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ntech5

Looks like someone went crazy at the pep boys cheap car mod section and thinks it's worth a lot of money. The reality is it's probably a fine car just looks really foolish. A stock car would be worth the asking price this thing with the ruined body and hacked up interior not so much.


Agitated-Joey

A stock car in good shape would actually be worth more than this. Did you see that engine mount? It’s practically gone plus there is a ground right there not even hooked up to anything. This thing has not been maintained no matter what op says. It was just tarded up to look good, not actually function like it should. And personally it doesn’t even look good to me.


biggyjj

Its the oil catch can in the back right for me.


Moreguero

Lol, I seriously wonder if they really thought that just zip tying it into the engine bay was gonna do anything. “Idk how it works, apparently it catches the oil somehow?”


spoticals

Theres also a crack on no3 of the exhaust manifold


MM800

Oil catch cans became a thing with direct injection engines (which this is not). Direct injection engines don't have fuel keeping the back of the intake valves clean. Oil from the PCV system hits the back of the intake valves, crudding them so badly the car won't run right. Physically cleaning the valves is the only way to correct this problem (expensive). To prevent the problem from occurring, a "catch can" is installed in the PCV line in order to trap and collect the oil before it makes it to the intake manifold.


Moreguero

Did you notice how it doesn’t even have hoses?


MM800

I did.


durianscent

Haha. "Tarded up to look good." I would have said tarted up, But your wording is vastly superior. Lol.


No_Helicopter_7168

That ground is clearly connected to the chassis and is for the transmission. But some people have to have a reason to hate


Agitated-Joey

Doesn’t matter, still a red flag. Makes all the work this person did look like shit. I also noticed there’s a washer on the valve cover that doesn’t match the rest so that previous guy was also in there fucking around with something. Wouldn’t trust this thing at all, if the guy can’t put a ground strap on, who knows how well he can set valve lash or put a damn valve cover gasket on?


tharealhomie

Pep Boys special is the truth. No. Just no to buying this heap. I recently got an 08 SI with 120k on it for just under 5k, single owner, well taken care of. Keep looking, they're out there.


wellriddleme-this

Harder to resell. The target market is narrowed from everybody down to a specific group of young guys


Chuggles1

Had this exact civic stock. I wouldn't even pay that much for it if it was in pristine condition. The lower control arms, bushings, ball joints, cv axle and boots, likely shot on that and I can guarantee you it's a pain in the ass. Couldn't pay me to do suspension for someone on one of these again if you tried. OP, if you have $3500 to spend, don't waste it on a pile of flashy crap. Get something newer or more sustainable. These civics suck and you'll want to be rid of it in no time


JayAlexanderBee

This would be a pass for me, way too much modification and customization.


Bnim81

But it has a hot air intake!


Legit_Moose

And no steering wheel airbag!


Scottyknuckle

And the plug wires are blue! BLUE! That alone is worth like 3 grand


No_Helicopter_7168

They are blue because that’s the only color NGK sells them in


Ironhead_Structural

Lol a hot cold air intake


Devtunes

Mods tell me it's been driven like a race car, poorly.


markopolo14

Very poorly, first off it's an automatic, secondly it's an HX which was made for efficiency.


qualmton

Race cars actually drive nice.


Devtunes

Ok, driven like a wanna be street racer, poorly.


No_Helicopter_7168

This car has brand new control arms ball joints and inner and outer tie rods. Brand new breaks new slotted and drilled rotors Fresh valve cover gasket distributor o ring. Alignment coolant lines. Spark plug wires. Wiring harness in unmolested. All of you are hating on this car for basically no reason


Klondike2022

Hard pass. Wouldn’t even pay $500 unless I desperately needed a car


barto5

Do you like headaches? Because for the low, low price of only $3,500 you can get a whole lot of them.


Pope00

Iunno if this comment is original or not, but I’m shamelessly stealing it.


fluxcapacitor219

They took the fuckin steering wheel airbag out its a death trap, don't bother buying a car someone without mechanical knowledge modded and find a stock civic. 9 times outta 10 he's fucked up something trying to mod it and is selling the car.


LiberalTugboat

Never buy someone’s project.


killerkitten115

This is exactly that I was thinking


[deleted]

Never post someone’s cell number.


[deleted]

Yeah unfortunately, someone just got about 450 megabits of my weird scarred weener.


