hi guys. im new to the forum and figured i would start a build thread. This is my 6th honda and hoping to keep it simple and do it right.

THis is my accord i just sold last week
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And this was a free hand me down
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I know it needs paint. suprisingly everything actually works (cruise control, AC, etc.)

 

That looks surprisingly good already

 

That is a very clean sedan (the Civic). Good color combo to start out with, looks to be an EX, may have rear disc too. Nice, especially for free.

 

Thanks guys. Yea it's an ex. Rear disks and a 5 speed. It has one small dent in the rear quarter but it's an easy fix

 

what are your ideas besides repainting it? Mostly cosmetic or mechanical stuff?

 

Pretty much all cosmetic. It's going to be my daily and I love the gas mileage and ac so I'm not gonna mess with the motor. Just suspension, wheels, etc.

 

Why did you get rid of the Accord? Sounds like a major step backwards. I'm looking forward to the day I can get rid of both of the Civics altogether.

 

I was tired of payments and it was a v6. I drive from corona to Dana point everyday so gas was killing me too

 

6speed sedan or automatic?

 

The accord was auto ��

 

my auto v6 sedan is sad so I bought an EX 4door civic too

 

How many miles does the civic have on it? They're good little cars mine saved my life. Good luck on your build. keep us posted.

 

It has 178,000 and yea this is actually my second civ sedan and I ran my other one till it blew at 250k. And thanks man I will

 

Not bad. Immediate timing belt and water pump.

 

It was done right at 165k so I'm golden haha

 

beautiful. sounds like a very solid pickup

 

Thank you I'm hoping it'll be repainted in the next week or so

 

Hmm...V6 J engines don't guzzle gas that bad unless you're stomping on it, or stop and go traffic. Traveling wise its usually good with me. No issues with the tranny after rebuild. I read online that the reason why the tranny was crapping out was because of a sticking valve and the guy said to drill a tiny hole into it to bypass it and keep the fluid going.

Regardless, hope your build comes out nice and hopefully you have a plan.

 

That whole trans is crap, the level 10 built ones aren't even that great from who I have talked to. Plus for the 4,000 you can have mr paul install a manual trans which is loads better and more fun.

you can actually mod the air flow, or supercharge it, and it wont blow itself up if you do a burn out wowee

 

The trans held up nicely I sold it with 170,000 miles and it never gave me a problem, the only thing is that it was rough shifting up and down. They apparently fixed it with the 06 and 07 models but the 03-05 got recalled for the torque converters. The gas mileage difference though is huge compared to the cars. I kept up on all the maintenance on the accord and was still maybe getting 20 on the highway

 

Wtf how, mine gets 20ish and the trans slips, the bearings are bad, the axles are bad, the spindles are crooked, it has 17s, the engine is in a state of disrepair, etc

when it was decent it got 30 on the highway easily

 

Negligence maybe? I've notice people that actually took care of there trannys, even if they knew the v6 had problems, actually prolonged it. Even the Honda Odyssey drivers did there best by adding external filters and a tranny cooler. But as state one repair guy found why, and there was also a company that made a new valve that INCLUDED the tiny bypass hole.

 

Where I commute the freeway is up and down hill. And even putting all those miles uphill the tranny never worried me one bit. I always kept up with the trans services and everything. My bad I forgot to mention the hills I drove on haha. When I would drive out of state on flat I'd get around 350 miles per tank. I haven't taken the civic on a road trip yet so I haven't compared them yet