CRX SE Restoration - In progress pics.
10-26-2005, 11:22 PM
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Project CRX Special Edition Restoration - In progress pics.
As many of you already know, I acquired a CRX Si Special Edition a few years ago that was quite neglected by a previous owner who had it repainted white. I have slowly been gathering the necessary parts in order to do a full restoration.
Here's a few pics of the Special Edition restoration project that I am doing in my limited spare time. (Sorry about the size of the pics...any smaller, and it would be hard to see the detail)
Wheel wells before. Notice that the undercoating had a bad reaction with the white paint that was placed overtop of it by the previous owner. Rust was starting to form under the undercoating everywhere. The only solution was to remove everything down to bare metal and start over.
Driver's side wheel well after wire-wheeling and sandblasting down to bare metal and then coating with POR15.
My makeshift sandblasting booth for the front of the car. Dust still gets *everywhere*, but at least the sand and debris stays inside the booth.
Sandblasting the engine bay. The shock tower has already been coated with POR15 when this pic was taken.
Sandblasting and prepping this side of the engine bay. Still need to weld in the new replacement panel.
Passenger's side wheel well with POR15 coating. (a little dusty from the sandblasting in the engine bay)
When it is all said and done, it will look like this (picture of my girlfriend's Special Edition):
Here's a few pics of the Special Edition restoration project that I am doing in my limited spare time. (Sorry about the size of the pics...any smaller, and it would be hard to see the detail)
Wheel wells before. Notice that the undercoating had a bad reaction with the white paint that was placed overtop of it by the previous owner. Rust was starting to form under the undercoating everywhere. The only solution was to remove everything down to bare metal and start over.
Driver's side wheel well after wire-wheeling and sandblasting down to bare metal and then coating with POR15.
My makeshift sandblasting booth for the front of the car. Dust still gets *everywhere*, but at least the sand and debris stays inside the booth.
Sandblasting the engine bay. The shock tower has already been coated with POR15 when this pic was taken.
Sandblasting and prepping this side of the engine bay. Still need to weld in the new replacement panel.
Passenger's side wheel well with POR15 coating. (a little dusty from the sandblasting in the engine bay)
When it is all said and done, it will look like this (picture of my girlfriend's Special Edition):
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10-27-2005, 06:45 AM
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Re: (goforbroke)
how hard is it removing the pieces and welding them back in, i kinda wanna replace my radiator support and clean up my crx, any advice? Good idea with the por15.
also nice work
also nice work
10-27-2005, 07:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ace$nyper »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats awesome amount of work props for giving it a go and doing so damned well!
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What he said ^
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What he said ^
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Re: Re: (CRX Toad)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ace$nyper »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats awesome amount of work props for giving it a go and doing so damned well!
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Hell yea! Keep us updated man!
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Hell yea! Keep us updated man!
10-27-2005, 10:17 AM
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Thanks for the support guys. It's been a very tedious process so far. The sandblasting is really slow because I want to get all the paint off the metal, but not warp the sheet metal from excessive heat. Each of the wheel wells were over 4 hours of sandblasting. Sometimes I sit there with the sandblaster in hand and wonder "What the *hell* have I got myself into?". But the results so far have been exactly what I was aiming for.
As for the questions about replacing panels. Removing panels is pretty straightforward. You use a spot weld cutter bit in your drill and cut out the spot welds (just drill far enough so that the panel separates, don't drill all the way through both panels) The panel I removed was not structural, so I didn't have to support the surrounding metal. If you're taking a structural part out of the car, you'll need to brace the areas around it so that the car doesn't bend out of shape when you remove the panel. As for difficulty of welding one back in, I cannot say. I've heard it's pretty easy to plug weld once you get the feel for it and the right settings on the MIG welding unit (and absolutely spotlessly clean metal to weld) I'm either going to buy a welder and learn how to weld on some scrap metal, or I'm going to call in a favour from a friend that knows how to weld.
I am aiming to have it look like it did when it rolled off the assembly line. As many of you know, only 250 of these cars were made, and they were all Vogue Silver Metallic. It's going to have all of the small details restored to original, right down to the Special Edition decals on the doors. It's going to take a long time, guys. So don't expect to see any finished pictures anytime soon. I will post updates as soon as I've made some more progress.
As for the questions about replacing panels. Removing panels is pretty straightforward. You use a spot weld cutter bit in your drill and cut out the spot welds (just drill far enough so that the panel separates, don't drill all the way through both panels) The panel I removed was not structural, so I didn't have to support the surrounding metal. If you're taking a structural part out of the car, you'll need to brace the areas around it so that the car doesn't bend out of shape when you remove the panel. As for difficulty of welding one back in, I cannot say. I've heard it's pretty easy to plug weld once you get the feel for it and the right settings on the MIG welding unit (and absolutely spotlessly clean metal to weld) I'm either going to buy a welder and learn how to weld on some scrap metal, or I'm going to call in a favour from a friend that knows how to weld.
I am aiming to have it look like it did when it rolled off the assembly line. As many of you know, only 250 of these cars were made, and they were all Vogue Silver Metallic. It's going to have all of the small details restored to original, right down to the Special Edition decals on the doors. It's going to take a long time, guys. So don't expect to see any finished pictures anytime soon. I will post updates as soon as I've made some more progress.
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Re: (Rob.)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rob. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm trying to get my hands on this one.. its in Quebec and it's for sale.
All original paint !
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Looks great...except for the nasty tint. I think I saw this car for sale on ebay earlier this year. Is the same guy still trying to sell it?
Here's a pic of my 3 CRX's. The SE I'm restoring is the "white" CRX in the garage. The other SE is my latest purchase. One of my friends was selling his Special Edition, and just by some weird fluke, it turned out to have a sequential VIN number to my SE.
All original paint !
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Looks great...except for the nasty tint. I think I saw this car for sale on ebay earlier this year. Is the same guy still trying to sell it?
Here's a pic of my 3 CRX's. The SE I'm restoring is the "white" CRX in the garage. The other SE is my latest purchase. One of my friends was selling his Special Edition, and just by some weird fluke, it turned out to have a sequential VIN number to my SE.
