Hey G2iC members.
I’d like to proudly introduce myself here as a new-ish member and my 1990 Acura Integra GS. My name’s Chase, and I’m from the Seattle area of Washington. I’m 19 years old but had my fair share of Honda’s. I’ve owned 2 DA’s in my lifetime, one being a 1991 Acura Integra GS LSVTEC Turbo, and my current one-- the 90 GS. I had traded away my turbo 91 GS for my current daily driver, a 1996 Honda Civic Hatchback. My old turbo DA was giving me far too many issues for me to fix, especially still being in high school and only earning part-time hours at a local shop. Soon after I traded, I always wanted to get back behind the wheel of a second gen. Ever since owning my first second gen, it’s had me hooked. So, meanwhile I was always checking craigslist for sweet deals on an abused second gen that needs a new home, an ad for a 1990 Acura Integra GS came up. It didn’t look too bad from the pictures besides the 2000’s era tail lights and the rattle can paint job with 17’s. There was very little information about it too… It was a five speed with a clean title, and that’s what I wanted. Oh, and I forgot to mention the price- it was listed for $900. I gave the woman a call about her second gen she had up on the good ol’ CL. She didn’t reallly know anything about it as i asked her some questions over the phone, so I offered to meet up with her. She lived about 30 minutes away, which wasn’t bad at all. When I arrived, I seen it and I already knew I wanted it. She was telling me all about her situation how she couldn’t take this car to her new apartment complex where there would be no room for it, and she needed it gone. She then offered it to me for $300, keep in mind i haven’t even had a good look at the car yet, and I took her up on her offer right away. Then, i checked out the car for a minute or two, it seemed to be pretty solid and ran okay. Interior was moldy and gross, and the exterior had seen better days but who cares? A second gen that runs and drives for $300?? I think that’s a no-brainer. I took the car home, happy as ever to even wrap my head around the fact that I just bought a second gen for $300, and happy that I’m an owner of my favorite Honda chassis. I am absolutely in love with this car so far, and I know you all are waiting- you want to see pictures! So here you have it. Please bare with me everyone, this build won’t have too many expensive parts in it. I’m working full-time at a casino, and the money isn’t ideal but it’s a job- but i’ll always try and make things better and give updates.
Here’s the pictures from the CL ad.
And when I got it home, (wow, i didn’t realize it had HID’s lol…)
Interior pic, i know… gross.
I ended up selling my 17’s…
I also decided it was a good idea to gut it from the front seats back, letting you guys know now… the back interior was completely trashed.
A little engine bay picture, i bought a new distributor and plug wires for it. Also picked up a $10 intake tube at the local junkyard. You will begin to notice my favorite place to go in my freetime is the scrap yard… Also got a new fender since the old one was wrinkled up bad.
Power steering delete.
I started to get this crazy idea to paint it, so i started bodywork and paint…
I went with a white, on black trim oem look. I think it’ll suit the car nicely.
Now that the front end was done being painted, i moved to the back. Lots of sanding…
Got one side done, and slapped on some wheels i had laying around.
This is currently how it sits as of today, I’m still working on painting it when i get the freetime. I took off the god awful exhaust it had on it. It was dragging on the ground at stock height! Currently open header, (don’t worry it’s a garage queen and never leaves the house) but i have exhaust on the way, aswell as coilovers. So stay tuned for more updates i guess, give me a comment and let me know how you guys like it so far. If you have any questions feel free to ask! I appreciate your time if you have read this far, thank you.
Very happy about that, i’ll be one step closer to hitting the road.
