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Old 02-05-2009, 05:44 AM
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Ok, so i picked up a '92 Sedan w/ very little rust. only spot i've found it a paint bubble the size of a pencil eraser. Car is a 5-spd w/ around 140k miles on it.

Bought it for 1,000 but had to drop $560 for front end work 2 days later, and 100 for new tires and steelies.

Car still needs:
-Driver Door Handle
-Exhaust fixed
-****ty tint removed
-Drivers side mirror
-Both Drivers side struts


It has the D15 non-vtec motor in it, and it runs fairly well. Even came w/ a Alpine 400 CD player in it thats pretty sweet.


so? how'd i do?
 
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Old 02-05-2009, 06:26 AM
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sounds like a good deal to me
 
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Old 02-05-2009, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by trustdestruction
sounds like a good deal to me
thats what i was hoping to hear
 
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Old 02-05-2009, 07:35 AM
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Ya, I'd agree and say it sounds good aswell.
 
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Old 02-05-2009, 01:55 PM
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word. i gotta try and get to the junkyard sometime soon.
 
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Old 02-06-2009, 04:11 AM
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Sounds good man, congrats!

Give it a full tune up!
 
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Old 02-06-2009, 08:23 PM
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soon as i get $ to do so, trust me, it will be done. lol
 
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Old 02-08-2009, 06:27 AM
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its lookin like my clutch is startin to slip a bit. i'm supposed to be gettin one l8r today, but i'm not sure when my friend is gonna have time to install it for me. All in all, should be a $200 bill, so nothin super horrible
 
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Old 02-14-2009, 05:19 PM
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Here are some pics of it...
 
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Old 02-18-2009, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by lancerswimmer89
its lookin like my clutch is startin to slip a bit. i'm supposed to be gettin one l8r today, but i'm not sure when my friend is gonna have time to install it for me. All in all, should be a $200 bill, so nothin super horrible
200 bill ? meaning ... to install it ? im guessing 200 for the clutch
 
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