#1: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:35 am ---- THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM MY LOCAL FORUM
Hey guys i thought it was time to put a thread up about my new car. i bought the car at the beginning of November where it was trailored to my house even though i could of drove it, but it had no MOT or TAX. the previous owner was my good mate Jamesfinch who had it for a year and before him was Mango. The car has allot of history and has been highly maintained, being washed every sunday and been garaged most of its life with finch. (only seen weekends)
This is my first project i've ever done and i'm hoping to learn allot from it. i'm not really made of money but try and save as much as i can to fund the project. If you feel i could improve on some of the stuff i'm doing then please tell me. I'm 20 and work for Ford so i'm not a beginner but far from knowledgable.
thanks for looking
rob
UPDATE:
i recently bought a rage racing steering wheel and snap off boss off the forum
i fitted it with ease but found it was was to close to my chest so i cut the boss
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After:
#2: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:35 am ---- after a cold christmas not much work has been done. i'm kind of back on track with things. the origional plans about going obd2 are out the window and some of the mods also. im going to be concentrating on making the engine bay looking more fresh and doing a complete wire tuck.
the past couple of weeks i have been stripping the car down further.
i gave the engine bay a nice clean with degreaser. will need to do it a couple more times over before i prep for the paint to goes on.
all the wires are now inside the car. took ages to do this but hopefully will be worth it in the end. what i didn't do was tag the connectors so i'm in a bit of trouble when it comes to lengthening or shortening the wires.
also picked up danny's old car yesturday. its a very nice 16v and i am very happy with it. cheers mate
#3: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:36 am ---- i haven't really been on track with the updating of this thread due to not having propper internet. i use a t - mobile dongle and it has been playing up.
in the last 3 weeks i've been busy over the weekends on the car. even though the whether has been extremely bad.
i got all the wires from the engine bay into the car and started to mark out exactly where all the connectors need to be located. i wrote on masking tape what the connectors are for and where they should be located. at first it looks like a hard job but it isn't that hard atall.
The other side was much easier because there was only one connector that needs to stay in the car all the others are being hid beind the wings.
Yesturday i started to strip the engine bay more of everything which can be removed. i got a paint brush and degreaser to get rid of all the ground in oil and dirt then hosed and washed the bay.
i've decided to get the engine bay professionally sprayed so i don't ruin the look of the car. next week i'm getting it trailored to my friends dads company which does accident repairs for insurance companys. They have all the propper equipment to do a good job so i'm going to leave it in there hands to make it look fresh, which leads on todays job.
Today i got busy getting the car onto 4 wheels and started to tuck some of the wires on the N/S
Inside the car
I then got busy cleaning the interior and extrerior of the car. good old hoover got the interior very clean and i even washed and polished the car before the sun went down.
car swirled with poilish
even though the car is under shelter still doesn't mean it doesn't get the treatment of a car cover.
and a picture of my peacock thats been living in my garden for about 1.5 years now. Has the same colour neck as the car
#4: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:37 am ---- over the week i also got busy on the gear box. i origionally started to polish it up after i took it to work to degrease the box but soon came to the conclusion it would take far to much effort to do so i decided to paint the box silver using
this is what it looked like:
polished up:
then:
shame i couldn't have polished all by hand.
#5: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:37 am ---- you could turbo it! its cheap to do, my mate did it for around 300 quid, the turbo came for a scrappy off some other car! needs a spoiler too!
#6: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:37 am ---- Got busy again yesturday. My origional plans were to leave the dash in but i thought if i want my wire tuck to be done propperly its best for it to be out the way. I have to say what a pig of a job getting the dash out. i got very fustrated with the fact honda used self tappers to hold the loom onto the dash just behind the instrument cluster which then runs along to the clock.
I bought the wires back into the car which i did feed through the hole leading to the door. The N/S half of the loom has connectors for the following 3 sections. 1.connector for the engine loom 2. about 4 connections for the abs. 3. 4 or 5 connectors for the lights, horn and washer bottle.
i taped the 3 sections up concentrating more on the part of the loom which will be running through the wings. the pictures should show you what i mean.
All the wires looking a mess.
