Of course in Canada we didn't have those "wonderful" passive seatbelts, so our B-pillar trim never got morphed like the US model. I believe the Canadian '89 model *did* get an integral door beam which made it a total of about 25 pounds heavier than a similarly-equipped '88.
Eric /Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee & Tracy Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Tuttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:55 PM Subject: Re: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > The primary differences from '88 to '89 isa are rear suspension and > seatbelts but others are more subtle. For '89 there was a relocation of the > pickup point of the rear trailing arms to the body shell to reduce a bump > steer issue from the '88 when the rear suspension went through it's motion. > As the arm travelled through stroke the toe setting changed and some felt > the '88 could be a bit tail happy although racers actually prefer it for > better rotation. Also the '89s (except HF) got the seat belts moved onto > the doors from the B pillar in an attempt to improve the passive restaint > situation. Because of this, the '89 had a heavier door and the door glass > got shorter and the black outer B-pillar trim got wider. Some of the steel > sculpting by the door jambs changed as well. The rear lower control arms > went from inverted U shaped stamped sheet steel to a cast "I" beam shape and > this required a different lower shock attachment. The floor pan had some > changes so the seat rails are not interchangeable although the upholstery > stayed the same. > > As for color, I know silver was offered in '88 and was dropped in either '89 > or '90 in leiu of white (on Sis at least). Not sure exactly as I have never > had a silver CRX. I think rust proofing got better in '89 as they seem to > hold up much longer. > > While we are at it from, '89 to '90 were the big changes and I can touch on > several but may miss a few. On Sis, that I can recall there was a change in > interior cloth, instrument cluster, different contours of the front and rear > bumpers including recesses for fog lights up front, changed to bigger front > calipers and added rear disc brakes and larger master cyl. and proportioning > valve, new cam and computer giving a wee bit more power and rev, more crash > protection with double steel in the rear quarters and doors adding close to > 100 lbs., thinner door trim all around, different factory alloy wheels, > different tail lights. Those are all the ones that jump out at me. > > Lee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Tuttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Lee & Tracy Grimes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Ricky Crow'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:33 PM > Subject: RE: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > > > > If you don't mind me asking... what are the differences between the '88 > > and '89? My buddy and I both have crxs and his is an 89 and mine is an > > 88 so I'm curious to know what differences we have in our cars. > > > > -Richard Tuttle > > '88 CRX HF (bah 1.5L.. save money and swap soon -=) > > Orlando, FL > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > > Behalf Of Lee & Tracy Grimes > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:19 PM > > To: Ricky Crow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > > > > I'll back Ricky up on this one, I have had all four years as well. The > > only > > differences between '90 and '91 was the anti-fog headlight vents and the > > deletion of yellow (too bad) and addition of green (yucko). Trim, > > brakes, > > etc. all stayed the same. > > > > There were a large number of changes from '88 to '89 and '89 to '90 but > > for > > '91 they probably already knew the car was on phase-out (not to be made > > any > > longer) so they left it the same except offering a special color and > > fixing > > the nagging moisture issue. > > > > Lee > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ricky Crow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "kevin hiatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Stingray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "crx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:04 AM > > Subject: Re: CRX: Differences between a Si crx 90 and 91 > > > > > > > So do '90 Si's.... > > > > > > Do you guys realize that for quite a long time, I owned an '88 Si, a > > '90 > > > Si, and a '91 Si all at the same time? Let's just say that I *know* > > the > > > differences between the '90 and '91s (as well as the differences > > > between '88 and '89s, versus the '90-'91s)... The two I mentioned are > > the > > > only ones in the '90-'91 model year range -- TRUST me. > > > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, kevin hiatt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > the 91 si has 4 wheel disc brakes also > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > Ricky Crow wrote:And I will bet any amount of money in the world > > that > > that molding is > > > > IDENTICAL between '90 and '91 model cars.... > > > > > > > > Like was mentioned before -- the only changes between '90 and '91 > > were > > the > > > > headlights, and Barbados Yellow was no longer available in '91 -- it > > was > > > > replaced with Tahitian Green Pearl... > > > > > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Stingray wrote: > > > > > > > > > well one of my friends has a 91 si, and not the molding around the > > car, but > > > > > the part behind the glass to the farthest back of the car, not > > sure > > what > > > > > that piece is called, trim or whatever on his 91 it is definatly > > smaller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Hiatt > > > > www.teamclimax.com > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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