I think any solution here is going to be an annoyance, so
you have to be motivated.
Honda-tech.com has a fair amount of discussion of folks
trying to fix these panels with riveting, various putties
and epoxies, and welding. See for example:
http://www.honda-tech.com/z*****hread?id=881836&page=1
.
OTOH, the rocker panel areas may be structurally unsound
(may fail when a jack is placed underneath). Hence, as you
probably know, the inspection failure. I am not so sure a
cheap fix would let me sleep at night, besides.
To get more money for it, I think your best option would be
Ebay. I see a lot of CRX's going for parts there, typically
for a few hundred dollars. Certainly shop around there for
some idea of what you might be able to make on the car.
You could also considering purchasing a "shell" for yourself
(body only; no engine) and swapping your CRX's engine into
it. Shells seem to go for under a thousand dollars.
Of course, finding a buyer or seller near you is always
tricky. Still, the turnover seems high at Ebay.
Check your yellow pages for auto wreckers, then call and see
if they have a lot of im****ts. See how much they would give
you for your car. Or: I often run into a few CRXs (tops) at
any large wrecker yard. Chances of finding a complete shell
are slim-to-none. But you might be able to coordinate with
the body shop to cut out parts of an old shell and use them
on your CRX. Again, see honda-tech.com for examples.
For the record, how many miles are on your CRX?
Updates welcome! As others say, these are popular little
cars.
"Dave Skipper" <das216@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Sadly my unmodified car won't pass inspection until it
> gets $2500 worth of body work done to its rocker panels;
> nevertheless,the car runs great!
>
> I feel it's worth more than the $50 the guy at the body
> shop is offering me to unload it.
>
> What would you do?
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