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JDM Soldier
![]() Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ames Iowa
Posts: 229
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Post 1: How I got the car
I buy and sell cars, and this car dealership had this sitting in there back lot for about 6 months, me and the owner always joked around about it and he hit me up about a riced out honda civic that needs a transmission with low miles. So while checking out the honda, I had him make me a package deal on the cars and nearly got the car for free for how much i got it for. here are the pics of it sitting in the back of the dealership: ![]() ![]() ![]() and this is the riced out civic, with very low miles that came with it haha ![]() 03 civic, 98K anyway, so after it sitting around for a while, i finally got around to taking it to a shady shade tree mechanic, turns out it needs a headgasket, I was expecting some kind of enigne work. here it is at the shop: ![]() So I paid him half upfront($200) and a week later, go to pick up the car, turns out the mechanic got evicted and my car has been towed. so then i paid another 175 for the impound lot fee. so i pretty much lost nearly 400$ for nothing. I got pissed so I hit up craigslist, and haggled a person down on a g20 that he was parting out, and convinced him to sell me the whole motor for $200 if i pulled it out. So me and my dad ran there and tore it out. $200 for a sr20! HELL YESS now what you see below is the ghettoest way to put a motor in a car haha. I was orginally going to rent a hoist from a local shop, but my dad being the cheap pakistani he is, he decided that engine hoists are for pansy's and we made our own. ![]() ![]() it took a longer time, like about 40min's to get it to bolt up to the tranmission, but we finally got it and ended up saving $75 from not having to rent a hoist. It ran and drove for a while, but never was a daily driver until today I fixed the ac replaced the condenser and then recharged it ![]() taking out the old: ![]() comparing the two: ![]() looking much better now that its complete: ![]() Here are some current shots of how she is now: ![]() ![]() ![]() Future: remove BOSE sound system, and install a headdeck(waiting on wiring converter) Swapping in new seats Tinting out the windows Maybe dropping it a few inches I Would love some comments! __________________ 1995 Eclipse GSX(Project Rebuilding)---------------Still Own 1995 Eclipse Gst(Good Dsm)-------------------------Still Own 1994 Honda civic, b16 swap, Blacked out-----------Still Own 1997 Nissan maxima (rebuilding)--------------------Still Own |
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