88 CRX HF fixer uper
 

Ok, this is obviously about my 88 CRX HF.
This car was just given to me by a friend! Gotta Love Free! Especially running, drivable honda's!

Anyways, a friend moved in with me for about a month, brought along his two cars, this HF and a scion Tc, and his gsxr 750, he didnt want to tote the crx back with him the 750 miles, because it would have taken 2 trips, so he left it for me, yay for me.
Anyways, the car is from NW indiana, so naturally it sustained massive salt/snow damage.
bummer.... i have so far ground out most the rust, and have decided to post progress here as my lazy, unemployeed ass works on this car.

Details:
88 CRX HF
87,xxx miles
was white with blue intr. Now is primer black.
and some painted intr parts(blue)
has gay ricer spoiler.
AEM cold air intake
Stupid Sony Xplod POS head unit....
cost to me = $0

needs:
Rims/rubber which has already been taken care of.
5 gallons of bondo....
some TLC
a nice rattle can paint job
and possibly a turbo setup.
oh, and audio!

the supposed stuff:
it is said to have a short throw shifter, i dont by it, dont seem and shorter than the CRX dx i usta drive.....

Pictures of my current progress, none of before the grinding out of rust.

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I just love the old School CRX rims....
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and the awsome picture of me.....
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Amps for the car, first is Rocksford punch 300-1
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Alpine Class D monoblock mp350
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oh, forgot to add.
Since the grinding took place, all the exposed metal has been primed over.
I have also begun color choosing for the rattle can job.
found my base body color
True Blue by Krylon.
also going to paint it similar to the civic in the signature, prolly black strip, and also CRX on the doors.
Just because i can.
or maybe it should be
HMT CRX on the doors!

More photos to come tomorrow.

i miss those old four hole rims. i had'em on my '86 si. battery relocate? that intake is almost bellyflopping on the posi terminal. congrats on the free whip.

Yup, eventually will relocate battery to rear.
The rims came from my most recent CRX, an 85 Si. i like the old school rims, and they are much better looking than the steelies the car had when i acquired it.


aside from that, the aforementioned progress photos.
Really not much progress, due to being unemployed.
But it is progress none the less. If only this car wasnt an HF.....

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and the choosen color for the rattle can paint job, yay!
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Anyways, i have a thread over in the F/S F/T section selling my 87 Civic Si, and the motor and components that I pulled from my 85 CRX Si before it went on a date with the Crusher! At the time scrap was high, and i needed money. Only regret is that i didnt get the darn roll bar out, and 5 point harness.... SAD :'(

So, little update. Some of todays work.
didnt do too much.
Just a little painting.
Oh, and i cleaned my rims!
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ok, for the rear wheel wells, i have came up with a plan to "fix" them, HMT style atleast
Going to do some thing similar to this, going to have to use them from a ford, or a pontiac vibe, because chevy ones are square like the pics but i think it will work.
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Thats just a plastic flar that goes around into the wheel well and screws in. i think that these will do a great job for my application.
I dont want to bondo this car any more than i absolutely have too.
i hate bondo.

Anyways, any FEEDBACK? only one person has said anything.
I know this isnt the usual HMT madness bad ass car bull ----, but it will be in time.

You can fiberglass the rusty sections or they'll just rust over again. Primer doesn't kill rust either.

Car looks great, can't beat free. You lucked out on the intake as well. Probably worth more than the car at this point.

on the rust spots i used emron rust killer. along with primer. i have never had any issues with rust after applying emron rust killer. its too bad you cant buy emron paint anymore :(

got lucky and my uncle had some left at his shop.

i dont really know that the intake cost more than the car at this point, lol.
the car gets as good as 62 mpg since i have drove it. but usually it averages around 50-55 mpg. Thats with mostly highway driving. in town and driving only in town i get between 40-50, depends how big of an ------- i want to be when i drive.

after i finish the body stuff, and paint it, im going to finish fixing the exhaust.
right now it is cut off right behind the mount by the cat, well it don't have a cat, but just for reference purpose. wont be putting a muffler back on it either.

a side from that, i have been think of turboing the car, but cant do it with the little HF motor, and expect it to last long. From the research i have done so far, the bottom end seems to fail with most turbo builds on the stock hf motor.

