My '90 coupe...
Just got this thing last Tuesday. I've got a lot of plans for it, and I can't wait to get started. I've always wanted a little 2 door Honda that I could tweak and tune. Before the CB I was rolling around in a '91 Toyota 4Runner (gah the gas mileage was horrendous) which now has a new owner.
ENGINE
.:Stock as far as I know, I've been told it's a new engine but it looks like a stock F22 to me.
.:Generic cold air intake that was installed when I got the car
.:Normal CB7 oil leaks (valve cover gasket, etc)
.:Manual tranny, new clutch
EXTERIOR
.:OEM gold paint, needs a touchup and a good polish
.:Stock everything else
INTERIOR
.: Dual headunit, works great although I'm sure others will want to contrast with that opinion, lol
.:Generic Durabrand front speakers, they sound REALLY good actually
.:Stock rear speakers
.:I painted the console black, it looks cool.
.:Walmart shift knob
.:The door handles and dash vents were painted red when I got the car, kind of silly against the brown
SUSPENSION/WHEELS
.:Acura TL 4-lug wheels
.:Stock suspension
AUDIO/ELECTRONICS
.: Dual headunit
.: Durabrand front speakers
.:Stock rear speakers
(IMMEDIATE) PLANS
.:Mod rear speaker pods to accept 6x9 speakers
.:Chromed A/C knobs
.:I really need to get a set of manual seatbelts but I can't afford it at the moment
.:New floormats... yuck @ current ones
.:Replace valve cover gasket and spark plug tube seals
.:Clean engine, possibly polish it
.:Polish all plastic per TypeG's instructions
.:CB7Tuner decals all around!
.:Seat covers all around
.:New steering wheel cover
.:One of those cool blue cigarette lighter light things (that was easy, got that done)
.:LED light bars/CCFLs wired to accessory lights
.:Rewire the chiming bells when you leave your headlights on so that the bells chime when I open the doors and the electronic buzzing sound goes off when I leave lights on
.:Needs a good polish, I'mma go the whole nine yards with scratch remover, a clay bar, wax, plastic and metal polish, tire wet/gel, and wheel cleaner
.:Window tint on front windows
.:New windshield
(SOMEWHAT FAR INTO THE) FUTURE PLANS
.:New headunit, not sure what kind yet
.:Subs and an amp
.:Either paint touchup or repaint whole car black, door jambs and all (except engine bay prolly cant do that). Black would look good with the champagne interior I think.
.:New muffler
.:AEM fuel rail
.:AEM cold air intake, maybe
.:AEM oil cap
.:Black bumpers
.:Blackhoused headlights
.:Red/clear taillights
.:Optima battery
(VERY FAR INTO THE) FUTURE PLANS
.:I need new seats, either Prelude or S2000 seats, I don't know, just something black or gray, lol
.:New carpeting, probably black or dark dark gray
.:New steering wheel probably
.:Might get the car painted either dark silver or black depending on how the interior looks with the gold
.:New exhaust system
(WILL NEVER HAPPEN UNLESS I BECOME RICH BUT I'LL WORK ON IT ANYWAY) FUTURE PLANS
.:H22 swap
.:Nitrous kit
.:MOMO wheels
.:MOMO shift knob
.:MOMO steering wheel
.:Bride or MOMO seats, probably Bride
.:Painted engine bay
.: DVD player with screens in headrests and in dash
.:Super Nintendo or N64 (man screw all these new video game systems in cars)
AND NOW.... more pictures.
I've removed the exhaust manifold cover since this picture was taken
WRECK UPDATE, OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH, TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX
I've posted it everywhere else on the site s I'll update my member's ride thread too.
On September 19th I was coming out of my fiancees driveway and some asshat was going way too fast and didn't see me. She lives on the highway, on a hill, and the road curves to the right going uphill around her house, so it's really hard to see the driveway anyway. Well I stopped and looked both ways and started to pull out, next thing I know I've got a severe case of whiplash and a big ass cut on my head, and there's a little patchwork old Sentra that just salmmed into the left front fender of my car. I hear a grinding noise, see glass and fluid all over the road, and think - 'Shit, there goes the CB.' My fiancee had been shaking my head and shouting if I was okay. Apparently as soon as the car hit I had her hand in a deathgrip.
Well, I get out, and see that my car is in a lot better condition than his. At first it just looked like cosmetic damage. His car, however, was totalled. The radiator and fans were pushed into the engine and the battery was busted. There was coolant, battery fluid, and all kinds of crap all over the road. Busted parts, etc. The dude driving was okay.
He had slammed my car clear across the road and probably about three inches from going down a 20-foot ditch. When the trooper told me I could move my car, I got in and started her up and heard a hellacious grinding sound. I thought the engine was done for. Also, when I started to move it, the left front wheel looked like it would fall right off - it was weebl-wobbling all over the place.
