Hi all
I stumbled upon this while going through some webserver logs. I'm a bit annoyed at the way I've been depicted by the first post, so thought I ought to clear things up a little.
When I bought the CRX in October last year, it had seen better days. Although generally it was in good shape, and mechanically it was sound, the bodywork left a little to be desired. For instance, the bonnet appeared to have been used as a riot shield in LA, such were the intensity of stone chips. The rear arches were also falling to bits.
Because of this, it was always my plan to have a lot of bodywork fixed to restore it to its original condition. When I was t-boned at a junction the cost sky-rocketed; when I removed the sill covers it was obvious that they were rotting away. Then, when we removed the rear bumper, the quality of the previous respray became apparent. The backpanel had not been repaired correctly and had rotted around the welds. Also, where the backpanel joined the n/s/r quarter a large quantity of fibreglass had been used to plug a hole. Unfortunately the surrounding area of metal was rotting away. This is how it looked:
So as well as the replacement door, 2 new sills, and a new backpanel, it also had a new n/s/r quarter panel. All brand new Honda parts I might add (apart from the door).
Yet more evidence of the poor work done previously was the water evident in the paint on the o/s/f wing, and the paint that had cracked on the sunroof. Both of these panels had to be stripped back to the metal.
Anyway it was all finished for Christmas and since then it's been loved and cherished. I have so far spent around £5,500 on restoring this car, so please don't write me off as some kid who trashed Jedi's old car, because it simply isn't true.
Here's a few of pics from a few days ago...
Thanks for reading :)
See http://niknak.org/g/?p=%2FCars%2FMy+Car ... +Honda+CRX for many more pictures.
..Simon
