1990 CR-X SIR project

[Chris Type R]

Thanks paul!
Ill get more pics up during the week delighted i have all the welding done now..
Hopefully new bits will arrive soon. going back at it the weekend hopefully ill get the floor and inner archs sealed and painted up.

[djchickcrx]

did you use those civic sills in the end chris?

[C-Rex]

No James Chris made up sections for the sills himself as there was only sections gone

[Chris Type R]

just uploaded better pics of the rust and the pieces welded in..
as Paul said decided in the end just to make up the pieces myself instead of getting civic sills..
the LHS was the worst rest of the car wasnt too bad i have all the welding done now so happy enough with how its coming along..


LHS





RHS





New pieces i made up welded in








Filler on sills







Engine out next this is how the car looks now

[Chris Type R]

some new bits arrived in the post today

D2 coilovers
Rear D2 lower control arms
mugen oil cap
D1 spec rad cap
12 tune CR-X floor mats
Rocker cover gasket
dimpled and grooved discs front and rear
mintex pads

[Chris Type R]

Also changed my mind on the colour..
now im thinking of painting it desert sage metallic its a lexus colour..
here is a spray out card i done in work of the colour and pics i found online of a civic painted the colour what do ye think of it?

[mcd22]

I don't know. Don't take this the wrong way, but I Dont see that color working on a crx. It looks savage on the e.g., but that's because there isn't any black plastics. Can't see it working against all the black trim on a crx.

[Chris Type R]

ya i know what your saying about the black.. i got the idea when i saw a shell for sale on crx.uk i thought it looked savage!and was something different..
but was just a shell and had no black trim fitted.
i was thinking then of color coding all the trim but i know sometimes that doesn't look rite on a crx either..
so not sure what to do now[?]

here is a pic of a CRX painted that color with the black trim..
gives an idea how it would look

[mcd22]

I have to say, it looks a lot better than I expected in that picture.
Gona be some car this. Fair play to ya, and good luck with it.

[Stephen K]

That's a savage colour Chris. Looks really well in the picture of the crx