I purchased a 1991 CRX chassis from a good guy on Indycarz.com a year ago. Since then I've been working on restoring it to it's stock look. The previous owner had it for a while, but some 15 year old got a hold of it, wrecked it's look, then gave it back after some time.

The good:

- Not a spot of rust
- Not one dent
- The headliner is in perfect condition. That is all.

The bad (not for the faint of heart):

The bumper turn signal, somewhere underneath all that....



Even the Honda badge wasn't safe...



Side marker....



The rear, AFTER I took off the coat of paint on the tail lights. Not a scratch on the stock tail lights, I was pleased...



The CRX was obviously used for mudding, because when I opened the front quarter panels, a pile of dirt fell out, here's a shot of the bottom:



All the colors under the sun:



The driver's side door panel, ruined. I pitched it.



The interior was as bad as the underbody:



Behind the seats:



The rear, nice spare tire cover! Too bad all that was underneath it was literally 2 pounds of dirt!



Another rear shot:



The dash:



And now for the engine bay....nothing was spared Wal-Marts rattlecan discount day:



Baby Blue!



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Um....yeah:



The front:




I've been working since to get it restored, the car has gone under some drastic changes since I took these pictures. It took all winter just to clean the inside and sand down the outside. Literally thousands of hours. I'm going to save the pics of after shots once I get a paint job, sometime later this year, unless I win the lottery, or someone wants to volunteer to do the job..........(crickets chirping).

 

man its crazy seeing what some people do to there crx's i am just glad your bringing her back to life wouldlove to see some pics
good luck bro hope you get far and complete

 

Thanks! I'll be finally done cleaning and sanding it in a few weeks. You wouldn't even recognize it! Well, the exterior is still an eye sore, because I've reached about 4 different colors of paint sanding haha. But it's SMOOOOOOTH ugly paint now

 

hahahaha yeah i would rather have smoothe paintable ugly paint than have nice crapy paint that you cant spray over good luck with that what are your plans as far as paint??

 

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I'm thinking a nice coat of red. I love CRX's in red.

Engine: Either a B16B (EK typeR) for my first choice, B16A (92-95 spec SiR II) for my second. Just want something that drops/bolts in with maybe a cable conversion, or a YS1 tranny. Maybe Turbo down the road if I can keep it safe from rust.

 

yeah red is uper sexy on the crx
yeah thats my plan for my crx is B16B down the road
but for know i will stick with my B16a
yeah fighting rust is a on going battle
and it snow in IN right man that sucks when you fighting rust

 

It's bedtime, my arms are like jello from wet sanding all day, and I'm badly sunburned because I was too stubborn to find shade or wear sunblock :-P

Hope this thread shocks a few people, I'll post after shots of the cleanup in a few weeks.

 

trust me i am sure it will

 

Yeah, after thousands of hours of work on it already, it won't be seeing any hint of snow if I can help it! Moving to chicago soon too, so it'll be worst haha. How it made it in Indianapolis and not a spot of rust is beyond me...night all!

 

hahahaha yeah thats true night bro

 

mt god, did that kid actually think that looked good what he was doing? that is prob the worst spray painting addiction i have ever seen! someone needs kicked in the damn teeth for that massacre of a car! Good job restoring her though. nice to see someone doesnt mind a shitload of work and wants to restore one.

 

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The good:

- Not a spot of rust
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Yeah, it would be hard for metal to rust when it’s encased in paint. I dread the sanding that you’re going to have to do! Keep posting.

 

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seriously, what the hell goes on in the minds of these people?
good luck restoring her,
keep us updated with plenty of pics

 

Keep up the hard work...save that Rex.

to a fellow hoosier

 

Next time on...... WHEN RATTLE CANS ATTACK!!

 

OP: don't lie, we know you did that yourself

 

I have to shake your hand on this one. I wouldnt touch this car...but I am sure that it will come around.

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haha

I just hope that under the 2354235 coats of paint there isnt some rust...well you do have the interior out I guess you have looked in behind the wheel wells.....right?

 

oh, this is gonna take awhile.

bring the sexy back!!!!

 

good luck bringin that amazing machine back to life. who ever had that car before you was DUMBASS!!

 

I died a little inside upon seeing that m4d tyt3 acc3nt job the previous owner did. Here's a , you're going to need more than a few of these to get that sucker finished. Good luck!

 

Not a spot of rust? This rust mark on the plastic tells me your doors are rusting.

 

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Thats some good observation...maybe he didnt notice it though..i mean you gotta think this thing is covered in some crazy paint.

 

Glad to see someone is bringing another one back.

 

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This coming from the man that chops them up and drives them around. haha

 

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yeah yeah I know...but 4 rust spots in the rockers and then the entire spot behind the seats were gone. Did I mention the radio antenna was rusted out? How does that happen? I know it is sad to take one down, but the CRXsters parts live on.