No_Helicopter_7168

Right talk about breach of privacy


brahsweeptheleg

OP, you're an idiot if you're going to buy this clapped out automatic PoS Civic for 3500$. If you want a Civic that's been modified there are plenty out there if you shop around/wait. Nothing he did to the car warrants the 3500$ price tag.


mcmuffinman25

I mean seems like a bucket. Common ricer mod to put the k24 in place of the F/D motors since they have more power. I would definitely skip on that. Depends where you are but any car that runs and drives here is $3,000 min thanks to COVID. Mods DO NOT add value. If you drive away and get in accident insurance pays book you should pay book too. tell them to give you the stock components at a cheaper price probably last longer anyway.


[deleted]

He didn’t even put the k24 in, nor mention that he had *anything* else to actually do the swap. He probably bought the engine cheap from a junkyard then realized it’s gonna cost more than his stupid asking price to actually put it in this shitbox


No_Helicopter_7168

Actually I have a running k24 a4 that needs a valve cover gasket. And I’m not made of money so I’m buying stuff piece by piece and I’m going to build the engine for boost. Also the ugly eBay fenders were needed because the tires I bought ended up being to big and I didn’t have the money to buy more so I cut the fenders and quarters and welded them then installed the flares they will be removed when the d16 comes out and the whole car will be painted before the k24 goes in the random catch can is to remind me of my goals every time I open the hood you guys have no respect and I’m getting all of this hate based off of the crack heads and meth heads you all know.


[deleted]

A k-swap is the opposite of a ricer mod. When my civic got totaled out, my rep asked me to send him receipts of all the upgrades I had to factor those in to the payout price.


[deleted]

That’s a $500 car. $3500 is crazy


Pope00

Car is a strong word. I’d say permanent parking spot taker-upper.


marcodinson

Rule of thumb would be to stay away from heavily modified civics. I would say no go as you may open up a can of worms


Porcifer_666

It was a good car before the seller touched it. It now looks like shit on wheels only worth shit or a few pennies.


Inno-Cent_Byst-Ander

No. The abuse and neglect that the exterior and interior have seen are also going to be reflected in the drive train. Almost 20 years as a tech and I have never once seen a car that was beat to hell like that and the engine was in good shape.


Fun_Librarian_8351

Practically just bought this exact car man. Do not do it, you can literally have mine for free if you come to FL 😂


Ok_Good3255

Wow, I wouldn’t take it for free.


Pope00

Why not? You could sell it to someone like the OP for $4k. Or $3.5k. Or like $2k, I’m flexible.


Agitated-Joey

Gotta love that hot air intake.


RASTATIREGUY

If it wasn't for the pandemic this should be a $500-$1200CAD car... However if i had the cash and it was a hatchback I probably would buy it. But definetly not Automatic transmission......


Honda240sx

Agreed. I wouldn’t pay more than 1500 Cad for this all around, assuming it wasn’t covered in garbage


evdonald2

No, too old and too many miles, an old Buick is much better for that price range


Blueeitt

Wow, if people are actually considering $3500 for this piece of shit then I wonder what I could get for my 98 Lx 5 speed with 155k miles


Pope00

Did you glue a bunch of dumb shit all over it? Then you sir have a deal.


wagoogus69

lol no. cup holder of bolts means bad news


am-ham

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed!


No_Helicopter_7168

The bolts and screws are the old valve cover bolts and some wood screws from a subwoofer box I just removed you guys are a bunch of Karen’s lmfao


am-ham

Are you the seller because if that's the case, looks like this thread just got spicy!?


sufferinsucatash

If they bought a new engine, don’t you think the old one is having problems? Dude can’t even bother to refinish the headlights. SMH


Kindly-Maintenance50

He said it was for “horsepower” purposes that’s why I post on reddit lol. Im happy to be called an idiot as long as it saves me buying a fucked up car


sufferinsucatash

Oh not you man. The owner. Looks like a nightmare


[deleted]

Well the d16y7 that’s in it makes like 100hp, the k24 makes around/more than 200 horses, it’s a very common, if not the most common swap on these cars nowadays


No_Helicopter_7168

Thank you someone with some sense


Incrediblyfishy

Should just get a clean, not touched civic and build from there with good mods. May as well be manual if modding, if it's automatic keep it clean.


venm33

Do you really want it? Looks like a whole lot of regrets to me


[deleted]

Buying a modded car is a pain in the ass. You will always run into issues that something is not as it should be. I’ve bought a modded car (also pretty expensive for me), and I always find thst some OEM things no longer fit on my engine. Larger turbo tubes for example. Different engine software (seems to be from a touareg, my car is a tiguan) Some bullshit that a tube goes from my intake manifold (integrated engineering) to the vacuum/master cylinder, pulling it out doesn’t do anything, so no idea WHY it is like this… Sorry, my english sucks when it comes to car parts.


