So I sold the SI and picked up a beater 56K *no way*

Absolutely incredible work! I buffed out a lot of those single stage white Accords (even some 6th gens!) so I know you had your work cut out for you. I think you did the right thing going for all the oxidation in one big shot. If you don't, the wax ends up streaking and the oxidation keeps coming back. Looks like you should be able to maintain it with #7 as your main polish for quite some time now.



Cool car too. Should be dead reliable too. If that is a '91 (don't remember them being available in '90 and it has the '90-1 tail lights), the only real issue will probably be the distributor. The coil and ignitor are in the distributor and one or the other seems to go out about every 50,000 miles or so.
 
Oh yeah, a DC Sport Ceramic header will give you some more power and dramatically cut down on underhood heat. My cooling fans would run 10-20 minutes after turning off my car from April through October when I had the stock cast iron exhaust manifold on my '90, once I put a ceramic coated header on it, in 6 years, the fans maybe came on 2 or 3 times for a few minutes and that was after heavy stop and go traffic on 100 degree days.
 
man... awesome work, holy cow! That is a nice wagon.



Yes the Hondas do hold their value. I recently sold my 92 Prelude for almost $6K. It had about 185,000 on the odo but it was in excellent shape and had a list of aftermarket equipment. Reliable too. The original clutch lasted to 182,000 when it finally started slipping :)



Scott is correct on the distributor/igniter. That was the only issue I had ever had with it really was the igniter. But that was only once and it's a simple fix.





Congrats on your nice (well now at least) find



You get :2thumbs: :2thumbs: up! ;)
 
Igniters should have only been a problem with the OEM parts and the first replacement should have fixed it. I wonder if you kept getting the defective part number Scott?
 
SpoiledMan said:
Igniters should have only been a problem with the OEM parts and the first replacement should have fixed it. I wonder if you kept getting the defective part number Scott?
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I think I only changed one ignitor (and yes, my car had the recall work done) but the coils gave me fits. That and when the seals in the distributor started leaking oil into the cap.



Oh yeah, if the car cranks but won't start on hot days after a hot restart but will when it cools down a bit, replace the main relay. About $55, takes about 2 minutes to swap out.
 
Trick I learned on AL.com is to remove the relay, open it and redo the solder on the main part and put it back in. FIXED!
 
Scottwax said:
Cool car too. Should be dead reliable too. If that is a '91 (don't remember them being available in '90 and it has the '90-1 tail lights), the only real issue will probably be the distributor. The coil and ignitor are in the distributor and one or the other seems to go out about every 50,000 miles or so.
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Just replaced the coil on the '91. First one in the seven years I have owned it, so I consider myself lucky. Replaced the main relay on it a couple years ago. The only other things are the fact that the brakes are basically undersized and terribly prone to warping. Part of this is my driving, but every 4th gen Accord I have ever ridden in has warped rotors unless the brakes were just done. That and the drivers side window regulator is bound to not work perfect anymore, so now the window doesn't roll up entirely straight. At least with 4 of these Accords between friends and family, we knew how to fix most of this stuff pretty easy.



His wagon I believe is a 92-3. Honda used the 90-1 taillights on all of the wagons to save money. His has the 92-3 wheels and front end. Which means yeah for ebpcivicsi, his should have the external coil that works ten times better.
 
jnmttu said:
The only other things are the fact that the brakes are basically undersized and terribly prone to warping. Part of this is my driving, but every 4th gen Accord I have ever ridden in has warped rotors unless the brakes were just done.
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Switch to the wagon brakes and never worry again. The wagon uses the same brakes as the Integra Type R but with 4 lugs.;)
 
Hi all, yep it's a 93, hopefully I will not have too many problems. Within the next few weekends I will go through and change all belts, hoses, etc. My brother is a Toyota tech, so we will have a nice weekend with plenty of beer. :D



Thanks for the compliments everyone!!



Scott, LOL I keep getting this feeling that I am going to wash it twice and the paint will be chalky again. ;) Hopefully I got it all and it will be smooth sailing from here(crosses fingers).
 
Wow, holy freaking cow what a difference! You could easily flip and make a nice profit Im sure. I really impressed with how nice you got the trim and the rims to look. Did you use a Dremel or something to getinto those tiny holes in the wheels?
 
LightngSVT said:
Wow, holy freaking cow what a difference! You could easily flip and make a nice profit Im sure. I really impressed with how nice you got the trim and the rims to look. Did you use a Dremel or something to getinto those tiny holes in the wheels?
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Acid, rinse, whatever was left (*very* little) was steamed off post detailing the paint. :D





The trim was really in great shape, just had been waxed too many times. :D
 
tdekany said:
Yes while cleaning. My pads/applicators turn black in a second!
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Sorry, I missed this...



I cleaned the trim at the "wash stage" with a small boars hair brush, so I didn't have an applicator per se. When dressing the trim, it came clean enough that only one applicator was sufficient to complete the job, it *was* black though. :D
 
ebpcivicsi said:
Sorry, I missed this...



I cleaned the trim at the "wash stage" with a small boars hair brush, so I didn't have an applicator per se. When dressing the trim, it came clean enough that only one applicator was sufficient to complete the job, it *was* black though. :D
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Thanks for the explanation.



Again, great job!



I have an st2 sirius radio :D
 
Awesome work Joe, that's a deep reflection for a white car. 20 hours well spent, good on you - just goes to show what can be done, even with older cars. :2thumbs:
 
That's amazing. Seriously, that paint was dead when you bought it. But now, it looks brand new. That undercoating in the wells should look really good. hell, that entire car looks really good. Great job, I hope you enjoy your new car.
 
Superb revival!!! :2thumbs:



What happened to the paint on the top left hand side of the bumper below the tailight?? Was there a chip or something there and the buffing just "set her free"?? Looks like exposed urethane.



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