# 89 Coupe
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [February 23, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430 "2011-02-23T01:03:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/1 "2011-02-23T01:03:00Z")
Well here it is, my build. It started out last year when i bought a black 93 coupe, yeah it was automatic and ive still only driven 5 speed a few times to this day. Anyways I ran into implications with that so i sold it. Then i came across this one, a lil bit rustier, but also a lil bit more 5 speed. Before i found it it had been sitting in the parking lot at the back of a shop cause they put a hole in the block. :bigtup:
I pulled that shit outta there
Before pics…
Not too many before pictures.
Hook ups on the front end.
After our move, in its new home.
HA
To this:
And the inside after some work
Got some holes to fix and i’m stripping the sound deadening.
One of my first purchases
Good right?
At first my plans were to turbo the KA but I’m thinking of going with the CA now. I’m still very undecided though. I would really love to drop a VQ in but thats quite far out of my price range.
Future plans: slam it, cage it, boost it.
I’ll get more detail pics tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@gandza](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gandza)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/2 "2011-02-23T04:31:26Z")
CA would be awsome man, nice start!
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### Author:  [@BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BoOsT-HuNgRy)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/3 "2011-02-23T06:45:12Z")
sweet man …
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### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/4 "2011-02-23T18:52:02Z")
Bad spots:
Wheelwell^
Topview. Shitily repaired, it’s just rivited in 😑
Trunk
Drivers side again
Other side
Drivers framerail (N)
No idea what to do about that really 😕
Pass side
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Pass floor, Flintstones car?
Inside:
Probs looks worse in person.
Nasty crack
There’s glue on my sunroof…
I have a feeling its not supposed to be there and my sunroof will NEVER work.
Like what the shit.
Everybody always tells me they’ve seen worse but I HAVEN’T, not cool.
On the bright side though, Lookie what i gots
COMPLETELY unnecessary at this point and a little bent. Not bad though, I don’t think i’ll have to do anything too extreme to fix it, just bend it back and double up on the couplers.
Any advice is appreciated.
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> [@gandza](#):
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> CA would be awsome man, nice start!
Thanks, I’m kinda having second thoughts now though. I’ve heard that friends of friends have had their share of problems with CA’s but then again maybe it was just poor maintenance. :S
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### Author:  [@JPlatt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JPlatt)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/5 "2011-02-24T10:12:57Z")
> [@Koopa](#):
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> Thanks, I’m kinda having second thoughts now though. I’ve heard that friends of friends have had their share of problems with CA’s but then again maybe it was just poor maintenance. :S
CA’s aren’t that bad if properly maintained, IMO KA would be your best way to go for cheaper.
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### Author:  [@OneEightZero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OneEightZero)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/6 "2011-02-24T11:27:55Z")
Loooking at these pics brando, think about what we told you last night.
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### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/7 "2011-02-24T11:30:56Z")
> [@JPlatt](#):
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> CA’s aren’t that bad if properly maintained, IMO KA would be your best way to go for cheaper.
Well of course a ka would be cheaper but its missing the boost! It’s gonna be around the same price to do it properly, so why not just get something that can handle it right from factory.
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> [@OneEightZero](#):
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> Loooking at these pics brando, think about what we told you last night.
Yeah ima keep looking around. Lmk if anything catches your eye.
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### Author:  [@gandza](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gandza)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/8 "2011-03-29T18:56:23Z")
IMO boost is always better!!!
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### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/9 "2011-10-11T09:58:36Z")
Death penalty
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### Author:  [@BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BoOsT-HuNgRy)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/10 "2011-10-11T11:59:55Z")
Lol’d at death penalty. what u got now.?
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### Author:  [@Dj-Infinit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dj-Infinit)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/11 "2011-10-11T12:11:15Z")
brandon who’d you call to grab the chassis, and how much money did they give you if any?
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### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/12 "2011-10-11T20:33:32Z")
Got a 93 coupe lol, few pics on facebook. The one with red rota’s. I called my friends dads buddy but no money… kinda got ripped ☹
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### Author:  [@FUNGC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FUNGC)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/13 "2011-10-27T16:48:08Z")
damnn… soo this is how this car ends its life… driven this thing many times like 5 years ago when my friend owned it.
look at what it was in its prime!
[http://www.son240sx.org/showthread.php?93876-1989-Coupe-with-BUILT-sr20det-PARTING-OUT](http://www.son240sx.org/showthread.php?93876-1989-Coupe-with-BUILT-sr20det-PARTING-OUT)
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### Author:  [@Nismo240SX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nismo240SX)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/14 "2011-10-27T17:12:56Z")
I WANT THAT LIP…
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### Author:  [@sbz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbz)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/15 "2011-10-27T17:34:10Z")
damn…what the hell happened to that thing hahahaha
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### Author:  [@kennedy8383](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kennedy8383)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/16 "2011-11-16T11:20:24Z")
I wouldn’t have given up this projects. Sand blast all rust, cut and weld new sheeting metal. I know this wouldn’t be an eazy job. Car doesn’t look that bad. I have seen car worst than that…
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### Author:  [@Koopa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Koopa)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/17 "2011-11-16T14:47:50Z")
Damn weird seeing it actually clean! sure its even the same one?? She got beat up, eventually blown up, then sat in a parking lot for a good chunk of time. Thats when I bought it. Woulda been too much restoration work though, I’d rather spend my time and money on making it better, ya know
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### Author:  [@shane\_sr20det](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shane_sr20det)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/18 "2011-11-16T20:23:41Z")
trrust me you did the right thing lol
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### Author:  [@kennedy8383](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kennedy8383)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/19 "2011-11-17T08:58:50Z")
Give it me for free and will cut all those rust out but too bad it gone… LOL
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### Author:  [@sharpe\_corners](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sharpe_corners)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/89-coupe/209430/20 "2012-05-12T17:04:27Z")
He will install new sheeting metal.
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