not sure if outsiders can read ur thread dude but not sure if its a good idea to name the new alarm you got on there?
not sure if outsiders can read ur thread dude but not sure if its a good idea to name the new alarm you got on there?
You love to have a drive of everythingOriginally Posted by TAS
Its pretty obvious what the alarm is even just by the fob pic. As long as I hear it go off that should be fineAnyway the guy that fitted the new one said the old alarm was fitted very well. So well they had to remove the dash and they ending up having it a day longer than they expected. Hopefully since they went to all that trouble the new one is in just as good. Even if they persevere with wires under the dash its not going to be a quick getaway
I'm also looking at getting a quick release hub for the steering wheel too
Managed to get my AD08's on
Also spent a while tidying and streamlining the mess of stereo wiring, and wiring things back in correctly. I needed some more thump to the stereo too, but didn't want to loose any boot space. I ended up going for a pair of these to fill the currently empty rear speaker locations
They are 6.5" woofers apparently rated for 150w rms. There not going to provide deep low grunt, but its instantly made it sound better and more thumpy. For now I've just wired them to the head unit and set the fader to the rear a bit, but I may well get a compact amp to power them if I can squeeze one in somewhere.
Last edited by Pablo13; 16-06-2011 at 19:11.
*BANG TIDY!*
loving your CRX mate
the AD08's are an awesome tyre as well :P
Pab's i've got 2 Alpine amps if your interested.
Possibly if they are small enough to fit where I'm thinking. PM me some details
I had a little issue a while back. Basically every so often I would get a notchy change into 5th and when this happened it was quite hard to get it back out again when changing down.
Got some of this
did this
Stocked up on shift linkage bushes and some rack bushes while I was there
To get to the rear linkage bush you have to get the exhaust heat sheild out the way. Handily my centre section's silencer had broken up and developed a bit of a rattle which was getting annoying so whipped that off out the way for some emergency repairs. The more aggressive of Londons speed bumps had not been kind to my exhaust, you could shake it like a maracaand it looked a bit like this
Emergency repairs ensued
A bit louder without this, but not sounding like a musical instrument anymore
Made some adjustments for more speed bump clearance
And welded back together. Function wins over form in the speed bump wars
So anyway, while that was out the way I could get to the rear linkage bush
Back in its new home
And the front
Then on to the rack bushings. The two bushes on the colum side appeared pretty solid and it looked like it was going to be a rack out job to do them anyway so I only ended up changing the end bushing.
I'd also had a niggiling occasional check engine light which had been narrowed down to either my distributor or my ecu. It wasn't to interfering, it would only come on occasionally about 10-15 mins into my journery if I got stuck in traffic and let it idle. A blip of the thottle combined with a quick flick of the ignition would clear it and all would be well. Got hold of an SIR dizzy and swapped that to test.
Comparing the two (old left, new right) the toothed spindle is slightly larger on the SIR one. The old one actually looks quite new, albeit with a whiff of pattern part about it. Smells like someone has been here before recently, which makes me dubious as to if it will cure the problem. Unless its just down to the quality of the item?
Popped back in and timed up, time will tell
Last edited by Pablo13; 03-07-2011 at 11:06.
ahhhh so glad ive now seen someone else do what we did to the centre box on a mates exhaust a few years ago lol. works a treat and stopped the manifold gasket from needing constant changing due to the exhaust hitting everything and putting stress on it.
really liking this project still, keep up the good work.
not noticed in your thread if you have done this or not yet but the next and only thing that i would be thinking of doing to this car next is fitting an LSD gearbox.
Cheers
Yes an LSD box would be great, but to find one that is plug and play for my car is very rare and very ££££. You can get the integra box to fit but you need to swap the clutch from cable to hydraulic the speed sensor from mechanical to electric, it changes the ratios too. Lots of messing about. Even JDM CRX's are different design.
Basically if something comes up at at a resonable price that will fit easily I'll be all over it
Last edited by Pablo13; 03-07-2011 at 11:42.
I can't believe how easy those bushes and inserts were to change
Improved much?
