I was thinking it would be cool to make my 90 HF perfact again. strip it down to nothing, new paint, all new exterior trim, new interior, engine swap. The only thing that wouldn't be factory would be engine, suspention and wheels. what do ya think, good idea or waste of money. thanks guys

 

If you have that much money and love your car that much, go for it.

 

Great idea.

If i could do it over again, i probably would've gotten HF because they are the lightest and cost the cheapest. I would've then dropped in a B16. But i got a Si for nearly $5000. Yeah i know, i got ripped off.

 

I started doing this to an '88 HF, but ran out of money (it's a LOT). I'm all about the idea if you have the dough, except for the all factory part. I think that's kind of pointless. If someone else makes something better, use it. I certainly wouldn't be impressed if you told me your car was all/ almost all factory.

 

I see your point, but what on the outside of the car would I buy aftermarket that would be better than the factory. I know I could always go with the WW body kit just like everyone else, but it really doesn't make the car any better. I thought it would be cool to do a factory looking sleeper.

 

I wouldn't worry so much to get everything "brand new." There are good used body panels, interior panels, etc. to be had for usually much less than oem retail. I would get everything you can used - good condition used, then buy the outer trim and glass molding new oem.

 

i would just shave it all moldings tailights handles all of it then do some sick front end conversion!!!! hehe

 

Yah I figured that would be a lot cheaper. Honda OEM prices are a bitch

 

Make sure you upgrade them brakes too! the fronts are way smaller than the other model CRX's to save weight on the HF's. I guess it just depends on what youre doing...if youre draggin...it doesnt really matter unless youre hitting 11's or something. Even the drums are lighter than dx's and crap. Honda really did go crazy on the weight savings on HF's....I wish i still had mine. 1800 lbs from the factory...a beautiful thing.


[Modified by JOEY F., 4:22 PM 11/28/2002]

 

Ah... perhaps we had a misunderstanding. You see, I wanted a factory looking sleeper, too. For the outside, go all factory. That was my plan.

I thought you wanted the whole car to be close to original, mechanically and visually. You know, like those old school Corvettes that people spend their whole lives rebuilding to original specs and then they run 17's on the track. Kind of pointless IMO.

So yeah, go for a nice car with nice parts that LOOKS like it's original from the factory. You surprise a lot of people that way

 

Thats the plan

 

make it look OEM...staight from the factory! throw motor , suspension etc and a JDM front good luck on what u decide! HF is a great car...worth taking care of

 

That I can't decide. Its white, so I was thinking of going with a little brighter white like Tafetta, what do ya think.

 

this is strictly my opinion.to take a perfectly good car and rebuild it all the way down i think is a waste of your time and money.i personally took a stolen recovery which was basically a shell and rebuilt it from the ground up.but to take a car that has prolly very minmal things wrong with it i would just repair those and save you money and time.you might get halfway through your project and get discouraged or dissapointed.i'm not saying you will but you might.save your money and fix what needs fixing.just my .02