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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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nice. where did you get those speedy wheels?my buddy had a set like a year ago...nice wheels..

car looks great in and out
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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Nice! Love the color.

But man those wheels look a little familiar...
https://honda-tech.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1236908027
rota slipstreams???
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Got the Speedy Rims from Wheelfire.com. Good price and free shipping.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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from rice...... to nice! looks great dude what kind of exhaust is that? i cant make out the brand name.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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haha yea, it was a close. I almost went down the "Fast and Furious" tube...but that is a Tanabe Medalion Touring. It wasn't even the one I ordered but I love it. Its silent on the freeway and loud when it needs to be
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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what did you do with that clean looking a6 motor...!!!
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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Funny story, I put it up on craigslist for 200 bucks (pretty much full swap with tranny) and wasn't expecting anyone to want a 227xxx mile engine for 200. Literally 5 minutes later a dude called me and he picked it up about 30 minutes later for 200. hahaha. once my jeep wrangler sells, "its turbo time"
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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Looking good there
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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how well did the exhaust piping sit in?
did it hang low, or to one side? does it hit the sway bar or mounts?
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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was it hard to do the rear disc swap?
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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No the exhaust fit perfectly. It doesn't rub anywhere or hit anything. It a pretty expensive one so it fits good. the rear disk swap was pretty easy. It took a weekend cause it was hard to get the old rotors off. But there are alot of write ups on here
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 06:24 AM
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Clean rex where do you find one in such good shape? I wish my car was that clean when I started mine. Looks great.
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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nice upgrades...
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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car is looking good love the color good tasteful mod's, were are the pictures of the si cluster?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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nice swap i just put a b18a in a 88 crx dx
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 11:36 PM
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I'm thinking about sell my baby... I would like to stay in the honda family but I need something to tow my race car to the track...
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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man id keep it if you can, clean crx are getting hard to find, what kinda racing are you into?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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im in the middle of a rx7 build. I'm just gonna do some track days in it and then sell it and get a scca ready crx
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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Do you think that asking 5000 is too much for this crx?
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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crx looks great, definitely a great build and clean body
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Thanks dude. I'm trying to sell it but I feel that it's right on the border of rare being that it is this clean. It's fun driving but pretty rough... I'm thinking about putting it away for awhile then use it as my next project car.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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i like..........clean car man.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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you should keep it could be worth something one day
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