New Owner of Importcustomx's crx Before/After Pics

mel0n666 · Jul 7, 2010

Hi guys. I bought my 88 z6 rex from importcustomx and I am going to be replacing all the rust on the body and get the body all straightened out and paint it. ect. basically make this thing look like brand new. also if the car survives until after college I am going to turbo it up and whatnot. heres the car and what i have done to it so far( i also have a momo gotham steering wheel on the way with a nrg hub and quick release 2.0):

this is the for sale pics:

these are the pics of when i detailed it and on the night i got it and brought it to my buddies house. the blue one is his rotrex supercharged k20a 91 dx.

I will be posting more pics as i go on the body work and ect and of course have final results.

ChokolAwt · Jul 7, 2010

so when is it getting lowered? you got the suspension... SLAM 'ER!

mel0n666 · Jul 7, 2010

im gunna try and keep as much of a stock look as possible. I plan on racing autocross when i get all the bushings and everything tip top. i also made sure i would have an easily removed sub box so i can just pull em when i go to race. i like the stock ride height too.

UrbanVibe · Jul 14, 2010

mel0n666 said:
i like the stock ride height too.

I have a 80 hf, and i've been looking for some sort of suspension upgrade that will increase the handling but keep the height as close to stock as possible, yours looks as close to perfect as i have seen, what are you riding on

and what will i need

thanks!!!!

mel0n666 · Jul 14, 2010

UrbanVibe said:
mel0n666 said:

i like the stock ride height too.

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I have a 80 hf, and i've been looking for some sort of suspension upgrade that will increase the handling but keep the height as close to stock as possible, yours looks as close to perfect as i have seen, what are you riding on and what will i need thanks!!!!

pretty much all skunk2 and the pro-c coilovers

upgrade list for the car from the ad:

Skunk2 Pro-c Suspension
Skunk2 Front upper control arms
Skunk2 Lower Control Arms
Skunk2 Front Strut Bar
Skunk2 rear Strut Bar
Skunk2 Lower strut bar
Skunk2 Rear tie bar
Skunk2 Intake manifold
Skunk2 Radiator Cap
Ingalls rear upper control arm(camber kit)
New rear main seal, tranny seals, valve cover gasket etc.

d16z6 SOHC Vtec motor
91 SI transmission
Fidanza 7lb Flywheel
f1 spec stage 3 (6 puck) Clutch
air intake
Edlebrockheader
pace setter exhaust
"high flow" cat
91 si rear disk conversion with brand new oem honda e brake lines
energy suspension trailing arm bushings
stop tech stainless brake lines
Factory Honda HX Wheels
EDM Adjustable headlights with interior switch (pretty sick i love them)
EDM Spoiler (filled wiper hole & mounted with 3m adhesive tape.)
New toyo Spectrums
New radiator
new honda fluid flushed system 3 times..and refilled with new honda fluid
OEM honda filters only used
mobil synthetic 5w30
Brand new Odyssey Battery with custom welded lower mounting point bracket.
Brand new alternator. on 4/26/10
new dsitributor
new plugs and wires
EP3 Seats custom fitted into the car and welded properly.

UrbanVibe · Jul 14, 2010

awesome thanks, and this will fit perfectly fine on a hf, the year was 89 i wrote 80 by mistake. Thanks

crxvtec91 · Jul 14, 2010

Honda MTF is junk get rid of it!

UrbanVibe · Jul 14, 2010

crxvtec91 said:
Honda MTF is junk get rid of it!

GM synchromesh ??

Its me DUB · Jul 15, 2010

Looks good man. Glad to see Jimmy's ride went to someone who will take good care of it.

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mel0n666 · Jul 15, 2010

crxvtec91 said:
Honda MTF is junk get rid of it!

what do you suggest using instead? i get discounts on amsoil products and plan on running 5w-30 100% synthetic. Imho i think amsoil is the best name in synthetics. My dad only runs amsoil in hid 2002 745i and i only ran it in my camaro (after break in period of course) and plan on fillin this up when i get around to it. maybe a quart of duralube too.

i ran amsoil synthetic performance atf in my camaro and it was great.

