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First Honda. Son bought it as his first set of wheels. 180K on the clock with extensive service and maint. history. Body is very good given our area. car runs beautifully. Has some needs. Exhaust noisy, rocking driver seat and a clunk from the front right suspension. Otherwise everything works except the driver side power door lock.

Looking forward to learning how to remedy the issues she has and keep it running as nice as it does now for a long time to come.

 
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Welcome!

Search the forum for the drivers seat rocking fix, I think someone posted a DIY thread about that.

 
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Thanks ezone.

I think I saw that DIY. Good project for over the weekend along with a few other things.

 
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Welcome and congrats on your purchase!

 
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You've definitely come to the right place if you want to learn more about your son's Civic and be able to fix it yourself. So welcome to the forum, that should be a promising and exciting project, good luck!

 
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Welcome. The clunk from the right front suspension may be a motor mount, see my posts regarding this.

 
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Found the clunk. Front lower control arm bushing is toast. As the son works for NAPA we may just replace the entire lower control arm and not monkey with pressing the bushing out and back in. There's always something to do...

 
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hey everyone new to the site,
I have a 03 civic ex im about to tackle a lower ball joint replacement, shop wants to charge 400, I do all my own maintenance fluids, belts, brakes, and ive changed the alternator so 400 sounds steep and im fairly confidant just looking for any advice or tips to keep in mind any advice is appreciated im nowhere near a mechanic im still learning. thanks and sorry if I posted this in the wrong section not very computer savy lol