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Old May 3, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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Thinking of cutting ties with the EF world, so I'll put my wagon up for sale here and see how it goes. It's a 1988 RT4WD wagon with 210k miles on the odometer. I bought it last fall with a blown head gasket. It still ran, but would overheat after about 15 minutes of driving. The previous owners had replaced the hg twice, along with a new head, and it was blown again so they sold it to me. Instead of replacing the same parts over again I installed a low mileage D16A6 long block from a 1990 Civic Si. There are no leaks or issues with the engine, everything was replaced and done right before it was installed in the car. AC and PS are still installed and work perfectly. All work was done by Evan at 360 Imports.


Engine Work (using OEM Honda parts)
Bottom end gasket set
D16Y8 2-layer head gasket
Cam seal
Distributor o-ring
Timing belt
Water pump
Front & rear crank seals
Drive belts
Coolant
Oil/filter
Rocker o-rings
Valve cover gasket set
Tube seals
Throttle body gasket
Injector o-rings


Transmission Work (using OEM Honda parts)
New Exedy OEM clutch
Trans case hot tanked
New axle seals
New input seal
New input shaft bearing
All other parts inspected before reassembly


Performance parts
B16A throttle body
D16Z6 intake manifold (port matched to tb)
Hondata intake manifold gasket
Ported head (mild port)
Isky valvesprings/retainers
Exhaust consists of 2.25" piping with a new Magnaflow cat and resonator, Dynomax 20" Super Turbo Muffler, and RSX exhaust tip. Nice and quiet, very unobtrusive.
King Motorsports/Mugen license plate frame (+2 hp)


Other work done
Cleaned block
Valves & timing freshly adjusted
New hatch shocks (no more broomstick)
New wiper blades
New radiator/hoses
Energy Suspension PS rack bushings


This is one of the cleanest wagons I have ever seen, and probably the cleanest one I have seen in person. There is no rust on the car, and the front fenders have no damage (almost unheard of for wagons these days). It looks like it might have been resprayed at some point, but it was well done and there is no overspray. The color is Montreal Blue, a 1-year only color for some EF's.

The interior is in decent shape. The worst part is the drivers seat, which is torn and duct-taped in true wagon style. The door panels and other seats have no rips or tears in them but could use a good cleaning.

The only things I would do to it at this point are clean up the interior, install a decent stereo, and service the rear diff (fluid and new diff mounts, about $200 from Honda).

Asking $3000 obo. Would be willing to work out a trade for a 94-95 Integra.

Also have the following available for extra moneys (the car comes with stock parts otherwise):
$500 SSR 265 wheels (15x6.5 +34) with 195/55-15 Hankook Optimo tires
$300 Nokia Haakkapelita snow tires on powdercoated 14x6.5 BBS E30 mesh wheels
$100 EDM clear corner lenses
$100 EDM taillights


On stock steelies:




Side view:


No rust or corrosion:


On snows/BBS mesh:



With SSR wheels and EDM corner lenses:
Old May 3, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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bump cuz i wish this was my wagon...
Old May 4, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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Nice.
Old May 4, 2009 | 06:20 AM
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RT4wd
Old May 4, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Thanks everyone...bump for me
Old May 5, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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u have the cleanest ef's. i swear
Old May 5, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by FFerio
u have the cleanest ef's. i swear
Orrr maybe I just use a crappy camera . Thanks though...and hopefully this is my last EF for a while (and by a while, I mean my next one will be a classic car restoration project with my sons).
Old May 5, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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I have seen and driven this wagon. the outside is very clean and straight.
Old May 5, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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bump for a clean wago!
Old May 5, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by couch
I have seen and driven this wagon. the outside is very clean and straight.
lol so i take it that the inside is not? haha.
Old May 5, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FFerio
lol so i take it that the inside is not? haha.
It looks ok. Looks like any other wagon with 200k miles on it. Now that my camera (and family) are back from CA I can take pics of the interior.
Old May 5, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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nice
Old May 7, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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b0mp for interior pics

http://gallery.kasperowicz.com/rt4wd















Old May 8, 2009 | 03:51 AM
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too bad i couldn't trade oyu my wagon heeh

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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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bump!
Old May 9, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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I like how its a wagon but the dog is on the back seat lol
Old May 9, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Scotty Dosent Know
I like how its a wagon but the dog is on the back seat lol
She likes to sit there when I work in the garage/driveway
Old May 10, 2009 | 01:41 AM
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that driver seat needs love. quick steam wash on the interior and that thing would look mint. did the wagon's ever come with a cargo cover? i'm tryna convince my brother to pick this up lol
Old May 10, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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I have a steam vac here, just need to wait until the weather is hot so I can clean the seats. I was just going to put a cover on the drivers seat like I did with my last wagon:

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