Thursday, March 31, 2011

January 1st, 2016 - The Year In Review: 2015's Progress on Project PRO.2 Mugen CR-X EF8 Replica

January 1st, 2016 - The Year In Review: 2015's Progress on Project PRO.2



Happy New Year! All the best in 2016!

Goldilocks: OEM too Long, B&M too Short -- Could C's be Just Right??

Spare Heater Core and surrounding plastic/vents

Tein Street Advance Suspension

OEM Honda Hardware for the Tophats

All Assembled


Over the winter, a dent appeared. This year we moved the CR-X over further in the garage

Tanabe Exhaust System (will be installed in 2016)

Getting ready to install the new suspension

These two stupid brackets caused me so much grief this summer

New Spoon shift knob and some spare MR5 valve stems

Installed the rear without much issue... still waiting on the front brackets to install front.

Still working...

Finally ground the bracket enough to fit it to the strut.

Off to get powder-coated

Back From Powder-Coating

Finally all installed and bolted up

Air Conditioning Evaporator

LHD Glass Headlight Install -- the other side didn't go so well.


Found out I need a pair of these :-(

Installed Honda Access Mirror Covers
Honda Access Mirror Covers
 
Honda Access Mirror Covers

Installed new deck with BT audio

New Spoon knob installed

A straight-pipe cat replacement

Was very lucky - bought one side from Honda, the other discontinued. Found it on eBay for sale in the UK

Needed to get longer license plate bolts to go thru the illuminating plate and into the tilt bracket

Tried out the new combo of tilt-bracket and EL plate frame

Tried out the new combo of tilt-bracket and EL plate frame

Dollies to maneuver the CR-X further to afford my wife's new, larger SUV some extra elbow room

Dollies to maneuver the CR-X further to afford my wife's new, larger SUV some extra elbow room
Odometer at the start of the year

Odometer at the end of the season... paltry 280kms this year

Bought some dealer keychains: Verno, Clio and Primo
I didn't know the flares expired... mine did -- 10 years ago.
Found a suitable replacement LED flare w/magnetic base

LED Safety Flare: Fits like a glove
 
Concerns over painting my current Mugen spoiler prompted another purchase this fall.


A new Mugen Spoiler in NH-526M

With genuine Mugen emblem.

Black chrome EF8 steering wheel emblem.

Was listed new but the pkg was for a bolt. Still in great shape, no regrets

Was sad to see her go away for the winter. Next year I hope to have a heated garage

Found a guy with a halfshaft for the CR-X, but after more research it's incorrect :-(

A larger dealer emblem than my other one, and this one is metal.

Scored a second spare tire - this one correct. You can see how much smaller it is.

The most sought-after item on my list... been looking for almost 10 years...

Replica Mugen brackets for my CR-X -- Front/Rear Mounting and rear T-bar.

EL "Honda" license plate bracket

EL "Honda" license plate bracket
(Note the "HM" logo on this vintage parts label)

Honda Motors "HM" logo license plate seal

Spare washer tank



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