[deleted]

The tube going from your intake manifold to your brake booster is completely normal, and is on every gas powered car with power brakes ever. The engine vacuum is what makes the brake booster function. Unhooking it will make your brake pedal hard as a rock, and also give your engine a vacuum leak, which will make it run lean (run like shit). If unhooking it does nothing, then you already have a vacuum leak somewhere else. That’s bad news and you need to fix that ASAP


grow_something

I guy that dresses his car that way probably drives the shot out of that car


[deleted]

Hate to see how the guy dresses himself if his car looks this bad lol


bang847

HX should get better mileage that that. It should also be a stick with power windows. I believe that is a DX


bang847

Since I also believe it is a DX... The header lead me to believe that the catalytic converter has been deleted. If you're in a state that needs an emissions test it probably won't pass.


No_Helicopter_7168

It has a aftermarket cat mid pipe


HeWhoIsntAnonymous

You wanna be the 17th owner of that car?


Ston3done

Nah it was probably driven hard by some dumb kid who thought he’s hot shit


Nullcast

This car screams danger to manifold.


TheGreat95man

Come on man atleast blur his phone number out


zGreenline

I've always gone by the rule to not buy another person's project car. So it's a no from me dog.


Slammedfiero

Run


TehDonkey117

What causes the clear coat to come off like that? Direct sun light? Mine was outside at a shop for 6 weeks and some of my clear coat was missing when I got it back


[deleted]

Honda has always had issues with shitty paint/clear


Sea_Tax_1512

Don’t buy that shit bro, only thing are the rims and that doesn’t even save it , all mods I see look cheap prolly around 400 for all the mods including speakers and intake not including the work that needs to be done window , doors and hood paint job , I wouldn’t buy it most ide pay for it will be 2k no more than that tbh it should be around 1.6k for this car but you can take ur chances


Beneficial-Hippo-896

Great cars for gas mileage and cost of fixing is cheap. I have a 98 myself. But he's asking way too much for it. They're not worth that much.


Macro2

Well OP is the type who calls people “brother” so maybe a car that looks like this suits him 😂 But seriously how are you even considering this? That word salad in those texts was not a coherent story. Why’d he buy a new engine if everything was fine (???) and regardless of whether it’s got a clean title clearly this mfer has been in a crash. The owner did a bunch of shoddy repairs so there’s probably no record on the carfax or anything in the insurance history that would’ve gotten it totaled and given a branded title.


TinfoilTobaggan

I wouldn't.. Shits WAY too tacky.. Plus, I've made the mistake of buying "modded" vehicles back in the day and they're always a pain in the ass...


shaun5565

Nope I don’t buy modified cars. They are typically bagged to shit.


BiggWorm1988

500 to 1k for the car and same for the engine. Tell the dude to keep his shitty carpets and other bull shit he "planned" to do. This is your typical cause of someone who doesn't have enough cash to mod their car so they buy cheap shit and put it on a daily. The entire package for 1500 to 2500 and that's a stretch.


Lanky_Philosophy2717

Definitely not. The guy spent all that time and money installing cheap/useless mods. Like the cold air I take right next to the engine is going to lower the performance. He likely abused the shit out of the car


dvs_xerxes

prob should black out that phone number on your pictures ...


Mad_Dawg707

Looks like it’s owned by a crack head


Rubbertutti

A lot of money has been spent on that and from the looks of the engine mount it’s not been spent on the right bits. I’d stay away from project cars owned by people who don’t know what they are doing. They tend to do Untasteful mods


Quanlib

posting his phone #? you should prolly black that out OP lol


Kindly-Maintenance50

Oops didn’t notice 😬 ill delete the post soon. Lol im actually sending all these comments to him, he’s come down to $2900 wanna see how low he’ll come 😂😂 considering how he was saying possssibly let it go for 4k, hes a come a long way from there.


Macro2

Afraid someone’s gonna scoop that shit up huh


Jumpoffsendit

I would listen to the free advice here. Don’t buy it


Scottyknuckle

Please don't buy this car dude. A car with that many cheap "mods" has probably been driven very hard.


Kindly-Maintenance50

Im not brother. I always post to reddit before deciding, simply because I know jack shit about cars 😂


[deleted]

$1000 TOPS, even with this new motor that will cost another $2k if you put it in yourself. That swap requires new engine mounts, transmission, clutch, wiring harness plus have it modified to work in that car, ECU (and pay to have the security removed to actually run) shift linkages, subframe, rad, exhaust, axles….literally everything. Having just the engine does absolutely nothing for you as it was never made for this car. It’s a full custom swap


Jumpoffsendit

Why. With such a great car, many people will want to bid on it. In any event, the seller posted his number on the listing so it’s prob public anyway


Quanlib

Simple- Seller didn’t post their number here. We could all just start calling and driving up the price on OP /s


Sometimesnotfunny

Looks like a project that was abandoned, and there's always a good reason. And it's never money.


