eklum

copy and pasting from civic wagon dot com and will update separately when I can.

Alot of you really liked my other build _


I recently came across another wagon that may have needed much much work from another enthusiast it was a OR car and I live in CA so smog laws are much different and the car would intermediately cut out on the previous owner who couldn't keep it on the road any longer ( not bashing that was just the situation - he was a very cool dude ) I was initially going to try to grab it for more but he said it started acting up a lot more and pnp was where it was heading. Although I am currently job-less I had saved a decent amount of money up I just couldn't let a car I appreciate so much go to be picked by the vultures!


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had to pop this off to change the hatch hinge
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This is just the pictures i have on my phone

So far I've
Replaced the steering wheel with the oe from my higher mileage wagon
replaced the spark plugs and wires
Distributor cap and rotor
i adjusted the instrument gauge lights to red (think I may go green )
bought Oil and have a oe honda filter to use

new stereo
JVC
speakers
Kenwood
+ pigtail adapter

I'll be doing a running total on it will update after i look at receipts

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Heres my total so far
Car : $400
Registration: $106
Radio + Pig Tail adapter : $90
Spare keys : $ 7
Oil 10w-40 ( High Mileage Synthetic Blend ) : $18
Filter : Already had OEM Honda ($8)
Wipers all 3 : $12 ( Pnp got new wiper off Ej6 )
Dizzy Cap / Rotor : $ 30
Hid Kit : $20
Accent LED's : $7 ( so far ) Corner / map / license plate
Valve Cover Gasket Kit : $ 30($40)
-PB Blast ( for future reasons )
-Grey Seal Permatex -$10

O2 Sensor : $37
Cat Direct Bolt on : $247 ( on the way )
Trunk Shocks : ( not installed yet ) $26 - Am Hopeful they lift the trunk when popped I can't even press them down by hand !
USB outlet - Same as my other wagon dual port but this one has LEDs : $8 ( Not installed yet )
=$1048 Might audit after gathering receipts

I also grabbed a set of window visors off ebay for like $38 If I don't put them on my other wagon I will put them on here and add to the total.


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tail lights are letting water in so I bought some sheets of rubber foam from walmart -

i used red because its going to be easier to draw and trace on and it wont be seen so why not.




I'll get around to it in a day or two , but for now I'm focused on getting the car smogged
So I installed the "Direct Fit" magnaflow that came in . now I don't know if maybe california always had different smog laws so maybe california civics came with a different sized cat than the other 49 states. But! this cat is about 3" too short.
And after mounted up the gasket still has visible gaps - I'll spin the flange a few times and try all possible setups but I'm fairly certain it will be a waste of time.

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Heres my total so far
Car : $400
Registration: $106
Radio + Pig Tail adapter : $90
Spare keys : $ 7
Oil 10w-40 ( High Mileage Synthetic Blend ) : $18
Filter : Already had OEM Honda ($8)
Wipers all 3 : $12 ( Pnp got new wiper off Ej6 )
Dizzy Cap / Rotor : $ 30
Hid Kit : $20
Accent LED's : $7 ( so far ) Corner / map / license plate
Valve Cover Gasket Kit : $ 30($40)
-PB Blast ( for future reasons )
-Grey Seal Permatex -$10

O2 Sensor : $37
Cat Direct Bolt on : $247 ( on the way )
Trunk Shocks : ( not installed yet ) $26 - Am Hopeful they lift the trunk when popped I can't even press them down by hand !
USB outlet - Same as my other wagon dual port but this one has LEDs : $8 ( Not installed yet )
=$1048 Might audit after gathering receipts

I also grabbed a set of window visors off ebay for like $38 If I don't put them on my other wagon I will put them on here and add to the total.[/QUOTE]

+$1.50 for foam sheets
+$5.00 for misc nuts and bolts for cat
+$0.00 Cat arrived ( already included in above price )
+$0.00 rear hatch shocks installed.

1048 + 6.50 =
$1054.50 total as of 10/31/16


yea a lot of things hadn't been replaced in many years the o2 sensor for instance was the oem one.
I passed smog +$70

And I dont have pics but I got LED " projector" bulbs for the reverse lamp +$5

$1054+70 = $1124
+$5 = $1129
So all in all it cost about $500 to smog and register the car in CA

I should mention the car is running poorly compared to my other one with a ZC 211k on the clock id say its probably time for a head rebuild but thats not where this car is heading

bks84

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only like 3 of your pictures work...