After that wreck was sorted out, I had to leave my CB at my fiancees house for a week before I scratched up enough money for a tow. The other car had pushed the metal on the frame near the fender up so that the hood couldn't go down far enough to latch down. So when I finally got my car to my house, I lifted the hood to find that my cold air intake had been stolen. At that point I felt very defeated and decided I would either part out my CB or sell it to a junkyard, or something, and get another vehicle.
Well, about two weeks go by with the CB sitting in the front yard in a horrendous state. I decided one day, out of boredom, to actually look at the car. Turns out it would only cost me about 120 bucks total to get the parts to fix the car. The rest can be explained in pictures.
I didn't know what that silver thing was, with patience from people on this site i found out it was the cruise control. That's what was causing the hellacious grinding sound under the hood. After about a half hour of wrench acrobatics I got the thing off and that problem was fixed.
and here is the main event of the show:
Upper control arm got busted, and the balljoint got knocked out. Within three days of finding this out I had the car jacked up, the wheel off, and was installing brand spankin' new upper control arms. Had a friend take me to the local tire shop with the wheel that was on that side, they took the old tire off (had been rotted) and put a barely used tire on it, pumped it up, and balanced it out for $15. Took it back home, bolted it on, and the car was running like a champ again, besides a hellacious problem with the alignment.
The alignment, though - the culprit of that was found today. The steering would shoot over to the right side unless I held the wheel. Well, today I took the right wheel off and changed the right-hand upper control arm. When I took the wheel off, I immediatly saw that it was high time that fucker got taken off - the rubber around the balljoint was rotted in half and the balljoint was looser than a porn star. When I got it off and tossed the old arm aside, the balljoint almost fell off! The rubber came off around it and it was just a scary ass mess.
I'll drive it around either tomorrow or the next day (whenever my friend and I fix our registration issues) and it'll need an alignment anyway but I just wanna see what kind of an effect that worn out joint had on it.
Now I just need to get a new fender and bumper. Another member on this site is going to sell me a seattle silver fender, and I'll probably just get a body kit instead of a new front bumper.
Then the brakes need work... Right side rotor has a crack in the first layer. I need new rotors and I might as well change pads while I'm at it.
Then after that... well, I don't know. I want to get a new manifold. But I really want to work on the interior of that car. I also want to get the exterior repainted. But I can't find anywhere to get OEM Honda paint!!!?
Just got this thing last Tuesday. I've got a lot of plans for it, and I can't wait to get started. I've always wanted a little 2 door Honda that I could tweak and tune. Before the CB I was rolling around in a '91 Toyota 4Runner (gah the gas mileage was horrendous) which now has a new owner.
ENGINE
.:Stock as far as I know, I've been told it's a new engine but it looks like a stock F22 to me.
.:Generic cold air intake that was installed when I got the car
.:Normal CB7 oil leaks (valve cover gasket, etc)
.:Manual tranny, new clutch
EXTERIOR
.:OEM gold paint, needs a touchup and a good polish
.:Stock everything else
INTERIOR
.: Dual headunit, works great although I'm sure others will want to contrast with that opinion, lol
.:Generic Durabrand front speakers, they sound REALLY good actually
.:Stock rear speakers
.:I painted the console black, it looks cool.
.:Walmart shift knob
.:The door handles and dash vents were painted red when I got the car, kind of silly against the brown
SUSPENSION/WHEELS
.:Acura TL 4-lug wheels
.:Stock suspension
AUDIO/ELECTRONICS
.: Dual headunit
.: Durabrand front speakers
.:Stock rear speakers
(IMMEDIATE) PLANS
.:Mod rear speaker pods to accept 6x9 speakers
.:Chromed A/C knobs
.:I really need to get a set of manual seatbelts but I can't afford it at the moment
.:New floormats... yuck @ current ones
.:Replace valve cover gasket and spark plug tube seals
.:Clean engine, possibly polish it
.:Polish all plastic per TypeG's instructions
.:CB7Tuner decals all around!
.:Seat covers all around
.:New steering wheel cover
.:One of those cool blue cigarette lighter light things (that was easy, got that done)
.:LED light bars/CCFLs wired to accessory lights
.:Rewire the chiming bells when you leave your headlights on so that the bells chime when I open the doors and the electronic buzzing sound goes off when I leave lights on
.:Needs a good polish, I'mma go the whole nine yards with scratch remover, a clay bar, wax, plastic and metal polish, tire wet/gel, and wheel cleaner
.:Window tint on front windows
.:New windshield
(SOMEWHAT FAR INTO THE) FUTURE PLANS
.:New headunit, not sure what kind yet
.:Subs and an amp
.:Either paint touchup or repaint whole car black, door jambs and all (except engine bay prolly cant do that). Black would look good with the champagne interior I think.