I have another intake for it off of a 94 or 95 civic 1.5ltr, so i wont use the little crappy HF one.

and its an hf so i have my manifold..
wow that saved me some money, lmfao.

anyways, hope to have the car totally painted by this weekend, and maybe have the battery moved to the back.

spray some great stuff expanading foam in there then trim it and fiberglass over it,
or just get some sheetmetal trim to sizre and pop rivit it on.keep it hmt

funny you say that about that great stuff expanding foam, the civic im selling has it in the rocker panel area, lmfao!
HMT all the way.
Might just do that, and then use a little bondo or something to make a smooth surface, but then again, there is too much gone on the driver side, especially by the fuel fill for that, might do some aluminum, idk.

its a crx, do it right

eBay Motors: 88 89 90 91 Honda CRX Rear Quarter Panel Repair (item 110319628881 end time Mar-29-09 22:41:42 PDT)

that is an awsome price, especially on both sides.
Wish i had the funds to do that. today i will be getting some more paint, to get busy on that.
dont know what im going to do with the rust, i might go HMT style with the great stuff, and use it to hold over for now, but when i have the income to buy those rear quater panels, you bet I will.

thanks EvansPerformance for the link!

anything to help save another crx. they are getting rare

That they are. well, due to some unfortunate events, this one will be up for sale very soon.
Know anyone looking for one?

OK, just a little update of what i got done today.
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I have more done that than, but its starting to rain, . will post more pictures tomorrow.

Still raining :(
But i got the gas cap back on, trim around the doors, and the mirrors, btw they are all nice shiny black.

all that is left to paint is the roof, and little bit of the hatch, oh, and the spoiler....
then just little things, i have a lip for the front bumper, will paint it black when i get it ready to put on.

over spray on the glass all comes off easy, little scrappy scrappy with razor blade, and like new again.

will post up pictures tomorrow as long as no rain.

ok, got some pics, pretty much done painting.... needs a little touch up, nothing fancy though, im happy with it.
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Started the search in the local scrap yard for a turbo motor, and guess what i found....



Any guesses?



D16Z6 YAY for me, only issue i seem to have is it is auto :(. But its complete running motor, harness, ECU and tranny if i want.

Along with that come some 450cc injectors from turbo eclipse, and a choice of one of 2 t3 turbos or a t25. thats where i have a ? the t3's are stamped .48 and .49
i have never seen one stamped like so. ill get some photos if i can.

the t3 on my old crx was .48 cold side and .49 hotside. that fucker spooled up fast as ---- on my dohc zc right around 2,000rpms it was fun as ----.

very nice to know, i havent had any time to get back down to the guys lot, but he has all kinds of goodies, and i get special discount since i do work for him when he needs help.

your not gonna fix the rust?

I would clip the wing and save a little weight, other than that just needs boost!

interesting project! can't beat free!

are you going to fix he rust spots?

looks better

looks like the salt is doin its job, lol.....

Save the sohc

sweet. i love the Brand name intake on the car in serious need of work.

Any one interested in buy the car?
88 hf with 90,000 on it now. needs rear brakes.
just put new starter, and front brakes on it in mar.
has fairly new tires, 14 honda rims from 84 si crx.

any one interested, lemme know.

come pick up, and drive home, or trailer, your choice.

located in 72830, clarksville, ar

how much you looking to get for it

With the rims and newer tires, id hope to see something around $800.00
with out them $600.00.

I have another set of steel rims with two 1/2 tread tires, and two others that
would suit to drive the car to where ever it may need to go.

but, by all means, im open to offers.

Nice quick fixer upper. hahaha

eewwwwwww!

gut the nintendo themed interior and loose the irish deusch smoking the cig = +10 points

1. take the wing off and burn it
2. fix the rust
3. enjoy the car cause 87k on it lmao more like 187k.....







Someone say odo rollback

build it

i used to have one..

Keeping the REX's alive!!

I actually took delivery of a REX that I'll be working on next week.....the owner loves that lil car.

take off the wing please. gl on ur project.

I'd go fast and furious and drive under a tractor trailer to knock that nog ass wing off

you got alot work on your plate