1989 RT4wd Project

1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
in Rides & Builds- Civic wagons
well to anyone that knows me knows i have a 1991 super charged civic wagon that i LOVE to death. well a good family friend of mine and fellow forum member found me a little gem for 600 bucks that just needs a head gasket. just needs some good old cleaning but for the price she is a great looking car. the best part is 100% in tact and 100000000000000% NO RUST!!!! as the title says its a 89 4wd model automatic. has the accessory rear speaker pods and the lower center console.which will be transfered to the main love my 91 lol. but this will be my build thread for this car and all my progress of cleaning and working on. so here are a few pics from today of me bringing her home. :punk::punk: well now iam up to three cars lol:ohgeez: but this one iam really looking forward to. and as for you SEEKERone see it took me longer then an hour to post up pics lol. enjoy.....


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  • unlimited02unlimited02 Senior Wagonist
    good buy... can't wait to see more of it...
  • MrLewayneMrLewayne Wagonist
    Awesome. I love when threads like these start!
  • MrLewayneMrLewayne Wagonist
    And I didn't notice the black interior til just now. Looks awesome man.
  • ohyeahcrxohyeahcrx New Wagonist
    I really hope your keeping that 'grocery getter' sticker on the back window haha. It looks dope and fits the car very nicely. In for this build!
  • NJCIVICWAGON1NJCIVICWAGON1 Council Member
    Wow! Congrats! Anyone looking for a wagon would be very jealous of you my friend. Very nice pick up for $600! No rust!!!! Thats great! Cant wait to be this build.
  • SparklesSparkles Wagonist
    You bastard! $600? That thing is so sweet! I love the color matched wheels
  • Kelcey94Kelcey94 Band Wagon
    LUCKY! im so jealous :/
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    lol thanks guys. its going to be intresting to say the least. i bought it knowing that it has NO rear drive shaft. so its good ol 2wd now lol. but i am on the hunt for said item. ill be taking pics along the way the same as the white wagon build. but i am starting with cleaning up the seats and painting some stuff the retard that had it before me did. but for the price i couldnt pass it up. as for the sticker on the back oh yeah that stays i have one on my 91 as well lol.
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    ahhh, ok so phaze one consist of removing the interior to clean and paint some items. got everything out of it only thing left is the dash and that will come out for paint after i get the head on it. mainly cause id like to take it to work to blow out and vacum and ill just pull the dash out there. so with that being said the kid that had the car before me didnt really know what he had cause for a wagon with 250k on it the interior was in really good shape. if anyone has seen one of these before they know that the seats are alll ways torn and fucked up. granted doo doo brown isnt the best looking color for a cars interior but at least it was all there and not torn broken or really stained. so the retard decided to spray paint it all shiney black and it just looks like ass. so iam going back to the stock brown. used some aircraft remover to all the plastic pannels to get back to stock but iam still working on that so pics of that later. the main thing was cleaning the seats and carpet....any who enough b.s. and on with pics.....:thumbsup:

    rear section of carpet before...not too too bad but yeah.

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    yeah cleaning....:mhihi:

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    after....

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    nasty front carpet...
    more cleaning with a helper this time..

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    kinda had a blow out with the hose lol:hide:
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    seats cleaned up.....still want to use some kinda oxyclean on them...heard that works wonders. but all and all not in bad shape.

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    wifey wanted to help tear some shit out...she really loves wagons and likes to learn car stuff. granted she cant work too long being all prego and all lol

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    big stain before...

