My Hatch

Mon May 01, 2006 3:39 am

Mon May 01, 2006 10:23 am

Good luck with getting it back on the road mate, but I think the person who sold it was having a laugh. They should have given you $100 to take it away!

Mon May 01, 2006 11:55 am

they wanted $600 for it, it looked and ran way better when i got it i use to take it over motorbike jumps so it got a little screwed but now i am gonna work on getting it road legal

Mon May 01, 2006 5:04 pm

hmmmmmmm i think it mgight need just a lil bit of work and a paint job!

Mon May 01, 2006 7:12 pm

You jumped it and now you want to rego it?

I'm with eDave... I saw this post this morning but I didn't want to be the first one to deliver the harsh news...

Mon May 01, 2006 8:45 pm

I'd say for the money its going to cost to fix that one up, you could probably get a better condition one and use what you can of that one for parts

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Failing that you could get a better condition one and use the money you saved to gold plate it

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Thu May 04, 2006 6:30 pm

#1 - im a first year spraypainting apprenticeship so body damage and paint is not a problem.

#2 - my mate is a mechanic so its gonna be cheap as they come to fix.

Cheers
Rhys

Thu May 04, 2006 7:09 pm

The thing thats gonna cost you is the interior...
And parts, they're not easy to come by now.

Thu May 04, 2006 8:35 pm

the body and interior are the last thing you should worry about!
I would be damn worried about how straight your chasis is and also your suspension and steering components from going over jumps!

I am doing up a hatch at the moment and finding tie rods, bushes, suspension components extremely hard to come by(sure you could get stuff from wrecks but why would you want to rebuild it to handle like its 20+ years old?).

so check how straight the car is before you do anything to it!(you can get measurements of almost every critical component from the downloadable hatch manual someone here will have a link for it

) remember for under $500 you could find a good hatch that is running and has half decent components.

jimbo

Thu May 04, 2006 8:36 pm

hehe! U guys should come to Pakistan Sometime...

Cuz this car is available as Four Door here... and the cheapest also ova here. For around 50,000 Rupees, u can get one in running condition. THat is like 1000 $ AUD..

Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:23 pm

Not a bad way to learn about cars but it WILL wind up costing more than just getting a good one plus parts are not always easy to get I have been trying to chase up an Auto for my second hatch (one that I can verify works) since Christmas.
But good luck anyway

Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:54 pm

My mate has three and has had 5 in total or maybe six??? anywhos we have rebuilt restored retrimed turbo'd lowered put sixteen inch wheels on it massive exhaust massive stereo u name it we done (almost) and have had no trouble gettin them... parts anything we have even found fully adjustable coilovers for the little beast and are wanting one with the right setup to put in circut races and drags (we are hopeing) with the right dollers spent of course but its all about what u want if u can dream it u can do it... dont give up mate but that doesn't look like the best car in world. u can sourse other hatches and mb's for little cost as the green one we just bought came with turbo custom manifold strut brace new tires bosst controller ful mandrel system and a nice crome suzuki motor bike canon for just 690 dollers and it went and then i blew it up (accidently) lol but yeah on the coast and brisbane there arn't that rare and f u need halp on allot of standard questions as mods such as turbo and ect.. are still a litle hazy to us but don't hesitate to ask oh and my mate also has like 3 of everything sooo fire away...

Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:44 pm

dude 16" rims don't fit on a hatch!

Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:47 pm

ahhh u humour me space savers lol