My first honda, RT4wd
JackV
Wagonist
Well this is my first tango in the honda world, and i must say. I love it. Parts are relatively cheap until in comes down to body parts haha.
Here's the story of how i got my RT.
i was perusing through craigslist one after noon and i was look for DD's since my sister was looking to get something to commute with. We were looking at CRX's and stuff. And we clicked on a crx that was the light blue color. as soon as i saw it, i was like if there was a wagon that color i would force you to buy it. we laughed and continued to search. a few pages later there was a title "1990 honda civic wagon" i had her click on it. it said it ran great had some dings, no picture. So i called the guy and we went and looked at it.
we were almost to the house and i just see the top of it and what do you know, it was the light blue color that im in love with. we pull in, and little did i know it said "real time 4wd" on the side, so in my mind i was like "WE ARE BUYING THIS" we look at it, my sister isn't impressed cause it was dirty as hell on the inside, and clunked in the rear end. So we told the guy we would let him know later.
the next day with a little convincing a friend and i went to go offer some cash on it. the guy was wanting 1200 for it, I nit picked the hell outta the car and told him i would give him 600 for it. We stood there awkwardly for about 5 minutes and he said alright. i was happy as could be at that point. then his friend comes up to me and says "i hope you know your really fucking over a good friend of mine" i didn't know what to say so i smiled, got in the wagon and took off haha.
all that was wrong with it was the timing belt was a little loose, and it ended up needing a drivers side axle. so for 700 bucks, i have a decent wagon rt4wd as well.
on to pics:
with my basket weaves on:
then on December 1st this happened:
car got deemed totaled.
this is how it sits currently
is it weird that i laughed when i saw the fender was rolled like this:
Here's the story of how i got my RT.
i was perusing through craigslist one after noon and i was look for DD's since my sister was looking to get something to commute with. We were looking at CRX's and stuff. And we clicked on a crx that was the light blue color. as soon as i saw it, i was like if there was a wagon that color i would force you to buy it. we laughed and continued to search. a few pages later there was a title "1990 honda civic wagon" i had her click on it. it said it ran great had some dings, no picture. So i called the guy and we went and looked at it.
we were almost to the house and i just see the top of it and what do you know, it was the light blue color that im in love with. we pull in, and little did i know it said "real time 4wd" on the side, so in my mind i was like "WE ARE BUYING THIS" we look at it, my sister isn't impressed cause it was dirty as hell on the inside, and clunked in the rear end. So we told the guy we would let him know later.
the next day with a little convincing a friend and i went to go offer some cash on it. the guy was wanting 1200 for it, I nit picked the hell outta the car and told him i would give him 600 for it. We stood there awkwardly for about 5 minutes and he said alright. i was happy as could be at that point. then his friend comes up to me and says "i hope you know your really fucking over a good friend of mine" i didn't know what to say so i smiled, got in the wagon and took off haha.
all that was wrong with it was the timing belt was a little loose, and it ended up needing a drivers side axle. so for 700 bucks, i have a decent wagon rt4wd as well.
on to pics:
with my basket weaves on:
then on December 1st this happened:
car got deemed totaled.
this is how it sits currently
is it weird that i laughed when i saw the fender was rolled like this:
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just gotta get a corner light. then it'll be back to how it was yay
i just kinda pounded the fender out along with the hood, its not pretty but at least its functional.
I'll get pics tomorrow.
and just rolled over 238,000 miles.
eventually get a lift from stampern, get some 15x8 wheels and mud tires. Make this beast a lil 4wd mobber.
heres how it sits right meow. EG struts with sleeves. this is as low as i can go until i get my camber kit
and i said screw it and used a spare e30 drive shaft i took apart to roll and flare the fenders a lil bit haha. the front fenders were trash anyway.
here's my lil dash guy:
but here are some recent pics at my friends BBQ
85 volvo 740, 2.3 turbo manual. powerstroke intercooler, on 15psi.
i miss my wagon though
Well how does it ride, stiff semi firm or bouncy? I got me a 88 CRX Si, on some cheap coilovers lowered like yours with slight bounce, but its a super light car... Can't imagine the weight of a wagon yet alone lowered like that; which i want, should fill me in on this.