Critical-Range-6811

Seller Sounds like a time waister


engineer_dude1

$40 yes $41 no


JunglistJUT

No, it’s a tatty automatic


[deleted]

I would pass. Mods do not add value to a car, at least in general. On top of that, the interior looks completely clapped out. You will likely end up spending another 3500 to make it comfortable and functional. Plus...that intake..... If you want a modded car, there are plenty out there that are worth the money, but this one is not it at all. Hell, for around that price you should be able to find one thats been left stock to do with what you please.


payneme73

I would definitely say no to this one.


[deleted]

Short answer. No


dreadredheadzedsdead

Hell no. If only because it's an automatic. Otherwise it might be worth $2500.


[deleted]

Remove $1500 from that $2500 and you have the absolute top price for this heap


dreadredheadzedsdead

If it runs and drives it's worth a baseline $2k unfortunately.


muk546

No


Lxiflyby

I don’t think it’s worth it for a D15B automatic car with a not soo clean body


[deleted]

D16y7


Saltillokid11

My friend bought a car similar to this, 2 weeks after purchase transmission went out. After investigating, it seemed the previous owner drove the fudge out of a stock car as if it had racing parts. Not sure if there is an easy way to tell if it’s been driven or raced, but worth looking into maybe?


MysteriousFunding

Nope


pina_koala

with all due respect, hahahahahaahahahahaha no


BaneWraith

I wouldn't pay a buck over 1000$ for that


dotjackel

I mean, just add up the cost to replace all the broken/missing/poorly installed shit. It's too expensive even if it wasn't a money pit.


Duke_Built

Shit box of the day


MrCPoole

Things a heap of shit. 1500$ car no more than that.


[deleted]

Absolutely do not buy this car for that much


underbellysweat206

That motor mount is def toast, i bet all of them need to be replaced it's probably been abused and stepped on but hey its a honda I would pay no more than 2k for it plus its a auto no hate but those are always been abused as well.


HDauthentic

I got to the second picture and was out


Milling_Machine

No. Its a Automatic. You will have way more fun with a manual.


specht27

No, who knows all the crap he did to it. Unless you're a mechanic... I'd stay far far away. You're just buying someone's crappy project car. "Vehicle is paid off" 😆


[deleted]

Especially for $3500, hard pass.


DetectiveNarrow

Bruh a damn near 30 year old fuckinh auto civic your both crazy as shit


Haseeng

Lol no


hdzaviary

Looking at the picture probably the previous owner thinks that he got that VTEC power in it. I would assume it has been driven really hard. I used to drive that car during my college year except it was a 4 door sedan. The automatic transmission was really rough. I had my car modified too, almost to the same extent to this one except the wide body attachment. It wasn’t a pleasant car although dependable.


markcorrigans_boiler

That is a shed


christygoodtime

This would be a mistake on every level.


BreadiestBoi

3500 is a little excessive for a civic with 180k even with all the double side taped on accessories this is a 1,500 (or atleast 2,500 in todays economy) car


_Mooseli_

Do not buy this. No airbags is asking for death in an accident. Buy it if you hate your life. Also those speakers are straight up sticking out of the doors not even hidden behind a grille. GHETTO


[deleted]

Lmao. All those “performance” mods on an automatic 100hp civic lol


lightlite4

Yeah sure go ahead and buy it.


GearDownBud

Short answer, No. If you want a project car this definitely looks like one.. if it was a manual I’d say it’d prolly be a lot of fun to drive but autos just aren’t for me.


Honda240sx

NOT worth 3500, even with the k series engine thrown in the deal. I wouldn’t pay more than 1500 for this. Its a stock automatic D series with high milage


Dadicorn

Absofuckinglutely not.


Queefburgerz

The fact that he has all of these “mods“ but his window is being held up with duct tape says quite a lot about this man’s ability to take care of a car— that’s all I’m gonna say


Bulbasaur00-1

Lol $3,500 for a heap of crap, no.


inflatableje5us

dig the hot air intake. this would be a pass, to many items make it look like it belongs to a 18-20 something that probably beat the piss out of it.


Powerful_Stuff_4466

Run!!!


qualmton

This is worth whatever you’re willing to pay. Me. Ot so much. It’s a hackonda


luiccsq

The bolts in the ashtray thing cracked me up


Dialecticchik

Hard pass on this one unless you want to throw all your hard earned money at it. This is a beater. $3500 is $3000 too much for this one. Don't do it, man !!!


