Has anyone checked Majestic Honda or San Leandro Honda to see if they actually have the door panels in stock? They still list them on their websites; the Si door panels would total about $370 for the pair - which for PERFECT ones really isn't that outrageous. I've seen "near-perfect" ones go for more than $150 each on eBay, so a little more to KNOW they're absolutely brand new and mint would be worth it to me... well, worth it if I had an extra $370 lying around.
My '91 DX has a couple little "bites" in the panels, plus they're DX panels anyway, y'know... My yellow '90 Si has absoutely mint door panels - not a scratch, not a mark anywhere. The entire interior is that way. :shock: The floormats are looking a little worn, but the "CRX" logo is still there.
I don't know why the HVAC panels crack, but it's not just rough treatment. I put a perfect one in my DX a couple years ago, and now it's cracked. I'm EXTREMELY careful and gentle with it, simply because I know how fragile they are, how hard they are to find, and how much of a bitch they are to remove and install. Still, it cracked a few months ago. I've got another mint one, but I hesitate to install it until I get one of those reinforcing plates for the front. And another for the '90 Si. Like I don't have enough projects on my plate right now!
Oh, yeah - Good to be here, too! Chet90Si alerted me to the site. I'd heard a little about it on a few other sites, and figured if he said check it out, it was worth a look. Looks like a lot of good members here, and a good site forming.
Mike