ever seen a convertible hatch?

well i wrecked my 89 honda hatchback about a week ago last saturday and me and my dad decided were gunna chop off the top,put a rollbar, cut the doors down some and put a 12 inch windshield on it..... now those were my dadas ideas..... after he does that i wanna swap like a b16 or something into it and throw sum body kits with like 16's or somethin..... its a project.... but its one of a kind. he's just afraid that the fram will bow when we cut the top but we wont know till we do it. we were just gunna junk it but i decided we should do something crazy instead... what do you think?????????

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that would be sick, idk how itll look though. why would the frame bow though

the frame might bow cus all the force is on the roof or something liek that but its soo short that it might not be a problem

Reinforce the body on the under side of the car. You can put 2" I beams under the car next to the current body rails. Thats what they do with the baltis civic conversion. BTW the conversion is a convertable hatch. But it looks like ass.

BTW here is what that thing looks like. Yes this used to be a 91 Si hatchback.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/p70d2cdaff10b0a77311daef4473ab8f2/f8a872ed.jpg
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I hate uploading to AF takes to long
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Ya I know just cant get away from Imagestation.
Oh ya this hatch is now falling apart, this was one for the first Prototypes of the kit and the fiberglass it was made of was bad or too thin. Not sure but the paint is now cracked in about 300 places and it just sits in a garage getting shit thrown on top of it. The b16 was pulled out of it about 8 months ago and there it sit all focked up. Also you can see the side windows never lined up either it leaked in the rain and when washed.

Pretty cool looking, kinda like a Lotus or somehting european.

IMO it looks hideous and shouldnt have ever been made! it doesnt even look like a honda at all! i'm glad its busted up, its ugly!

daymn, that pic has been around forever. you should have thrown up the crx pics too :grinno:

anyone still have the site address where those can be purchased? I accually thought about building the crx version. Did a search but couldnt find it anymore.

b It is a good idea but you should fix it the sell it and get a 94 crx!!!!

go for an EDM CRX Convertable. Well its a "Crx tt"

http://www.crxtech.com/crxforum/uploads/post-3-1081981524.jpg

o well my hatch is going to be different than that cus were not doing any kits or anything were doin it all ourselves.... were just cuttin the top off and for where the gatch used to be were either putting like a truck tailgate or an airdam thingy. its gunna be a hatchback with out a top. its just something to do with it since its pretty much a junker

that crx is pretty sick tho, better than the civic

its more than sick ;), i'd trade everything i have for that rex :D

heres the rex for ami

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=503/388631-med.jpg


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=503/388632-med.jpg

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I posted this on the other page but i dont think anyone saw it, anyone know where i can buy that crx kit?

that rex is fckin sick!... its a tot diff. look.... i think honda should come back out with a new crx... it would be hella sick, cus like ford is coming out with teh new mustang that looks liek the fastbacks and in 2006 theres a gunna be a new dodge charger that looks alot like the old ones.... its sweet

I posted this on the other page but i dont think anyone saw it, anyone know where i can buy that crx kit?
I think the company went out of buss. The guy that did the Civic lives in Lemore California and he stopped carring the kits because he could not sell them. If you find a kit you will be looking at about $3500 for the kit and all it is is the sides, rear, and front clip including the hood. You have to figure out how to do the headlight and the tails on your own.

damn, was wondering where i could get them too. anyone remem what the business/kit was called?

baltis or baltiz something like that. I checked around and I could not find it. Ill tomarrow and see if I can find out form the guy in lemore

great, thanks!

here's a civic
http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v97/snotz06/cd_1_b.jpg

yeah I saw that kit on a website about two years ago before I really got into this import stuff. It was priced a tad above $3500 I believe and it came with pretty much an entirely new body taillights and headlights. The estimated install time was insane, something like 200 hours. I was wandering about the durability of it when I first saw it, guess by what was said about the convertable it was not great. I would still be intested in the crx though. Find a hulled out one with no motor, drop in a NSX v6, throw on the body... be a killer machine.



.... by drop in a v6 I mean extensive modification of course.

baltis or baltiz something like that. I checked around and I could not find it. Ill tomarrow and see if I can find out form the guy in lemore


Actually, its called the Vitesse :p

heres the site, its still up suprisingly

http://www.vitessesportscar.com/


BASIC CABRIO KIT
TOTAL $4,500 US - Includes: Front Clip (fenders and bumpers), rear clip (fenders and bumpers), hood, trunk, right and left door skins, right and left side skirts, and emblem.

DELUXE CABRIO KIT

TOTAL $5,900 US - Includes the Basic Kit PLUS: Convertible top assembly with all fasteners and framing, right and left headlight assemblies, tail lights - two amber, two red, right and left front signal lights with clear lenses, right and left side marker lamps with clear lenses, two reverse lights, one license plate light


BASIC COUPE KIT
TOTAL $3,500 US - Includes: Front Clip (fenders and bumpers), rear clip (fenders and bumpers), hood, right and left door skins, right and left side skirts, and emblem.


OPTIONAL LIGHTING PACKAGE
TOTAL $400 US - Includes right and left headlight assemblies, tail lights - two amber, two red, right and left front signal lights with clear lenses, right and left side marker lamps with clear lenses, two reverse lights, one license plate light.


INSTALLATION

Gulf Coast Motors can install any kits on customer supplied vehicles. All prices for installation do not include prep and painting of the vehicle. Paint and preparation of vehicles starts at $1,500 US.

Vitesse Cabrio Installation - $2,000 US

Vitesse Coupe Installation - $1,250 US



http://www.vitessesportscar.com/Dscf0011.jpg
http://www.vitessesportscar.com/Dscf0008.jpg

Thanks for the link man. I wouldnt mind doing a crx like that. Hard to justify that price though, I have extensive experience in fiberglass, after I do my civic i my try to somewhat duplicate what they have done to the crx.

Those kits are fugly... cool idea, just really horrible execution.

Here's a few chopped up civics:

This is probably the best one I've ever seen. Very clean and modest... Plus he's got his all set up with a motorized top under that rear peice.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/25866bafter1.jpg
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This ones okay... not really my thing, but not too horrible...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/25866bikinitop.jpg

Ugly as hell...
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/25866MV-154.jpg

odd and unique, but pretty ugly at the same time.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/25866yellowpickup.jpg
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You might try a search in this forum, I've seen a few others posted before that looked pretty decent.


And although this isn't a convertible, it's a pretty crazy mod:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/25866redchopped.jpg
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