This is my 99 civic ex coupe when I picked it up a few months ago. Im not really after performance so much as just wanting a respectable clean civic for a daily driver. I like reading some of the build threads here so I decided to start my own.
When I picked up the car it was in pretty rough shape and I had to drive it back home from out of town.
Im not sure which was louder between the rusted off muffler that was held up by a clothes hanger or the shaking and road noise from the bent rim. And to top it off it was over 100 degrees that day and the air conditioner only worked for about 10 minutes after I left the tag agency.
And some damage on the passenger side. Looks like its been hit, repaired, and hit again so now theres broken up bondo and rust underneath.
Didn't take any before pictures of the interior but basically the visors were missing cloth, the glovebox wouldn't shut because it only attached by one side and dirty, dirty, dirty.
The next day I gave the car a cleaning and replaced the muffler with a walker brand OEM style replacement.
Also put on these del sol rims. Gotta love the price of tires for 14 inch rims
Filled the AC with the neon stuff so I could try to track down the leak with a black light. I ended up not needing the light after all. It was pretty obvious where the leak was coming from.
The threading was stripped on one of these but luckily the bolt they used was way too short so I just needed a new O ring and another bolt. Have not had any AC issues since.
The grill was some cheap aftermarket thing so I found myself an OEM grill with a silver trim.
Used some Milano Red paint from auto zone to make it match the rest of the car.
And the new compared to old...
Aquired a new driver side tail light and that panel thing underneath. When I sanded this panel down it had layers of black, red, and green on top of oem silver paint lol.
Before
After
Still not amazing but im making some small steps in the right direction I think.
When I picked up the car it was in pretty rough shape and I had to drive it back home from out of town.
Im not sure which was louder between the rusted off muffler that was held up by a clothes hanger or the shaking and road noise from the bent rim. And to top it off it was over 100 degrees that day and the air conditioner only worked for about 10 minutes after I left the tag agency.
And some damage on the passenger side. Looks like its been hit, repaired, and hit again so now theres broken up bondo and rust underneath.
Didn't take any before pictures of the interior but basically the visors were missing cloth, the glovebox wouldn't shut because it only attached by one side and dirty, dirty, dirty.
The next day I gave the car a cleaning and replaced the muffler with a walker brand OEM style replacement.
Also put on these del sol rims. Gotta love the price of tires for 14 inch rims
Filled the AC with the neon stuff so I could try to track down the leak with a black light. I ended up not needing the light after all. It was pretty obvious where the leak was coming from.
The threading was stripped on one of these but luckily the bolt they used was way too short so I just needed a new O ring and another bolt. Have not had any AC issues since.
The grill was some cheap aftermarket thing so I found myself an OEM grill with a silver trim.
Used some Milano Red paint from auto zone to make it match the rest of the car.
And the new compared to old...
Aquired a new driver side tail light and that panel thing underneath. When I sanded this panel down it had layers of black, red, and green on top of oem silver paint lol.
Before
After
Still not amazing but im making some small steps in the right direction I think.