Hey boys and girls. Thought I'd drop an intro thread real quick. Name's Gerald, age 34, line in the great state of North Carolina.

I'm have been looking to get me new play toy of late, and it looks like I'll be going with one of two EF sedans. Yet to go see them, but hoping to today. I've always like the hatches, but after viewing the EF Squad thread here, I'm thinking the lil sedan will be a fun ride. Besides I like having 4 doors for passengers, (I'm a youth pastor, so taking the occasional kid somewhere is likely).

I owned a 96 coupe that was black, tinted windows, rolling on coilovers on Si wheels. I hate I sold the car, but we live and move on. If I find my pics, I'll post it. I'm looking at the sedan as the same style. Clean, low, and just fun to drive. I will NOT do a fart can exhaust again lol.

As for the EF's I'm looking at, I can post a pic of one:



This one looks good in the pic, and is completely stock minus the wheels. Dude is asking $1,600. I may go see this one today. As for these wheels, I'm not digging them anyway. The sunroof, nice, but don't absolutely need.

The other possibility is a 91, also white, 5sp, etc. No sunroof, and rolling on steelies currently. It does have tinted windows, which is something I'd do anyway, so that's cool. It's $1,200, and has the blue interior.

My worry is that I'm 6'3" and it is a small car lol. However, I told the seller of the $1200 car the same, and he told me he is 6'3" and has driven the car for the last 7yrs, so maybe that won't be a problem.

I have some questions, and hope that is ok right here:

1. I want drop of course. I don't like wheel well space. I want a decent ride. Not sure I want to go coilovers as they are a bit more expensive. I bought my last ones off of Ebay and actually liked them a lot ride wise even on stock dampers. Probably going to ride on some sort of 15" Honda alloy with 50 series tires.

2. Exhaust, I like a small rumble, nothing loud at all. What should I look at?

3. What are the 8 spoke wheels I see on some of the EF's here? They look like VW Empi wheels, except different bolt pattern lol. (I love bugs too).

My desire for the car. Clean, good looks, low, but not slammed. Going to stay white in all likely hood. Will paint bumpers to match most likely. Front lip, maybe small flush spoiler. I want it to be a fun drive in the mountains, in other words, curvy roads. Will, in the future, probably do a B16 swap or something similar just to make it more fun, not race.

If you're in NC, let me know.

Peace

 

Wow, 40 views and no "Hi welcome" lol. That's aight, I understand, I'm not "one of you" yet.

I drove the cheaper car yesterday. I couldn't give him $1,200 for it though. I'll wait and look at the $1600 one today possibly. The cheaper one had a cracked windshield, the tint needed to be redone, and some spots of rust on the rear around the tail lights. Interior was good, except the fact it's blue lol. I did fit just fine, though you realize just how small the car is up next to the others on the road. And the stock engine is slowwww. Very easy to u-turn in though!

One other question: It had some terrible road noise inside. He had "snow tires" on it, so is it just cuz of those tires? Would some Kumho's be that noisy?

 

Good luck with the search, I've never had much of a problem with road noise, so perhaps it's just his tyre choice. I've also had really tall friends who've commented on the headroom, especially for such a small car.

If you come across an EX (only available 90-91) they have the 1.6L MPFI engine which will be slightly more powerful then the DX/LX. Harder to find though!