1987 Integra RS

[enoch723]

Well with outs it wont really effect the mileage but typically with a front lip youll pick up a little better as long as you drive about the same, not enough to actually notice the difference but it does effect it some. Yeah the west coast has a shit ton more of every honda just cause it was easier for japan to ship them here rather then the east coast. Its different now that we make honda and china makes american cars. Lol. Newer hondas can be found anywhere. Yeah basically anything suspension wise is compatible between the crx and our integra's. The civic though is compatible in a lot of body an engine ways, not so much suspension. Ive been told the torsion bars from the crx are better then the integra ones but Im not sure if I beleive it because of the actual distance from tire to end of torsion bar, the twist being shorter doesnt make sense to me.. but thats just a thought. Lol.

No its an actual hatch cover. Basically a little carpeted piece of cardboard that covers whats in the trunk. You should have a spot for it to lock in the back and a spot on each side of the inside of the trunk itself for it to screw in. Something else REALLY hard to find that still actually folds. Mine is ripped in half but its still the original.

 

[87Teg]

I know what hatch cover you mean now. I think mine is still there. Sucks there arent many old hondas around here. I do see some older hondas but not many and like I said before I still havent seen a first gen Integra yet. Thanks for the info too by the way.

Last night I took my car for ride and the rear suspension felt alittle weird. When I got home and parked the car I tried rocking the tire side to side on both sides in the rear and the wheels were moving a little bit. Im not sure if its cause of loose lugnuts or if there is something else seriously wrong the rear suspension.

 

[enoch723]

most likely the lug nuts. Most people dont tighten them down as far as they should. They just do it as tight as they can and call it good. Lol. In my 3g accord when I first got it, the drivers side back tire came off while I was driving. Thankfully I would only going like 10 in the parking lot and the pot hole i was in set my car at an angle so it didnt just drop hard to the ground so no real damage was done.

If you have a torque wrench I would use it. If you dont I would highly recommend getting one. Makes it so easy to not strip bolts and you know they are on secure

 

[87Teg]

I told my stepdad about it. He says the same thing, probably the lug nuts. I was really hoping it was just them, it would seriously suck if there was something wrong with the axle. Id have to debate on selling the car already or fixing it so lets just hope its the lug nuts because Id be pissed if it was the axle lol. I do have a torque wrench, I use it everytime I do work on any car. In fact I just used it for the end links. Thats good that you didnt damage the car at all. The same thing happened to my brother the same day he bought his Escalade but nothing happened to his truck either.

 

[87Teg]

I just loosened then retightened the back lugnuts and the wheels on both sides still wobble back and forth alittle. I jacked it up took the wheel off and inspected everything and everything checked out to be fine. Put the wheel back on and tightened it up and still has some wobble. I cant say this for sure but I think its supposed to be that way. It doesnt move alot at all just kind of bugged me out.

 

[enoch723]

It shouldnt move at all. The back axle has an internal sway bar built into it though, so something might be wrong. Try maybe switching the front and back or even put other rims on the back to see if maybe the rims bent or something from it sitting for so long cause with that low of milage im sure it say for a few years without moving.

Really the only thing I can think of tht woud make sense right now I guess is bent rims or them not fitting flush or something if you tried seeing if the whole thing moves and everything and it checks out fine.

Ill give a few of my mechanic friends up and see what they have to say

 

[87Teg]

The car drives fine so I dont think anything it wrong. I take it up to 70-80 mph on the highway with no problem only a slight vibration in the front cause my alignment is off. Yes, this car has sat since 2001 up until I bought it. It was an old mans car who take really good care of it. I didnt know there was a internal sway bar but from a visual check it was fine. I tried moving the axle back and forth with the wheel off by grabbing the rotor and pulling and pushing alittle like i was with the wheel and it did not move so you might be right on the bent rims. I have been looking at aftermarket rims for my car so that may be coming up sooner than later.

