Whats up from Washington

LsdailySedan · Whats up from Washington

Picked up a 1990 lx sedan a couple months ago with a blown motor. just got the money to get a new motor and decided just to go with a basic ls swap. hopefully get the car running later this week

before this car i had a crx that i loved but just needed more doors and seatbelts. i also have a 1990 nissan 240sx which is more of a track car (stiff suspension not very streetable) and using the civic as a daily.

here are some pix of it when i towed it home

ya my names nic i'm from Seattle Washington and im 19

89civicracer

Nice. . .
Good platform. . although it is a 90-91. I'll forgive you for that one.heheheh! just kidding. .

Welcome. .

EF Sedan Enthusiast

Welcome! Looking forward to your progress.

Mattes

wow, nice trailer!
Such trailers are not available in Germany and/or Europe!
I think I found a market gap Wink

this is how I transported my ED2:

hondacivicdx

hello nic glad you joined enjoy

~Sp33~

First pic made me lol.

89civicracer

EvanFullwood

welcome man, the car appears to be in pretty good condition

LsdailySedan

yeah thanks guys its a lil rough around the edges so its gonna need new fenders bumpers and tailights then paint. but i'm more function over looks guy and if it looks all beat to shit it will be more of a sleeper.

i just bought those cheap knock off window visors from always bargain off ebay and the box was bent in half and 2/4 visors were broken an cracked so now i'm trying to get this resolved with them which kinda upsets me but glad i paid that extra $1.50 for Insurance

box looked like it was already opened...

2 rears are good but 2 fronts are cracked and in 2 pieces...

thats it for now i'll be getting more pictures of the ole girl when shes up and running

EF Sedan Enthusiast

that sux

hondacivicdx

where did you buy that from on e-bay, sometimes you got to be careful of where you buy on e-bay, I am starting to be more careful
but so far so good. good start keep it up

EF2dudesocal

i bought the same ones and i got them fine. call the shippers and tell them what happend they should cover it. and the insurence is crap they are all insured up to 100 bucks.

LsdailySedan

went to the post office they said seller didnt pay insurance so they just gave me back what he paid to ship which was $7. contacted seller told me to take pix so i emailed them those pix and supposedly shipped out 2 new fronts today so hopefully all is well and they put some more packaging time into this package so they wont break again..
its just a hassle

i dont have the money to go full coilovers but what good spring setups are there with stock shocks or should i do a spring shock set up?

thanks guys

89civicracer

That sucks about the visors. . it is hard to ship those plastic things so far away. . one of mine came cracked also cause the cheap bastard sent it USPS without any bubble wrap or anything. . pissed me off. . I was able to find some others elsewhere. . .i know what you are feeling. . .Mine were over $150 though. . . Crying or Very sad

~Sp33~

Don't get me started on damaged items and shipping Evil or Very Mad

LsdailySedan

yea its like quantity over quality and if they spent that extra couple of cents and seconds to stuff some bubble wrap in there.... o well i'm done ranting i just hope they fix this for me

LsdailySedan

noob question:

i have a 1990

so do i need 90-91 hood fenders and headlights or do the 88-89 fit the same?

basically do i need my year exact or do 88-91 all front end parts the same?

thanks guys

~Sp33~

Your bumper, filler piece (panel under the headlights), corner lights and the plugs for your fender are different on the front end of the 90-91 model.

That being said, the older model's parts are interchangeable. I have 91 fenders on my 88, i just needed to take off the slide-style clips and replace them with screw type plugs.

88Dark_CivLude

yea that first pix is funny. but good find on your EF! cant wait to see what you do with it!

SOHCinWA

Sweet. Glad you found the site for the car.... And another sedan from WA.

EF Sedan Enthusiast

I would check out Omni Power sleeves Very Happy

They're great bang for the buck!

LsdailySedan

EF Sedan Enthusiast

The fenders are interchangeable. The only difference is the moldings and the clips for the corner lights. The 88/89 had plastic screw holes while the 90/91 had plastic guides.

Hope that helps.