My $400 96 Civic I bought

[Steven13]

Bought this from a friend's boyfriend who drove it daily, parked it one night, then it wouldn't start the next day. He is not the patient type who likes having things fixed so he left parked 3-4 months and bought a new truck. So I bought it yesterday and towed it home and finally got it to run today. need some heavy maintenance though. I will post updates here. Although it ill be slow going :'(

Funny story. The guy had a "mechanic" look at it, the mechanic said it needed a new motor but he would buy it for $900. Luckily for me, he declined the offer. I think the only thing that was essential for it to run was an ignition coil.

96 Civic DX EJ D16

I have all the intake parts, they're just missing from the picture. New cap, wires, plugs in place. Needs a new coil ATM.

 

[Wreckless Hype]

Whoa man, that Florida paint haha

Nice grab. Will be nice to see where this goes.

 

[Ice Cream Kid]

Man, for $400 that's a hell of a deal

 

[mikekh10a]

besides paint, is the body fine??

 

[96 DX Hatch]

And this is why people don't trust mechanics.

 

[Steven13]

besides paint, is the body fine??

its not perfect, but never wrecked and no big dents. i havent looked underneath yet. probably will later next week. front bumper has a crack on passenger side. oh and the hood has been pulled down while its been propped, eh and maybe one time by me.... but someone else did it too apparently. but i beat a lot of that dent out by hand earlier, i can just reinforce the under side and flatten out the dent with some good body work.

 

[cuetip]

900 really, s**t my grandpa just spent 700 on fixing his 97 civic

 

[Steven13]

900 really, s*** my grandpa just spent 700 on fixing his 97 civic

i should clarify, the mechanic offered to buy the car for $900 if the guy didnt want to have it fixed