pliskin679

im about to purchase a 92 hatchback SI from a good friend with good coilovers a intake, full catback exhaust, and the typical rust. He jsut replaced the clutch with a stage 2 and has a short shifter. i just want opinions on if you guys think its a good 1st car?

Syndacate

It's a fine first car...not like it's upgraded or anything, those boltons won't do **** to the stock motor...not like ur gonna snap an axle if u try to burnout w/ that thing...though one thing that should be your concern is for how much is this?

pliskin679

he wants 3g for it, it has a greddy exhaust and like a $700 coilover setup. i dont think its worth that much tho. i belive some of the bolts might be frozen also >.<

ballerchild

yea that would be a good car to start off with. Hopefully the motor is healthy and there are no problems with the car.

pliskin679

im new to the car scene, and i think i can honestly say im catching on fast. When driving normally it slightly grinds 3rd unless i double clutch it, but when i test drove it and ripped it, it went right into gear and chirped beautifully. thats the only problem he told me about, and he told me everything i belive.

in due time, i want to swap it once i i bored of the engine.

pliskin679

any1 have a decent price quote for it?

platinumx6

well totaly stock EGs in perfect condition sell for less then 3g around here cuz of the avalibility. Describe the rust, and details. It also depends on your budget and even tho he is a friend, try to haggle a lil. nothing better then laughing at him for it later.


i got my 92 dx with headers, exhaust, black fatfives,aftermarket tailights(whoop whoop ) fuel rail, intake, tinted windows. with NO rust, a few dings, aftermarket sunroof. 2300...

JDMbitches

i would try to talk him down cus the grind. it sucks havin a grind in ur gears. and how bads the rust? id say bout 2500-3000 depending how it ran and how bad the rust was/ thats just me though.

Eran

iTrader: (1)

I'd never ever buy a car with these things unless it was the deal of a lifetime:

1) Bad transmission
2) Rust
3) Half-finished projects
4) Excessive modification
5) That has it's cost significantly raised due to said modifications.

There's something just plain icky about finishing someone's projects. I'm not saying there's modded cars that aren't a clean slate in themselves, but 99% of the time, if it's modified, it's going in a direct you don't want it to.

DippedEk9

yup 2500 bucks sounds fair I'm tryin to sell my mint 92 Eg Si for 3200 with a new paint job and no problems with it what so ever and its got the intake, NEW STOCK exhaust and its lowered and all that jazz anyway def get it and would be a great first car and lots of potential

DippedEk9

GL with sale ballerchild nice EK and nice price

McFlurry

yea good first car. have fun with it. its a nice car to start learning on.

Thizzed Out

3,000 is 2much, but yeah its a good 1st car

Shushiplease

I say, Drive Down here to MD, and Buy my hatch...

http://washingtondc.craigslist....html

nightkidsi

go with the hd si. youll be happy with it as first car. not to mention great gas mileage.

bryan

pat92si

i would happen to be the owner of the car hes talking about. it's a 92 si and it has 126k on it, skunk2 full coilovers with about 1,000 miles on them, knock off brand short ram intake, strut bars, new paint, could use a wet sand and buff, full exhaust, its not like this car is modded to personal preferance or anything the body is totally stock w integra ls wheels on it. it had some rust but it was repaired. brand new clutch about 500 miles ago, new axles and balljoints. i think 2800-3000 is a fair price....3rd gear has a slight grind at low rpm's but does not pop out of gear or give any trouble going in.

POE

yeah if the car is IN GOOD conditiont that is most deff a fair price...

pat92si

i would deffinatley say the car is in great condition, the only thing i would personally do if i was going to keep the car is get a driver side wheel arch welded in on the quarter due to not the greatest rust repair job...the interior is mint, tires have tread left, and the motor runs EXCELLENT.

Pr0ject93hb

ehhh sounds okay to me as long as it runs pretty good and isnt TOO rusty

ventturei27

if the cars in good shape thats a great deal

oxmark4

if it has the typical rust in the wheel wells and its an Si and the paints nice and the interior is nice id say hell yea 3 grand is an amaazing deal especiallly what it already has done to it. it has like 1500 in aftermarket stuff ne ways so your actually getting the car for 1500 and the parts for cheaper but there used. but if hes your friend you should no how he drives and if he beats the **** out of it. i got a buddy who does nothing but beat the **** out of his ef Si hatch and it still runs like a champ with just a swapped ZC motors. so i sau go fro it cause it sounds like a really good deal

pat92si

thanks guys for agreeing this is a pretty fair price. i paid 2,400 for it, painted it and did some maintainence such as a new distrubutor, battery, and a few other things. then also added on the previously stated parts.

teknoracing

It sounds good. Just fix the rust and youre golden. Especially cause its winter time. Well not really here in southern california, 94 degrees here today.