Q: Where else can I find parts online?
A: Used, and sometimes new, parts come up on auction sites
like www.ebay.com. Check often. For new OEM parts try www.hondaautomotiveparts.com.
Also, check my list of links at the end of this file.
Q: Can I relocate my battery?
A: I relocated my battery to behind the passenger's
seat. Rather than buy an expensive kit, I used one cable from a
set of jumper cables to connect the battery to the engine compartment.
I bolted the ground cable to the passenger's seat bolt and I ran
the positive cable under the console and through the firewall via
a factory cut hole that is just above the passenger's feet. The
firewall hole is plugged with a rubber "stopper" that I drilled
a hole in and passed the positive cable through.
Q: Where can I get a set of wider, lighter
wheels that will not break my wallet?
A: The Junkyard. Water-cooled VW wheels are the same bolt
spacing and nearly the same backspacing as Hondas. Every good junkyard
has a ton of VW alloy wheels that are lighter and wider than your
stock wheels. I have been told that BMW wheels will also fit the
Honda, but I would be careful about putting RWD wheels on a FWD
car.
Q: Racing tires work great but they are expensive,
do you have a cheap source?
A: Every racetrack has a tire facility. The rich
racers take perfectly good tires off their racecars and put on new tires. I bought a set of
good, used race tires for $30 each at my local racetrack.
Q: Where can I get longer wheel studs?
A: Honda wheel studs are all the same,12mmx1.5mm,
however the wheel studs
from a '96-98 Acura 3.2TL are longer than a civic's studs. Not only
is there
more strength this way but because there is stud sticking out the
end of
nut, if you do a boo-boo to the end of the threads this allows you
to try
and repair it easier. And if you can't, in a pinch, you could cut
a bit off
the end of the stud and still have full thread contact.
Body and Cosmetic Questions
Q: Where can I buy a body kit for the early
CRX?
A: Mugen made a body kit that is no longer being
manufactured. www.housemanautosport.com
makes a pretty good copy of the Mugen body kit. www.andysautosport.com/crx_ground.html
sells a body kit also.
Q: The front piece between the headlights
and my fenders are cracked, where can I get replacements?
A: www.certifit.com
or you can get the pieces from Honda. Honda quality is better. Certifit
is cheaper
Q: Who sells clear corners, taillights and
turn signals for the early CRX?
A: As far as I know, no aftermarket manufacturer
is selling clear or altezza-style lights for the early CRX. Honda
sold the early CRX with clear corners in Europe, the JDM models
have amber lights like the US model. Try contacting Honda dealers
in Europe like www.crown-honda.co.uk.
The only trick to installing Euro-spec clear corners: the US corners
have two light bulbs in them, the Euro corners only have one. I
have drilled a hole in the back of the Euro-spec corners to allow
the second bulb to be mounted. Euro-spec corner lights are technically
illegal in the US. The 1984-88 Toyota pickup truck turn signal lights
are very, close in size to the Honda turn signal lights. A set of
aftermarket clear lens for the Toyota truck will fit nearly exactly
over your Honda turn signals.
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