i am looking at a blue 1991 dx sedan with a 5 speed. sadly no tach... the car will need new rear quarter panles because they are rusty and there is a little bit of what i think is surface rust under part of the doors but no other rust spots i think. it also needs a new transmission bushing but the engine runs good. it has 138,000 miles on it. the dealer is asking $975 for the car but if i do go through with it i will trade him my galant straight up for the civic. what i want to know is, for the price, would this be a good beater/ long term build up? what i want to do first is replace the tranny bushing and install a tach. info on doing those 2 things would be nice. later on i will be putting in a d16z6 so i want to know a bit about the conversion...

other then that anything else you can tell me would be great. thanks.

 

search...

https://honda-tech.com/zerosearch

 

opinions and or insight would be more usefull.

 

personally i wouldn't pay that much.

i know it was a rare deal but i got my crx rust free and in great condition for 400 bucks.

 

i know... i asked the guy if he would take less but he said no... my '93 galant is worth a fe hundred more ($1100?) and i've had it for sale for a few months now but no one would offer more then $900 for it. i asked the guy if he would do a straight up trade for me car and he said he would if he liked my car... my galant is nicer then the civic but... its a galant. i need an ef sedan. thr car is a manual so its not all bad... i've even gotten past the ugly blue inside... its a nice car except for what i said was wrong with it... i kinda hope to buy it but i'll have to talk to my dad first... he'll wanna look at it with me...

 

i know i woulding go over 700 for that car with 138K on it.

when i bought mine from my grandma, take to note, no rust just over 90K flawless interior, for 2K.

it depends on what you'll do with it but i sugest getting a LX or EX.

 

If you really hate the Galant and that guy is willing to do a straight trade, i'd say go for it. You might be taking a loss but in my eyes its worth losing that money to get a car you really want and not having to worry about selling the Galant. Rust is fixable. It might not be cheap, especially if you cant do it yourself but it is fixable.

Any USDM 88-91 Civic/CRX cluster with a tach will plug right in. Its plug& play so thats not a problem. If its going to be a long term build up or a beater it sounds like a deal to me. Of course others have found once in a lifetime deals but thats not common so dont stop everything and hope you find one too. I'd say trade it.

 

got my 1990 ef for $500...and so far here is what it looks like

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okay i think i'll go look at it again tomorrow. i havent seen a cheap sedan with a manual around here which is why i want this car...

 

where can i get the dash cluster and some of those clear corner lights?

 

The clusters are on eBay all the time. I saw at least two earlier. The sedan above has the JDM front end so his headlights are one piece and the corner is clear. You can get APC or comapnies like that that make clear corners. If you want to do the one piece headlights you either need the whole front clip or you have to do some serious pounding on your USDM radiator support.

 

Also try looking in the Honda-tech classifieds for a cluster, i see them in their quite a bit.

 

88 DX sedans are the lightest of them all, I would say that would be the best choice.

 

hmmm that sounds good. how much are they worth? i think i'll just do the apc ones if they are just as good... i dont wanna do all that much work yet and i plan on using a wings west rs front end.

 

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Pick it up! I bet it's this color; we can be twins:

 

the 88/89's have a FUGLY interior though =/

 

i cant see that pics but the car is a medium blue. its a pretty nice color. the inside it light blue though and although its not riped inside its not so good looking...

 

Too bad you can't see the pics.

It's about the hottest EF sedan you'll ever see

 

its on fire? lol...

 

I would see if you can sell your galant for a little more, then have a few extra bucks when u buy the civic.

I also have a cluster with tach from a 90 crx i would be willing to let go for 30 plus shipping

 

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It's so hot, it's a blue flame!

 

i've been trying to sell the car for a few months so i dont really wanna wait anymore even though i know it would be a better idea... so, i'm just gonna go look at the car tomorrow and try to talk me dad into letting me buy it... hes a hard *** about this sort of thing but... i want the car.

heres a pic of it.

 

Thats a ghetto looking dealership! lol but just be reasonable with your dad tell him you think it would be better in the long run.

 

yeah it is! its right in the middle of town at a place that used to be a gas station... they sell cars for $10,000 or less... that there thing.