jon34511

I bought this car for $3k, it has a b18c1 swap. I bought it pretty quickly because it had a lot of interest on my local forum. I assume I got a good deal but I think the car has been in a previous accident, the fender doesn't line up with the door 100% on the passenger side. The paint is really good and the car drives just fine. It passed a ppi but they didnt mention noticing a previous accident at the shop.

Mods:
Complete OBD 1 GSR engine and transmission swap with 70,000 miles
Exterior is flawless and has new metallic green paint job with flake
AEM intake
Megan Header
Skunk 2 Intake Manifold
Catback exhaust
Skunk 2 coilovers
Pics:
I plan on replacing that nasty hood asap.







This is my first honda, and its pretty quick and fun to drive! any suggestions on a relatively cheap/quiet catback? The current one is pretty loud and I don't want the attention of the cops. Thanks!

B16acivicsedan91

Nice car, Toss the shift boot to when you toss that hood, And the ws2 is gonna be your best bet as for as a good exhaust goes. Quiet and looks nice to but is not to cheap. Any cheap exhaust you find is not gonna sound good.

Matt93eg

X2, scratch out that license plate number as well in Paint and repost..I would if I were you.

jon34511

Thanks for the kind words. the license plate is the PO's and he posted it on the local forum, I'm pretty sure he is just turning the plates in so no worries.

I'll look into the exhaust, I really really need a new hood. Do those exhaust silencer things I see on ebay work at all? I know its kind of ghetto, but I'd rather pay $8 than a lot more.

Also, the car came with a gsr cluster, and the original cluster, but the gsr cluster is installed and not working too well, I think I just want the stock cluster to go back in but I'm not too mechanically inclined. I did look for a writeup, but nobody wants to write about installing the original cluster, any ideas?

Thanks!

90Rexx

good buy, not a steal, but a nice buy!

id expect that car to sell closer to 4 thousand.....

have fun with it gsr swaps are fun!

jon34511

I agree, this is my first Honda, and first FWD car and I wasn't expecting it to be as much fun as it is. I bought it mainly looking for a simple daily driver that isn't boring and it fits the bill pretty well. After paying $3000 to maintain my BMW e30 the last year and a half a reliable car will be a Godsend.

JasonYo

Seems like a good buy, gsr swap alone is almost 3k.

That looks like a Si cluster too, not gsr. But anyways replacing it shouldn't take more than 5 mins no matter how mechanically inclined you are. Just 2 screws on the bezel at the top, then pull that out and there is 4 screws holding the actual cluster in. pretty straight forward.

jon34511

Is it a harness that just plugs in the back? No splicing/wiring etc? The current cluster isnt even screwed in really ,its just kinda chilling back there, I can tap it and it moves around

tahome87

You seriously paid $3k for this? Ripoff alert!

jon34511

I hope my sarcasm detector is correct in saying I didn't get ripped off. I mean the nada value for the car was caround $6k..

tahome87

In an economy such as ours, and for a car that old, you should really have gotten it for $2k, MAYBE $2.5k tops. NADA doesn't mean bull when the economy nosedives.

jon34511

Can you show me an example of someone selling a similar car for $2k-2.5k? The paint is perfect, and everything works, and a previous poster pointed out the engine swap alone would run in the area of $3k.

civic91sief

don't get rid of the si gauge cluster, but if you sell it to me, looking for one

jon34511

Does anyone sell a bracket so it can fit better in the dash? The tach on it is finicky and goes to 0 at times, even during acceleration.

ConfusedEGCoupe

^^^ Noob Alert!!! I that was only his second post, he just wants to get his post so he could marketplace! I agree with whoever said Not a steal but a decent buy. Gs-r in it already = fun!

EWWW the hood Put it for sale and SLAP serious buyers/ricers haha

jon34511

haha yeah that hood is so nasty, I don't know how ANYONE could think it was a good choice for the car.

I only have a few posts haha, I honestly bought this car quickly because it seemed like a decent deal and a LOT of people were interested. Maybe I'm a sucker but I figure it so many people were interested it would be a decent snag.

90Rexx

lets see... Users Posts: 2 .... FAIL


who sells gsr swapped EK's for 2 grand??? ill take 5 please

namewasdallas

yeah its deff a nice looking car, swap a oem hood, toss on a vibrant muffler there stealth looking and quite, deff switch the air filter to a K&N with bpi flow stack, and just do a tune up grab some new wires and plugs and youll have a nice car to ride around in same as mine cept i got a b16 and not a gsr

namewasdallas

my girl thinks there ****ing hot in this color she says it makes her panties wet so keep that **** haha shes a honda fan.

90Rexx

Jon34511 u should bang this guys girlfriend then

Matt93eg

As the others said, don't pay this noob dumbass any attention and enjoy your new car that you got for a nice price. Not a rip off by any means. Take care of her and invest in security to help prevent theft.

98civtec

x3 that hood is no good but yeah sounds like you got a pretty good deal on that looks clean other than the hood and shift boot

Deetz

Looks like you got a decent deal to me. I don't think that noob's realize that a gsr swap usually runs $2000 for the swap alone all said and done....just for the swap! It's got nice rims, and the other parts you mentioned, plus the car is in decent condition...enjoy it!!!

If i were you, source out some new oem mats, it'll clean up the look inside a lot!

h23darkprelude

good buy man. im diggin it

roadsqueegy95

as long as you feel you didnt get ripped off then you didnt! remember its only as worth what someone would pay. and id pay 3k for it. like everyone else said get rid of the hood, and your good to go.