Bakerdd
New member
I'm starting a new thread for my current car because I actually have some things to post now! Maybe some of you know me from my GP or maybe not but its been gone for about 8 months now and I picked up a 1998 Honda Cr-v to bring me up to my mountain school. I bought it in sort of rough condition but I needed a car fast and it was mostly exterior cosmetic problems. It has 178k miles and runs pretty good.
I started with a few maintenance things and then had to rewire the driver side door because some wires had corroded and the power locks and driver speaker weren't working, apparently its a fairly common problem. Next I threw on the xxr's that I had on the pontiac for a little while and I think they looked good but they rubbed a lot. I solved that by adding 1" lift spacers on the rear shocks and that solved that and I got some new shocks for the back while I was under there, they were completely dead and probably were the reason it was rubbing so much. Then I installed my radio and sub from the gp and that was it for a while.
I had to take summer classes this year and that gave me some time to have some fun. There are a few pretty easy trails around here that I decided to check out and see if it could handle them. Its a pretty capable little car but my wheel/tire combo was not cutting it. Most of these roads though are considered forest service roads so with the exception of a few rough areas, they're pretty tame. Theres one spot that I haven't been able to get past yet because of my ground clearance. But driving on these trails and then anticipating a good amount of snow for the winter, I decided that this thing was not going to get lowered.
This weekend I'm picking up some goodies though. My friend has a cr-v and he's selling some parts from it which I'm going to pick up. I'm going to get larger lift spacers (2" front, 2.75" rear) and his A/T wheels and tires and I'm gonna lift it up and make it more of a legitimate soft roader. These are pictures of his car with everything I'm going to buy installed on it.
I started with a few maintenance things and then had to rewire the driver side door because some wires had corroded and the power locks and driver speaker weren't working, apparently its a fairly common problem. Next I threw on the xxr's that I had on the pontiac for a little while and I think they looked good but they rubbed a lot. I solved that by adding 1" lift spacers on the rear shocks and that solved that and I got some new shocks for the back while I was under there, they were completely dead and probably were the reason it was rubbing so much. Then I installed my radio and sub from the gp and that was it for a while.
I had to take summer classes this year and that gave me some time to have some fun. There are a few pretty easy trails around here that I decided to check out and see if it could handle them. Its a pretty capable little car but my wheel/tire combo was not cutting it. Most of these roads though are considered forest service roads so with the exception of a few rough areas, they're pretty tame. Theres one spot that I haven't been able to get past yet because of my ground clearance. But driving on these trails and then anticipating a good amount of snow for the winter, I decided that this thing was not going to get lowered.
This weekend I'm picking up some goodies though. My friend has a cr-v and he's selling some parts from it which I'm going to pick up. I'm going to get larger lift spacers (2" front, 2.75" rear) and his A/T wheels and tires and I'm gonna lift it up and make it more of a legitimate soft roader. These are pictures of his car with everything I'm going to buy installed on it.