.:New muffler
.:AEM fuel rail
.:AEM cold air intake, maybe
.:AEM oil cap
.:Black bumpers
.:Blackhoused headlights
.:Red/clear taillights
.:Optima battery
(VERY FAR INTO THE) FUTURE PLANS
.:I need new seats, either Prelude or S2000 seats, I don't know, just something black or gray, lol
.:New carpeting, probably black or dark dark gray
.:New steering wheel probably
.:Might get the car painted either dark silver or black depending on how the interior looks with the gold
.:New exhaust system
(WILL NEVER HAPPEN UNLESS I BECOME RICH BUT I'LL WORK ON IT ANYWAY) FUTURE PLANS
.:H22 swap
.:Nitrous kit
.:MOMO wheels
.:MOMO shift knob
.:MOMO steering wheel
.:Bride or MOMO seats, probably Bride
.:Painted engine bay
.: DVD player with screens in headrests and in dash
.:Super Nintendo or N64 (man screw all these new video game systems in cars)
AND NOW.... more pictures.
I've removed the exhaust manifold cover since this picture was taken
WRECK UPDATE, OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH, TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX
I've posted it everywhere else on the site s I'll update my member's ride thread too.
On September 19th I was coming out of my fiancees driveway and some asshat was going way too fast and didn't see me. She lives on the highway, on a hill, and the road curves to the right going uphill around her house, so it's really hard to see the driveway anyway. Well I stopped and looked both ways and started to pull out, next thing I know I've got a severe case of whiplash and a big ass cut on my head, and there's a little patchwork old Sentra that just salmmed into the left front fender of my car. I hear a grinding noise, see glass and fluid all over the road, and think - 'Shit, there goes the CB.' My fiancee had been shaking my head and shouting if I was okay. Apparently as soon as the car hit I had her hand in a deathgrip.
Well, I get out, and see that my car is in a lot better condition than his. At first it just looked like cosmetic damage. His car, however, was totalled. The radiator and fans were pushed into the engine and the battery was busted. There was coolant, battery fluid, and all kinds of crap all over the road. Busted parts, etc. The dude driving was okay.
He had slammed my car clear across the road and probably about three inches from going down a 20-foot ditch. When the trooper told me I could move my car, I got in and started her up and heard a hellacious grinding sound. I thought the engine was done for. Also, when I started to move it, the left front wheel looked like it would fall right off - it was weebl-wobbling all over the place.
After that wreck was sorted out, I had to leave my CB at my fiancees house for a week before I scratched up enough money for a tow. The other car had pushed the metal on the frame near the fender up so that the hood couldn't go down far enough to latch down. So when I finally got my car to my house, I lifted the hood to find that my cold air intake had been stolen. At that point I felt very defeated and decided I would either part out my CB or sell it to a junkyard, or something, and get another vehicle.
Well, about two weeks go by with the CB sitting in the front yard in a horrendous state. I decided one day, out of boredom, to actually look at the car. Turns out it would only cost me about 120 bucks total to get the parts to fix the car. The rest can be explained in pictures.
I didn't know what that silver thing was, with patience from people on this site i found out it was the cruise control. That's what was causing the hellacious grinding sound under the hood. After about a half hour of wrench acrobatics I got the thing off and that problem was fixed.
and here is the main event of the show:
Upper control arm got busted, and the balljoint got knocked out. Within three days of finding this out I had the car jacked up, the wheel off, and was installing brand spankin' new upper control arms. Had a friend take me to the local tire shop with the wheel that was on that side, they took the old tire off (had been rotted) and put a barely used tire on it, pumped it up, and balanced it out for $15. Took it back home, bolted it on, and the car was running like a champ again, besides a hellacious problem with the alignment.
The alignment, though - the culprit of that was found today. The steering would shoot over to the right side unless I held the wheel. Well, today I took the right wheel off and changed the right-hand upper control arm. When I took the wheel off, I immediatly saw that it was high time that fucker got taken off - the rubber around the balljoint was rotted in half and the balljoint was looser than a porn star. When I got it off and tossed the old arm aside, the balljoint almost fell off! The rubber came off around it and it was just a scary ass mess.
I'll drive it around either tomorrow or the next day (whenever my friend and I fix our registration issues) and it'll need an alignment anyway but I just wanna see what kind of an effect that worn out joint had on it.
Now I just need to get a new fender and bumper. Another member on this site is going to sell me a seattle silver fender, and I'll probably just get a body kit instead of a new front bumper.
Then the brakes need work... Right side rotor has a crack in the first layer. I need new rotors and I might as well change pads while I'm at it.
Then after that... well, I don't know. I want to get a new manifold. But I really want to work on the interior of that car. I also want to get the exterior repainted. But I can't find anywhere to get OEM Honda paint!!!?
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