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Scott -
My recommendation would be to not try and fit the later Civic
parts to your 91 CRX. Instead, I would look at the body kits that are
currently available for the CRX and perhaps even the Civic. Many CRX
owners are taking body kits that were designed for the Civic and making them fit
onto their CRX. A fair amount of body work skills is required to pull this
off cleanly (I've seen too many that were botched). Basically if you can
work with fiberglass and body filler then you should be OK. Otherwise I
would suggest you employ the assistance of either a body shoppe or someone that
is skilled in this area.
As for lights, there are more and more aftermarket light
assemblies both front and rear available for the CRX. A lot more than
there was a year ago. Same with fenders (i.e. the BMW Z3 "gill" fenders)
and hoods.
If you are still set on using parts from a 96 Civic, you can
fit them on but it won't be direct replacement/bolt on. In many cases
there will be a need for some custom work in order to get them to fit and
look right. So unless you have the time and the resources to do so ~ and
you like/want the look that the 96 Civic(?) has ~ I would go for
it.
Otherwise I would spend your time and money looking at what is
currently available for the CRX and what is currently available for the
Civic (which is a ton). If you can take measurements of the non-CRX
pieces, this will give you some idea as to the amount of work needed (and if it
will be possible at all).
One thing you can do, and I've heard some people doing this,
is to cut the front of a Civic (cutting it from the firewall) and doing the same
with the CRX. Then welding the Civic front to the CRX body. I don't
know how much additional work needed to be done with respects to the suspension,
engine and tranny location. And then there's the electrical harness and
other things that would need to be done. I don't know all the technicals
and like I said, I've only *heard* of people doing this. I know nothing
more than that (i.e. I have not seen any photos or seen one in
person).
Since you are looking to make your car "look fast" and it
sounds like you really want to go pretty wild with the body work, I would
suggest that you look for car shows that are like the Hot
Import Nights and Hot Import Daze. These types of shows
usually attracts cars that are really radical and often times a one-off
custom job where various pieces from different models were fused
together.
Look at the cars, take lots of photos, and don't be
afraid to ask people questions no matter how silly or stupid it may sound.
Chances are the people you talk with will give you good advice or at the very
least be able to refer you to another person or shoppe.
Usually the larger shows like the Hot Imports Nights and Daze
draws a huge crowd and I find that the cars in the parking lot to be more
interesting than the ones in the show itself. And the owners of the cars
in the parking lots are more willing to talk about their ride and the things
they've done. I've met a lot of cool people in the parking lot (many of
whom I still keep in contact with today).
Sorry I could not have been more of an assistance with your
question which is why I also included the CRX Owners Discussion list with my
reply as there are a few people on there that are into doing wild and radical
custom work. Perhaps they will also reply to you.
In any event, please keep me posted on what you end up
doing.
Robert K. Kuhn
CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal)
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