The car is a 1989 Honda CRX Si with an LS swap. The B18A has ~77k miles, and the YS1 transmission has ~80k miles and no grinds. The odometer says 176xxx but I'm not 100% that's correct. The swap has been in the car for about 2k miles at this point. The car doesn't leak at all, and I have put a lot of new parts into it.

I bought this car in 10/06 not running and in very poor shape. The CRX came with the front and rear Wings West kit, but not the side skirts. The side modlings were filled in with bondo, and then they started to crack. So I decided to get rid of all that bondo, and thus I began the $50 paint job. I sanded the car down and painted it myself using the $50 paint job method because no matter what I did to the body, it came out better than the way it was when I bought it. The red came out really good, but the black was not as good. I shaved the rear wiper squirter nozzle at that time. I installed DA integra black/tan seats and DA integra mirrors. The interior is complete, and all carpeting was sprayed with black carpet dye. The stock door skirts are back on, and I also have stock tail lights on the car now. The blacked out tail lights, and the stock manual mirrors will come with the car.

The only problems with it are that the CEL is on, displaying a Code 43. I already swapped O2 sensors (I used Bosch both times) to see if this fixed it, but it didn't. The car also vibrates a lot from the swap, and the exhaust does not sound too great. As far as rust, there is some evident in the rear rocker panels inside the wheel wells on both sides, and there appears to have been some on the quarters due to finding some Bondo on them when I sanded the body down. Also, when I bought the car, I gutted it because the previous owner did not tape up his loose power wires on the stereo harness and fried the dash harness all together. I have since replaced the dash harness with another harness and everything inside works fine, including the moonroof. Additionally, the previous owner must have tried to jack the car up from underneath the driver seat using a standard $20 jack. This caused a strange circular cut in the floor, but I had a friend lay some fiberglass over that area, and it is now hidden underneath the carpet, but it does cause the driver seat to sit slightly crooked and the rear inner bolt hole is messed up. Like most other CRX's the climate control is cracked into 2 pieces, but still works. Overall, I'd say the car is decent. I have only put about 2000 miles on it, but it is just too small for me. When I sit in it, I nearly hit my head on the roof.



I DO NOT want a beat project, I need a reliable daily driver. I am looking for either of the following, but they must be running, in decent shape, 2 door, 5-speed, and have a sunroof/moonroof:
92+ Civic
94-01 Integra

If you've got something to trade, let me know. We can work on a trade plus cash on either end. Either send a PM or an e-mail to Vagabund07-at-hotmail-dot-com. I need a reliable DD, NO DEAD PROJECTS!


Modified by Vagabund07 at 2:25 PM 9/9/2007

 

what kind of wheels are those? tires?

 

they look like HX wheels to me. yes?

 

Yup, they are HX wheels with Bridgestone Potenza's in the rear, and two older tires in the front with good treads. I bought a set of 4, but the fronts still had a lot of meat left so I only put 2 on the back...

 

trade for a set of mint gsr blades? emaculant condition!

 

Not really looking to trade the wheels, sorry...

 

ttt

 

Bump...saw you driving the other day....it looks clean.

 

Thanks man, where are you from?

 

pm'd