"Should I Buy This?"/"What Do You Think About This" Thread??

[dom yo]

Originally Posted by flyofftangent

Hey what do you think about junk yard parts? Can they be reliable?
A body shop gave me a lower estimate to fix the damage about ~$2k

they can be.. just make sure you take someone who knows what they are lookin at when you go to get the parts.. remember.. they are used!

[flyofftangent]

Thx for the advice... I decided against using this new guy...
He wanted me to put a deposit down for the parts before fixing my car.
It makes no sense since he'll have my car in his shop.

I also noticed the driver front spring to be a lil softer than the front pass spring so i'll probably need to do springs and shocks, and i'm not sure if the car after its fixed will be the same again.

Everything else on the car is well maintained, ie i'd trust it if i needed to road trip before the accident.

Any other opinions out there as to if i should keep this car or just send it to the salvage yard?

thanks

[AlejoDaGreat]

wassup guys...i need help deciding whether i should rebuild my engine or do a swap. i have a 93 civic ex 1.6 liter d16z6 engine. i want to know which is cheaper, 2 rebuild or 2 swap?

[2004CivicEX]

Hey i found these projector headlights just by searching google... they seem like a good price but i have no idea about the quality- what does everyone think?

link to projectors

or shall i go with the JDM black housing OEM ones??

JDM oem

[CrazyCajun]

I can't find anything anywhere about these. No one evidently wants to talk about them. Anway anybody have them or know anything about them? Opinions? Good? Bad? They're on the way to my house so it's a done deal anyway, just looking for some insight. They're going with Skunk2 springs, wheels are 215/45/17, camber kit is a must I know. Thanks!

[bluethunder]

Hey everyone this is my first post. I've sold hondas for the last 3 years but i havent been into modding or making hondas fast. I found this car on ebay and am debating on purchasing it. does this motor set-up have good potential??? im thinking or turboing but i heard turbo hondas typically have a lot of problems is N/A better??? i just want to reach around 300 BHP thanks for any feedback http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWA:IT&ih=009

[hondatuner1320]

here's my give and take:

Im lookin at test pipes on ebay.

Im using b18c in a 96 ex., if that affects length than tell me. ive read 13" on one site, and all the ones on ebay are saying 16 3/8, even for integras. will that fit my civic? i dont want to make the wrong choice. a guy with an integra bought the same length pipe and he said it was 1 inch too short. it was literally the same pipe, just advertised for the integra.

Originally Posted by Curse

aye peeps, i gotta 94 Civic Vti, manual transmission, n im wondering wat exhaust system would go well on it, i heard magnaflow and autotecnica r good.. i just want muffler n tip n im hoping 2 go twin tips as oppose 2 1 huge tip and i would like it 2 sound as nice as possible (obviously) and by nice i mean loud is ok 2. im already investing in a K&N or maybe even simota filter, 2 be xact i mean this 1,
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBay...&rd=1

so hopefully i achive the nice suction noise which'll be good, but yeh so wat u guys reckon? thanks in advance aye.

man, for awhile you could get a holly airmass for 250 shipped on ebay, magnaflow should be ok. Autotecnica, ive seen them in JC Whitney, they look kinda cheap, I'd say go with something else, some people here say OBX is good?

Originally Posted by Ibanez8O8

Yo whats goin on guys? I just got an 06 civic and pretty much all the sites I use to get parts from dont have much for 06's. Any ideas?

I think a lot of RSX engine parts will work on your car, or even better, i think you can do a JDM RSX engine swap if your willing to drop the money.

Originally Posted by 2004CivicEX

Hey i found these projector headlights just by searching google... they seem like a good price but i have no idea about the quality- what does everyone think?

link to projectors

or shall i go with the JDM black housing OEM ones??

JDM oem

go with black housing oem.

Originally Posted by AlejoDaGreat

wassup guys...i need help deciding whether i should rebuild my engine or do a swap. i have a 93 civic ex 1.6 liter d16z6 engine. i want to know which is cheaper, 2 rebuild or 2 swap?

