after hearing yes and no to 88 to 90-91 door interchange.. I decided to try it myself.

I wanted to put my 88 si doors on my 90 si frame, and vice versa.

the outcome =
the 88si doors fit perfectly on the 90si.
the 90si doors DID not fit on the 88si.

the rear edge of the 90si doors have a thicker shape that won't fit in the frame of the 88si. I'm going to do a little cutting and see what I can do about that.

If anyone in the atlanta/macon GA area has a set of 88 doors for sale. please get in touch.

 

huh?

Do you have pics? I've seen doors swapped both ways numerous times.

 

I've sold 1991 crx jdm sir doors to a guy with a Canadian 1989 model, the dorrs fit perfect and the customer got some cool door panels and factory power windows and power fold in mirrors along with them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deetz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've sold 1991 crx jdm sir doors to a guy with a Canadian 1989 model, the dorrs fit perfect and the customer got some cool door panels and factory power windows and power fold in mirrors along with them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats cause the us got door mounted seatbelts...every other country didnt and all doors are the same/interchangable...

 

i put a 89 hf door on my 91 crx, i had to put 4 points in cause my crx has door mount seat belts and that one didnt

 

i'm doing the door to pillar seatbelt conversion... its a pain but i don't want harnesses. most of the holes are already there. i didn't change doors though, just door panels.

 

if doors from one vehicle fit the other then why wouldnt they fit perfectly from that one on the first one....if one fits perfectly both should eh? O_o

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saltyblue &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if doors from one vehicle fit the other then why wouldnt they fit perfectly from that one on the first one....if one fits perfectly both should eh? O_o</TD></TR></TABLE>

because one (89-91) have door mounted seatbelts, and causes the door to have extra parts on the side that wont fit into a car without the door mounted seatbelts...

 

what he said ^

ill take pictures of both cars in just a few minutes.

 

they fit the frame fine. there is just more metal on the door jam.

 

Why would you want to swap the doors? what is the difference and benefit?

 

the 90 shell that I bought had one shaved door handle.. which i dont want on my track car..not to mention the weight reduction. oo and. putting the 88 doors on the 90 shell.. takes away all seatbelts. I have corbeau seats and harnesses, no need.

the 88 that I have is just a parts car for my other 88.. I got an offer for it the other day, so I am trying to keep it as together as I can.. I'm putting the 90 doors on it, to keep it looking like a car.

here comes pictures of the cars/doors.

88 si door jam



88 si door



88 si door on the 90 frame




90 si door jam


90 si door



90 si door on 88 si ( do not fit)





now.. can you see why they don't fit? the rear edge of the 90 door is thicker..

my plan.



and i can't post anymore today.. wtf





Modified by InMyProject at 6:14 PM 12/27/2004

 

anyone see any problems with cutting that part out?

 

I cut out an 89 door to fit it on my 88, its no problem if you weld over the hole you make.


Modified by kurinto at 2:56 PM 12/30/2004

 

thanks for sharing this information and the pictures too. the one way interchangeablity i suppose has caused a lot of the confusion as to whether swapping the doors works or not. (some ppl say it does, some ppl say it doesnt. looks like they were all right!)

 

Now what are you going to do about the 88 door molding on the 90 si? Are you gonna put the thinner molding on the 88 door so it matches cause it looks off balance right now.

 

I don't really care about cosmetics.. I'll worry about the little things later.

to whoever instant messaged me.. "crxsir" or something like that.. please email me about the doors for sale, I cannot instant message because I am still a trial user.

 

While this is OT to the thread starter, I have an 88 CRX and know of a 86 CRX that has a body in good shape (motor works too) for $120. Will the doors exchange or not. Right door on my track car has a crinkle and if I can get a door cheap I might buy the car rather than bondo. But then I also am curious if the dash will switch out (bad expirament with roll cage installation) and the back bumper cover is not quite right. Will those three things swap out? TIA.
Barry H.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by apexinghonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have an 88 CRX and know of a 86 CRX that has a body in good shape (motor works too) for $120. Will the doors exchange or not.....Will those three things swap out? TIA. </TD></TR></TABLE>Not even close, 84-7 CRX's are completely different than 88-91 models. The little quirks differentiating 88-89 and 90-91 cars are pretty insignificant when compared to the 1G's (most of them were carbed, suspension was struts up front & a solid rear axle, and they look different to boot. Oh, and the dash is different too.