In your experiences how long do the body/frames of EF hatchbacks last in miles before they are no longer tight? By tight I mean start to rattle and slowly deteriorate, not rust? Thanks

 

depends on what you do to them to take care of them! the the big problem people not taken care of them!

 

I have 180,000 miles on my Hatch and no rattles.

 

i have 260K on my CRX and i have a slight shock squeak when its humid and cold outside, and my trunk lid ratlles a bit when i go over big bumps, but other than that... rattle and noise free.

 

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Jesus....260k, you deff got your money's worth out of it

 

260k is nothing thats what my 91 hatch had when i sold it.Now i have an 88 crx hf with 376k miles.bought it for 400 bucks and it still runs great.

 

I have 180k on my rex and the only thing that bothers me is the hatch makes a squeaky rattle type noise when i'm at idle. Nothing my cd player cant fix tho!

 

actually i've owned the car almost a year, and all i've put on it was 3K miles... its a piece. i have to roll it down my driveway and pop the clutch every time i want to go somewhere. needless to say, i dont drive my car that much. but i keep telling myself that its an 88 HF, and when its running, its so much fun to drive i definatley have not goten my 675 dollars worth yet.

 

I just bought my beater back in january for 700bucks...it is STD hatch that was in good condition with 182k and I have already put about 4k on it in the short time that I have had it. I have done a few mods to it but don't want to take away from my real car. The only real mods I did besides fix a few missing things was lowered on Si wheels and an Integra console which was a must...hehe.

 

For all you guys w/ squeeky hatches try this...

1. Adjust rubber stops.
2. Wrap the hatch lock/stricker thing w/ duct tape or elec tape

 

I had 190k before i did my swap.....only issue is that my driver side door needs another support because it seems to be leaning a tad bit when my door is open.

 

Thanks, you have all been very helpful.