bought a 1982 honda accord hatchback

[TheATLien]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/394438_2324204760140_805792367_n.jpgthis is my 1982 honda accord hatchback! has a 1.8 manual 5 speed!guy i bought it from said something about the carburetor float is messed up but then my uncle owns a shop next to a mechanic and he said the distributor is messed up..but idk if he knows about carburetors...idk if i should keep it old school?or just swap it out with a vtec and slamm it! and im trying to put round headlights instead of the rectangles but if anyone knows a place to fix my car or cheap let me know!AND I DONT HAVE MONEY LIKE THAT i work at fast food =(

[Sammich]

if the body is as straight as the pic shows...once you get the problem fixed...a simple drop and some NICE wheels will set this off...i'd almost fishbowl this bitch too

[quickdodge®]

Did you buy the car brand new? Picture looks like it was taken in 1982.

[thesammy]

I would leave that thing stock, looks cool as it sits. A nice drop and wheels would be the most I would do to a car like this

[Sinfix_15]

Did you buy the car brand new? Picture looks like it was taken in 1982.

i was thinking the same...... looks like he scanned a polaroid picture

[georgieboi]

Look at the cars in the back ground. Pic isn't that old.

[quickdodge®]

Look at the cars in the back ground. Pic isn't that old.

Lolol.

Today's word is sarcasm.

[georgieboi]

Bazinga!

[quickdodge®]

Lolol.

[Siverprobegt]

Nice find!!Little drop,wheels !!I personal would get rid of the engine,just because it has a carburetor!Ive had bad luck with old honda carburetor!!lol

[Western.]

Nice pick-up!! And where in the world did you find an original photo from back in the day? Must be straight JD------Oh wait. Sup 02ish Honda Odyssey? :crazy: Anyway, good luck with the car and any plans you may have for it! :goodjob:

[quickdodge®]

And where in the world did you find an original photo from back in the day?

I have all kinds of pictures like that. That I took.

Seems the OP is kind of just trolling along. He's posted the exact same threads and picture on quite a few other forums without ever coming back to respond.

[D3UC3S]

Trolls gonna be trolls....

Kick ass car tho!

[TheATLien]

if the body is as straight as the pic shows...once you get the problem fixed...a simple drop and some NICE wheels will set this off...i'd almost fishbowl this bitch too

yeah bodys is almost perfect lol a little bondo as you can see and yeahuppp i want to slam it but i cant find coilovers for the year of car it is ...i was think cutting or heating spring but i dont want to fuck shit up

[TheATLien]

Did you buy the car brand new? Picture looks like it was taken in 1982.

lol nawwww ....my friend instagramed my car and i used that picture..for those who have instagram follow me at @ _atlien

[TheATLien]

Look at the cars in the back ground. Pic isn't that old.

yeah my friend instagram the pic

[quickdodge®]

i want to slam it but i cant find coilovers for the year of car it is ...i was think cutting or heating spring but i dont want to fuck shit up

Coil overs aren't made for your car. BC Racing just now got some set up for mine. For now, though, I'm riding on heated and cut springs.

[TheATLien]

Coil overs aren't made for your car. BC Racing just now got some set up for mine. For now, though, I'm riding on heated and cut springs.

like custom made for you?or what? and how is it on heated and cut springs?

[TheATLien]

im bout to fireworks my car (photoshop bought fireworks)

[bitchface]

If you figure out the outside diameter of your springs you could probably grab a set from a place like pitstopusa.com, then get some short stroke shocks of some kind. Cutting or heating stock springs will most likely than not make your car ride and handle like dogshit. It might take some research and time but I'm sure you could piece together a decent setup with off the shelf parts for not too much money.

[quickdodge®]

like custom made for you?or what? and how is it on heated and cut springs?

Not custom just for me. For the first gen Civic. I am on heated springs up front and cut out back.


Cutting or heating stock springs will most likely than not make your car ride and handle like dogshit.

Depends on if you know what you're doing.

[TheATLien]

i dont know if uploading porn is acceptable here but here it is my work on macromedia fireworks 8 http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/193793_2351556403914_1977087213_o.jpg
paint jobs last! and im not that good as i was at editing ! hows it look?

[TheATLien]

i might just keep the stock rims tho i kinda like em! and change to round lights and get a chrome bumper
and if to repair my car cost too much i might aswell buy a swap?yay or nay?

[quickdodge®]

If you have trim rings on the wheels, I'd definitely keep them on there. I'd paint the wheels gloss black and use the chrome rings. Also, I would NOT go with round lights or a chrome bumper on there. Would not suit the car at all. I would pretty much lower it and paint it. This car signifies the 1980s and I'd leave it that way. That's what I did with mine; lowered (slammed) and paint on a factory "refurbished" car.

Remember, though, this is your car so you ultimately do you.

[Sammich]

whoever did that horrible PS should stop

[bitchface]

Not custom just for me. For the first gen Civic. I am on heated springs up front and cut out back.



Depends on if you know what you're doing.

The problem is if you fuck up your stock springs when trying to modifying them you are dead in the water until you find replacements. I mean, aftermarket springs are cheap, all things considered, and would be 100x better than stock anyway you look at it. And look at it this way, you'll at least need short stroke shocks on cut or heated springs, and with this car they are already blown by now anyway.

To the OP; don't bastardize this car with bullshit, do it right and keep it O.G. style. A nice drop, old skool wheels, paint and trim clean up would be all you need at first. Then do all your suspension bushings, steering rods and sway links. Then maybe consider an EFI engine swap. AC conversion would be nice too. This would make a really nice cruiser if you do it right.