The section leading to the lights e.t.c
All 3 in sections. the section for the abs wont be in use but i thought i would keep it untill the car is up and running.
Covered the wires to stop them chaffing.
I ran the wires along with the wires which go into the n/s door. these were cable tied on them
I did mention about the engine bay being resprayed, well a date has been set for it to be picked up on the 12th April. i'm really hoping it turns out well! they said it will take 4 hours to 5 hours to prep, de- rust, fill and weld the holes in i've asked to be done.
#7: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:38 am ---- Not much of an update really but i got busy on taking all the parts off the b16 block which is needed for the b18 and putting them in clear bags and labeling them so i no what part it is and the bolts to go with it. I'm trying to be as tidy as possible and not throwing bolts everywhere. I've also half started on taking the head off the b16 block which then i intend to take to work to take the stem seals out and replace them. There is not much i can do with the head except this and lapping the valves in because only over a year ago and 400miles of use, kinggreek built it up with itr internals, brand new oem h22 lma's and had a 25thou head skim.
I also went to cosco to get a 1 litre bottle of wonderwheels. i;m not very happy with how the inlet manifold is not looking very clean so i will be scrubing it down with this. If you have never seen or used wonderwheels it is an absolute must buy. £8 from cosco for 1 litre.
#8: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: Mikey2uk, Location: StevenagePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:38 am ---- Where abouts in Hertfordshire are you mate as those first 2 pictures look familiar
#9: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:38 am ---- Been busy for the last two days, well busy meaning 6 hours work. After buying some wonderwheels on monday i thought i would give it a go on the inlet manifold. It did a resonable job getting some of the dirt out but i would of like to of seen it preform better. although it does state in the name 'wonderwheels' what it is actually for. After cleaning the manifold i got round to the b18 block with brake cleaner, glad my work has quite a few cans of brake cleaner otherwise it would have cost a small forune. I then also got round to taking the head off the old b16 and took it to work. Today at work in my 1 hour lunchbreak i was able to get the valves out. The amount of carbon deposit was bad on the valves which will hopefully soon to be resolved. read on :wink:.
So here is the bad bit the valves. I was reading eximous build thread on his 16v where he started to build up a spare head. He said to clean the valves he left them in toilet cleaner. so i've put him up to the test to see how well it really works. i've only put them in an hour ago so im hoping by 12 they should come up gleaming.
cheers rob
#10: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:39 am ---- After 3 hours it got half of it off.
I looked at them this morning and all of it has fallen off except some still left on the stem of the exhaust valves. Thanks eximious
#11: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:39 am ---- hi thanks for the comment. The caliper paint i got from ebay as this was the cheapest place to get it.
The car went today will be back mid week. cannot wait to see what it looks like. The last two days i've been getting as much rust off as possible.
been working allot of the front sub frame, its now ready for Hammerite which i might do later on today. i've also been lapping in the valves which i personally found quite enjoyable sitting in front of the television.
cheers rob
#12: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:40 am ---- So today i went to go visit the car before it is brought back to me tomorrow. i was not expecting the amount of work they had put into it atall! i was talking to the guy who done the spraying and although i supplied the paint they supplied everything else. he said he must of put about £100 of lacquer on the car. whether this is true I'm not sure but the results are amazing! i was not expecting the same amount of high standards to be put into the bits that cannot even be seen. They also sanded the sealant off and put new sealant on which i didn't even ask for.
would appreciate some comments.
rob
#13: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:40 am ---- what a lovely day it turned out to be today! got up early this morning as it was time to help get my car back home. i was not quite sure how we were going to get it back with no wheels or Subframe but i was not to worry as i'm sure they have done this thing before. what was used? a heavy strong lump with large muscles and one Tyre. [thumbs]
As soon as i got it back i was straight into action. now that the bay is sprayed i feel that no corners can be cut, everything has to look new.
I started on dismantling the subframe, removing everything except the steering rack as i couldn't get it out. if someone could tell me how that would be nice. :). i wire wheeled everything i could 'wirewheel' and now half way through putting hammerite on all the parts. cant wait for the morning. will be up early to carry on.
