what are the differences, if any, between the two? can i put 88-89 fenders on my 90 crx without problems or noticable differences?

thanks

 

the interchange book says they are the same

 

they will fit. you just need to get the right headlights and corners lights for the fenders.

 

what is that supposed to mean? i gotta get 88-89 corner lights now?

 

yep, and use 88-89 headlight housing on it too.

 

i dont know what this other guy encountered, but when i put my 88 fender on my 91, the only thing i had to swap was the plastic trim and the little plastic bracket to hold the screw for the corner light on. The 88-89 trim is fatter then the 90-91's and the 88/89 dont have the plastic piece. As far as the corner light and headlight go, you dont even gotta touch them. The 90/91 corner light attaches to the headlight and has nothing to do with the fender. (slides on as well as screws on)

And on a side note, if you ever need to swap a 91 fender to an 88-89, all you gotta do is get the little plastic square clips that hold the screws for the corner light on. Both years have the pre-punched holes for these

hope it helps


mike

 

hmm if the trim is fatter on the 88-89, when i swap the trim from my 90, will it look different on the fender?

thanks

 

no, the fender will look normal. The lines (slight bend on the bottom portion) on the fenders are exactly the same.

mike

 

The corner lights are different from 88-89 to 90-91.
These are 88-89 corners. The are shaped slightly different and have two screw holes in them.
These are 90-91 corners. They have no screw holes and are slightly longer on the top side.


[Modified by ZC_CRX, 1:47 AM 1/6/2003]

 

just making sure everyones clear on this, the actual metal fender is exactly the same between all years and models.

the attachment of the headlights is different only by the little plastic and rubber tabs that can be separated from the headlight. (and quite frankly arent even needed, the one inside screw under the hood is sufficient, honda realized this which is why they removed the ugly screws) the side trim piece is interchangeable as well and easy to replace. while its obvious the later trim is thinner, youll notice that there is a bit of a gap to the bottom horizontal bend in the fender, which actually looks nicer than the thicker trim that uses the whole recess.

 

It should be fine I used everything that was mine on the new fenders, no problem here.

 

since we're all talking about fenders...anybody have a driver side fender for sale? i've been looking for one for a while now...east coast or VA area? please?

 

I got a set of Z3 fenders if your interested.

 

actually those are crx ones on the bottom.
i have and 89 and 90 and they are pretty much the same.