They were surprisingly easy to doI can't believe how easy those bushes and inserts were to change
Improved much?
Box is lovely now, just slips in no problem, steering feels a bit more direct now aswell, so yes all worth it
Little update
Dizzy seems to have cured CEL light issues, not had it come back on, had a little play with timing and settled on 16 deg running on 99 ron.
Got hold of some mugen LCA bushes, and got those fitted
I also spent a while cleaning up my seats with leather balm stuff. It did quite well covering up the crack and scuffs. No pics though
Just keeping track of little bits and bobs that have been going on.
Got hold of a plug cover as it was missing
Got ass raped by MR H, £40 worth of stuff right there
Some Jazz mist type washer jets in there and a few missing clips 'n' screws, etc.
I'd also gone to order some new engine mounts as I had a feeling they were past their best, but was told the rear was on back order with and estimated delivery date of DecemberNeeded a quick fix, so cue another box from Energy Suspension
Mount inserts. Got the front one out and noticed it wasn't in the best of conditions
But it was cracked pretty bad. Ideally I'd have replaced it but on a bank holiday monday I had no chance so stuck the inserts in and crossed my fingers
Snip the ties and its all ready to fit
Back in
Cam side mount back in, not sitting perfectly flat, meh
Then I got lazy. stared at the rear one a bit, but could only see one mounting bolt to the subframe. I've been doing this on the road so made an executive decision to leave it for today and re attempt on a ramp another day
Good work Pabs
Those energy inserts aren't bad, used them on the teg. My torque mounts were fooked, but like you I didn't want to wait and replace them so I popped them in, also with the aid of liberal amounts of sikaflex to help bond the torn mounts to them a bit better.
Made a huge difference
I also bottled doing the rear mount lol!
Lol
I will get round to doing it! It does feel much better now those are in too
Decided to paint my calipers as they were looking a bit rusty and unkept. Went for black in the end
Was also time for another oil change
Recently I've had a few problems starting when warm, and no error codes coming up on the ecu which led me to this
Its the main relay, which is known to cause a few problems on Hondas of this age when trying to start when warm. Its due to the solder ageing and breaking away from its tracks. Re soldered it, seems ok so far
The old girl was also overdue a belt change so got on with that today, here is the old belt ready to get removed
And it wasn't gone yet but though while I'm there I may aswell swap out the water pump for a nice shiny new one
Also gave the coolant a flush though and refilled with antifreeze
There seems to be a couple of pics missing
I've no idea what you mean MelThere seems to be a couple of pics missing
Got a Delivery
Nice personal touch
And a free pen knife with evey order
Old ones were pretty worn out by now
New Raxel on the way in
While I was there I tidied up the knuckes and suspension forks as they were rusty. quick wire brush and splash of black paint. I also gave the brake fluid a change as it was looking very dark, old and nasty.
Well, the fitting of the raxels has highlighted a few other issues that need sorting.
Firstly my intermediate bearing is shafted so looks like I will be back again to whip the left side out for a replacementThere is no more clicking when turning, but if I load it up on a sweeping right hander you get this strange multipe grinding noise
As well as that the koni shocks on the front especially the left, had totally had it, no damping whatsover and bottoming out if it even got a whiff of a bump. I knew they were bad but recently it was getting silly. Not having coilover monies but wanting a bit of adjustability, my real options were KYB's or similar. A little bit of searching and I found a pair of Tokico Illumina front shocks on ebay being sold by Torque Developments and for a reasonable price
mmmm.......
Opps wrong picture
As you can see from the conditon of the boxes they have been on the shelves a while
One abso funkin loot ley shagged out Koni. Not even bothering to try to extend and I'm taking its picture and everything
The obligatory newies fitted
May need time to settle but it appears to have given me another 10mm or so. Think is a good thing as I have been catching on big bad speed bumps
So there 5 way adjustabe. I've left them at max hard which is how they came out the box and will go for a spin tomorrow and back them off if needed.
Awesome.
Loving this CRX, really looks great
Its gone!
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