My 1990 RT-AWD Turbo

chevyguy74chevyguy74 Band Wagon
in Rides & Builds- Civic wagons
so this isn't my first wagon but its the first one that i plan on keeping. i picked it up for $800, a really good deal in my opinion, especially up here in maine where these wagons are pretty rare. it does need some work, but what $800 dollar car doesn't? the thing that needs to be done first is the intercooler piping for the turbo. i'm pretty sure whoever did is doesn't have a brain in their head. the turbo also doesn't have a filter on it. so once i get some money i'm going to buy a filter for the turbo and a universal turbo piping kit and piece together something presentable for it that doesn't piss the boost away. then i'll probably take the valve cover off and paint it and maybe do some painting touch ups here and there on it. i also need a coilover wrench to turn it down some so it sits as low as it can lol. then for wheels i was thinking 15x8, 0 offset rota shakotans on 165/45 federal tires to get a better stanced look. i also need to do something with the hood because it looked like someone let a grinder dance all over the hood. i'm gonna try sanding it and using filler primer but i think i might need a new hood because its gouged pretty deep. but when i get a smooth hood, i was thinking about painting it with chalk board paint and letting my buddies and people draw on it. i'll try to keep pictures of stuff i do to it up on here to help people out if they need to know how to do stuff but for now here are a few pictures of how it was when i got it home.

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  • chevyguy74chevyguy74 Band Wagon
    heres some more pics
  • chevyguy74chevyguy74 Band Wagon
    the other day i took out the majority of my interior so i could clean the carpet and recover my headliner. i didn't get a before picture of the carpet or the headliner but they were both pretty bad. the headliner was all spotted with what looked like nicotine, and the carpet was infused with dirt all through it. i vacuumed the carpet and beat it with a broom to get most of the loose dirt off it then i rinsed it with my hose, then put tide on it and scrubbed it all down with a hard bristle brush, rinsed it again, and hung it in my garage to dry.

    for the headliner, i wiped as much nicotine off it as i could, then went to joann fabric and bought 2 and 1/2 yards of brown tan and black plaid and went to home depot and bought loctite spray adhesive. it turned out a lot better then i thought because i had never done anything like it before. i'd like to try and cover the sun visors and i'd really like to try to make a shifter boot out of the same fabric.

    hopefully tomorrow i'll get the interior back in the car and order intercooler piping for it
  • chevyguy74chevyguy74 Band Wagon
    i just took all of the bad intercooler piping off my car and i just ordered a universal intercooler piping kit from cxracing. i cant wait to get it fixed so i can actually drive it. after i took the intercooler piping off i decided to take my valve cover off and paint it while i was at it. i used the same color i used on the engine in my 74 chevy p/u. its burnt copper engine paint by vht. but i used stripper from walmart to take the old paint off then i used the whole can of paint on the valve cover. after i had painted it i used a razor blade to scrape most of the paint off the raised letters. then i used 300 grit sand paper to get the rest of the paint off and then i finished it off by sanding the letters with 600 grit.
  • chevyguy74chevyguy74 Band Wagon
    heres some pictures of it
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