Fathoe's Shuttle..

FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
in Rides & Builds- Civic wagons
After months of searching for a car i finally found exactly what i wanted, and it just so happened to be a 1989 Honda Civic Shuttle.

It runs great, much more than i was expecting for NZD$900. All it needs now is a warrent of fitness (you need one these to legally drive your car on the New Zealand roads).

This last week ive just been fixing the little things that it needed to get a WOF, now i need to get some rust cut out and a new exhuast fitted.

Ive already got a set of rims and tyres at my girlfriend's mum's house, and some adustable suspension for both front and rear in my bedroom which i plan to fit as soon as the shuttle gets its WOF.

Heres a few photos of how it looked when i got it..
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  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Ive also been spraying the black things around the car...blacker!
    Thanks to my grandma for letting me use her garage hahaha
  • lakaylakay Wagonist
    looooking good mate! keep it up!
  • 90shuttle90shuttle Senior Wagonist
    Lools very nice!!! Any advice on removing spray tint from my window visors?
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    This nocigar?

    Shuttle looks good mate, hoping to do the same on mine
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Heres my attempt at dying the boot carpet black, i was quite pleased with the out come.. going back to get some more tomorrow to finish off the rest of the carpet.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Cheers guys, as soon as i get a heat gun from my mate at work ill have a go at some diy panalbeating haha.

    turpintine? it got a whole lot of over spray off my bmx, but other than that no idea sorry..

    Nocigar? sorry you lost me mate haha
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    You must be an NZHonda member right?
  • lakaylakay Wagonist
    FATHOE wrote:
    Cheers guys, as soon as i get a heat gun from my mate at work ill have a go at some diy panalbeating haha.

    turpintine? it got a whole lot of over spray off my bmx, but other than that no idea sorry..

    Nocigar? sorry you lost me mate haha


    he means if your username on nzh is Nocigar. i think? lol
  • lakaylakay Wagonist
    90shuttle wrote:
    Lools very nice!!! Any advice on removing spray tint from my window visors?

    maybe use some thinners? put some on a clean rag and apply it on yr window visors?
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Oh right.. nah haha im not registered on nzhonda.. yet :)
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    Ahh right, there's a couple people on there looks for shuttles, thought they might have been you.

    There's lots more shuttle info on this site, but if you want to buy EF parts or wheels etc, they will be on NZHondas quite frequently :)
  • 90shuttle90shuttle Senior Wagonist
    Okay thanks! Im trying to find something that will not damage the plastic!
  • danzdanz Wagonist
    paint thinner will be fine. wipe it on kinda wet then wipe it off with a clean rag. should take any new paint right off. the plastic will be fine. you could even wipe it with soapy wash cloth after to make sure no thinner stays behind.
  • SLIMEBALL EE2SLIMEBALL EE2 New Wagonist
    really nice work hope i could find visors also soon but really good job
  • 90shuttle90shuttle Senior Wagonist
    danz wrote:
    paint thinner will be fine. wipe it on kinda wet then wipe it off with a clean rag. should take any new paint right off. the plastic will be fine. you could even wipe it with soapy wash cloth after to make sure no thinner stays behind.


    Thanks danz!! I was stumped for a while!
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Weather was a bit better today, so i sprayed the rest on the carpet with the help of my girlfriend.. whos side actually turned out better.. lol.

    Anyway heres some befores and afters...
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    What product are you using by the way? I bought some VHT stuff but havent used it yet
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Im using VHT spray aswell, it works quite well, definatly not as good as new carpet... but a whole lot cheaper, easier, and funner.. im happy with the way it turned out, thanks repco :)
  • SiRgeSiRge Wagonist
    Does it rub off on your hands and feet etc?
  • ctrdundunctrdundun Band Wagon
    looks good, cleaned up alot and very nicely
  • 666DAN666DAN Wagonist
    Looks good dude!
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    SiRge wrote:
    Does it rub off on your hands and feet etc?
    It hasnt so far, it feels better than it did too :)
  • rti intracrti intrac Senior Wagonist
    Carpet looks good, Did you get your exhaust fixed? I have most of a factory system and a a welder if you wanted to pop over and check it out?
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Cheers, not yet but im going to take it out to pitstop in hendo when i get the time, a mates suggested them if i wanted a cash job. Thanks anyway though, i want it tucked quite high, very discrete. I have a welder at home, but i wouldnt trust myself welding it up haha.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    I got bored over the weekend... so i cleaned up the rocker cover, air filter cover and manifold cover with the help of some black wrinkle spray.
  • realtimefunrealtimefun Senior Wagonist
    looks so sweet i want to convert my wagon to RHD !
  • rti intracrti intrac Senior Wagonist
    haha fair enough re the exhaust, The wrinkle paint looks good. I've been meaning to do my rocker cover for a while
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Ahh.. my carbies started screwing up yesterday... one of the jets was blocked up from stuff getting through the fuel filter, one more reason to do a b swap sooner! :) hopefully by the end of the week ill have a WOF... which means i can slam it on my rims. :D ill post up a pic of what i got, i dont have a photo of my ones but its enough to get the idea.
  • FATHOEFATHOE New Wagonist
    Apparently these were the last set left :)
  • danzdanz Wagonist
    does your wagon run a feedback carb with an o2 sensor?

    ive always wanted to do a carbed setup... maybe use the dual sidies off the SOHC ZC motors in some CRX's
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