# Thinking of buying Del Sol... USEFUL comments? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 30, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341 "2005-03-30T20:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/1 "2005-03-30T20:30:23Z")
i’m looking for something honda to tote around in coz i drive alot and am looking for reliability as well as plenty of market for upgrade. i found a few del sols around my area, and one in particular doesn’t look that bad, has most of the visual things that i would usually do after motor work on it has already, but has high miles. it is a 1.6 NON- Vtec SI 5-speed, can’t remember the year right now but i was debating buying it and slapping a turbo kit that i have laying around on it, not sure what kind of boost but nothing crazy coz though i know it will drop reliability, i’m not going to push my limits with it too much, probably like 8 psi? opinions or known problems of Del Sols that might be useful for me to look for when i check it out. any info or links to turboing del sols anything about them you feel like sharing that could be deemed as useful, i know atleast half of you on here would give me the buy a mustang or camaro thing, but i need to get myself a car fast and i’m half set on this one unless i find something really wrong about them. thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![PinfieldRX7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@PinfieldRX7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PinfieldRX7)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/2 "2005-03-30T20:51:39Z")
jay i know you said to post usefull things but i dont have any so im jsut going to tell you that the Del Sol is one of my altime least faveriot looking cars it looks like a FWD car that is pretending to be a Mid engine RWD car i know its not usefull just thought i would post ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/3 "2005-03-30T21:15:11Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > del sol’s are death traps IMO reasons? flaws? ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/4 "2005-03-30T22:11:00Z")
> [@OnTheRun710](#): > > reasons? flaws? Probably the size of the cabin has to do with it. My sister had a 93. Im beating around in it right now. Watch for targa roof leaks. Mod wise there the same as any 5th gen Civic platform. Tons of potential, bseries swaps require no mounts. Turboing one is pretty much the same as doing a 5th gen civic. ---
**Author:** ![SonofaBish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SonofaBish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SonofaBish)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/5 "2005-03-30T22:12:15Z")
if you get it… make sure you put a fart canister on it… that’ll make it fast as hell! ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/6 "2005-03-30T22:23:53Z")
> [@SonofaBish](#): > > if you get it… make sure you put a fart canister on it… that’ll make it fast as hell! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, man that sure was useful. and good job noticing how this is in the ON TOPIC section i’ll make sure i get a super special loud fart canister just for you ---
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/7 "2005-03-31T05:28:53Z")
> [@8Grand](#): > > Probably the size of the cabin has to do with it. My sister had a 93. Im beating around in it right now. Watch for targa roof leaks. > > Mod wise there the same as any 5th gen Civic platform. Tons of potential, bseries swaps require no mounts. Turboing one is pretty much the same as doing a 5th gen civic. told him the same thing ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/8 "2005-03-31T10:55:22Z")
yea def watch for roof leaks a little vasoline will fix small ones but the roof seals are crazy bucks… the non vtec is not the si… they made the single cam non vtec has drum rears, no sway bars etc… the si is the single cam vtec and rear disc was an option… and the vtec model that has the b16a dohc, bigger 4 wheel disc… upper and lower strut bars ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/9 "2005-03-31T11:02:02Z")
they crush easily in a collision… one hit my rear bumper… i got afew scratches and a bent tail pipe… he needed a new hood, bumper, rad support, headlights, fog lights, and fender this was a 5-10 mph collision ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/10 "2005-03-31T11:22:57Z")
> [@HaNnIBaL64](#): > > they crush easily in a collision… one hit my rear bumper… i got afew scratches and a bent tail pipe… he needed a new hood, bumper, rad support, headlights, fog lights, and fender > > this was a 5-10 mph collision yea but they are not that hard to fix… how i got mine ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/how](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/how) i bought the car.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/how](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/how) i bought the car.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/11 "2005-03-31T13:10:45Z")
> [@vtecsol](#): > > yea def watch for roof leaks a little vasoline will fix small ones but the roof seals are crazy bucks… the non vtec is not the si… they made the single cam non vtec has drum rears, no sway bars etc… the si is the single cam vtec and rear disc was an option… and the vtec model that has the b16a dohc, bigger 4 wheel disc… upper and lower strut bars kid says this one is a 94 SI non-vtec 5-speed, it has 4 wheel disc and i’m not sure what other things might be on the SI models to check for. i’m not really sure how i’d check for targa leaks though, the one i am looking at is a targa model. ---
**Author:** ![Vdubbiatch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vdubbiatch/32/3344_2.png) [@Vdubbiatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vdubbiatch)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/12 "2005-03-31T13:16:52Z")
![http://therice.org/rice/graphicl/cooking1.gif](http://therice.org/rice/graphicl/cooking1.gif) i think there ugly but do what ya wanna ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/13 "2005-03-31T14:35:01Z")
> [@Vdubbiatch](#): > > i think there ugly but do what ya wanna i agree to no end that they are near hideous stock, but add some stuff and i’ve seen a few i wouldn’t mind toting around in for work and such. ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/14 "2005-03-31T20:24:41Z")
correction, i went and drove the car today, it is an SI, with the SOHC VTEC engine. sorry ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/15 "2005-03-31T20:53:19Z")
> [@vtecsol](#): > > yea but they are not that hard to fix… how i got mine easy to fix yeah took hima day… cost him like a grand + in parts though… had to go through honda for a lot of shit ---
**Author:** ![OnTheRun710](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@OnTheRun710](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OnTheRun710)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/16 "2005-03-31T21:03:06Z")
this thing amazes me, i inspected the shit out of it today and there isn’t a spot of rust on it, esp. for being a 94 honda anything… roof has no leaks either ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/17 "2005-03-31T21:32:11Z")
go for it then ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/18 "2005-04-01T11:00:41Z")
i would say get it… no rust single cam vtec si is a sweet car… and the best part is that motor was used from late 92 to 97 in the del sol and 92 -95 in the civic ex so if you ever had an issue its easy to fix ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/19 "2005-04-01T11:08:25Z")
i hope you get a box of tampons with it ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341/20 "2005-04-01T11:44:57Z")
sounds like a winner to me too. It was a blast running around in nummy’s that had the gsr swap in it. Just watch out for whores that call it girly. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-of-buying-del-sol-useful-comments/173341.md?page=2)