I do have pictures but my iphone won't let me put it on the computer.
rob
#14: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:41 am ---- mango: I used a massive company which carries out repairs for insurance companies. I work with a guy who's dad owns the company so he helped me out with dropping the price otherwise i would probably see myself spend over £400 to get it delivered back. The hourly rate is £25 an hour. He spent about 6 hours on it. The most expensive part was the truck. £50 each way. the other expense was the lacquer,primer e.t.c which came to £60. I don't really no if i got a good deal but the engine bay looks fantastic.
Today i didn't get much done. I finished off all the suspensions parts with hammerite, i was going to order new track rod ends but finch told me they were changed in his possession so I'm glad i don't need to fork out at Honda as they are expensive! also during the week i used a sand grinder on the bars from the subframe at the front which lead to the lower control arms and the two toe hooks to take them back to bare metal. I then primed, painted and lacquered them in white.
#15: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:41 am ---- for 2 hours after work i started to look at the loom again. I pushed all the connectors and wiring through the firewall as i was going to put the fusebox back and realised that it is not that hard just to leave the fusebox in the car.
if anything its more of shortening of wires than extending.
after looking at beans build thread he spoke about running the wires for the headlights e.t.c through the drain plugs for the sunroof. I had no idea about this drain plug and would like to say this is a 100% better way to run the wires. will in no doubt reduce the chance of chafing in the future so thanks bean!
i also finished the inner arches today and undersealed them. once dry i'm going to coat them again as i bought 5 liters of the stuff.
bring on the weekend. hopefully will be able to get allot more done with pictures included
#16: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:42 am ---- I have quite a large update now. After spending the whole weekend working on the car I have been able to finish most of the wire tuck. All the wires have been soldered, heatshrinked, wrapped in insulation tape and a protective plastic cover. I must have spent about 15 hours on tucking the wires through both wings. The fuse box will sit just to the side of the interior fuse box. I did not need to cut any of the wires putting it here. If anything they need shortening.
I've also started to install a couple of other things such as the alarm, wiper motor, prop valve e.t.c. I payed allot of attention to detailing the latch. Unfortunately I don't have any before moments of cleaning it to show what a good job I have done. I wire wheeled the latch untill I could only see a few specs of rust. I then treated it in wonderwheels which bought up the shine. I repeated the process 3 times.
I thought I'd keep the alarm horn in the engine bay to be seen. I've also tucked the wiring for this behind the wings.
I'm thinking about taking it off again so I can paint the bracket either White or black as there is a little rust to be seen on the edge.
this is where the HID boxes are being placed.
comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking
rob
#17: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:43 am ---- Another day gone past and only a small update but a few more pictures. Got my second coat of underseal on the car and just finished off the tuck I also bought some washers and bolts from tegiwa. I'm happy with what I picked, the combination is quite subtle but effective. I'm also very pleased with the tuck and feel I have done an exceptional job. Only two wires are exposed at the moment, it's virtually chafe proof! I'll let the pictures do the talking. One question to ask is how do I keep the bonnet latch from rusting over after I've cleaned it. I put allot of elbow grease into it and it's now got a different colour to it?
all wrapped up
drivers side entrance through the drain plug.
passengers entrance through the drain plug. This side I didn't cut it off by the gromit, it has the plastic cover running into the car.
I'm making sure all the earth connections which are exposed to the weather are greased up.
2nd coat of underseal. I used about 1 litre a side.
comments and suggestions welcome guys.
Having to do my updates through the I phone as my laptop is broken.
Rob
#18: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:44 am ---- Wednesday I gave my dad some metal parts such as both bonnet latches and some other stuff and said just ask your mate to do whatever he wants with them. Just getting the rust off would be nice, as I thought he would be to busy to put some real effort into the metal I gave him. This is what he did:
from this:
to this type of thing:
I cannot express how happy I am! The work is amazing and I couldn't have asked for anything better! All for free.
I also finished the rack end bush and greasing up the rack. What a fight I had with it! I've taken allot of pictures doing it and from what I have been Reading, I have a much easier way of doing it. Everyone says you need to take the track rod ends off. You don't. Although to find this out I did it the way hondatech says to do it
rob
#19: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:44 am ---- I'm not to sure. Just an immitation of the first picture. Before a gave it to him I tried my hardest to get the spring off but it wouldn't budge. Now it moves nice an freely!
there is still some rust as you can see but I don't think he realised that this will be the side you can see. But again he did it for free. If I payed stupid money I would expect it to be perfect.
