April 2013 pics: 1988 civic Lx sedan
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tom p.
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Rob, how have you managed to keep the rust off the car?
Accumulator
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Rob.- I see you're still keeping it in great shape (no surprise there!)... man-oh-man I love that thing.
Applehugger
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I had a 90 LX in the same colour with the same interior (mine was a 5 speed though.) Brings back memories; that's a great car you have there 
Applehugger
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Rob. said:
I would highly recommend doing the swap. Before I had my 90, I had an 89 automatic. Not only was it significantly slower, the shifts were so rough that the 1-2 shift would turn on the windscreen wipers if I floored it! The tranny is super easy to drop, and there's already a cutout in the firewall for the clutch pedal. The manual gearbox doesn't have the greatest shifter feel in the world, but it is a whole lot better than those autos!
Accumulator
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Rob. said:
Yeah...heh heh, I'm not likely to forget either of those! :grinno:
I just love it that your winter car is so nice; wish the previous owner of my '93 Audi had kept its paint nice enough to compare with yours (at least my interior is on-par
).Update: Here's a video I made of the car before I stored it for summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1iSbz2Jz-w&list=UU9uww3n08iilZlA6BPw9HFQ
I also purchased some new old stock moldings for it.
Still waiting for the passenger side set to come in from Belgium.
These are the last set in Europe, USA, and Canada.
There's some left in U.K. but I dont have any contact there.
Striving for perfection ! :knockout
pictures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1iSbz2Jz-w&list=UU9uww3n08iilZlA6BPw9HFQ
I also purchased some new old stock moldings for it.
Still waiting for the passenger side set to come in from Belgium.
These are the last set in Europe, USA, and Canada.
There's some left in U.K. but I dont have any contact there.
Striving for perfection ! :knockout
pictures
Accumulator
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Rob.- Thanks for the walk-around! That damage to the LR door armrest just gives it character!
I could just barely make out why you're replacing the mouldings, the oe ones are still awfully nice.
Good that you have sources for parts (Latvia?!?).
What's the character(s) on the RR floormat?
I could just barely make out why you're replacing the mouldings, the oe ones are still awfully nice.
Good that you have sources for parts (Latvia?!?).
What's the character(s) on the RR floormat?
Accumulator
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You're certainly finding lots of NOS stuff for it!
Accumulator
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At least they made a zillion of those cars, that's gotta help some.
My '93 Audi V8 OTOH, was built in somewhat small numbers and it's getting impossible to find even common stuff for it; it took nearly six months to find a windshield wiper motor, finally got one off a freshly totaled car in Germany. Couldn't drive it in wet weather in the meantime, and it's my bad-weather beater!
My '93 Audi V8 OTOH, was built in somewhat small numbers and it's getting impossible to find even common stuff for it; it took nearly six months to find a windshield wiper motor, finally got one off a freshly totaled car in Germany. Couldn't drive it in wet weather in the meantime, and it's my bad-weather beater!