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I recently purchased a 1990 Honda Accord LX. It's a 5-speed, 4-door with the red cloth interior. This poor little car was on it's way to the scrap yard because the guy had no use for it any more. I offered him what it was worth in scrap value and he said sold. Still runs great, but does need some work. Right off the bat I'm going to have to replace the passenger half shaft as the cv joint is clicking pretty bad, so I'm just going to replace the driver side as well and call it good. The exterior is pretty rough with rust and what not. I'm guessing the person this guy bought it from was in a minor collision as the front bumper is held on with a few bolts and zip ties and the metal behind the corner lights are crumpled a tad. It has the typical Honda rust on the rear quarters/wheel wells, but I don't think any Honda I've owned hasn't had that.
My plans for this car is to build it into a clean looking daily driver, possibly throw 8-10 lbs of boost on it down the road, and pass it down to my son when he is old enough to drive. I've been doing a lot of digging around here for ideas and parts. Boost_Lee ... I love love love the look of your car. The Xenon kit looks awesome, good job. I also really like the look of the Value Sports kits, but haven't really had luck finding a US supplier for it.
As far as interior goes I got pretty lucky. Almost everything is mint. The cloth on the door panels are starting to sag towards the rear, but from what I can tell that's common with these cars. There are a few dings in the headliner, but no big deal there. I'm going to have to go through with some good cleaners though as the car set in the previous owners garage for over a year and some spiders moved in on top of all the dust that collected in the car. It still has the stock cassette radio, so I'll upgrade that and throw in some better speakers. Maybe some small subs, but I don't find myself jamming out like I used to when I was younger. Kids will do that to you.
Sorry I haven't taken any pictures yet, but I'll throw some up when I get some time to finish cleaning it. So, with what I've set as a goal, just looking for some input/suggestions. I plan on keeping the F22A1, so thanks but no thanks on the engine swap ideas.
I recently purchased a 1990 Honda Accord LX. It's a 5-speed, 4-door with the red cloth interior. This poor little car was on it's way to the scrap yard because the guy had no use for it any more. I offered him what it was worth in scrap value and he said sold. Still runs great, but does need some work. Right off the bat I'm going to have to replace the passenger half shaft as the cv joint is clicking pretty bad, so I'm just going to replace the driver side as well and call it good. The exterior is pretty rough with rust and what not. I'm guessing the person this guy bought it from was in a minor collision as the front bumper is held on with a few bolts and zip ties and the metal behind the corner lights are crumpled a tad. It has the typical Honda rust on the rear quarters/wheel wells, but I don't think any Honda I've owned hasn't had that.
My plans for this car is to build it into a clean looking daily driver, possibly throw 8-10 lbs of boost on it down the road, and pass it down to my son when he is old enough to drive. I've been doing a lot of digging around here for ideas and parts. Boost_Lee ... I love love love the look of your car. The Xenon kit looks awesome, good job. I also really like the look of the Value Sports kits, but haven't really had luck finding a US supplier for it.
As far as interior goes I got pretty lucky. Almost everything is mint. The cloth on the door panels are starting to sag towards the rear, but from what I can tell that's common with these cars. There are a few dings in the headliner, but no big deal there. I'm going to have to go through with some good cleaners though as the car set in the previous owners garage for over a year and some spiders moved in on top of all the dust that collected in the car. It still has the stock cassette radio, so I'll upgrade that and throw in some better speakers. Maybe some small subs, but I don't find myself jamming out like I used to when I was younger. Kids will do that to you.
Sorry I haven't taken any pictures yet, but I'll throw some up when I get some time to finish cleaning it. So, with what I've set as a goal, just looking for some input/suggestions. I plan on keeping the F22A1, so thanks but no thanks on the engine swap ideas.
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