 

[enoch723]

Yeah you have to be careful with the rear alignment because it has to be shimmed. Some places wont even align it because of shims "not working as well" so they tell me. Lol. I hope its just bent rims and that your sway bar or something internally isnt messed up

 

[87Teg]

Damn I did not know that. I guess Ill have to call some places and ask. There are pretty many older automotive repair shops around the area so Im pretty sure Ill be able to find somewhere to do the alignment, if not Ill be pretty upset. I think only the front alignment is off but I want to align all 4 wheels anyway. Im hoping its just something simple like that too. I dont see how the rims would just bend though. The car drives alright but definitely needs new tires and alignment. If the internal sway bar or another part inside the rear axle is broken can just that part be replaced or will I be better off trying to find another rear axle? Also, once in awhile my car will idle around the 1k rpm mark or a little bit above it at a stop sign/red light and then drop to idle at 750 rpm. Im thinking the butterflies are dirty and taking longer to close then normal so I want to try spraying throttle body cleaner in the throttle body to see if itl help. I dont think its my throttle cable or it would idle high all the time. Still didnt do the thermostat change and coolant flush because I was busy all weekend. No detail either. I been slacking with this car this past week.

 

[enoch723]

The idle is actually really common for some reason with the G1's. Mine idles at 900 all the time now though. Its actually the EACV which is electronic air control valves(one warm one cold) just is dirty a little bit and gets stuck every once in awhile. I wouldnt worry about it though as long as the idle doesnt go up a whole lot. Its fine if it drops, youll save a little gas. Lol.

If you want to clean it though, its two bolt holding the cylinder shaped control vavle to the back of your throttle body and it will have a wire and two hoses on the bottom of it. Its a kind of hard to get out the first time, and be careful because a little radiator fluid will come out most likely. Once you get it out spray the two holes with a shit load of throttle cleaner. I would clean the throttle body as well too

A way to check how dirty your fluid is too, undo the two screws on the bottom and you can see what is floating in your radiator fluid. be amazed sometimes at what is in there. I have found things like salt, little balls of lint, even found what I think is little pieces of paper or something.. not sure what it was

 

[87Teg]

I figured it was something along the lines of that. In the Rx7s there are 2 acvs. Just 1 air control valve and a bypass air control valve and both effect your idle if dirty or broken. My car idles perfect at 750 rpm for the most part just once in awhile itll stay under throttle at around the 1k rpm mark and then dip back down to idle at 750 rpm. I definitely want to clean it, Ill probably do it when I do the thermostat change. I know my thermostat sticks part way open because sometimes if I turn my heat up to high the idle drops to normal.

 

[enoch723]

yeah most likely your thermo sticking, but sometimes with these cars there is a bad ground somewhere. Had the same problem with my first one and it ended up being a bad block ground. Easy way to tell is turn the light on at night and hit the brake and if your headlights dim for a sec there is a drain somewhere. your most likely right though about the thermo

 

[87Teg]

I cleaned the 2 grounds already but not all of em. I want to do my thermostat change today but its like 16 degrees right now and I dont feel like freezing. lol. I probably need a new battery since the one that is in there sat with the car for awhile. I checked it with a voltmeter and it reads 12.6v so it says its fine but I want a new one anyway.

 

[87Teg]

Im starting to think my back rims are bent because when I drive straight on a smooth road it feels like I either have a flat spot on my tires or bent rims. When I go over bumps I can hear the same clunking noise that I hear when I push my wheels back and forth. When I push down on the back of my car to test the shocks they seem like they work fine so it leads me to believe my rims are bent. Depending on how much I get paid in the next coming days I am getting new rims along with tires. Like I said before though, the car handles fine through turns there is no major play. Still waiting on the downpipe to arrive.

 

[enoch723]

Yeah the downpipe will take awhile coming from danny. He likes to do 5-7 day shipping to save a few dollars and its better taken care of that way most the time. When you checked the battery the ground for the voltimeter on the battery ground or a bolt on the firewall? Cause 12.6 is actually a little low if you did it to a bolt. Not bad or anything to worry about but will most likely go in the next year or so. it should actually be around 14v

12.6 on the battery ground though is fine