Andermans EF Civic

[Anderman]

Hey guys.
Thought i might introduce myself lol.

Bought my $1600 1991 ED Civic Hatch about a week ago now. It came wiht 3 months rego

Mainly as a run about for a year or so while i do my other car up..
Doesnt mean i cant have some fun with it still!


heres some pics of it

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[Chriskoss]

I like those model hondas, they are clean and straight..

Whats your other car that your doing up?

[I heart the SSS]

It has momo rims!

Nice and clean, I like the grey ones..


IWhats your other car that your doing up?

Other car is a N13 Pulsar... hatchback Q by the looks of things :)

[Anderman]

Hey the car im doing up is and R31 Skyline.. That N13(which is actually a sport btw :) ) is my friends car which we are in the final processes of respraying.

[lolnic]

Aww I have a r31 too D: I'm looking to get rid of it for a Honda :P. Be careful you don't fall in love with this little thing!

[Anderman]

haha yea i have to be careful i dont spend to much money on this rather then my project car :P

[Henessaayyy]

Make this your project car! F*** the Nissans! HONDA FTMFW!
ED6 FTMFW! Haha!

As for the broken parts or parts you're missing (speaker cover, broken vents etc) you can rip them out of old ED's from wreckers. Wreckers all over Australia have ED's man!
Hope you do end up modding this little baby!

[Anderman]

aww i have the speaker cover, i was just checking the previous owners handywork... which was anything but good.. haha.. instead of making fittings for wires or soldering. he just taped everything together... soooo dodgy.. no wonder i had to fix it haha..


Nah man Nissan all the way.. But Hondas are rad to... so just Jap all the way!! haha

But yea i gotta get a new air vent... even tho the POS doesnt have aircon :( haha


I also need to fix the drivers elec window.. It goes like 3/4 of the way up.. then shits itself and u have to push it the rest of the way.. i guess thats something else ill get around to fixing...

And the front and rear bar are both pretty ownd... they are pushed in and stuff.. I was wondering if a cheap fairly minimal bodykit might be worth it... dunno.. might have to make a wreckers trip!


BTW. would the car have come with central locking?? cheers

[Henessaayyy]

No central locking
Mine doesn't have aircon either - so we're both owned!

Just find replacement bumper bars - body kits are ugly.
If you can, find a EF9 front and rear bumper (Google images for reference)
You can notice the difference in bumpers as the ED has rectangular blinkers at the front and the EF's bumper lights wrap around the front bumper. If you manage to find one of those at a wreckers, you've got major win!

My power windows are slow as ****.. But they're still power and go all the way up! *Ner ner! :P*

And as for speaker wiring.. Mine was the same. I bet if you pull out your centre console, you'll find the same deal. Electrical tape every-****ing-where!

[Anderman]

aww ok haha i see.

yea im not a fan of body kits either.. i was just wondering if there was something close to stock that was cheap as an alternative lol.

damn u and ur power windows!
does it count my passenger one is really good? haha

And yea the wiring behind the headunit was all dodgy.. and was taped up in the fuse box? and GAHHHH so annoying lol

[lolnic]

Good lord - my skyline has shitty speaker wiring like that also I'm installing a subw00fa this weekend and my mates got a soldering iron, going to fix it all up then and install central locking into the skyline.

Then once that's all done i'm going to leave the ****er alone and get a Honda. I'm sick of fixing it, it's in good nick but slowly falling apart, if only Nissan used plastic as strong as the rb30 :(.

You know what, What sort of issues are you having with your EF? Door locks work right? Mirrors not falling off due to plastic mounting points etc ? Basically overall is the interior and accessories holding up well?

[Anderman]

yea man the car is all pretty damn good condition.. nothings really falling off..
the only real problem is the electric window.. after that it seems alright..
and a bit of a crunch between 2nd and 3rd :(

[Henessaayyy]

Mine crunches into third every now and then :P
Im not sure about how the windows work, Im guessing the motor is just old and worn the f**k out!

lolnic! My drivers door wont lock unless you put the key in it. I can lock it sitting in the car, but if I open the door and push the lock in, it doesn't work. And my passenger side keyhole is F'd... Bloody Hondas!

[Anderman]

"Hey guys my ED hatch's accelerator is really touchy when you just touch it. so when you change gears it feels like the car is bunny hopping if ur only resting ur foot on the accelerator.. Its hard to explain.. its like its heaps sensitive.. anyway!

Is there a way i can fix this?

cheers"


thought id chuck this here as well as in technical cause its really shitting me lol

[trism]

mine does it too.. its coz its carby

[Anderman]

aww ok
i feel a bit silly now haha

but its my first carby car so im all noob loll

[clairegirl]

hey i had one of these cars too before i bought the Honda City VTI-L

It was a honda civic hatchback GL in silver. it drives alright too. It did me well for the 6-7 years I had it. Got me through senior highschool and 5 yrs of uni.

I had my whole engine changed a couple of years ago, so apparently will last forever. I'll take pics of my old baby later, my parents still have it.

Oh and no mods at all except for stereo system amd darkest legal tints

[kraiye]

Hey Anderman, for your power windows problem, try spray grease on any moving joints and coat any rubber that comes into contact with the glass with silicon spray. worked well when i had problems with my EM1 windows.

[Anderman]

thanks man ill give it a shot

cheers