Hi, my name is Todd- I'm the original owner of a 1988 Civic 3D H/B.
My Honda has 306K on the odometer and its my daily driver. I've done all the maintenance on it and consider myself able to accomplish anything that fails since I've owned it.
I still have the stock rims (they're shod with snow tires) and I have an Original set of 13" JDM Mugen Power (4 bolt) rims. Lots of people have told me they're worth a pretty penny... I guess they must be.
Question: One thing I've never done is replace Struts on the front. When I run over small bumps or several bumps in the road I get a rapid bump/bump noise in the front end. Not that I lose control of steering, but I think the struts or control arm bushings are toast. I see lots of people ST Struts with Tokico Blue or Yellow Struts with Coilovers. How hard is this maintenance. People have told me 'don't mess with struts- they're dangerous or you'll need an alignment and a camber kit for sure.' I'm a novice about this.
I have replaced the shocks (in the rear) 10 years ago. I had one shock blow a seal and a lot of vibration- hey they're easy.
Anyone have any good feedback on this?
I knew you would!
Thanks in advance,
Todd (applguy) in Washington State