I shall give him a call and write down what the process is.
#20: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:45 am ---- Yes They have been treated. Don't no how though. Left them outside last night and they look the same.
Just put two brackets that hold the pipe going from the servo to the manifold on. I heatshrinked the pipe to get the White effect.
i also put most of the suspension and subframes back. I will put some pictures up tomorrow.
Rob
#21: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:46 am ---- hope you like my car guys. i've been on the forum for a while and i thought it would e nice for you to see something different for a change.
rob
#22: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: Rich196, Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:06 am ---- WOW is all i can say that's attention to detail, looking good, will be watching it to see it finished, how long do you reckon it will take to get it done? are you doing any performance mods? or anything radical to the interior or exterior?
#23: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: pug150, Location: birminghamPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:08 am ---- love the crx getting rare as anything these days! fast aswell little rev buggys lol keep it updated love seeing the old cars brought back to life!!
#24: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:17 am ---- Nice work, have a look at my 205 thread, I was cleaning the engine bay for 3 hours and it didn't look much different.
Nice finish you got in the engine bay.
Underseal is on the list of things to do, easy/messy job?
#25: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:20 am ---- yes i have a b18 (1.8) vtec engine going in with integra type r head. the interior and exterior is staying the same. i feel the car is very good looking as it is. im just putting allot of attention into the engine bay and making it quick. the car should be making around 190bhp
#26: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:23 am ---- underseal is not to messy. make sure you gert rid of all the rust first before you put the underseal on.
#27: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:17 am ---- got in contact with my dads friend who done the plating for me on the brackets. he said he will do everything he gives me so i will be getting most things plated. i will be giving him the parts tonight so i should hopefully see them sometime next week.
over the weekend im going to carry n port and polishing the head so i can put it on the block. once i've done that it is time to clean the block and paint it.
#28: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Tue May 18, 2010 11:50 am ---- not allot of work done this weekend but still was able to spend 12 hours on the car! the fine detailing is starting to slow me down as I'm thinking about it more than actually cracking on and doing it. i suppose that's the best thing, not needing to worry about a deadline.
i finished off the washer line tuck as i'm using spray bars on the wiper arms. i used the bonnet seal that runs along the scuttle panel to hide the lines. i cut a hole in the middle of the seal so one part of the line can run to the right hand wiper. it then carries along the seal to the end then runs under the scuttle cover to where i cut a hole right next to where wiper arm sits. I've made sure that it cant chafe. my only concern is that being a seal as it should, it might get trapped between the bonnet and the scuttle cover. Time will tell when i put the bonnet on
I've also started on the battery box. I'm using a large boat battery box from ebay. the problem I'm having is the Crx battery is to high for the box so I've had had to cut holes in the lid, which i didn't want to do as it means it will be hard to open the lid due to cables coming out of it. to over come the issue I've put a hole lower for the positive side so i can lift the lid on one side. not the best idea i no but its very practical.
to secure the box to the chassis im using a threaded hole which i had for the abs module that sat in the boot.
im using the far right hole as another point where it will be secured to the chassis.
and the box. still in the process of making it. 3 holes for the negative side as one negative wire won't do.
also boxed up everything to go for plating at my dads friends place. so here are the before pictures.
cheers rob
#29: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: PugJH, Location: NorthantsPosted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:19 pm ---- Loving this.
I joined CRXUK to see things like this goin on.
Hoping to get a VTEC model at some point
#30: Re: honda crx build, picture heavy. Author: robdob437, Location: hertfordshirePosted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:42 pm ---- Once you have had one you will cut all other cars out of your life. I can pretty much promise that. I own two and even take today as an example, I was at some traffic lights with my window open and I had some people say nice car, what is it? Great feeling when people tell me I have a nice car.
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I'm 20 and work for Ford so i'm not a beginner but far from knowledgable.
shame i couldn't have polished all by hand.
