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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 05:31 PM
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hey guys

im a civic owner looking for another car to play around with

ive seen an integra in my area for sale, but it already has suspension mods, and an aftermarket manifold.

the chassis has 120K on it; however, the engine was just recently rebuilt so it has 1k. by rebuilt, does it usually mean the timing belt/gaskets/etc were changed?

are there any downsides of buying a pre-suspension modded car?

also, what kind of an insurance increase am i looking at if im going from a 2dr civic coupe to a integra GSR?

thanks a mil!

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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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i think it'll be alright, an intake never hurt anyone.. what kind of suspension? struts? swaybars? coilovers?
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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find out what the suspension mods are. if its all cheap, noname ebay ****, dont buy it IMO.
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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Think of it like this.... Why did he have an aftermarket manifold? I for one think its odd to have all that susenpsion work and only an aftermarket intake manifold. Probably returned it to as stock as he could. Ask them about it and check to see little things that might have been change/moved/messed with on the car. If they did have it modified and judging by the driver they probably beat on it.
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:34 PM
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tokico illuminas, ground control, and the manifold is from skunk.

if the engine was really rebuilt, then i think i will be pretty set
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by benb18a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">find out what the suspension mods are. if its all cheap, noname ebay ****, dont buy it IMO.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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sounds decent. if the engine was really rebuilt, buy it
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