Hey H-T I'm bringing this build thread over here from AZHT, I frequent both forums but wanted to do my build thread over here to. So here she goes this is what I have done thus far. Hope you all enjoy.


Heres the newest project. So right after the sedona run I found this bad boy, I picked this up for a steal and here is what I have been doing to it.No shaving here, I'm just trying to make her look nice for a little bit of dough. I have never seen a rex with a front end that has never been hit or bent in any way.

back when 1lowtacoma owned it

Only pic I have of the bay before


After some elbow grease


Some primer








and my daily that gets me to the paint store


I only shot it with single stage to match the rest of the color on the car, I think the guys at Auto paint plus here in flag did a pretty good job matching the paint from just the gas door. There is a lot more that is planning to be done to it but I'll only reveal what I'm working on as I get it done.
Oh yeah this in only my third time trying to paint, so I'm just chalking this all up to becoming a better painter.


Es bushing kit and RTA bushings as well.




So I just got a call and the OEM side moldings finally shipped out and I ordered the ball studs for the back hatch, so the struts will work properly.

JDM B16 should be getting here in a few days along with my conversion harness and ECU
Slim fans
Corners and bumper lights, New timing belt covers
New cabin and engine wiring harness showed up as well.

Still need to order
Radiator
Sidemarkers
Misc small stuff
Mirrors
Lips
Suspension
Lugs
Clutch cable


and

Seats!!!


updates!





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So it's no chase bays harness or anything like that but at least the back is done








just ordered the motherload of **** from honda

windshield moldings
quarter glass trim
fender liners and clips
roof moldings
gas and trunk latches
and other misc small parts

Some random mods that got ordered today as well

BWR LCA's
ASR Subframe brace
Extended studs and lugs
HID's
BWR Radiator
BWR hoses


Updates!
Got the headliner finished, I just had the material laying around so I tried to make this look as nice as possible. It'll probably won't stay tan as it doesn't flow with the rest of the plans for the car. It does however cover up the nasty blue cig burned one that came it the car.

Now the jambs match the rest of the car.


Headliner pics




Removing the ld quarter glass moulding, and sanding the driver side down.








Got the driver side in some primer to fill out some of the imperfections after sanding



Ok so this morn I woke up and decided that it was time to get this rex rolling. . . . . . . . . . well not exactly they way you would normally think.

So I went ahead and threw this little guy together and got the car on it.




Then Prepped the rest of the garage for paint today.



and shot the driver side quarter



So I got a few goodies today for both of my cars

New Oem door moldings, Pillars, and clips

JDM P72
JDM P30
Obd2 2 Odb0 jumper harness
Odb2 2 Odb1 jumper harness


The power-plant for the Rex




Looks better than a cast manifold



And the new one for the DC



Now I really got to get moving on this bitch


Got some updates!

Some stuff showed up in the mail and g2integy came up for the weekend.

Started out getting the tranny on and some mild wiring.




Slid the motor into place








Picked up some hids




Mocked them up and almost in their final place some wiring to clean up and they'll look right.


Set the rad and fans in there trying to see what the final fitment is going to look like. And hooked up the hids to a batt and fired them up just cause I was anxious.




Got the knuckles all pressed apart and painted up. Some extended lugs for them too just waiting on the bearings which should be here tomorrow. As usual the suspension on this car was not original, so I had to order the integra bearing instead of the crx ones. Just one more day to the list of waiting for things to show up.

All the front window trim, roof moldings, clips and rear quarter trim showed up today as well.

Just ordered a odyssey batt and a password jdm bat relocation kit and some spherical RTA bushings.

So my other bushings are up for sale. Got three sets for civics. One new and one used energy suspension set and a no name oem replacement that looks identical to stock bushings.





More updates as I get to working on it.

Got all but one caliper cleaned up and ready for paint. I want something that looks stock, so I'll probably go with bronze or gold.




and picked up some stuff today


Decided to bust out the better camera for the rest of the build

The overspray will go away, just give me some time.



No paint needed
Some Wire Wheeling and they are starting to look much better.



