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[unabashed]

recently bought a shiny new rocker cover from brenscivic (cheers mate :thumbup: ) and just want to check I'm not going to break anything when i get around to installing it.

As far as I'm aware all I need to do is unbolt everything and unhook all electrics and spark plugs etc then bolt the new one on? Is there anything I need to be aware of or any tools other than a spanner and a socket set that I will need?

I was fine with doing this until guy at work has put the fear into me with a horror story of when he wrecked his trying to do it years ago - barsteward! :bad-words:

[aleung2]

Fairly straight forward mate. Just need to undo all the nuts, take the coilpacks out, undo it from the airbox and take out 1 nut that holds the brake reserviour as you'll need to move it to get the cam cover off. Then you put give it a good tub and it call comes off revealing the beautiful VTEC cams.

Job done.

[unabashed]

that's what I thought! cheers for that mate - might get it sorted this evening if it ever stops fecking raining!

[J@mez]

No need to remove the plugs, just the coils and wiring.

[aleung2]

No worries mate, let us know how you get on. Try not to do it when your engine is hot though, gets pretty warm at the back near the manifold.

[unabashed]

well it took me f'ing ages due to the fact that the heavens opened ever 10 mins but I have finally got my new cover fitted.

I've gotta say - the quality of the smoothing and painting is absolutely spot on!

old and nasty cover!



Cheeky bitch getting naked!



Looking better already


mmmm - shiny!



Goes well with the red on the ITG as well

[Newannaive]

quality looks spot on.. :salut:

..now clean the rest of that engine bay dude

[unabashed]

i know, i know.

My plan was to clean the bay before I fitted it but the weather just wouldn't give me the time and I was getting sick of having the rocker cover hanging about the house.

[unabashed]

I did notice one thing that I may have messed up on. the two bolts sticking up in the picture below would not come out of the old rocker cover so at the moment I have had to leave them out until i get myself a couple of spares to use in the new cover - is that normal or should they come out with some persuasion??

[aleung2]

Looks good mate. I think they're meant to come out buy cant remember. Anyway, did you find that there is a screw missing on the top left of the rocker. I thought I lost it or something while driving and sh*t myself when I noticed but I went to Honda and noticed there is no screw on the FN2 engines neither. Strange eh?

[unabashed]

yeah i saw that and thought I'd missed it, checked on a photo of the original and it wasn't there either so I just assumed that some genius at Honda had sneezed when it passed him on the production line.

[brenscivic]

looks sweet mate...you selling the old one. :thumbup:

pm me if so

[CivicTypeReplica]

yeah that screw on the back left of the rocker doesnt exist, but often handy for earthing kits...?

anyway, when i spooned up my rocker cover i was hoping to get those two bolts out, but i looked underneath and they appear to be pressed in, so if they were removed oil would spray everywhere. i wonder if bren has smoothed them off on the new one? i left mine on as i now use them to mount cable clips for the coil pack wiring...

anyway, clean that bloody bay, but the cover looks top.

cheers, sam.

[Sacrificial Pawn]

That looks absolutely awesome! :salut:

Loving the finish and like you say, goes brilliantly with the anodised finish on the ITG.

[unabashed]

cheers :thumbup:

On problem with it is that it guilts me into cleaning the bay every time I have a ganders under the bonnet

[speedy36]

:cooldude: :cooldude:

Looks well nice mate :thumbup:

:salut:

[DANCTRs-o-t]

How much are these, I fancy getting one at some point.

[brenscivic]

How much are these, I fancy getting one at some point.

i charge 60 pound if you send me your cover and that includes delivery back to you. :thumbup:

[west]

Looks like you should do an oil change too.

[CivicTypeReplica]

Good point, i chnge my oil regularly, but i was impressed how cleam it stays. I work in a garage and most petrol cars dirty ntheoil quite quickly, not black but brown.

My CTR has kept the oil like new for the past two months, which pleases me, because i know all the oil ways will be lovely, fresh, and clear