ANOTHER new car in the family! (Updated pics!!!)

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:28 pm

I'm just buying neons up like crazy lately, haha.

1995 Plymouth Neon NYG
74,xxx original miles.
Price: $1,790

Brand new clutch (PT Cruiser),cable, pressure plate and throw out bearing,
New windshield
New Monroe Sensatrac struts
Eibach Sportline kit on it
New Dynomax Cat-back kit
52mm ATX Throttle Body
JVC am/fm CD player
Aftermarket sunroof
Newer Exide battery
Newer Moog outer tie rods
Newer Moog lower ball joints
'95 white sport alloy wheels
Nearly new tires P185/65R14 Ultra GT's H speed rated,
Compustar 2-way alarn w/ remote start (manual trans safe)
Power door locks (non PDL door panels though)
Newer aftermarket radiator support (Sherman & associates)
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
OEM rear sway bar
New Mopar valve cover gasket (12/24/06)
New front brake pads & rotors (12/29/06)
New rear brake pads & rotors (12/29/06)
New LF axle shaft due to damaged threads on axle nut side (12/29/06)
New axle seals (12/29/06)
Lube oil & filter (7/XX/07)

She has a small oil leak at one of the sensors, the ABS light stays on, and the battery light is on right now. Handles like a champ, shifts with no problems, exhaust is a bit loud (i'll be getting rid of it). OVer all, happy with my purchase thus far.

**UPDATE**
Lots of bumper sag.

The sticker residue is now gone. I took some Goo-Gone to it right after the pics.

Notice... this mirror is NYG. The other is black. I found that highly ammusing.

Guess what is causing this reflection...

indecisive · Post by **indecisive** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:44 pm

Nice find Opi!

I think I need to move to Ohio. They seem to be givin Neons away out there. lol

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:58 pm

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:03 pm

Very nice

How come I can't find any good deals around here

I still haven't been able to figure out what the NYG stands for. Can someone enlightent me

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:05 pm

You didnt buy that from Inflame did you? If it is my buddy sold him that car. Had alot of problems but he fixed most before he sold it to him. It was in 2 or 3 accidents from a local girl driving it.

NYG= Nitro Yellow Green

Chibits12 · Post by **Chibits12** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:07 pm

That's one helluva nice of an NYG.

I'm moving to Ohio j/k.

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:16 pm

Now you and the girl can rip around in the 1st gens

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:23 pm

Yes, actually I did buy it from Inflame. Anything else I should know about the history? 0_o

I did carfax it and it only showed one minor front end accident.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:26 pm

It looks alot better in the condition Opi has it.. That body kit and other crap looks like monkey cack

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:28 pm

You copy cat ass.

J/K Is it SOHC and 3.55?

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:29 pm

Well my friend bought it like the pic i sent but fixed it to the condition you have it now and Inflame bought it. A girl owned it before and had a front-end accident. My buddy replaced the core-support thats why its black. He bought new hood, bumper, and few other body pieces. He did alot of mech work to it so that it drove straight and rode nice. He is very picky about how his cars run (my ACR's old owner). Its not bad but has a bad history and Inflame to me wasnt very mechanically inclined. He should have told you the history being a fellow Neon owner.

Here is a pic of when the girl owned it before it was smashed

My friend bought it like this.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:35 pm

Thanks for telling me the history I wasn't informed about... Anything else I should watch out for?

I'm going to be tearing into the engine bay and looking into that battery light that's on. You buddy wouldn't want to work on it some more would he? Haha. I need to get the timing belt/water bump changed... could use a new paint job. Of corse, you already know this.

And it's a SOHC 5spd. (Dunno what tranny that is. Not muc of a tranny guy.)

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:37 pm

Its got a 3.55
Ill ask him tomorrow what else he knew about it. He is a manager at a Belle Tire so they did all the suspension work. He did what he could with that car but he owned 4 neons at the time and that was just in the way

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:42 pm

...You're a grade A ass. But it looks like you have a sunroof.

However, yours will be on the road alot sooner than mine will be, and its probably in better condition.

How much did you end up paying for it?

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:43 pm

Actually, it IS on the road and I drove it for an hour and a half no problems today.

The sunroof is aftermartket, and the final price is in the first post.

$1,780

Oh, and thanks alot SlvrACR. I don't know shit about first gens yet, but the more I know what was wrong with it, the more I can go over things and make sure it's all done right and proper.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:47 pm

There is a local pick and pull that gets NYG parts in all the time. If you need other stuff ill keep an eye out. Thats where he got the hood from

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:51 pm

New trunk would be nice... i hate spoiler holes, and grill piece is needed... new bumper maybe. Haha, this is just supposed to be my winter beater too!

Outside of that, i haven't had a huge look at the car yet. Just a quick scan over. Tomorrow is when it goes up on the jack stands.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:08 pm

Wow, congrats! I love that color!

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:48 pm

Very nice Opi! Car has the same performance mods as my 96 did, except I had a longtube header.

Damn I miss that car. Ahhh memories.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:02 am

^ you're better off.. lol

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:15 am

^^ He sholda kept it anyway! Winter beater, or something.

Its too bad all of my cars are my winter beaters

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:31 am

My plans are today to get it up in the air and take a look a the underbody of it. That, and fix the minor oil leak, andddd find out about that battery. Hope this rain lets up so I can do so.

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:23 am

love that color... I'll have to check the junk yard near me for any NYG cars.

They have a hell of a lot of 1gns

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:30 am

Whoa! Very Nice... I love NYG. It's one of those colors thats so in it's own way, ugly but you still love it lol

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:48 am

battery light could be the battery temp sensor.. its a common thing, it might be missing or it might be bad.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:00 am

nice, really nice! I thought it was an ACR at first.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:04 am

dawm wrote:battery light could be the battery temp sensor.. its a common thing, it might be missing or it might be bad.

Didn't know if first gens had those too. I know my SXT does, but my roomates 2000 plymouth and the girlfriends 98 highline both don't have them.

I'll check that first then.

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:26 am

all 1gs have them, they are actually in the battery tray near the battery hold down bolt, unlike 2gs where its in the battery blanket.

checking CEL codes are the same as 2g as well, cept you have to count the flashes of the check engine line, no fancy code readout.

flash pause flash flash = 12
flash flash flash flash flash pause flash flash flash flash flash = 55 aka code read out done.

you'd be surprised what is the same or similar between 1g and 2g. with that said 95-02 sohc's are for the most part the same thing, just different valvecovers/manifolds. 03+ are different thanks to the NGC crank.

2g seats bolt right in to 1gs, theres a few people with 2g dashes in their 1g..etc

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:44 am

dawm wrote:all 1gs have them, they are actually in the battery tray near the battery hold down bolt, unlike 2gs where its in the battery blanket.

checking CEL codes are the same as 2g as well, cept you have to count the flashes of the check engine line, no fancy code readout.

flash pause flash flash = 12
flash flash flash flash flash pause flash flash flash flash flash = 55 aka code read out done.

you'd be surprised what is the same or similar between 1g and 2g. with that said 95-02 sohc's are for the most part the same thing, just different valvecovers/manifolds. 03+ are different thanks to the NGC crank.

2g seats bolt right in to 1gs, theres a few people with 2g dashes in their 1g..etc

Oh so the battery sensor is just in a different place on the 1st gen... I do know -most- of the similatities between the two cars, I just have no real hands on experience.

My my I can't wait to get off work and play with her.

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:25 am

Nice car Josh. Lets keep this one on the straight and narrow......