3 days ago I saved this 88 CRX from meeting its maker. I decided to immediattly target the plain jane looks of the CRX.

First thing I targeted was the purple bubbly tint. Took about 3-4 hours to scrape off with a gasket scraper. Second area I targeted was the interior which had zillions of ciggarettes lying around. Took out both seats, console and dash and vacummed everything up. Then I steam cleaned the carpets. Thirdly I painted the stock mesh rims and kept the lip silver. Never seen these rims before, has anyone else?
Lastly I went to the junkyard and found some skunk 2 adjustable coilovers, not only that he sold them to me for 20$. Also took some time out of my busy schedule and taped up the side moldings and bumpers and painted them solid black, looks great IMO.

My next round of mods include new hood. spit shine the engine bay, find new struts for the lift up hatch and then call it quits. Tell me what you guys think.

DAY 1: heres a pic of the first day I brought it home (im the red shirt fella, you can barely make out my notchback in the background and the purple bubbly tint on the rear quarter panel window), the crx didnt even run! Had to tow it.


day 2 of ownership (notice removed tint and painted rims):



day 3 of ownership (notice full painted bumper, coilovers installed, and painted black trim *sorry, I was playing around with different camera settings*)



Ill take additional pics once I polish up the engine bay and get the seats re-stiched and installed. BTW- Car is for sale if anyone is interested, engine and tranny work great! Clean title as well


Modified by drewboy at 11:15 PM 5/19/2006

 

damn pickin up a bunch of cigarettes out of a car would make me wanna smoke one, lol good job mad lookin better already

 

your off to a good start.

 

you guys look like the good ol' duke boys from hazard county.

 

Any more pics of the Fox body notchback?

 

The hood has a lot of rust.......

 

Tires look like balloons
The wheels are from 88-91 Prelude's

How much did you pay for it? Where are you located and how much do you want for it?

 

yes, do a photoshoot of the crx and the notchback together. must see more of them in same photos. That would be awesome haha.

Glad you decided to save the little guy. Im sure he's very appreciative.

 

Thanks guys, Im going to steam clean the interior today, purchase a new hood and clean up the engine bay. Get her ready to sell. Me and my neighbor Nate (other guy in pic) both work in paint and auto body so we make sure we do things correctly and right the first time.

For all of those who want to see more pics of my Notch, I dont really have good pics but i did make a video racing Nates Trans Am WS6 just for the fun of it. I went ahead and created it because my tranny was gone and only had 2nd gear, also had 2 spark plug wires arching so I was running on 6 cylinders....Anyway, heres the vid if anyone is interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKuuGGjlLOM

 

Nice.

 

fix that stang. forget about the CRX. I don't know man, that second gear thing would irritate me to no end.

 

It is fixed Runs great, ran a 7.3@95mph in the 1/8th mile the other day

 

why did you paint the bumpers full black???

 

looks ten times better with full painted bumpers... heres an updated pic of new hood I bought...(plus I bought new hydraulic strut things so the hatch door doesnt fall.

 

looks good man, pretty soon it will be a show car...
if i was u though i would save up and change it over to mpfi

 

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looks ten times better? looks ten times spray painted to me... im not fan but who cares what I think...its your car and what you like is what matters

 

Not feelin the black bumpers. when you paint the car, paint the bumpers back to factory scheme How much did you get the car for?

 

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everything works! struts, fuel and oil filter, battery, hood, rear hatch struts have been replaced.. all interior, also AC, just needing a charge.. painting hood black this monday..Car has already received compliments..Trust me, the owner of this car will receive a VERY clean car! There will not be a spec of dust anywhere on this car when im through with it, and the engine bay and interior will be so clean youll be able to eat out off it. Only problem is this car need some paintless dent removal as a hail storm made some tiny pings on the roof.

asking 2600


Modified by drewboy at 10:41 PM 5/20/2006

 

your going to have a hard time getting 2200 imo

 

well, if i dont get that much here on ht, ill find some local highschool kid wholl gladly pay that much. Its already receiving some local attention.

 

maybe 2200..... depends on how it drives you know.

 

looks great with the black bumpers to me..i like that you kept the top portion red..

why sell it for?? keep that and the foxbody...dont you get sick of 5mpg (exaggerated) with the fox..?

 

i agree, i'd keep it too.....

but if he really wants to sell it, sell it.

i may be coming into some cash in the next few weeks.... if hes serious about it, i can add another crx to my stable.

 

...**** i have a 90 si that dosent have any rust that runs fine it has ground controll coilovers k&n intake and full exhaust no leaks the sunroof even works fine ill sell it for 2200 obo

edit: lol you upped it to 2600....just thats seems high