New Ride: 1998 Acura Integra LS

Discussion in 'Member Journals & Project Build Stories' started by Jake, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. Jake

    Jake Active Member

    Picking this up in a week and half from a coworker:
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    Before you ask, that's a towel on the roof, haha. current owner shattered the sunroof glass. Here's the breakdown:

    1998 Integra LS w/ 165k
    New Timing Belt/Water Pump/Cam Seals at 120k
    A/C works great
    Eibach Sport Dampers and Sport Springs (less that 5k on them)
    Injen Wrinkle Black CAI (less than 5k)
    Alpine CD player with iPhone/iPod connection and Pandora control
    Alpine components and 4 channel amp
    Fresh 20% tint

    Needs:
    Passenger side rear trailing arm (broken, but driveable. note the mad camber in the pic! found for $50)
    Sunroof glass (found whole assembly, motor and all for $120 shipped)
    that's it to be a roadworthy car IMO

    also has the notorious 3rd gear grind, which i will be looking for a bad GSR tranny to tear down and rebuild with LSD and LS final drive.

    Wants:
    JDM front ($1000 shipped for headlights/core support/bumper/fenders)
    TSX HID conversion in the JDM headlights (probably send to lightwerkz, already have the TSX projectors)
    Grey Metallic Paintjob
    Some 16" bronze rotas of some sort
    Sways/bushings/etc
    Stage 2 cams and SAFC/tune
    Oh, and of course an interior work over with some JPMCoachworks stuffs

    Kinda the direction i wanna go:
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    thats about it.

    really excited to get my hands on something i'm comfortable with working on myself, has cheap parts, is uber reliable, and gets great gas mileage. and it doesn't hurt it's a great platform
     
    Last edited: Oct 8, 2012
  2. Electioneer

    Electioneer Member

    Soft top conversion!
     
  3. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    It is also one of the most stolen cars right now. Might want to invest in a security system so you know when to grab your AR.
     
  4. CelticPride

    CelticPride Banned

    There's one at my work place I'm very tempted to buy. I did the timing belt and seals/pumps on it and man that was stupid easy. He told me $750 and it's mine.....so tempted to get as a DD.
     
  5. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    You better jump on it!
     
  6. CelticPride

    CelticPride Banned

    I don't want a 6th vehicle in my yard! There's already 2 WRX's sitting there.
     
  7. Jake

    Jake Active Member

    Already has a nice viper system. Forgot to mention that. And full coverage is half as much as liability was on the '94 BMW I just got rid of.....
     
  8. Matt

    Matt Think before you post Staff Member Supporting Member

    What Jake doesn't know is it's already been stolen.
     
  9. Jake

    Jake Active Member

    Actually he has had the battery stolen out of it. Luckily I live in a gated community (granted the gates are broken half the time)
     

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