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LXKID88
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: My Lx Sedan |
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Hey guys I'm new to this website and I just wanted to use it as a log for my 88 lx project.
I recently got the car not too long ago and I just love it.
I come home from school everyday and hit the garage to tear something new out of it or replace some worn out crap part in it. Whoever owned it previous to me really just drove it with no upkeep to anything.
Allready I've replaced every ball joint in the front end because they were all loose with tons of play and they just had to go.
I've done a bit of electrical work too because sometime in the cars life water got all up under the dash and ruined lots. I just don't really feel like going indepth at the moment.
Currently I'm doing an overhaul on a brake cylinder on the rear drums because it was bad when I got the car and it was leaking brake fluid all in my drum.
I'll post more later maybe with some pictures too.
Peace.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: |
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welcome to the site and good luck with the brakes. 88 sedan are the lightest of all the ef 4 door.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Looking forward to your progress 
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: |
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im looking forward to it too i have the same car as you
what color is yours?\
what are your plans for it? |
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Its a variety of colors at the moment because I have junkyard parts on it just trying to piece it together. But the body is a light blue, it defiantly needs re-painting but Ill get to that eventually.
I actually want to do alot with the car and I have the time too just not a steady flow of money.
I want a jdm ef9 front bumper with a DA integra lip. Thats basically my starting plans. I want to lower it a couple inches too, and eventually swap out the stock d15 with maybe a b18? I was thinking along those lines. Eventually.
I'll get some pictures up in a sec..
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Heres some flicks.
I'll update the pictures occasionally whenever theres a change.
Peace.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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88-89's are the best lol nice sedan
The trunk looks like CF
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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I like that bluey colour.
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: |
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The trunk is just a darker blue.
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LXKID88
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Well the brakes are turning out to be a bigger mess then I was expecting.
I figured I'd just get in there replace the shoes and put new seals on the brake cylinder and slap it all back together again but I've just realised that one of the handbrake cables is seized because the cars been sitting wherever it was for so long.
This is going to be a pain to replace. 
It'll all be worth it in the end though..
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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mk. Brakes all done.
I just got a new radiator because the old one was unworthy and I'll be putting the new one it tommarow allong with a new accelerator cable because the old one sticks and its really annoying with the rpms constantly going up and down and sticking when you just in idle. Anyways heres a pic I took today.
Well see what happens.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| cool project. hope to see more improments. i didint know the 88 is the lightest civic. i own a 88. why is it lighter? |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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nice progress, but i would have gone disc if i had to buy a parking brake cable. those cost almost as much as the swap.
88 is the lightest because it doesnt have a clutch switch and other stuff. I dont know all the details, i just know i am on my 3rd 88 dx.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| clutch switch? but yeah i love my 88 its awsome! |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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The switch that makes prevents you from starting the car in gear.
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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If I put disc in the back would that mean that I wouldn't have a handbrake?
And does the car comes stock without the clutch switch?
I didn't know that it didn't have one I thought the previous owner bypassed something in it because the other day when I started it the car was allready in gear and it suprised me. Not really a good thing but whatever.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Probably bypassed.
If you go discs, you can still have a handbrake, you just need the appropriate cables.
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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also the handbrake cable cost me just like 30 bucks because my pops works for honda so we get discounts on parts. Its a huge help.  really.
So I would really be costing me more to put in the discs in the rear and I'm careful where I put my money I don't really have to much at the moment. Thanks for the suggestions and posts.
Appreciated.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats crazy i thought my car had a alarm with remote start but now i know it didint well thats something new to know about my car. how much lighter? |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| LXKID88 wrote: | also the handbrake cable cost me just like 30 bucks because my pops works for honda so we get discounts on parts. Its a huge help. really.
So I would really be costing me more to put in the discs in the rear and I'm careful where I put my money I don't really have to much at the moment. Thanks for the suggestions and posts.
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Unless you're going endurance road racing, the only reason to put discs in the rear is for looks. Otherwise, they are more expensive than drums and weigh more as well. If only we could put on aluminum drums like those available on the 84-87 CRX HF; I'd do that in a heartbeat.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: |
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They were also less efficient at braking. The CRX in the US which had upgraded rear discs had a larger braking distance then that of the model with drums.
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Really? I was just reading the may or june 1990 cant remember, of the CRX si and Civic SI the civic SI is lighter but has a longer stopping distance, and the us civic hatch never got 4 wheel disc......so wheres your info from? car and driver magazine doesnt use anyone elses stats, they test themselfs, from interior noise, stopping distance to curb weight.
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| Type-S EF wrote: | | Really? I was just reading the may or june 1990 cant remember, of the CRX si and Civic SI the civic SI is lighter but has a longer stopping distance, and the us civic hatch never got 4 wheel disc......so wheres your info from? car and driver magazine doesnt use anyone elses stats, they test themselfs, from interior noise, stopping distance to curb weight. |
Your testing civic SI vs CRX Si, I'm vsing CRX to CRX.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Rear drums definately feel better..
And I would think the SiR setup on the front and drums on the back would give a better brake for road use..
Rear disks do look cool though 
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Whatsup again.
Today I put in the new radiator, a new accelerator cable, and I painted the radiator brackets because they were all rusty and nasty looking.
I discovered a problem with the cold air intake too today. I took it out just to have a look see at everything and it seems that it broke off of a bracket that was welded to it. So now I just have a hole in the side of the piping on the intake. I was just thinking about buying a new one because there not all that expensive, or my other option would be to wrap the hole in metallic tape and let it sit. Letmeh know what would be the better option.
More to come.
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm overhauling the front calapers today.
I have to redue the whole braking system because all the seals are bad in the car. This means a new master too, which is on the way.
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'm so happy I finnally got the ef outtah the garage and rolling again. I don't think the car has been on the road in years to tell you.
Now all I have to do is realign my wheels and it'll be street legal.
Oh another thing, my speedometer dosn't work but thats nothing to fret about.
I'm looking for different rims to put on the car preferabally all black and currently I have some sort of old chrome enkei rims on it and there 15's. Any suggestions on rims and what size looks appropraite for the car??
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Paint.
Okay.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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nice ride
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LXKID88
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah its pretty red hahah.
How should I fix this?
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