I say swap. you will want to swap later anyways.

if your looking for budget swap, swap to b18b dohc non-vtec integra engine, you can upgrade to vtec later, ditching the ac and ps, throwing on a lightweight flywheel, and some cams, youll be pretty happy for untill you go vtec.
you can get a b16a for your app for like $1600, id say shipping around $400?
http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/produc...products_id=44
if you know how to drop an engine in (if you dont, theres whole books and websites dedicated to it), a swap might be cheaper than paying someone else to rebuild for you, but if you know how, its cheaper to rebuild.

rebuild: it really depends on whos doing the rebuild, I dont know how much they cost and i dont know how hard they are, but it really doesn seem worth it unless youre strapped for cash and you can do it yourself or get it done at cost of parts.

Originally Posted by bluethunder

Hey everyone this is my first post. I've sold hondas for the last 3 years but i havent been into modding or making hondas fast. I found this car on ebay and am debating on purchasing it. does this motor set-up have good potential??? im thinking or turboing but i heard turbo hondas typically have a lot of problems is N/A better??? i just want to reach around 300 BHP thanks for any feedback http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWA:IT&ih=009

Did you win it? thats a pretty good deal if the car is in good condition.

[bunnylicker1]

Looking to buy a 97' Civic with 115,000 miles on it.

The guy i am buying it from says he got it at 94k and doesn't know if the belt/pump was replaced. I would assume at 115k they must have been replaced to keep the car running. Other question is there any way to tell if the belt has been replaced? Think I should buy this car for 4 grand?

[BD]

Originally Posted by bunnylicker1

Looking to buy a 97' Civic with 115,000 miles on it.

The guy i am buying it from says he got it at 94k and doesn't know if the belt/pump was replaced. I would assume at 115k they must have been replaced to keep the car running. Other question is there any way to tell if the belt has been replaced? Think I should buy this car for 4 grand?

If there are no records you ALWAYS assume that it has not been done and you can use that as a bargaining tool. Say it's going to be ~$500 to do the timing belt, water pump, coolant etc and hack off that much from his asking price.

[hondatuner1320]

When youre saying water pump, are you saying to replace the water pump or check it or what?

Originally Posted by flyofftangent

Hey what do you think about junk yard parts? Can they be reliable?
A body shop gave me a lower estimate to fix the damage about ~$2k

dude, heres what id do, go to ebay, or a junkyard (whoever has the rear cover cheaper) make sure you get all the brackets, clips, and crap you need. do the bolt on work yourself, take it to a body shop. that should knock a few hundered off the work.

[charliemopps24]

Originally Posted by hondatuner1320

When youre saying water pump, are you saying to replace the water pump or check it or what?

Most people replace the water pump when they do the timing belt and tensioner. And yes, if they want $3000 for it say that you can only assume the belt has not been changed and say you can't pay full price. Tell them if they can find no documentation you can only give them $2500.

[DustinGerard]

I can not decide whether to buy regular euro lights or carbon euro lights for my 01 Civic EX. I think they both look great, so what do you guys think??

[TayloMade07]

Originally Posted by DustinGerard

I can not decide whether to buy regular euro lights or carbon euro lights for my 01 Civic EX. I think they both look great, so what do you guys think??

post some pics..or links

[DustinGerard]

Originally Posted by TayloMade07

post some pics..or links

Carbon Euros
http://www.procarparts.com/store-det...=onlinestoreDB

Plain Euros
http://www.procarparts.com/store-det...=onlinestoreDB

here is some pics of a Civic like mine with the Carbon Euros
http://www.hondashowoff.com/profile.php?id=2629
http://www.hondashowoff.com/profile.php?id=3399

and heres one with the Plain Euros
http://www.hondashowoff.com/profile.php?id=2544
http://www.hondashowoff.com/profile.php?id=2333

[n0tox]

I like the plain ones, but that's just me. At the end of the day, it's you who has to be happy with the car. They both look nice though. Good Luck!