Hi guys, new owner

[mars786]

Hey everyone, new to the EK9 life and really my first “enthusiast car”. For reference I drove a run of the mill toyota for most of my life most recently a prius

I’ve had it for a month now and I absolutely adore it. It’s a 1998, imported last year around summer. Completely stock(what I wanted), didn’t come with a stereo(think it’s normal for it to be removed before imported).
I actually had to pick this up from Dallas, and drive back down with it and it did it like a champ! Small japanese battery and all.

Some things I’ve started addressing and others I look to once budget and time allow:

• Squeaky noise from the clutch pedal after some driving, believe that’s the throwout bearing or a slave cylinder.
• Paint correction and sealant
• recondition the wheels
• small leak out of the valve cover or cam seal, seems like a mist haven’t really taken a look to diagnose
• stickers are cracked
• small chips/scratch, and stretch marks around the headlights, don’t know about this.
• some dings
• seat bolsters, classic!

Otherwise she’s perfect!
Looking forward to interacting with y’all

 

[mars786]

Did the stickers today, and the difference they make is understated. Used a decent hair dryer some rubbing alcohol and a rubber spatula) to get the residue off. Came off super easy. The OEM stickers had the perfect guides and I think they turned out pretty damn good for eyeballing it. Let me know what you guys think

 

[TEXEK9RX]

Nice !

 

[mars786]

Yearly update ig
Finally had time to do the following;

• Vtec Solenoid Gasket (Upper & Lower)
• Spark Plugs
• Valve Cover Gasket
• Oil & Transmission D&F

And decided to give painting the valve cover & struts a try b/c it needed it. Look for yourself:

Next is tires and she needs them bad. Want a decent sent and stock tires sizes are limited at least from what I can see. Open to recs.