anyone in southwest Idaho?
anyone in southwest Idaho?
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
Twin falls here. I used to live in Boise. Turabaka (my homey) is in Boise, as well as about 3 other 3geezers.
Last edited by BITESIZE; 02-09-2009 at 01:06 PM.
yeah, i'm in Boise...no third gens around here really except a few commuter guys that don't take care of theirs. so it's kind of a lone ranger situation out here. no one to show me the ropes on these cars, haha.
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
Yeah man I'm in Boise. We should hang out sometime.
Also, Bitesize I might have to make a trip up to your house this spring and have give me a crash course in body work. I'm getting really tired of all the little dents and dings in my car, and I really want to repaint it this year.
Lostforawhile:we have to pick on him he's CAH he spray painted himself into this corner with the accord.
hey turabaka, what's your availability man? i've got a suspension problem like no one's business, and need that shit fixed stat. the strut's all wobblin' and shit, and i can feel it in the steering wheel too...plus i need someone who's got some tools i can use to pull the shock assembly out and possibly try and fix the problem. the kid i bought this thing from put ground control coil overs in here and he installed them wrong i'm sure.
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
sadly I have to work pretty much every day this week. As soon as next weeks work schedule comes out though I'll shoot you a pm or give you a call, and we can get that taken care of. Thankfully shocks are pretty easy to do on this car.Originally Posted by 3rd Party
Lostforawhile:we have to pick on him he's CAH he spray painted himself into this corner with the accord.
hopefully...i need to figure out why the strut is loose enough to move back and forth, and up and down. shit's fucking whack...the guy who had it before me must've dropped it too far or something...i don't know, i'm sure you know the blue accord, with the black hood...dropped down like no one's business.
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
yep. I actually met the guy that owned it before you. I had no idea he sold it though.
it's that one right?
Lostforawhile:we have to pick on him he's CAH he spray painted himself into this corner with the accord.
3rd party.... I told that guy he was going to have problems. You need to go with Trevor (turabaka) to jalopy jungle and get a whole stock suspension and start over. I told him he was going to regret it, and guess what, he sold his fucking car to you. I pitty you severly. Listen to me. Go get a stock suspension and start over. Your suspension is ruined and you will end wrecking or killing yourself in that car. Hell, bring your car to twin with the "stock parts you get from the junk yard" and I'll help you put them in about 2 hours. Yes, I am the master, I can help you with anything you need, except I live 150 miles away.
You know Trevor, I was about to throw away all my straight board sandpaper away on Saturday when I cleaned the garage, but something said no. Come to Twin falls sometime and I'll help you out. I have everything you need and nothing a few dollars couldn't fix.
P.s.
5 speed swap = Bitesizes car this spring time very soon......Just need the 5 speed linkage, and that can wait till last, because It's not my daily driver. My vacation starts over Mid March, so let me know when you want to do it. Shit we can do the 5 speed swap, your body work and go fishing in what.....the two days it takes us to do all this. lol.
Last edited by BITESIZE; 02-09-2009 at 03:57 PM.
sweet. give me a call when you get all the parts, and I'll come by and help you swap it all over.
Lostforawhile:we have to pick on him he's CAH he spray painted himself into this corner with the accord.
yup, i bought it from him a couple weeks ago. but this week i was raising it back up so that the wheels wouldn't tuck, and i wouldn't have to slow down to like 15-mph through intersections, and the passenger front strut assembly's like nothing i've ever seen. so far i've had to replace the battery, change the oil, fidget with the intake piece so i wouldn't get shocked from touching the filter element that was rubbing up against the distributor wires, bleed the brakes, and i have to go to Jolopy (spelling?) to grab the bleeder valves off the rear brakes of another third gen since the ones on this one snapped off while trying to loosen them. so...lots to come for this car, lots of TLC...
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
BITESIZE:
yeah, i'm probably going to end up buying a new set of KYB GR-2s, with some Eibach springs, drop it only an inch IF that. really this car's supposed to be our commuter car for work and shit. my heart belongs to the Z31 300ZX, haha.
Last edited by 3rd Party; 02-09-2009 at 04:00 PM. Reason: quoted wrong
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
3rd party, the guy that had the car before you was an idiot... If you have eibach ground controls right now, save them for me
well the only thing i have right now are those ground control springs/sleeves that came with this car back when i bought it, which i'll gladly toss to the side as the worse thing since rice became hip. but seriously, the front passenger, "sleeve/coilover" thing is FUCKED...the only good thing is the spring...the sleeve's been rubbed down to hardly anything
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
Well, you and turabaka need to make a roadtrip to Twin this spring sometime and I'll fix you both up nice. 3rd party this is the about the 7th 3gee I've worked on and I've owned 4 3gees in my day. My brother has owned 3 3gees in his day, so I'm very experienced with them.
I just need the linkage, but that doesn't really matter, because that will be the last thing that needs installed as it is. You tell me when you can come after March 25th, and I'll take a week off work and we'll have a 3gee orgy. lol
well i need to find some fix to keep that strut from wobbling around like that for now until i can get the new struts and springs...'cause i'm seriously at my mind's end...haha, i've got an SOS situation over here!! ha
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
I've been in that situation. Just like i told that guy who owned the car before you. Why do you think he sold it? Anyways, if you need any help pm me and I'll give you my phone number and I'll help you out.
Heres a tip. The only way to have a good looking car that low to the ground is to have air bags.
dude, i've NEVER lowered any of my cars, mostly 'cause i've owned cars that don't really require the need to be lowered...FIRST i'm not going fast enough half the time to really get the full benefit of having a, "low" car...and the car's i've built and raced are all straight line cars...so, no need, haha
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
I'm free pretty much whenever just say when and I'll get the time off from work.
ps. Almost forgot, but I hear there's an 1/8th mile track up near you. We should set it up so that I'm up there the same week as they have a test and tune at the track. Apparently it's pretty empty so you can get a crapload of runs in. Picked up that piece of info from a guy who runs motorcycles at Firebird.
Last edited by turabaka; 02-09-2009 at 08:59 PM.
Lostforawhile:we have to pick on him he's CAH he spray painted himself into this corner with the accord.
test and tune = fun...seriously, we need to get a good group of people together who know what they're doing, and can bring something worth proving. maybe branch off into an Idaho based third gen forum??
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
My car is slow ass hell, but i'm game.
well hell, a group doesn't necessarily have to be, "fast." it's just nice to have a group of people to cruise with, end at a bar or something, and have a few drinks and bullshit.
1987 Honda Accord LX-i (A20A3) (179k)
79-whp, 103-wtq (Performance Solutions)
"...if you type, 'Google' into Google you'll break the internet..."
Sometime the last of March?
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