A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/13/20 09:45 AM
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A friend asked me about restoring his Honda del sol sports car. He 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.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/13/20 11:35 AM
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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.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
[Re: rdrnr6970]
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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.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/13/20 11:53 AM
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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.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/13/20 01:57 PM
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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.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/15/20 02:43 PM
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Non-Mopar American muscle - fine. Non-US made FWD hooptie. Nope.
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Re: A friend wants to..restore his non-mopar
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04/15/20 06:52 PM
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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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