FOR SALE: 1989 Honda CRX Si

Up for sale is my 1989 Honda CRX Si. I am the second owner of the vehicle and it was 100% stock when I purchased it. Since then numerous upgrades have been done, but it’s time I hand it off to someone that has more time and has a garage to keep it in.

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NOTE: The cams & lightweight flywheel do make the idle funny at times, but it doesn’t normally idle that low at the lights.

Engine/Transmission:

• Full wiretuck: relocated fuse box, driver and pass side wiring
• Working A/C & Heat: reman compressor, dryer, 134a freon, Innovative a/c bracket, converted from Matsushita to Sanden compressor
• OBD1 jdm b18c engine w/ Chipped|Vtec’d|PR4 – Crome / Moates
• OBD0 to OBD1 ECU Conversion Harness
• Innovative Mounts 95A Extreme Motor Mount Kit
• Innovative front xmember, 1/2 radiator and slim fan
• 65mm Throttle Body
• Skunk2 Intake Manifold
• Skunk2 Stage2 Cams
• Skunk2 Valvesprings
• Skunk2 Retainers
• Hytech Replica Tri-Y Header (small dent)
• Transmission : Y21 [1026939] OEM LSD
• Exedy Stage 2 | 3-Puck Clutch Kit
• Exedy Lightweight Flywheel
• OEM Honda EF8 CR-X SiR Shift Linkage
• FULL hydro clutch assembly: Under dash mounted clutch master cylinder
• Chasebays stainless teflon coated clutch line
• New OEM Clutch Master Cylinder. Used slave cyl.

Brakes/Suspension:

• PIC Performance Coilovers (height adjustable only) – 8k/6k springrates
• Suspension Techniques swaybars: 7/8 in. front, 7/8 in. rear
• Neuspeed front upper strut tower bar
• Unknown jdm rear upper strut tower bar
• Fastbrakes 11″ rotor kit: upgraded to Brembo blanks rotors (vw corrado g60 and nice pads)
• Stock rear drums
• Mugen hard rubber bushings up front
• Replaced balljoints (upper/lower) – front lowers need replacing, I’ll include the replacements
• Stainless brake lines in front and rear
• Innovative front crossmember – older design

Interior:

• Quick release steering wheel hub and lock – ask about the brand
• 5Zigen black w/yellow stitching steering wheel (original box and packaging from 1994)
• CTR black w/yellow stitching shift boot
• Blox weighted gold shift knob
• Alpine head unit, pioneer front speakers and Alpine type s rear speakers
• Replica fiberglass bass tube speaker enclosures
• European gauge cluster (155mph and 9500 rpm tach)
• 4 point rollbar (uninstalled)
• Wedge Engineering seat brackets for Recaro (2 pair)
• ONE Recaro Sr-4 seat
• Climate control is cracked

Exterior:

• European rear spoiler
• European h4 housing headlights with motorized up/down beam adjustment
• HID lights: 4400k Philips bulbs, casper shields and Denso ballasts
• 16×7 +35 Volk Racing CV Pro wheels: 3 piece, all centercaps, logos and centercap wrench included. Lips were hand polished to 2000 grit a few yrs ago.
• Riken tires: 195/15/16
• OEM CRX 1/2 bra
• Cheap roofrack – Can be included, don’t really care.
• OEM Paint: rockchips up front, dents here and there. I would repaint it if I had a garage.

History of the car:

Roughly 3-4 yrs ago a friend in Tennessee named Kyle knew I was looking for another car and spotted this mint condition CRX in town. He got the owners number and we talked on the phone and emailed a few times. They didn’t own a digital camera and they were about to retire and move to Colorado. Their plan for the car was just to store it and not even sell it. Reluctantly the original owners and I agreed on a price and I booked a 1-way flight to Tennessee with cash in my pocket never even seeing a photo of the car. I even skipped the test-drive, because I was sold the moment I saw it. It really was too good to be true.

The photo above was taken the day I bought the car. I immediately went to Best Buy for a nice Alpine head unit so the drive home wouldn’t be so boring.

The car ran without a hitch. I am kinda killing myself that I just didn’t leave it stock and just drive it as is, but I had another EF hatch with a lot of parts waiting to go onto the car.

Under the hood I added just a few simple things: an HKS intake that I’ve had for 10 years, a 4-2-1 header and a Neuspeed strut bar I bought new for the car. I also opted to upgrade the lights to European glass h4 housings, with motorized up/down motors to adjust the beam height from inside the car. Instead of H4 bulbs I’ve added 4300k Philips HID bulbs and Denso ballasts. Casper shields are also in place so that this setup doesn’t blind the other drivers on the road. It’s an extremely nice setup for this car.

Outside and underneath the car I’ve added 16×7 +35 Volk Racing CV-Pro wheels. In order to run these wheels longer wheelstuds from a 3.2 TL (rear) were added all around. The front brakes are fastbrakes 10″ rotors from a VW Corrado G60 with Integra calipers. The rotors are Brembo blanks and Hawk pads (I think that’s the pads). The rear brakes are stock drum brakes. The suspension consist’s of PIC Performance coilovers in the softest springrate available (8k/6k) which look to be discontinued. I’ve added Suspension Techniques swaybars to the front and rear as well. The front end suspension has Mugen hard rubber, replaced upper balljoints and another set of lower balljoints still in the box (during the engine swap I damaged them, just haven’t taken the time to replace with the new ones yet). The tires are Riken, nothing special there. The exhaust consists of a RS-R Exmag, which has a great sound to it and is pretty quiet. It too has been discontinued. The rear spoiler is from a European model that I bought off eBay. The mirrors are TYC spoon style mirrors with custom mounting plates.

NOTE: All OEM parts, except the steering wheel and wheels are still in my possession, but are 7 hours away in a family member’s attic. Please email me if you’re interested in purchasing the vehicle.