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A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar

Posted By: rdrnr6970

A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 01:45 PM

A friend asked me about restoring his Honda del sol sports car. bondoHe dosnt know any other car people besides me.I have no idea about these cars,he asked me to see if anyone here works or restores them.I know its not a mopar .Im just putting this out there.thanks guys. drive
Posted By: restoman

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 03:35 PM

Fun little cars.
Not much in the way of aftermarket support for stock pieces, there is some for hi-po parts.
Like most Japanese cars, they like to rust, and like most modern cars, rust work isn't much fun. But if it's rust free, it'll be around for a long time with some care, so it's probably a good candidate for re-do.
I don't think the value is there for any sort of investment, though, if that means anything... it doesn't to me.
Posted By: RoadRunner

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 03:42 PM

Interesting little cars. They were two seat sports car I think based off a civic platform. I think that production was pretty small. Parts are probably available. Labor on rust repair, mechanical are probably similar to any other car. I would look for a Japanese feature shop. With the import craze and the fact they imports are the only real cars available, I would think there will a few shops to choose from.
Posted By: FM3AAR

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 03:53 PM

I still have an '90 CRX Si I bought new. The Del Sol replaced the CRX.
They don't have the following the CRX does but are still pretty nice. The Honda mechanicals are bulletproof
so unless thrashed, addressing any rust issues will probably be the main issue. There are still a surprisingly
amount of parts available thru Honda.
Posted By: rdrnr6970

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 05:30 PM

Thanks guys wave
Posted By: oldjonny

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by FM3AAR
I still have an '90 CRX Si I bought new. The Del Sol replaced the CRX.
They don't have the following the CRX does but are still pretty nice. The Honda mechanicals are bulletproof
so unless thrashed, addressing any rust issues will probably be the main issue. There are still a surprisingly
amount of parts available thru Honda.



You got that right. I will take a well taken care of Honda with 200K on the clock over anything new that GM sends out the door today. That is a fact.
Posted By: topside

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/13/20 08:11 PM

I would think there's strong support for Hondas as far as forums & parts.
I had an Acura Integra for a DD back in the late '90s, when I was doing a LOT of driving for business.
Most parts were inexpensive, except electrical stuff like ECUs - that kind of stuff was expensive.
Posted By: rdrnr6970

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/15/20 12:15 PM

Great stuff guys!Thanks for the info! drive
Posted By: AeroMonte

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/15/20 12:21 PM

Very easy to work on. My son with no automotive knowledge bought one without a head on it. Found the parts, reassembled it, cleaned up the hacked wiring and got it running. Then sold it and made a big chunk of cash off it.
Posted By: CMcAllister

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/15/20 06:43 PM

Non-Mopar American muscle - fine. Non-US made FWD hooptie. Nope.
Posted By: gtx6970

Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar - 04/15/20 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by CMcAllister
Non-Mopar American muscle - fine. Non-US made FWD hooptie. Nope.



Guess its a good thing its not YOUR car then
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