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California98Civic · 08-30-2016, 04:42 PM

Sorry to hear about all tat repair work needed.

The 2001 and up Civics will have immobilizer electronics that give dudes headaches when they go for mods, like a kill switch.

But I do think you can do the most needful things here yourself for much less money: maybe all or most of it for $500 parts and a little welding labor. I replaced one wheel bearing, paying only a machinist with a press 20 or 30 bucks to press the new unit in. And I replaced my OEM muffler with a cheaper (and lighter/smaller) thrush paying a welder to attach it after I cut the old one off the exhaust. Pipes you could patch and paint against further rust.

Do you really need new steering? Man, thems some crappy roads!

08-30-2016, 04:42 PM	#106 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Sorry to hear about all tat repair work needed. The 2001 and up Civics will have immobilizer electronics that give dudes headaches when they go for mods, like a kill switch. But I do think you can do the most needful things here yourself for much less money: maybe all or most of it for $500 parts and a little welding labor. I replaced one wheel bearing, paying only a machinist with a press 20 or 30 bucks to press the new unit in. And I replaced my OEM muffler with a cheaper (and lighter/smaller) thrush paying a welder to attach it after I cut the old one off the exhaust. Pipes you could patch and paint against further rust. Do you really need new steering? Man, thems some crappy roads! __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.