Bought a 88 CRX SI ITA car

[Xian]

Easy Button: http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1650664879.html

Christian, who's a little familiar with the car above...

[Davegt74]

some pics



in the rear there was a small tear like if a bolt had been tore out but it was a sign of things to come
I tore it the rest of the way



the Body shop said the car had been through the ringer and I could spend 3K fixing it
it had 1/4 inch of bondo where the BBS is at

I could smoke the tires in 2nd gear on pit out, this car has some pwr
I might even take it to the chassie dyno

[joeg]

That is only a door, a good professional tug and some Bondo.

Have them do the pull (for cash) and get a new door. Bolt on the door. Leave the rear qtr alone for the time being.

[Steven McWilliams Jr]

Wow, that's too bad. The car was, and still is beautiful. You can surely pull the dent out. I saw a Mini and a F350 Super Duty tugging on a Miata at VIR last year. the tag team straightened out the frame pretty well. you should definately give it a try. If the frame is still somewhat bent, you can always just try to balance the car with corner weights.

Good Luck,
Steven

[Xian]

Yeah, that's repairable. Might want/need a new lower subframe welded into the rear but definitely not the end of the world. For the $$ though, you may be better off buying the roller I linked to earlier.

[boywonder]

I can vouch for the CRX being able to take a licking and keep on ticking; I drove mine head first into a wall at Mid-Ohio last year and an afternoon of careful hammering with a BFH and yanking on it with it strapped to my F350 in the paddock and I was able to race the next day. I've seen worse than yours repaired before so don't throw in the towel yet.

The important question...were you able to finish the drivers school and get your novice permit?

Good luck!

[Davegt74]

I can vouch for the CRX being able to take a licking and keep on ticking; I drove mine head first into a wall at Mid-Ohio last year and an afternoon of careful hammering with a BFH and yanking on it with it strapped to my F350 in the paddock and I was able to race the next day. I've seen worse than yours repaired before so don't throw in the towel yet.

The important question...were you able to finish the drivers school and get your novice permit?

Good luck!

yes I received my novice permit, reading between the lines I figured if I spun one more time I would have been out.

got the door off








Dave