyone who did not see my last thread ill some everything up quick and get to the good stuff ( The pics haha ) anyways...

Back in Feb. when I got my tax return I hit Craigslist in search of a 93 civic Hatch ( The car ive been wanting since 4th grade ) but I ended up coming across an 86 accord lxi no photos or anything just a number and a name with a description I called and worked out a possible price if the car was what he said it was that price being $1300 didn't seem to bad as the clutch was just replaced and only had 107k all power locks and windows worked ( according to the guy) I had a buddy drive me down there and the car was great! The moon roof was the selling point haha this Phx Az sun is brutal but that'll be awesome during winter anyways great car in great condition I took it home and haven't regretted it at all!!

May 2nd im on my way home from dropping my wife off at work and Boom! this old lady cuts across 2 lanes to try and pull into a parking lot cutting a car off and making me T-bone her see the images below:

The Ladies car:

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My car:

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As you can see there was hardly any damage lol the ladies insurance company gave me a list of shops to take it to so I took it in ( got to drive a 2012 eclipse spyder convertible as the rental ) it was ok but I was missing my Honda so after waiting 2 months + a couple days I got tired of waiting as there didnt seem to appear to be that much damage... I called the insurance company and they were shocked I still had the rental they thought the shop already returned my car all that fun stuff so after a bill of $2500 + on just the rental ( of course the insurance company picked up this tab) they decided to total the car of course all this happened on the day the shop got all the parts in for my car ( very lucky) the insurance company paid me $3800 for the car I bought it back for $300 and instead of salvaging the title they let me get historic plates ( adds a nice touch I dont mind ) the shop made a deal with me and installed the new bumper and replaced the lights and all so it worked out for about $800 ( a little high but w.e the money was free) so I walked away with $2700 and my car back with a new bumper and finally all my blinkers were working for once! ( I forgot to mention while my car was in the shop we had a bad storm and one of the storage shelves fell on my trunk hence the damage you will be seeing later in this post so now that you know the story here is what I have done since the best accident of my life ( it helped me pay off some debt I had and do a little work to the car! not bad!)

First thing I did was install a Universal Short Ram intake that a buddy gave me off his car he had 5 years ago lol as well as replaced the distributor cap wires and plugs and cleaned under the hood a little to clean it up.


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Ive also installed a sound system my buddy sold me his 800w kenwood amp for $25 whoa! what a good friend eh? on top of that i purchased to 10' kicker comp subs and a band pass box took out the back seat and build a wall for the subs ( I didnt do the best job so ill be going back to fix this as time permits just wanted it out of the way for now)


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I also bought 17'' rims with low profile tires for $300 on craigslist (youde be amazed with the deals you could find) tires still have about 80-90% tred left on them.

before I post that pic im going to show you the paint I redid after the shop repairs since the photo of my touch up includes a wheel shot before I post the full shots...
Before:


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After:
(including the rim/wheel shot)

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Oh and of course some stickers... Im an Android freak lol...

[ronniman]

You gotta love the AZ Sunsets...


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Also...


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I tried wet sanding/waxing the hood here is a before and after as well ( I hope to either have the whole car repainted soon or maybe getting it wrapped? maybe some feedback on that topic would be appreciated ) I was thinking of doing a darker grey maybe go with the stock paint for that year or going a little further and doing a lime green ( androidish color) with white rims any ideas or opinions are welcome oh yea was also thinking a Flat white with smoked rims ( close to the current color they are)
anyway to the pics...

Before:

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After:
( I only spent about an hour if that on this I think if i spend more time and do the whole care I may not even need to have it painted if I can bring this paint back to life)


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And now to the last of the photos just some shots I took with my cell phone during a sunset my stupid camera wasn't working so had to make do with what I had ( not that these photos are any different as all the photos were taken with my cell phone lol ) just wish my camera would have worked for these lol...

Ohhh I dont mean to tease im sorry haha but this weekend I will be installing my lowering coils I picked up yesterday they are a 2.25" drop cant wait to see them on!


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Now on with the "Glamor" shots ha ( im not photographer sorry )


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[ronniman]

I cant believe I left off the Actual first thing I did the day I got the car back lol, I had the whole exhaust piping re-done not bad for a total of $180 including the exhaust itself ( got that for $60 off Craigslist brand new in box)


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Hope you enjoyed I will be updating this thread as I go im going to be adding a computer to the car with a 4.3'' display with Wifi and wireless keyborad with a a build in track pad for anyone interested the PC im using is going to be a a Raspberry Pi B board that im making so I can take it in and out of the car and it will be acting as a web box for my TV as well the reason for the Wifi in the car is for tethering from my phone Ive been on the back order list for a few months now and just got an email today that they just got them back in stock and my package has shipped ive just been waiting for the Pi itself ive already got the monitor ( im using a backup camera display sceen I picked up for $20 on amazon) Cant think of anything else for now lol sorry this was so F**king long!


Oh and Ive also got an alarm installed as well in case anyone is interested lol...

Peace!

*NOTE*
Had to post in 3 separate posts due to amount of photos

Also am I the only one bothered by the way this forums posts replies first and not last? so strange lol...

[Civic Accord Honda]

you can change the way the posts are in the settings i have mine going downward (ie post 1 at top and post 100 at botom since i have 100 post per a page as well lol)

car looks nice!

[ronniman]

you can change the way the posts are in the settings i have mine going downward (ie post 1 at top and post 100 at botom since i have 100 post per a page as well lol)

car looks nice!

Hell yea thanks man that been driving me nuts! lol! and thanks for the comment on the car ill keep posting more as I go was just pretty lazy for a while there lol

[obdriver6]

Car look very clean! Are those the ebay springs I've been seeing lately?

[ronniman]

Car look very clean! Are those the ebay springs I've been seeing lately?

I actually picked them up from an ad I found on Craigslist its a local company ( i hadn't heard of it till i got these but after asking around a few people ive talked to know it) anyways its called airbagit add a .com to that for there website here is link to the actual springs http://www.airbagit.com/Lowered-drop...x-acc-8689.htm but since i picked them up they only charged $75 came to basically $82 after tax but im a little worried im gunna be rubbing as im on 17's with 7" wide tires... but only one way to find out. And thanks for the kind words!

[obdriver6]

I guess depending on your wheel offset and how wide the tires are. When I had 17"x7", the back tires would rub like crazy with enough weight but I've seen others that wont have any problems. I guess you'll find out once you install them.

[ronniman]

I guess depending on your wheel offset and how wide the tires are. When I had 17"x7", the back tires would rub like crazy with enough weight but I've seen others that wont have any problems. I guess you'll find out once you install them.

Damn that sucks... now im not so excited about doing it lol, any chance you remember the size tire you used? as im running 205/40/17 im still gunna do it but i think its getting delayed till tomorrow now gotta go to my neices birthday maybe i can get atleast the 2 front ones on tonight? we'll see this is going to be my first install so just wanna make sure i give myself enough light and stuff, just a question do you think a week with the new coils and no alignment would be a bad thing to do? i dont get paid again tiill next friday so i gotta wait on that.

[89HatchbackLxi]

IMO the paint on the hood looks too far gone to repair... Even with using wetsanding and wax/compound. You can see the clear coat has failed entirely in the center of the areas where it's started failing. I had that crap starting up in a few super tiny patches on my roof when I first got the car. Polishing and buffing just seemed to make it worse every time after the wax would wear off. I think it's because it's really just decreasing (very slightly) the amount of paint left each time. After all, even just the polishing rag/buffer will turn the color of the paint when you wax/buff it.

[-$MOKIN-]

205 40 17's work perfectly . No rub on my car