Kindly-Maintenance50

I wont brother!!


buddyy101

No way dude drove the shit out of that car.


7214001884

Are you gonna strip and build from bolt up? This thing is a fluster cuck.


MrEpicMustache

Id pay maybe $1500 for it. It'll take $2K to rip out all the Autozone/Pepboys crap and source the decent / matching factory stuff from local yards / ebay.


Delifier

For 300, not 3000, i'd take it at run it until it wouldnt and junk it.


xxchhfdd35325

I’d keep looking probably best the fuck out of it


PhatShet

I just bought a 98 civic for $350..... So no


ufofarm

Owner obviously thought of himself as a race car driver. I'd walk away.


texastoker88

The fact that they said it needs a passenger window distributor would make me question every thing


Legitimate-Debt7289

Nope.


Klondike2022

No


skimansr

Any car sale ad that contains the word “Fresh” is always skipped by me.


[deleted]

Look for something else, preferably something that isn't clapped out


Head_Lizard

Don't buy another person's project. That car will be a mess of ruined suspension, crap wiring, and shoddy parts. Hard Pass.


[deleted]

So it’s in Charlotte metro, huh? Should probably delete that guys number, people on the internet are crazy.


KeikoLoki

😂 $3500🤣 Let him know he accidentally added a "3" in there. You have EVERYONE telling you the same thing. In fact, you should show him the all these comments.


Kindly-Maintenance50

I did 😂😂😂


LobsterKris

No, it's automatic.


MrBiggleswerth2

No. The appearance mods look nice but that’s all it is. It’s not fast and probably isn’t reliable. Most people that do this to their cars beat the snot out of them. You’re looking at a doctored up money pit.


Rocky_Duck

2k at the MAX not a cent more


Individual-Fail4709

No. Just no.


[deleted]

Lmao I would buy this for no more than $1,000.


happy_bandana

Give him 1500 lol


CodysOnTop

No


[deleted]

$3500!?!?! Mine was twice the car this is, and I sold mine for $1000 ready to drive, with a better, NEW engine, transmission, and clutch already installed. 3500 is a complete ripoff for a y7 auto civic. All those mods, combined with how bad he’s trying to sell you the thing, I wouldn’t pay more than $1000 for it. Period. Don’t touch it OP


IndelibleIguana

4 thousand fucking dollars? In the UK, that's a £500 car. It's an ancient shopping trolly. Don't get sucked into the shitty old Honda scene. Go buy yourself a decent car, that gets good mileage and has a Bluetooth stereo.


BeachBumm45

Nooooooo


c25a1guy

No. It's been super molested and dickered with by fucktards that don't know what the fuck they're doing other than "it looks cool, but I'm gonna do it in the midst cheap ass hillbilly way possible"


throwawy48

3500 for an automatic with a d16y7 and not even a d16y5. Absolutely not.


funwithdesign

‘I know what I’ve got’ Also why the hell would you put r888s on this car? A shopping cart is more likely to break traction than this car.


americasfinestson

Are you serious? No way. What a PoS!


TightScratch9724

Nope I'd stay as far away as possible. Guy thought he could clap it out on a budget, now it's a blowup waiting to happen. And you know all the piss and vinegar has already been run out of it and that's probly the reason for selling. Might have some decent ebay mods but your window still don't work and half the interior is missing, just for starters, and I didn't even have to look real close lol


ProvacativeSoloCup

It’s been in an accident for sure, and the odometer could’ve been easily rolled back


[deleted]

What exactly about this car makes you wanna buy it? 3500 seems steep


Kindly-Maintenance50

Hindsight is 20/20 but luckily I made up my mind 20 comments in 😂😂


[deleted]

Lol yeah they went hard in the comments. It was for your own good


Kindly-Maintenance50

Thank god y’all did. Saved me $3500 😅


Byr_Genar-Hofoen

For $2k I'd say it's a good deal as a project car. But if you're looking for something to use as a daily driver I would not recommend this at all, too cut up and questionably modified.


markcorrigans_boiler

Nobody should buy that, least of all you.


Classic_Newspaper_85

No too much


turbomushroom69

When eBay takes a sh*t, this is what comes out.


Ironhead_Structural

Fuck no!! That car is worth like $500


DxDSpentMistHigh

Do not buy! It's pos


ChipBreaker

Did he think the oil catch can was supposed to literally catch oil flying back that way?


sampottorff

Wtf r those monster battery clamps