The Icelandic RT4WD Shuttle
lolingirunarlol
New Wagonist
Hi guys. Ive been lurking on here for a while. Thought Id do a build thread.
Picked up this 91 RT4WD Shuttle a couple years ago. It was mostly used as a winter beater, I had a 99 EK that I drove around as a daily. But the winter in Iceland is pretty much 6 months.
It stayed all its life at Akureyri, which is a town up north in Iceland and there they never use salt on the roads during the winter times. But out here in the south, alot of salt is used. So, it has rusted up quite a bit since I bought it but nothing serious. It will be taken care of next month if everything goes as planned.
Its not perfect, along with the rust its all dented up and a few things could be better. Its pretty much impossible to get spare parts for the facelift model here in Iceland. Ive never seen a 88-92 Shuttle beside my own. So, I try to manage. I went to FL last cristmas and bought alot of shit for the shuttle; brake- discs, pads, shoes, clutch, front wheel bearings, tailgate liftgates, Infinity QX4 window visors, distributor cap and finally some rear tail light sockets. Half of these things didnt fit the shuttle seller listing the things for all civics. Too bad.
As you can see on the pictures it has prelude leather seats that I love. Makes the people in the back alot taller than you, kinda funny.
A couple of months this happened to me. Anoying as hell. But new hinges are coming in next month and I'll be following the DIY that is posted on here.
This is something that has been annoying the fuck out of me. The window/door run channel is ripped in half on the drivers side, with gets kinda obvious when the car is driving over 40 mph. Its like youre in a fucking jet. If id live in the states, I could just go to the next junkyard and grab one in a good condition. Its literally impossible to buy this thing online. Ive tried buying the channel in two google pages when I search for the part number. Nobody has it, its making me nuts! So, if you have a left front window channel(72275-SH5-033) in a good condition, and youre willing to ship it to Iceland. Let me know. I can pay decent money through paypal if the condition is good.
Here you can see where its missing.
Last winter my ex-gf was driving my car in some icy conditions. The car slammed into the curb, leaving it dented like that. I took it to an alignment shop today and they said I had to switch some suspencion parts. Any clue what Ill need to switch out? I have this guy who fixes my cars and he really doesnt have a clue what needs to switch. This is eating my new tires up.
And yeah I know, there are other places on the forums that I can ask these questions. But I might as well try here.
So, I do have plans for it. But nothing major, Im still educating myself so I cant throw all my money into a car(I made that mistake with the EK).
Plans, sorted by priority:
Get the crooked tire fixed.
Put in the new clutch.
Deal with the rust and paint chipping on the roof rack.
Fix the tailgate.
Install my rear LSD.
Install the radio.
Fix the fucking window.
Buy a mirror delete on the right window.
Buy a fender mirror.
Buy new shocks and springs.
Paint it.(long term)
I also want to buy 48 SMD dome lights for the interior, and do the LED cluster lights like Reaccion and Knottyy did.
So, anyway. This isnt really an interesting build thread. But whatever.
Ill take more pictures after the weather gets better and after its clean.
Picked up this 91 RT4WD Shuttle a couple years ago. It was mostly used as a winter beater, I had a 99 EK that I drove around as a daily. But the winter in Iceland is pretty much 6 months.
It stayed all its life at Akureyri, which is a town up north in Iceland and there they never use salt on the roads during the winter times. But out here in the south, alot of salt is used. So, it has rusted up quite a bit since I bought it but nothing serious. It will be taken care of next month if everything goes as planned.
Its not perfect, along with the rust its all dented up and a few things could be better. Its pretty much impossible to get spare parts for the facelift model here in Iceland. Ive never seen a 88-92 Shuttle beside my own. So, I try to manage. I went to FL last cristmas and bought alot of shit for the shuttle; brake- discs, pads, shoes, clutch, front wheel bearings, tailgate liftgates, Infinity QX4 window visors, distributor cap and finally some rear tail light sockets. Half of these things didnt fit the shuttle seller listing the things for all civics. Too bad.
As you can see on the pictures it has prelude leather seats that I love. Makes the people in the back alot taller than you, kinda funny.
A couple of months this happened to me. Anoying as hell. But new hinges are coming in next month and I'll be following the DIY that is posted on here.
This is something that has been annoying the fuck out of me. The window/door run channel is ripped in half on the drivers side, with gets kinda obvious when the car is driving over 40 mph. Its like youre in a fucking jet. If id live in the states, I could just go to the next junkyard and grab one in a good condition. Its literally impossible to buy this thing online. Ive tried buying the channel in two google pages when I search for the part number. Nobody has it, its making me nuts! So, if you have a left front window channel(72275-SH5-033) in a good condition, and youre willing to ship it to Iceland. Let me know. I can pay decent money through paypal if the condition is good.
Here you can see where its missing.
Last winter my ex-gf was driving my car in some icy conditions. The car slammed into the curb, leaving it dented like that. I took it to an alignment shop today and they said I had to switch some suspencion parts. Any clue what Ill need to switch out? I have this guy who fixes my cars and he really doesnt have a clue what needs to switch. This is eating my new tires up.
And yeah I know, there are other places on the forums that I can ask these questions. But I might as well try here.
So, I do have plans for it. But nothing major, Im still educating myself so I cant throw all my money into a car(I made that mistake with the EK).
Plans, sorted by priority:
Get the crooked tire fixed.
Put in the new clutch.
Deal with the rust and paint chipping on the roof rack.
Fix the tailgate.
Install my rear LSD.
Install the radio.
Fix the fucking window.
Buy a mirror delete on the right window.
Buy a fender mirror.
Buy new shocks and springs.
Paint it.(long term)
I also want to buy 48 SMD dome lights for the interior, and do the LED cluster lights like Reaccion and Knottyy did.
So, anyway. This isnt really an interesting build thread. But whatever.
Ill take more pictures after the weather gets better and after its clean.