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  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Good stuff, man! I may have some brown interior stuff leftover from a current project...I'm not sure how much is going back in yet.
  • ohyeahcrxohyeahcrx New Wagonist
    You should post up all the cleaning supplies and methods you used to clean the carpet and seats! In for the build
  • wyld kardz ee2wyld kardz ee2 Senior Wagonist
    did you clean your floor boards?if so what did you use.im planning on ripping out my carpet for good today.till I buy a brand new one.
  • unlimited02unlimited02 Senior Wagonist
    looking great... cant wait to see more...
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    ill post up some pics of products when i get home...but no i havent cleaned the floor board or any interior of the car yet. just ripped everything out. ill be cleaning that later..thanks for the support though :)
  • turbo_tegturbo_teg Council Member
    wow i need to do this to my new wago.
  • FakeJDMEF8FakeJDMEF8 Senior Wagonist
    congrats on the car!

    i spot cleaned my carpet and its looking a lot better. that "Tuff Stuff" fabric cleaner Wally Mart sells is great. 2-3 cans for the carpet/same wash as above and it will look mint again! probably do the seats too. they is nastyyy.
  • 3rd4ce3rd4ce Council Member
    looking nice man....
    all that tan interior is nice.....

    Mine is next...
  • civicboycivicboy Band Wagon
    Was that a Mugen Tat on your leg ??
    And also nice find with the Wagon ..
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    crappy pics i know and its NOT final...iam going to use some SEM paint and paint the door pannels brown again to be stock. but iam going to do the headlinner,sunvisors,and door pannel inserts in this plaid fabric. i priced out that fake burberry shit and they wanted hella money for it so i found some other plaid i liked for 3 bucks a yard....here is my general idea for it. and again the door pannels will be brown and it will be tucked a bit more. i just have to find a spray glue that will hold...

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    yeah thats a mugen tat lol....and yeah iam going to do the seats. but thanks again for the support..
  • nerdariostompnerdariostomp Wagonist
    make sure to use some gnarly spray adhesive on the headliner/doors. get the best they have...it's like 10 a bottle or something, but its worth it. nice job on the cleanup though man. it'll look nice. get a wooden steering wheel and shift knob to make it look rad...maybe some seat beads hehe. that'd be cool






























    oh and tell your girl to stop showin off haha

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  • SparklesSparkles Wagonist
    I did exactly the same thing when I got my wagon; whole interior out. I used woolite on the seats-let them sit for a few min then used my power washer to rinse them off. The seats looked clean but the water looked like root beer when I rinsed them! Gross!

    I then filled the floor pan with water and dilluted degreaser to get rid of 20yrs of gross-ass grime that made it through the carpet. I scrubbed it all down and then used my wet/dry vac to pull all the water out. Az is so dry that everything was dry the next day.
  • wyld kardz ee2wyld kardz ee2 Senior Wagonist
    love the fabric man.plan on doing the same to mine.found some fabric at wal-mart that's kind of similar.
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    k cool thats what i was wondering for the spray glue shit. i used some other stuff i thought was strong on my accord and it would fall down every other week or so. so thats my whole issue now finding the best stuff. seat beads are a must and never though about a wood wheel. that does sound pretty badass ill have to look into that. as far as pressure washing the seat i wanted to but i was affraid of how much water would be sucked up into the foam and then id never get them dry......i really dont want them to have a wet moldy smell......and ill have to go to town on the floor boards in there when i get to that point. just sucks on how dirty the guy kept this car. just damn gross. like you said the water comming out of this stuff looks like dark tea.






    lol oh and ill let her know...she is 7 months preggo now so that will make her feel good lol
  • Kelcey94Kelcey94 Band Wagon
    nice! i like that fabric, going to look badass!
  • NJCIVICWAGON1NJCIVICWAGON1 Council Member
    Going to look real good wen its all done! 8)
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
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    still needs another coat but you get the idea...getting ready for the inserts.
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    the way our spare room looks as of now lol

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    visor rewrapped...
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  • 3rd4ce3rd4ce Council Member
    U make it look to easy... :o
  • 1991KA81991KA8 Wagonist
    3rd4ce wrote:
    U make it look to easy... :o
    :lol: its not that hard to start with but thanks......

    got a few more things done here this weekend.

    started to do the door pannels...nevermind my white ass leg lol
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    started to take the old head off....as it sat before:::
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    new one going on....
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    retard that had it before, had NO thermostat installed and both fans tied together off the compressor. so no fans and no t stat = toasty
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    did have some help though....
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  • CharbCharb Administrator
    Nice work man
  • unlimited02unlimited02 Senior Wagonist
    looking better everytime...
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