this will be my third CX in 2 years
1992 Honda Civic CX
98,125 miles...the usuall hatchback rust on the rear corner panels but it is just surface rust since the car used to be a cali civic!!!
here are the pics of when I got it...filthy but I cant complain for what I payed for it!!! ...updated pics will be up this weekend since saturday is clean up day...




sneak peek after it's first wash...no clay or wheel yet...


comments welcome

 

have any more pics of it cleaned? and if i may ask how much? but anyways good find.

 

rust on the rear quarter panel sucks, overall it looks good though

 

nice find mang

 

You get it off an auction? im thinking of purchasing a truck as a beater from an auction.

 

yeah I payed a under a "G" for it and yeah I got it at an auction...runs great and the only thing that is wrong is the bumpers are a little scuffed up oh yeah and the blue interior!!!

 

Clean that ish up, looks like a great project car for under a "g".

 

been repainted too nice buy though

 

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yeah it isnt all frost white
it's all good though, paint job coming next year
why the hell did they have to paint the grills???

 

so yeah over a week later(which it took like 5 days on and off to get the thing where it is now...still not 100% clean but 90% at minimum) I finally got my lazy *** to upload the pics...here are the after pics...

everything but the dashboard was taken out

damn gouges in the front bumper kill me!!!

need to paint the top exhaust manifold cover ASAP

only thing I did to it was put my old Si shift boot and **** on there since the original was nasty

back bumper needs to be touched up and you can notice just a little bit of the infamous honda hatch rust on the right rear quarter...surface rust for now

clean as can be

the side shot which gives you the exact image of what the car looks like in person...SHINY as HELL!!!

BTW...I dont need to be reminded that it sits as high as an SRT4 but it is a beater so

 

how did you get it soo clean, it went from dirt ball, to eat off the engine clean??

 

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Damn ... good job !

 

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a ton of engine cleaner...not sure what it is called...I get it at work

 

nice improvement, how did you get the engine bay soo clean, simple green?

 

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Please find out what kind of stuff that is... I cant get my engine bay clean worth a damn..

nice find

 

thats really clean

 

Clean... Time for a makeover....


GOOD LUCK....

 

definetly needs some TLC but i'm sure it will be sweet in the end.

 

Replace the bumpers and clean off that rust and I can't beLIEVE what you did with that thing...

Your good man! Very nice hatch!

 

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So what happen to the other two Civic hatchback CX? Or you actually own 3 hatchbacks now?

Anyway nice car

 

the cleaner I used is what we get at work(I work at a shop where we detail cars as well as repair them)...I believe it is 3M but I could be wrong...I used a combination of their engine degreaser, special cleaner, and the good old fashioned soap and water...the motor/car still isnt as clean as I would like it but it will do for now until spring gets here then I will clean the hell out of it...I never liked dirty interiors and engine bays as well as obviosuly the exterior of the car...I just wanted to see how much I could do to a 12 year old car that was obviously neglected...as far as plans for it...as of right now I just wanna drive it and pay off some bills as soon as I sell my Si and after that I'll re-evaluate the car and see if it worth putting money into it or just drive it and buy a NEW ride...

Thanks for the comments guys

 

a very big improvement good job cleaning it

 

bling

 

When you buy cars at auctions like that, are there alotta salvaged titles or what?

 

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it depends...this one has a clean title

oh yeah my other two hatches were sold...I got withdrawls and I seen this one and couldn't pass up the deal