Hi guys. Firstly, I wanna say I love this site. Been sniffing this site every now and then for ideas and inspiration since my first rex.
Secondly, I must really give kudos to all the beautiful rexes in here. So many different styling cues and goals its hard not to find an interesting rex in this site. One thing is for sure though, we all love this little car considering the amount of time and money we have poured in an old car of this day and age. It makes me feel like a fanatic sometime. Alas I'm not alone in here
Let me introduce myself as this is my first post here and in fact also my first post in any car related forum. My name is William. I am from Malaysia and currently living in the little island country of Singapore where I am working. My current addiction is my second rex which took me almost two year to find since I totaled my last rex.
A little history. I always liked the EF platform since my mum had an EF 2 door Civic during my teens. It was an auto and slow. But still, I liked the design style very much. Anyways, my first car had to be a CRX EF. Years later, I bought a JDM CRX Si EF7 in August 06. It had a B16 engine swapped in as its common here. It's VTEC wasn't even working for half a year since I got it due to wiring error. I didn't even realized that VTEC was not working as I knew little about performance engine mods. Anyways the rex seemed fast then, even without VTEC and I was satisfied with it's performance. When VTEC was finally discovered broken and fixed, I felt like an idiot. It sparked off new performance goal for me. Made me wanna make the rex go faster.
Anyways, my first rex was a spending magnet right after and soon became a ricer full of useless accessories due to lack of sound advise. It had all kinds race and rice influences which I had gotten from friends. Heavy ass 16" wheels which I picked for bling was my first mod. It was loaded with junk for accessories. Styling was in the form of a copy Mugen kit with a two tone color theme for the poser in me(metallic grey bottom half and black for the upper half) . A silly IHE upgrade made me feel that my car was race worthy. The silly cold air intake upgrade did make me rediscover the rex. Not before a hydro lock though.
Things got even more serious. $$$. Instead of getting a new B16 block, I decided to try a B20vtec setup after reading up at Honda-Tech. I "want to increase the performance further" mentality was the new phase. Yeah, it was that good. Hardly ever needed to rev very high or down shift to overtake a car on the expressway. The B20v really got me exited. One day I had to try the track. It was awesome just keeping up with seasoned drivers in tuned Honda's at the track on my first track outing.
Lets skip to the end of my old rex. One night I lost control of the car at a turn. It may have been due to my newly installed 2 way lsd which I hadn't gotten used too, additionally, I may have been to fast at the turn. It made me plough straight through a big curb. Car was warped. To make matters worst, at the station, parts were stolen. Damn, was I pissed. I decided to total the car and manage to salvage whatever parts I could.
Almost two years later, I finally found a CRX in good condition 400 miles away by air. It was well within my budget, allowing me to put aside more funds to mod and restore it. From the sellers picture alone, I was fixed on buying it. The JDM EF7 had a ZC engine. The good; car is stock aside from the body kit, body is straight and clean, car was rarely driven, parked mostly in the shade(means good rubber condition and lesser sun fade in the interior), well maintained interior and even have a panoramic roof, something I have always wanted which is a definite plus. I booked a ticket and flew there. Met the guy, great guy btw, he really took care of his CRX. I paid the guy cash and drove home the day after. Here's a couple pictures of the car after the long drive back. Btw, I bought the car last year in Aug. It has since been in the shop undergoing work ever since. This time around, I am gonna build the car the right way the first time round. Don't mind the back dated camera phone pictures. I will upload the progress pictures eventually.
Secondly, I must really give kudos to all the beautiful rexes in here. So many different styling cues and goals its hard not to find an interesting rex in this site. One thing is for sure though, we all love this little car considering the amount of time and money we have poured in an old car of this day and age. It makes me feel like a fanatic sometime. Alas I'm not alone in here
Let me introduce myself as this is my first post here and in fact also my first post in any car related forum. My name is William. I am from Malaysia and currently living in the little island country of Singapore where I am working. My current addiction is my second rex which took me almost two year to find since I totaled my last rex.
A little history. I always liked the EF platform since my mum had an EF 2 door Civic during my teens. It was an auto and slow. But still, I liked the design style very much. Anyways, my first car had to be a CRX EF. Years later, I bought a JDM CRX Si EF7 in August 06. It had a B16 engine swapped in as its common here. It's VTEC wasn't even working for half a year since I got it due to wiring error. I didn't even realized that VTEC was not working as I knew little about performance engine mods. Anyways the rex seemed fast then, even without VTEC and I was satisfied with it's performance. When VTEC was finally discovered broken and fixed, I felt like an idiot. It sparked off new performance goal for me. Made me wanna make the rex go faster.
Anyways, my first rex was a spending magnet right after and soon became a ricer full of useless accessories due to lack of sound advise. It had all kinds race and rice influences which I had gotten from friends. Heavy ass 16" wheels which I picked for bling was my first mod. It was loaded with junk for accessories. Styling was in the form of a copy Mugen kit with a two tone color theme for the poser in me(metallic grey bottom half and black for the upper half) . A silly IHE upgrade made me feel that my car was race worthy. The silly cold air intake upgrade did make me rediscover the rex. Not before a hydro lock though.
Things got even more serious. $$$. Instead of getting a new B16 block, I decided to try a B20vtec setup after reading up at Honda-Tech. I "want to increase the performance further" mentality was the new phase. Yeah, it was that good. Hardly ever needed to rev very high or down shift to overtake a car on the expressway. The B20v really got me exited. One day I had to try the track. It was awesome just keeping up with seasoned drivers in tuned Honda's at the track on my first track outing.
Lets skip to the end of my old rex. One night I lost control of the car at a turn. It may have been due to my newly installed 2 way lsd which I hadn't gotten used too, additionally, I may have been to fast at the turn. It made me plough straight through a big curb. Car was warped. To make matters worst, at the station, parts were stolen. Damn, was I pissed. I decided to total the car and manage to salvage whatever parts I could.
Almost two years later, I finally found a CRX in good condition 400 miles away by air. It was well within my budget, allowing me to put aside more funds to mod and restore it. From the sellers picture alone, I was fixed on buying it. The JDM EF7 had a ZC engine. The good; car is stock aside from the body kit, body is straight and clean, car was rarely driven, parked mostly in the shade(means good rubber condition and lesser sun fade in the interior), well maintained interior and even have a panoramic roof, something I have always wanted which is a definite plus. I booked a ticket and flew there. Met the guy, great guy btw, he really took care of his CRX. I paid the guy cash and drove home the day after. Here's a couple pictures of the car after the long drive back. Btw, I bought the car last year in Aug. It has since been in the shop undergoing work ever since. This time around, I am gonna build the car the right way the first time round. Don't mind the back dated camera phone pictures. I will upload the progress pictures eventually.