tylers_18

nice write up!! my car feels really firm but i havent looked at it all yet. i have to say it dosent sound that bad... yet

lunalink

damn lol. that sounds horrible ( the video )

McGruber

Ya man it gave me nightmares lol. I hope all this fixes the problem.

b18crxkid

hey man this thread is awsome i love these kinda threads im new to the site n just picked up my first hond ( 1990 crx si with a b18 ls swapp) keep up the good stuff i love cheacking out these threads since im 19 helps me out a lot in the shop

McGruber

Glad to hear you like it and that it helps you out Ya being on here is a great way to learn and get help. You can PM me or just post a thread on the forum if you have any questions or need help with something, and stay tuned there will be lots of updates soon

da9jake

kyb and eibach is a great set up, i ran that set up on my 87 Supra and loved it. how do the tokico shocks and spriongs ride? i picked up a set for my 90 the other and was just wonderign what u were thinking of them. Godd luck with everything else dude, that car looks way better that when u got it.

McGruber

Thanks man. It's great news to hear that the springs and struts are a good combo, I can't wait to install them and try them out The tokicos were horrible lol, but they were also completely blown out. I would assume they ride just fine new but I'm not sure.

da9jake

im sure it will handle a lot better with that set up now, especially since u just did all the bushings and everything. great wite up on that by the way,

McGruber

^Thanks again man. So I'm still waiting on the struts to come in so I decided to put in the si 20/40 prop valve and do a little interior clean up.

The old prop valve with lines detached.



17/25 WTF!? Lol



New 20/40 FTW!



Installed.



Now onward to the interior. There was a stupid white custom hand painted guage cluster installed and that had to go. I have a stock black one, only thing that sucks is it has over 213,000 miles on it. The white one only has 141,000. Oh well who cares. And the super sweet GT Grant steering wheel has to go as well lol.



In all honesty it doesn't look that hideous.



All removed.



The goods.

Targa250R

I'm just curious as to why you used the 2040? I see that you intend to swap to the 7CLP13S rear calipers, but are you using the 16CL13VN front calipers from the '90-91 Si?

McGruber

Ok so here's the deal. Everything is completely good with the black guage cluster except for the fact that there is a dead mosquito inside the glass, and it PISSES me off! lol. How it got in there only God knows. Me being super **** about cars, I had to get it out. So naturally I wanted to remove the glass and remove it. My bro told me a trick about putting the cluster in the oven at low temp to melt the adhesive and pull the "glass" off. Sounds like a good idea. He also suggested I try it on the crappy white one first in case I mess up, also a good idea. He also said it would probably be a good idea to remove everything I could from the cluster like light bulbs, wiring, ect. So I did.



While doing that I found this cool little guy.



A way in!



I just turned it upside down and out fell the dirty little blood sucker. I didn't take a pic, I knew I should have lol. So here's where my curiousity got the best of me. I could have called it a night then but I kinda wanted to see if I could get the glass of anyway and possibly roll back the odo (I know it's illegal but they don't even check mileage on cars this old! And my engine has only 700 miles on it.) So I decided to try the oven trick on the white one. 200 degrees 10 min, nothing. 200^F 15 min, nothing. 210^F 5 min, nothing. 215^F what was supposed to be 3 min (got destracted responding on HT) turned into 7 min...smelted lol. Momma always said "never leave the oven unattended". Momma was right!

McGruber

The damage isn't too bad, just a little distortion. I didn't realize until after the fact, that you can remove the glass and faceplate as one piece at the same time. Just push all the tabs in at the same time and pull it out, which is hard to do by yourself lol. Oh well at least I still have old blackie!

McGruber

I have 90-91 dx front calipers, but 91 si rears. I was under the impression from what I read that the si prop valve would do just fine with dx fronts.

RAPTR

LOL, that is why we always practice first. Did you figure out the odometer?

McGruber

For shizzle lol. I haven't figured the odo out yet, it has a lock on it from the front so you can't just roll them back by hand. I'm sure someone on here knows how to do it. Hint hint

cheesebeast

I rebuilt my complete suspension/brakes/steering on my crx last year, it is a lot of work, but well worth it, mine had 190k on it, all bushings were fried. I did ebc pads n rotors, russell lines, energy suspension, skunk 2 front n rear camber kit, rear toe kit, ksport coilovers, love the coilovers, they are fully adjustable, and were the almost the same price as a good spring/shock combo. Ls vtec is next for me, block and head are in the motor shop right now

McGruber

So My new struts came today! I probably wont get to put them on till tomorrow because I won't have access to a good shop spring compressor until then. So I installed a new inner cv boot on the half shaft that was flinging grease all over my steering rack, which I just cleaned.

Fricking $18 genuine honda boot.



Cleaned out the inside really good.



Cleaned bearings.



All back together. I didn't take pics of me greasing the crap out of everthing and assembling it cause I didn't have a free hand to take a pic lol.

McGruber

Ok so I have a question about the springs and struts. I was just test fitting stuff today and when I put my rear Eibach springs on the kyb struts I was able to put everything on and tighten down the nut without even using a spring sompressor, It had room to spare and was way easy to get the top hat on. I know they are shorter because they are lowering springs but they just seem, well too low lol. Are they shot or is this normal? The Eibach fronts are the same size as my stock fronts so I don't know. Here's a pic to show what I mean. Left are the rears and right are the fronts, side by side comparisson.

BiG ChOr!Zo

iTrader: (1)

i have never used a spring compressor throughout the years of installing lowering springs on my ed civics so im assuming its normal...btw that gt grant wheel is baller...i got one in my g-body cutlass

ElementzofR

could it be possible that the PO cut the oem front springs? did you have to use spring compressors to remove the front springs?

v8killaz

where did you get those ziptie clamp things for the axle boot

McGruber

Awesome, that's what I thought. Lol GT Grant FTW!

I didn't to remove them but they were on really tight. I just used a wrench and held the assembly off to the side so the nut didn't shoot me in the face. I assume the fronts are a little closer to oem size because of the engine weight, they probably just have not as tight of a spring rate. I don't know lol.

I got the clamps from NAPA. Just ask them for cv boot clamps and they'll get them in the back for you. Only like 1 buck a piece, and they are very easy to use. They're kinda like pinch clamps.

BiG ChOr!Zo

iTrader: (1)

if you plan on selling or throwing that wheel away let me know...i might be interested and if you junk it ill pay for shipping...!!!

McGruber

Hey bro, I'd definitely be interested in selling you the wheel or trading it for something. MPFI swap parts perhaps? PM me with an offer or any parts you have if you're still interested.

BiG ChOr!Zo

iTrader: (1)

i dont have any more mpfi parts but i got other stuff in my garage sale thread in my sig...!!!