Looks great, cant roll the guards a bit? I had to roll the front guards on my shuttle as it was rubbing the writing off the tyres just like yours. Bent them up with my Koken Power bar handle and its sweet as
they were rolled lol i ran a bilstein shock body through there and got it as good as i could haha
rear mud flap have had 20-30mm trimmed off them
Wagons is sweet! No offense to the wagon but I'm in love with that CRX.
Nothing bad to say about the wagon at all, It's freakin flawless.
Do me a favor and tell your friend I said the CRX is freakin gorgeous! Thanks
Wagons is sweet! No offense to the wagon but I'm in love with that CRX.
Nothing bad to say about the wagon at all, It's freakin flawless.
Do me a favor and tell your friend I said the CRX is freakin gorgeous! Thanks
haha cheers,
i will let him know, i like it alot too bloody nice car pretty much his baby haha
oh latest addition its only stickered on atm but might get it paint on
cheers for the comments guy, im now stuck for ideas on what to do with it, have decided against zc engine swap
i've just read your post..wow! what a great 3rd gen!
nice clean!
i really love the interior! mine was bad...especially door trim.. :roll: but i'll work on it and become like yours!
man,just go for the zc swap..i've already done mine and so far it's done well..just need a little bit more touch up before it finish, can't wait to test it!
Yes, I am the new owner of this ground scraping beast. Have done a few small things since buying, got lots planned, will post up some pics once this damn rain goes away.
Just pulled the cowling off this one to start the wiper repair and the whole area around the air vents and bonnet hinges is rotten...god damn it. Just about to head round to a mates who is a bit of an expert on older cars, see what he reckons, might be better off fixing the rust in my other one and swapping suspension/interior from this one over..sooo pissed off right now. Will put some pics up tonite.
So this morning I skipped merrily out to the car to remove the wipers, cowling etc for the short drive out to my buddies workshop where we were planning to fix the broken wipers..
First thing I noticed was this hori ass bracket...looks like this had happened a long time ago and instead of fixing it properly they'd just got a random bit of metal and riveted it on. Only one of the rivets into the firewall was actually holding. lol.
I own another one of these and this exact same thing has happened with the wiper on that one too...maybe a factory weak spot?
Anyways after I'd finished taking photos of the bracket I noticed this..
And this..
FUUUUUUUU!!!
So sent a txt to my buddy telling him this job might take a bit longer than expected..haha. Headed out to his place, we whipped the bonnet off and got into grinding it all back to see exactly how far gone it was.
First thing we found was a skin of bog all over the top...
What has happened is someone has originally been in there and patched up the rust but did not do a very good job and it has just rusted out from under the patches...
Not cool!!
Drivers side ground back. You can see the holes for the bonnet hinge bolts top left.
Below the faulty wiper
Passengers side above the wiper motor
A holy firewall.
Cuttin' time
A lot more of this to go...
Wiper plate being tacked in.
I welded half of this first time ever.
Even got wipers that work now...choice!!!
Gotta give a HUGE thanks to my mate Kelvin for giving up his Sunday to work on this...cheers mate!
Now, I have another red shuttle..
This has got WAY less rust, just minor, and also a very very mint (brand new from Honda a while ago) engine and box. Interior and bumpers are pretty f*cked though. It was bought brand new by a family friend who owned a Honda Dealership and used as their parts wagon...and I have known every single owner of this car personally. it still has faded workshop signwriting all over it which I think is pretty rad. Has a few interior leaks etc but is pretty much mechanically sound....and the heater works! (heater in this one doesnt)
So now what I am thinking is I will swap the interior, suspension, tailgate, bumpers etc and any other sweet parts from this shuttle into my other one ^. Put this one back to stock and sell it.
This way I get to keep the car with the most sentimental value to me, it has a mint engine ( the powerplant in this one is a little bit slower) and it'll be slammed. win win. Just a lotta work!
Thoughts? Seem to be a wise bunch on here, would like some advice!!
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they were rolled lol i ran a bilstein shock body through there and got it as good as i could haha
rear mud flap have had 20-30mm trimmed off them
pics from a meet in hamilton
1985 FWD 5 speed ew1 motor 1500cc carb
made parking stalk at work and painted rear bumper black
some BOSS photos by track and street at a local honda club meet big ups to them!!
my mates si crx 3rd gen with factory gold top zc
Keep up the nice work.
Nothing bad to say about the wagon at all, It's freakin flawless.
Do me a favor and tell your friend I said the CRX is freakin gorgeous! Thanks
haha cheers,
i will let him know, i like it alot too bloody nice car pretty much his baby haha
oh latest addition its only stickered on atm but might get it paint on
i've just read your post..wow! what a great 3rd gen!
nice clean!
i really love the interior! mine was bad...especially door trim.. :roll: but i'll work on it and become like yours!
man,just go for the zc swap..i've already done mine and so far it's done well..just need a little bit more touch up before it finish, can't wait to test it!
cheers!
Bet that never gets old.
Once I get my shit sorted and get the bodywork done as per our previous discussion we need to get a pic or two of the Shuttles together
Just pulled the cowling off this one to start the wiper repair and the whole area around the air vents and bonnet hinges is rotten...god damn it. Just about to head round to a mates who is a bit of an expert on older cars, see what he reckons, might be better off fixing the rust in my other one and swapping suspension/interior from this one over..sooo pissed off right now. Will put some pics up tonite.
Ratshit luck
So this morning I skipped merrily out to the car to remove the wipers, cowling etc for the short drive out to my buddies workshop where we were planning to fix the broken wipers..
First thing I noticed was this hori ass bracket...looks like this had happened a long time ago and instead of fixing it properly they'd just got a random bit of metal and riveted it on. Only one of the rivets into the firewall was actually holding. lol.
I own another one of these and this exact same thing has happened with the wiper on that one too...maybe a factory weak spot?
Anyways after I'd finished taking photos of the bracket I noticed this..
And this..
FUUUUUUUU!!!
So sent a txt to my buddy telling him this job might take a bit longer than expected..haha. Headed out to his place, we whipped the bonnet off and got into grinding it all back to see exactly how far gone it was.
First thing we found was a skin of bog all over the top...
What has happened is someone has originally been in there and patched up the rust but did not do a very good job and it has just rusted out from under the patches...
Not cool!!
Drivers side ground back. You can see the holes for the bonnet hinge bolts top left.
Below the faulty wiper
Passengers side above the wiper motor
A holy firewall.
Cuttin' time
A lot more of this to go...
Wiper plate being tacked in.
I welded half of this
Even got wipers that work now...choice!!!
Gotta give a HUGE thanks to my mate Kelvin for giving up his Sunday to work on this...cheers mate!
Now, I have another red shuttle..
This has got WAY less rust, just minor, and also a very very mint (brand new from Honda a while ago) engine and box. Interior and bumpers are pretty f*cked though. It was bought brand new by a family friend who owned a Honda Dealership and used as their parts wagon...and I have known every single owner of this car personally. it still has faded workshop signwriting all over it which I think is pretty rad. Has a few interior leaks etc but is pretty much mechanically sound....and the heater works! (heater in this one doesnt)
So now what I am thinking is I will swap the interior, suspension, tailgate, bumpers etc and any other sweet parts from this shuttle into my other one ^. Put this one back to stock and sell it.
This way I get to keep the car with the most sentimental value to me, it has a mint engine ( the powerplant in this one is a little bit slower) and it'll be slammed. win win. Just a lotta work!
Thoughts? Seem to be a wise bunch on here, would like some advice!!