welcome to the family :welcome:

car needs a serious bath and buff out.

 

It looks nice and stock thats always good! Thinking about painting it blade silver? I agree with that but I actually really like white too....if you paint it just make sure you do everything. Looks like a nice find though I enjoyed the driving by and saw it story thats always fun!

 

Yea, i was super happy that it was unmolested. lol. And yea, either blade silver or a deeper silver...like the color that someone on here has. He has a build thread and his name is Quentin...he has a great, CLEAN CRX. And yes most def! Already know I pretty much have to redo the rocker panels...don't worry guys. It will be done well.

 

So a little update guys, I got my new corner lights in this weekend and installed those puppies!

These were the old ones:


These are the new ones:


I also cleaned the IACV a few days before this weekend, this is before:


and after cleaning with brake cleaner:


Then i buffed it a bit and cleaned the inside:






Heres the engine bay. Soon, i am going to powdercoat the valve cover.


Then i started tearing apart this civic seat that my brother gave me because he has new seats. I'm going to use it for donor foam for my driver seat because its crap and falling apart. Eventually i will reupholster the seats as well...


Oh, and i found out that i need two of these...one of each. For the passenger's side. Where can i get these?


Well, that's it for now. Big plans for this car though. Can't wait to get some paint on it and some new seats. :biggrin:

Also, i have no clue as to why the images are small like that...

 

Nice find and background story! I love seeing more crx's saved! b

 

Hey thanks man! Yea, im definitely trying to save it! It is all going to be tastefully done too. b

 

Nice save. Keep up the good work. My older brother got me into Hondas as well.

 

Wish my older brother was into cars!

 

Yea, and its especially helpful when he has done practically everything to his civic and can help you with yours. Also guys, i'm thinking about a dark silver like this GTR: http://www.google.com/imgres?sa=X&biw=1 ... 205&ty=119

Or maybe STI blue. Even though I HATE STI's with a passion, I think that blue would look really good on a CRX. What do you guys think?

 

Like the blues...I always say stick to an original CRX color though. Just seems to flow better.

 

Yea...Idk, i was thinking maybe blade silver...but it seems too light for me. and i think the blue would look really good.

 

Its been a while since i have done anything to the REX... I bought new quarter panels and rockers for the CRX and my brother is teaching me how to do some body work.



And i bought some cheapo rims off craigslist for $80. There's only 3 here because...



This one is FUCKED up. I bought it knowing this...And i got it fixed! A coworker of my brothers' is a great TIG Welder and he did a great job repairing it.



Here it is fixed. The sunlight is hitting the rim kind of weird and it looks ****ty right now because i'm currently using a heavy duty paint stripper to get the crappy paint off. I'm pretty sure the previous owners used regular latex paint...



This is the specific area that was jacked up...



Then, we of course tore everything out...











I cracked my dash taking it out. Next time i will be way more careful. I'm in the works of fixing it right now...I'll show pictures later on.



Found this cool Japanese writing on the headliner underneat of the seatbelt lights.



Then, we tore up the sound deadner and found boat loads of rust... This is the passenger side floor pan. Luckily this was the only BAD rust. The rest is just surface rust.



Took the sunroof off and found a lot of terrible rust.





Completely rusted rear bumper...



Took the old rocker off...





I'll keep you guys updated as everything progresses. Obviously everything will take a lot longer than thought, because of all of the effing rust. Also, a supsension overhaul is definitely going to be done soon...Hopefully sometime in July. :bounce: I also bought a new carpet from stockinteriors.com. I got the mass backing so it should make the cabin more quiet which is what im going for. I'll also probably get some dynamat from them soon too.

 

good job so far...
maybe I'll hire you to do my body work....

 

Haha good joke! :bounce:

 

well, after that, mine will seem mint :bounce: :rofl:

 

Haha yea. The rust was sooo much worse than we had previously thought...

 

Well, I have started collecting parts. My carpet also came in but i don't have a picture yet. Too lazy... It is very thick though and very nice. It also got shipped very fast. Would definitely recommend them to other people.

New amber corner lights



I got a full set of these "Stagg" shocks on ebay. They were cheap and i am going to just be using them as an OEM replacement. There is another member on here who got them and said that they are actually decent. From reviews that i have read, it seems like they are good for the price. They also stand behind a lifetime warranty with the car being lowered within 1.5" I don't think i'll be lowering it on these though...I also bought these just so i had something for now, and i am saving up for the famous Koni Yellow/GC combo.