UrbanVibe · Jul 15, 2010

mel0n666 said:
what do you suggest using instead? i get discounts on amsoil products and plan on running 5w-30 100% synthetic. Imho i think amsoil is the best name in synthetics. My dad only runs amsoil in hid 2002 745i and i only ran it in my camaro (after break in period of course) and plan on fillin this up when i get around to it. maybe a quart of duralube too.

i ran amsoil synthetic performance atf in my camaro and it was great.

gm synchromesh is what most people like instead of honda mtf, or penzoil since penzoil make it for gm

mel0n666 · Jul 15, 2010

mel0n666 said:
new honda fluid flushed system 3 times..and refilled with new honda fluid

this is talking about coolant. if you read his thread about the issues he was having with the swap he flushed the coolant system a few times ect.

not sure what he used for mtf ill have to ask him.

UrbanVibe · Jul 15, 2010

thanks dude, I saw pl saying scrap mtf from honda nd was like huh? nuttin much better and especially for coolin the honda coolant mix is better than anythin I found, I thought they had switched to transmission fluids

crxvtec91 · Jul 15, 2010

UrbanVibe said:
mel0n666 said:

what do you suggest using instead? i get discounts on amsoil products and plan on running 5w-30 100% synthetic. Imho i think amsoil is the best name in synthetics. My dad only runs amsoil in hid 2002 745i and i only ran it in my camaro (after break in period of course) and plan on fillin this up when i get around to it. maybe a quart of duralube too.

i ran amsoil synthetic performance atf in my camaro and it was great.

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gm synchromesh is what most people like instead of honda mtf, or penzoil since penzoil make it for gm

If the trans is in good shape I put 1qt of synchromesh and the rest cheap 10w-30. If the trans is in some what bad shape I use all synchromesh.

I seen honda mtf make grinding trans worse and have seen grinding trans almost stop grinding with synchromesh.

mel0n666 · Jul 15, 2010

New steering wheel finally got here today. ive had the hub and quick release for like a week and have been aching to put it all in.

Its me DUB · Jul 16, 2010

What size is that wheel? Looks huge...

mel0n666 · Jul 16, 2010

350mm so its smaller than stock but not too small. im a big guy at 6' 3.5" so a super small steering wheel would suck cause my hands are pretty big. I actually love the size of this wheel. slightly smaller than stock so its much more responsive but its not too small. Idk its just the perfect size for my liking and i love the way it looks.

Its me DUB · Jul 17, 2010

I think maybe the pics make it look big. :lol: It's got a cool look to it...

mel0n666 · Jul 18, 2010

Did a bunch of maintenance and cleaned out the inside of my wheels with simple green .... like deep cleaned. I dont think they have ever been cleaned before and the brake dust was like baked on like an enamel. Sooooo much scrubbing.

and as usual just ignore the fact that theres an amazing supercharged k20 in the pics... I like his car a lot too lol.

crxgator · Jul 19, 2010

crxvtec91 said:
Honda MTF is junk get rid of it!

no it's not. ive used in every single honda ive owned and never had a problem.

Brezzent · Jul 28, 2010

haha i wish i had friends with crx's! both look great

crxvtec91 · Jul 29, 2010

crxgator said:
crxvtec91 said:

Honda MTF is junk get rid of it!

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no it's not. ive used in every single honda ive owned and never had a problem.

They change it a while back, I have friends that work at Honda and wouldn't even put it in there trans, oh and I forgot to add they can get it free. That should say all you need to know!

importcustomx · Sep 2, 2010

i used the old Honda mtf. i drove to majestic honda and bought their last 5 qts of it.

and yes i flushed the coolant numerous times becuase of the idling issue..but also to clean out everything. granted it was a new radiator etc..but i cleaned it out and flushed it 2 times. then filled it with honda rad fluid and 1 thing of royal purple rad fluid treatment.

my car was great.

REXzAcTLy904 · Sep 6, 2010

Brezzent said:
haha i wish i had friends with crx's! both look great

you DO dick!!!

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