And Got the rears cleaned up a bit. Still need to remove one of those ES bushings



I love it when the fed ex guy shows up.
New triangles, splash guards, clips, corner light clips, hatch and gas lever assembly, hatch ball studs, six extra triangle clips because I didn't realize the new ones came with clips already in them.



My pile of **** as she likes to call it.

Yes the seats are knockoffs
Yes those are BWR lugnuts
Yes those are BWR LCA's
and no my lights aren't stanleys

Batman doesn't wanna get burned

Puts on my flame suit



Another three packages showed up today




I went outside this morning dreading today because of what I had to do. So I decided to make a little write up with pictures of how to correctly solder two wires together, while keeping them as low profile as you can to make them look clean.

Twist the two wires together


Cut off excess wire


Make sure you heat the wire before soldering to ensure a solid connection


Solder!



Much better!


I hope you remembered that heat shrink tubing!



The finished door harness all the way to the main harness


The other door harness soldered and loomed



Then I decided to move back over to the driver side and finish the driver side tuck, well mostly anyways



After tucking I cut the driverside fender for the sidemarkers, and my new fender moldings.



Two of these bad boys!



Plus these two spots!


Plus one of these!



Equals a much cleaner looking fender setup than before.




I know my sidemarkers aren't perfect, but they will have to do until I can paint the fenders again.

 

Wow, nice build man. Looks really good. How long ago did you order the roof moldings? I went to my local Honda dealership and he told me they were discontinued. Of course he never actually looked the item up but just spouted off the top of his head that they didn't make them anymore. Was he incorrect?

 

yes he defiantly was incorrect. I got mine from www.hondaautomotiveparts.com and not to badly priced as well. Shipping sucks but worth it for those parts that are hard to find.

 

cool, good to know. thanks man.

also I don't know if you have ever tried it or even knew of this particular way to do it, but the way I solder wires together is pretty close to yours except that by twisting them around each other, only the outside edges of the wires are touching and they have a tendency to slide apart while trying to solder them sometimes. the way I do it is fan out the wires, intertwine them and then twist together. That way they are connecting throughout the entire connection. I have a pic of how I did it in my build thread on this page.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...2731705&page=7

if your way works best for you though and you are happy with it, then by all mean, keep at it. Just thought I'd throw the suggestion out there. It might be worth a try if you ever do it again.

again, really nice build sir.

 

WOW...Looking good...nice to see another CRX being built in here. we're a dying breed lol.

keep up the good work.

 

Thanks for your input, I have done it that way in the past but I prefer this method only cause it works for me.

I have been following your build for a while now too and your are doing a very good job as well. I'm diggin the five lug on it. I have hopes for it in the future but need to get this guy rolling first to make the lady of the house happy.

 

Cool, cool. Yeah my opinion is that there isn't a best way to do something, only what works best for the particular person. Thanks for the compliment. And I know what you mean about making the lady of the house happy. I try to do it on a daily basis while spending most of our extra money on the car, lol.

 

definitely in for this one, looks clean so far

 

hahaha couldn't have said it better myself. Hey if they're happy we get to keep on building. If they're not we don't get let anywhere near the garage with out pissing them off.

 

thanks!

 

sorry to thread jack but was just wanting to make sure. is what you ordered number 1 and 4 in this pic?

 

yeah and those clips too.

 

k, thanks, I'll quit bugging you now, lol.

 

hey i really like where this is going!
keep it up
my 88 hatch is almost the same color i just love the color
khaki car,black bumpers/trim, red pinstripe killer combo IMO

 

wow it is looking good love the choice of color.

 

Good start, in for more progress.

 

I love it as well, I've seen a few rex's this color now and they all look *******.

Thanks
I appreciate the kind words

 

damn thats nice *** build. i wish i had the money you got to build that thing lol

 

just a little out of every check has gotten this thing where I'm wanting it to be

 

a lil out of every check you must get a big *** check but def keep up the work man wish i had the funds one day one day

 

damn, what do you do for a living?
love the build, really clean so far!

 

holy **** dude... im sooooo jealous!

 

your build is just like mine. mad new oem honda parts. i ordered every piece of trim brand new except for side skirts, lower door moldings, and the rear hatch glass molding because they dont make them anymore.

 

Nice Build!!!

 

wow