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I was told by someone a looong time ago (possibly at a junkyard) that the sedan and wagon use the same doors, hood, fenders and bumpers.

I have someone who needs a door for a wagon, and I have a sedan, but I'm not certain the doors are a direct swap.

Anyone know for a fact? What about the other parts?

-Chris

Any of you guys heard of it?

Craigslist seattle

I can get a set of HX wheels right now for $250 flat. They are 8 spoke (don't know size yet) and curbage is limited to two wheels and it is minor. They also come with tires at about 80% tread life.

Is $250 good? I was thinking yes, but thought I'd check it out first. I have 17" Katana's right now that are 7 spoke. I like them, but they are heavy.

Hx wheels are light right?

thanks

The guy just emailed me, they are 14".

which are more popular 14 or 15's?

Over the weekend someone was backing up and kinda bumped into my fender and door. The car was a VW Jetta (might be useful to some, considering bumper height and mass of the car). It didn't hit me stright back, but at an angle.

The thing is, I noticed the steering colomn was tilted and when the steering wheel lock is in place and you try and move the wheel, the lock cylinder moves a little with the steering wheel. i went to honda to get an estimate for a new steering colomn (if It needed replacement) and that alone with alignment and labor was just over $900, and a fender would be anywhere from 30-250 depending on whether or not i can find one used.

The Question i have is would the steering colomn be off-center like that due to him applying force on my passenger side wheel with the steering wheel lock engaged? The angle that the car hit mine would suggest so, since the wheel would have moved to make the car turn right, and the colomn is tilted to the right. I was just going to have him get a new fender but im trying to see if there could be some other cause.

The guys seemed cool, I just don't want to make it seem like i'm trying to turn something so small into something huge, but it looks like it might.

Any comments appreciated.

heres pics.

There is another dent about 12 inches up. made contact with the lower part of the fender and the trim, on the fender and door. Would be easier to just replace right?


fender is distorted. anther point of contact.


It used to be level with the hood...otherside is still (drivers side is my good side)




this is when i turn the wheel when its locked. before and after.


It is actually tilted more, I just took out the screws on the plastic.

My 192,000mile 93 civic seems to have a blown head gasket.

It was fine, until one day on the freeway I abused her. Not sure what happened (think bottom hose wasn't clamped down enough), but i lost some coolant and it over heated while cruising up the freeway. Now it will overheat if I am stuck in traffic or driving in higher elevations or up an incline for a sustained period of time. This is all with the heater on 75% power/full heat non-recirculation. But then its tricky...

I only lose coolant trough the overfill tank. If I run it NEAR overheating for a while then stop, the tank is full, and the radiator is maybe 1/4 of a liter low. Most stories i hear are of the coolant spraying out of the cap, not the overfill tank.

I'm running about 75% water right now, just getting ready to flush it and such. does it sound like the head gasket went bad?

I've put about 2,200miles on it in the past 2 months since the overheating occurred. Runs great, wouldn't even notice anything was wrong with it if you didn't look at the temp gauge or see coolant on the ground.