[quickdodge®]

The problem is if you fuck up your stock springs when trying to modifying them you are dead in the water until you find replacements. I mean, aftermarket springs are cheap, all things considered, and would be 100x better than stock anyway you look at it. And look at it this way, you'll at least need short stroke shocks on cut or heated springs, and with this car they are already blown by now anyway.

To the OP; don't bastardize this car with bullshit, do it right and keep it O.G. style. A nice drop, old skool wheels, paint and trim clean up would be all you need at first. Then do all your suspension bushings, steering rods and sway links. Then maybe consider an EFI engine swap. AC conversion would be nice too. This would make a really nice cruiser if you do it right.

As someone who has been doing this since you were 5 years old, I stand by my "if you know what you're doing" comment. I've been "bastardizing," as you call it, cars since the mid 80s with no ill results. I think my experience tells I know what I'm talking about.

[D3UC3S]

^^yes!!

[TheATLien]

hell yea^^ yo have yal herd of garage zero?

[bitchface]

I should have clarified a bit better in my statement of bastardizing. I wasn't so much refering to your spring heating/cutting methods as bastardizing this car. I should have maybe clarified and pointed to the round headlights and the red H badge and crap wheels or other janky things in general that would take away from the original equiptment of this car. This wasn't a personal attack on your chosen spring methods at all.

[TheATLien]

If you have trim rings on the wheels, I'd definitely keep them on there. I'd paint the wheels gloss black and use the chrome rings. Also, I would NOT go with round lights or a chrome bumper on there. Would not suit the car at all. I would pretty much lower it and paint it. This car signifies the 1980s and I'd leave it that way. That's what I did with mine; lowered (slammed) and paint on a factory "refurbished" car.

Remember, though, this is your car so you ultimately do you.

i think im missing a trim ring on one rim tho =/ yeah id doo that if i could find a replacement and i think its kinda rusty on the rim tho idk if you can refurbish that? i kinda want to go with round lights ...and chrome bumber? trust me with clean ass paint it will look nice

thanks! and btw where you get your car refurbished at?and did it cost cost alot alot? or just alot?

[bitchface]

i kinda want to go with round lights ...and chrome bumber?

See? This is what I was talking about!

[quickdodge®]

I should have clarified a bit better in my statement of bastardizing. I wasn't so much refering to your spring heating/cutting methods as bastardizing this car. I should have maybe clarified and pointed to the round headlights and the red H badge and crap wheels or other janky things in general that would take away from the original equiptment of this car. This wasn't a personal attack on your chosen spring methods at all.

Ahhhhh, I gotcha. Clarification taken and understood, sir, lolol. And I completely agree with this as well.


i think im missing a trim ring on one rim tho =/ yeah id doo that if i could find a replacement and i think its kinda rusty on the rim tho idk if you can refurbish that? i kinda want to go with round lights ...and chrome bumber? trust me with clean ass paint it will look nice

thanks! and btw where you get your car refurbished at?and did it cost cost alot alot? or just alot?

Thirteen inch trim rings are not hard to find at all, dude. Mine were damn near impossible and have not seen a new set for sale in about 4 years (the last set I saw for sale I got). But mine were twelve inch rings. In my honest opinion, round lights on that car would really take away from the cars look. The second generation Accord was the only generation that had the quad square headlights and that generation only lasted three years. It's a great look for that car. Also, chrome bumpers don't suit the car either because there is normally no other chrome on the car. The first gen had chrome bumpers to go along with chrome side mirrors and chrome door/window edgings. In 1982, they switched to black side mirrors, side window moldings and the black bumpers. I just think that chrome bumpers would clash with the car.

If this were my car I would pretty much leave it stock, find some nice period correct wheels and drop the hell out of it. Maybe see if you can scare up some rare Japanese market parts (I did this for mine). But of course this is not my car and you should really do what you want to do. If you want round lights and chrome bumpers, go for it, you know.

Pro Import Services, Garage Zero and MiracleGlo are the folks that have put their hands on my car to get it where it is today.

[TheATLien]

once i buy a new DISTRIBUTOR ima be driving it....and yeah im not gonna find random round headlights that fit MY CAR

but yeah not trying to be an asshole but i obviously bought this car because i like the way it looks and i like the whole car in general!

keepin old school like i said im not rich and i work fast food its gonna stay oldschool for a long time

only thing i care about if it runs and it low and then paint plus the engine has 194,xxxx somthing miles
so if i drop a vtec please dont start busting my balls its not like ima put a spoiler ,bodykit, neon lights under it now that there is bastardizing and on lowering my car ...like i said i dont want to fuck shit up

[TheATLien]

Then maybe consider an EFI engine swap. AC conversion would be nice too. This would make a really nice cruiser if you do it right.

wtf is a efi?

[TheATLien]

and the car badges came red but its was already wearing/peeling off

[quickdodge®]

and the car badges came red but its was already wearing/peeling off

Those badges came red from NOPI or some auto parts store. They didn't come red from Honda, I can tell you that much, dude. At least not on that year.

[TheATLien]

naww not old red like under all the dust of the emblem but who cares i cleaned it ;)

[quickdodge®]

naww not old red like under all the dust of the emblem but who cares i cleaned it ;)

Not sure what you're trying to say. I'm just letting you know that the Honda emblem from the factory for your car was not red. It was either all chrome or a chrome H with black background.

[TheATLien]

alright you win lol i dont like to argue
maybe the guy i bought it from painted it or somthing?idk
but im ordering the distributor tommorw!

[TheATLien]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5044/5240582786_e88779b37b_o.jpgwell i painted my car red and got a swap ! sike ...i wish! but i found some guy with the same car with a b20a i think..