My birthday was also this past Saturday and as one of my gifts from my fiance, i got a short ram intake. Now i don't have to look at that ugly hardware store bendable duct pipe...



And last but not least, the paint off the rims are peeling off slowly but surely...

 

Hey guys, the build is going along nicely. Should have it painted in the next month or so. Its been very slow going but i'm nearing the end! There was way more rust on this thing than what we had thought at the beginning. My brother has been helping a lot with this build and it would have taken a lot longer without him! Just a few pics before a decent update when the car is put back together!

Some fab work cuz its FABULOUS! :bounce:

And this is how she sits now until paint... all welding is done. Just need to finish the sunroof, do some bodyfill and prep for paint.

 

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There was way more rust on this thing than what we had thought at the beginning.

There always is, once you spot rust on one of these... :lol:

 

Yep. Guess I learned my lesson. Ha. Good news is, this thing will be like new when I am finished. b

 

Just realized that I failed to mention some parts I got for Christmas. I got all new energy suspension bushings! And I got some new hatch struts I've been needing forever.

EDIT: I decided to start stripping the white paint off of the car. I feel better knowing what i'm painting over.

 

Work on the Rex has been rolling along. It feels like its taking such a long time with the car being an hour away at my brothers garage and only getting to work on it on average one day a week. Anyway, here are some pictures of the progress made recently.

Decided to just go ahead and strip the paint completely to make sure i know whats underneath the new spray.




Then laid down A **** TON of body filler. Waaaay too much Oh well, its all gonna get sanded off next time.





It's taking so freaking long to sand all that off the hood. DEFINITELY going to be more careful next time. I would guess that i'm probably about halfway through sanding it right now.



And some goodies i got recently.



Went to the local pick n pull and got this from a Civic EX.



Painted it black with some of the duplicolor vinyl spray. It worked super well and came out really nice!





My rims are finally coming along too! They are being completely sandblasted and then powdercoated black. 8) They had 3-5 coats of LATEX paint on them. looks like they were originally white and then someone sprayed black over that and then another white over that. Goal is to have the CRX put together by April 1st. b

 

When I saw your post on Jan 20th or so and you said "all the welding is done so just need to body work and should get paint in the next month" I thought....yeah right I know how this goes. Let's see if this car gets paint in a month lol. Not making fun just saying I've been there. All these people that say they built their cars but didn't do any of the bodywork and just dropped it off at a shop have no idea how hard it is to do yourself. Seems like you don't have long to go but doing the bodywork for me seemed like the hardest part of my entire build! Props for you actually doing your own work on the body! Take your time. When in doubt put another coat of primer and block it out again. Bodywork makes the paint job. My bay took as long alone for the shave and bodywork as the outside of the car. You will appreciate the car so much more actually doing all this yourself. Everytime I wash and wax my car I appreciate the finish knowing that my hands went over every inch of my car over and over to finally create this finish and it really feels good. I don't undertand how some people can say "built not bought" when they hauled their car off to a bodyshop and "paid" or "bought" to have someone else bodywork and paint the entire car lol.

BTW, putting a huge skim coat of filler over a panel like you did on your hood really sucks to sand off but in the end usually saves time and is the best way to do it. If you try to just put filler on small spots at a time you will keep chasing all over the panel and doing the panel several times over(guess how I found this out). Skim coat it and block it all back out. You are doing right. It looks like a lot of filler but 95% ends up back on the floor. Look through my build and you can see when I sanded my hood off and there is a pile of filler on my garage floor lol!

Keep it up!

 

I totally understand man. Maybe I was too jumpy to say it would get paint by end of February. But I think it's good to have goals so that it pushes you harder. So with that said, I'm shooting for it being painted by the first week of April, which I think is doable. Hopefully I can work on it more than one day during the week which is why it's been so slow. and yes I totally agree. That's why I want to do it all myself. Also, that ensures that it's done right and I know exactly what is on the car. And yea my bro is helping out which is awesome because he did his civic this same way. And thanks for the advice man! Next update will be paint. I'll leave this in the dark for a while. Not too many interested anyway. haha.