Well, this information will be better if its gathered in one place.

I first bought a 2nd gen CRX 7 years ago. Its been my chariot ever since. I'm really tall so its funny how the car is small, but its ergonomically correct. Besides, its relatively small. There is enough room.

I love the design and the driving experience. Even more as the condition and performance improve by the tweak of my own hands.

Too bad if you missed the stories of the other cars. They were epic tales of acquisition, transformation, and kickin up dust. Here is a glimpse:

bam

Josh West Photog! RIP my friend.


207wheel@9200 on a dynojet


Drew!


Droo!





















WOOHOO! If you get the chance, do that with your CRX.

I've been traveling for a couple of years and am now settled enough to afford working with a car. The idea is to not have to spend a lot of money to obtain a really nice reliable, custom car, tailored to your every desire. It just takes time and elbow grease. I found this:











and promptly obtained it.

Here we go.

 

Those were pictures the previous owner snapped.

Changes will be documented so that they can be understood. And reversed if my future self desires.

Lets have a look around the cockpit:















Nice! Not a perfect interior, but its perfect to me! I agree it needs some cleaning.

Sorry, I snuck in the shift **** install without you. The stock CRX shift **** is boring and I will not have boredom in my domain.

The tint has got to go!

Also, gotta get that steering wheel closer to my chest for control and comfort, and clear the space where my knees stick up for the same. Keep ergonomics important in-order to have a good body to metal relationship with the machine. The designers cut out a nice big space around the wheel for you to get at the controls. Move the controls/seat around accordingly if the factory arrangement doesn't fit your driving style or bone length.

 

Umn....Tech?

 

The car has dents and dings all over. Even some rust in the rear fenders. I don't know how to repair the rust, yet, but have tools within reach. I'd rather not do spot fixes with the dents and dings, so I will just leave them be until it gets paint.

On with that wheel/control/comfort thing:



The adapter for the aftermarket steering wheel is too thick to install along with this thing:





So, I took it off. It is the cam that turns off your signal after completing a turn. So, now to disable my turn signal, I must commit the reverse action of enabling it. Yeah, pretty sure the HF model didn't even come with this "feature." Get at me if you would like to add this feature to your EF.



Much better.

But, did you notice the gauge cluster change on the mid-generation face-lift starting in 90? It was the evolution of bezels from the original 1st gen CRX's sharp trapezoid versions to the modern designs. I love the newer version and have one sitting around...

 

Dunno where you are exactly, but bring it to our Honda meet in Longmont next Saturday. PM me for info.

 

Current look:





Benefits to the post-face-lift version:
Feels nicer. Looks better from the driver seat and from outside of the car.

Real differences:
The height, the tach face design for letters/colors, the lighting and needle color are more amber and have a warmer feel, 9k mi., curve at the top, high beam indicator location, size shape, and placement of buttons for rear defrost, hazards, and panel dimmer, and my favorite: different wiring order(find the diagrams), same plugs.

Also, whatever you notice from the comparison pictures that I left out:











Really, you only need to get it to this point:



so that you can get at those plugs from behind the cluster and rewire them. Its how I first did this swap. Which I still have the wiring from. Which requires removing the dash to replace. So, in-order to preserve the original wiring, I will use my modified dash harness.



to preserve this harness:


this modified harness will work with the new cluster and still plug into the fuse box


Oh, and it had this thing with the angle of the screw holes for the cluster(refer to comparison pics) and I only had one proper replacement with me.



I did have a spare 88-89 version bracket, though. So, I re-angled it.



I opted out of rewiring the panel dimmer switch and just hid away the old switch.

 

I remember seeing this car on memphisracingscene.com...I like the urban camo. im planning to attempt it on my hatch but hope it comes out as clean as yours!

 

Wow you scored on that interior. Mine is pretty torn up in comparison. Still deciding on how to replicate the trunk cover. Those trunk pieces are hard to come by.

 

Reassemble and work out the kinks. Oh yeah, I cleaned the tint except on the hatch and replaced the rusty headlight, the wipers, and slapped some LS mesh on the feet. Still waiting on the title in the mail to re-customize the plates to my preference.

 

wow that thing is definately not stock, or clean, or perfect.

Im not at all jealous.

And its DEFINATELY not red.

 

I want the seats, or at least the driver seat reupholstered. Anyone done that before?

 

i got a guy that did our semi for work hell do front seats for 300 its pleather but hes uses perforated vinyl in the middle its looked awsome

 

I replaced the hatch shocks and some bulbs. Here are some teasers for upcoming projects:

 

nice pics!!

Hey would you be willing to sell that turn signal cancel cam ? the one you said wouldnt fit with yoru new hub?

 

lol I did the same thing with the dimmer **** on my friends 89 Si when i upgraded his cluster to the newer style

Super clean ride!

 

Heres the best way to deal with the dimmer **** switch and fog switch.

 

Best way for your setup, I'd agree. But the rear defrost switch on my bezel is functional. The dash lights in my car never seem to need to be dimmed so setting the switch on and tucking it in unused space under the dash is best for my whip. Maybe not best. A better way could be devised, I'm sure.

Hey, I PMed you gents. just sayin

Echo6, what is it something with the wiring that changes dramatically between switches... I'll have to look myself...

Perhaps the wires could be twisted together to close the circuit?

 

Wow, CLEAN CRX to start with. I'd love to find one that clean/unmolested to start with

 

Riiight!

This is what the camo crx looked like the day I picked it up:









I am so grateful that this one isn't so bad off. The previous owner made me pay for it, though. She wanted blue book, until she saw that look in my eye. It overheats randomly, the front is all chipped up from winter driving, tires were shot, all of the lenses have cracks or holes and leaks, and its got rust spots in several places. I paid 200 over blue book for it. Better than the guy with the one for $1,000 over blue book around here, though. I'm over it now that we ridin!

 

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