Jdmsolutions

Well this is the first build thread ive ever attempted to make, ive been building/rebuilding/tearing back to pieces, the same 90 ef hatch since around 2006 and its about time to put the hatch away for winter. My friend was willing to sell his EF7 project car for a price i couldnt pass up, so i jumped on it... here is a few quick pics of how i picked up the car/parts this afternoon (10-6-12)






Here is the first haul of parts i picked up, definitely going to have to make another trip to get the body panels and window glass









The guy who sold me the car had bought quite a bit of OEM parts, im gonna need a bigger garage.. FML

Bugeyed_Evo

Time for that rebirth!

lil vin

just stripped my 91 si... good luck with the project, def looks like a good shell for a project

Jdmsolutions

Yeah thanks! It's a pretty clean shell already, the previous owner had the majority of the body work done, so I'll be going over what they have done until I'm happy with the shell, and hope to get some paint in the engine bay and the inside of the chassis before the years end

dyno76

iTrader: (1)

Nice to see you picked this up! Look forward to seeing the end result....

nzb18crx

Nice, got to love a new build. What are your plans for it? Is it a restoration. I noticed you have an engine there too are you dropping in the d series motor or you have different plans for it? Look forward to seeing this shell transform!

Jdmsolutions

Thanks!! Yeah I'm pretty excited to dig into it, it's going to be as close to an factory Ef7 as I can get it! And yeah the zc is going it stock for now, wishing I had the LSD trans but that might happen down the road here! I'll be getting into this project pretty soon, just trying to finish the drag season out first!

Exelbaradin

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91EFH22

I F***ING HATE YOU! Damn man Ive wanted to turn my sedan into Rhd for a while now and considering there arent any in the states that will never happen

Congrats on the pickup and good luck with the build!

vtecn8ive

new OEM bumper? What bumper is it?

Jdmsolutions

Yessir, ef7 bumper

nzb18crx

Mine is RHD too... Except that is the norm in New Zealand...

Jdmsolutions

haha thanks guys! ill be getting after it here shortly, just gotta pull the motor out of my sfwd car for the year and get it put away for winter first!

Jdmsolutions

well drag season is finally over and my ef is in storage for the year, so finally time to dig into the CRX a little bit! I got the car moved home to my personal garage and opened a few boxes and layed out a few boxes to see what im working with, this is only a small portion of what i have, it literally seems endless what the previous owner had purchased and set aside for this built!


power mirror

clear oem corner lights

small details such as the little sticker that goes inside the gas door

all new packaged window trim seals

not sure what this is from, but appears to be a road flare, even found a packaged oem flare holder

super clean ef7 tailights (he said these were difficult to find in good condition)

super clean ef7 tailights (he said these were difficult to find in good condition)

ill start digging into more stuff tomorrow! and start getting the car prepped to paint the engine bay and inside..

i have quite a bit of experience with this generation of chassis from previous cars, so hopefully this car will breeze together! Heres a couple quick pics of my other cars

heres my daily driver, RT4WD EE wagon that i swapped in a JDM sohc zc and put on some lowering springs


and my 90 ed hatch that i use for drag racing, (ive owned this car for 6-7 years or so)

91 EF DX

Got to love the wagon. Wish mine was rt4wd. Love that turbo setup. Looks really clean

Nades88

It looks like you really know how to get intimate with your cars. I cannot wait to see how pristine this car is going to be when finished.

StreetsideStig

Very awesome project. I love your other cars, too. Long live the wagon! It will be quite a collection of little Hondas when you're done!

Also, that road flare is really cool. I want some of those.

Jdmsolutions

Haha all I need is a 4g4d lol ! The picture does that wago a little bit to much justice, she's got some dents and paint flaws!

Thanks for the great comments guys! I'm gonna attempt to continuously update this built thread as I dig into this Rex, hopefully doing a bit of undercoating prep tonight, pics later!

TheMightySi

iTrader: (5)

Very nice

Jdmsolutions

thank you!
time to clean,sand,and prep the underside of the rex for undercoating!
FML

Jdmsolutions

well that was a long night, had a buddy come over and help me clean and sand the underside of the rex, he also helped my apply the first coat of the spread I used for undercoating..




buddy of mine told me he had seen this used before and turned out good so i figured id give it a shot! kit cost about a hundred bucks... the roller kinda sucks.. so dabbing with a strong bristled 2in paint brush was the technique applied

(first coat)


let the first coat flash for about 3 hours, in the meantime we prepped the rear fender wells with some scotchbrite and prep all.. and layed a fat coat of satin black

just finished the second coat of liner about 11pm tonight, its super messy to work with (obviously because its meant to be applied downward not upward lol)

ProjectLSVTEG

****'s Busted

She'll be sweet when done. Just open that door at Nei's when you're spraying this one. Can't wait to ride shotty and hold a steering wheel while I pretend to swerve at unsuspecting motorists.

I'm coming by tonight to check this jalopy out.

Jdmsolutions

Got a bit done tonight on the front of the chassis.. pulled the rack and spindle assemblies off and prepped the front fender wells for self etching primer in certain spots and lay some undercoating!
a wire brush, some 80 grit, and some prep all got these all ready to coat!

only decided to lay 1 coat of liner this time because the existing stuff was still pretty intact.


threw some fans on the front of the car and starting cleaning the outside of the chassis and inside for a bit.. the whole car was coated in nasty nasty cat hair and years of dust!!

NoName487

Awesome! I've wanted to do this for some time now, but I don't have a big enough work space. Once I get a bigger house with a garage, build time it is! Props sir, I'll be watching

worx

keep up the good work. its looking better already