So today I decide to start my project tread. It may be slow at some points because I sometimes lack motivation, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway.
My CRX story started off when I was 18, a friend of mine just picked up an 89 dx with a zc swap after totaling his da Integra. He came by my job after I got off and asked me to go for a ride, so we jumped in his car and cruised down the high way. At this point it was the fastest car I've been in. He drove to an empty parking lot and did an e-brake turn, I thought to myself this is the most fun I have had in a car. The next day at work another one of my friends stopped by, I never noticed his car before, but he was driving a 90 si with the usual bolt-ons . At that point I knew I had to get rid of the Geo Prizm that I was driving to get one of these cars. I searched the local newspapers over the next few weeks to find one, and when I did it was a clean white 91 si. When I purchased the car I couldn't even drive a 5-speed, I would spin wheels coming out of 1st every time. The drive home with the car was one of the most memorable moments with the CRX. My friend's with the CRX's came with me to purchase the car it was awesome to ride home 3 CRX's on the highway. A few months later my CRX was totaled, when I was t-bones by and SUV. Over the next few years I drove stock Honda's and Acura's, until I purchased a 5th gen hatch. That's when the Honda bug bit; I swapped a GSR motor with every bolt-on you could think of. It had an Integra dash swap, Momo seats and so much more...
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About two years after owning the car the motor blew and I parted it out. After that I went to an EK hatch with a d16Y8 swap and type-r exterior parts. While driving this car I still had the shell of the EG, which I traded for a CRX with a D16z6 swap. The CRX sat in a garage for about a year while I drove the EK, until the day I was rear ended by an old lady. That's when I figured it's time to break out the CRX, since it was an 88 I could get historic tags (no emissions, no inspection). I drove this car for the summer and picked up and accord for a daily.
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this is what the car pretty much looked like when I got it…. (No exhaust and steel wheels)
So the 1st thing I did to the car was put an RS*R exhaust on it. The open headers and the fumes gave me a headache.
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Next I added Omni power adjustable coil-over's and Rays engineering wheels, that I still had from the EG hatch…..
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I also added an EM racing rear strut bar, c-pillar bar and the triangulated bar that ties them all together
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(picture taken while removing the sound deadening)
Next I installed some carbon fiber mirrors that I picked up at the junk yard for $20. The clear on the carbon fiber was chipping away so I sanded them and sprayed some primer on them…
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My CRX story started off when I was 18, a friend of mine just picked up an 89 dx with a zc swap after totaling his da Integra. He came by my job after I got off and asked me to go for a ride, so we jumped in his car and cruised down the high way. At this point it was the fastest car I've been in. He drove to an empty parking lot and did an e-brake turn, I thought to myself this is the most fun I have had in a car. The next day at work another one of my friends stopped by, I never noticed his car before, but he was driving a 90 si with the usual bolt-ons . At that point I knew I had to get rid of the Geo Prizm that I was driving to get one of these cars. I searched the local newspapers over the next few weeks to find one, and when I did it was a clean white 91 si. When I purchased the car I couldn't even drive a 5-speed, I would spin wheels coming out of 1st every time. The drive home with the car was one of the most memorable moments with the CRX. My friend's with the CRX's came with me to purchase the car it was awesome to ride home 3 CRX's on the highway. A few months later my CRX was totaled, when I was t-bones by and SUV. Over the next few years I drove stock Honda's and Acura's, until I purchased a 5th gen hatch. That's when the Honda bug bit; I swapped a GSR motor with every bolt-on you could think of. It had an Integra dash swap, Momo seats and so much more...
About two years after owning the car the motor blew and I parted it out. After that I went to an EK hatch with a d16Y8 swap and type-r exterior parts. While driving this car I still had the shell of the EG, which I traded for a CRX with a D16z6 swap. The CRX sat in a garage for about a year while I drove the EK, until the day I was rear ended by an old lady. That's when I figured it's time to break out the CRX, since it was an 88 I could get historic tags (no emissions, no inspection). I drove this car for the summer and picked up and accord for a daily.
So the 1st thing I did to the car was put an RS*R exhaust on it. The open headers and the fumes gave me a headache.
Next I added Omni power adjustable coil-over's and Rays engineering wheels, that I still had from the EG hatch…..
I also added an EM racing rear strut bar, c-pillar bar and the triangulated bar that ties them all together
(picture taken while removing the sound deadening)
Next I installed some carbon fiber mirrors that I picked up at the junk yard for $20. The clear on the carbon fiber was chipping away so I sanded them and sprayed some primer on them…
b Welcome to the community!
