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[scott sdf]

hey been on here for a while but i am more of a reader than a poster plus i have not done much to the car until a few months ago so i thought i would have a go at a progress blog now!

bought the car about a year ago
this pic actually makes it look red. but it was far from it.

she was in need of a good clean an the previous owner had a sticky fingerd kid so once i got her home i set about a major clean. after about 4 nights in my garage at nights after work i realised that the car had infact got the dreaded milano fade so i gave up on the polishing plan and saved up for a complete respray. by luck being in the motor trade has its benefits as i know a few good painters so i sent her away to get painted and got her back like this.



since then i have replaced the boring oem grille with a mugen style one, and got the oem wheels powder coated in as close a colour to champ white as i can get i just painted the original centre caps in the champ white and got a mate to make me 4new centre cap honda badges.





the spec list before the car sat in my garage for the winter is as follows
powdercoated white oem wheels with matching centre caps
mugen rep grille
6k hid kit
rear jdm number plate holder
carbon fibre plug cover
k&n typhoon
skunk 2 weighted gear knob.

september past me and ma mate deano (xdcx) went for a road trip to durness one s**ty sunday it lashed down with rain a fair bit but it was propper good to give the car a good run and really get the feel for the car and see how she handles whitch if im honest was totally surprised how well she held to the road even with junk tyres. . since then the car has sat in the garage and never turned a wheel until 2weeks ago when a gave her a clean and polish then down to my work for a mot! passed with 1advisory(slight play in the shock absorber shaft on the nsf) but not to worry i have a surprise coming in the next few days that my misses wont like and i will.. :roflmao:
heres a pic as she is just now

[ND1989]

That looks lovley.

[scott sdf]

cheers mate. :salut:

[scott sdf]

last weekend i took the car down to the garage and gave her a good clean up underneath with the front wheel arch liners off the car i set in about the dirt and crap that has built up over the years with a wire brush on the end of my air drill. came up really nice with very little surface rust, then undersealed the complete car with tetra shutz. it took about 3 full cans but makes a awsome job. while i was at it i stripped out the rear seats and boot plastics and stuff. also fitted a skunk2 gear knob and a carbon fibre plug cover and threw some red paint on my calipers as they looked pretty s**te in the standard rust colour


got a couple of bigger mods coming off in the next week one being fitting these daddies
picked them up from another forum user(terryctr) today!

[xdcx]

:salut:

[xdcx]

[Ash4Lotte]

Love it man!! may i suggest a facelift headlight conversion? i think it would top it off just nicely [smilie=karls_thumb.gif]

[Superman001]

Very nice example of a 30th anniversary [smilie=karls_thumb.gif]

[scott sdf]

got on with a couple of mods lately a put ma buddyclub coilovers on the car along with the buddyclub rear camber arms.. its unbelievable how light the buddyclub rca are compared to the oem ones.. i also fitted a mugen twinloop (cheers to xdcx :salut: ) has to be in my opinion the best looking exhaust going for the ep3. the build quality is superb. it isnt loud at all compared to they :chav: spoon exhausts.. its that cool i forgot to take a pic of it. lol

i plan on taking the car down south to area motorsport later oon it the year to get corner weighted and a frsu on it but iv got a few things to do first i need a caster raise kit, roll centre adjusters and a jdm arb. possibly a couple of others but i aint sure yet. however this is how she looked today down the beach

mega negative camber

[TerryCTR]

How are you finding the ride quality, did you turn them up a couple of clicks. I'm missing them big time on the jdm and the k100 also, the car just isn't the same

[beefwilder]

i also fitted a mugen twinloop (cheers to xdcx :salut: ) has to be in my opinion the best looking exhaust going for the ep3. the build quality is superb. it isnt loud at all compared to they :chav: spoon exhausts..

I totally agree! Had my Mugen fitted for about 6 weeks now and i love it! Althought its not particularly loud, its still an addictive noise! Sound awesome when you give it some stick!!

[scott sdf]

ash- cheers mate :salut: . dunno about the facelift conversion like. i quite like prefacelift front ends..

superman- cheers aswell mate

beefwilder- yeah mugen ftw. its quiet but as you say it gets louder when you give it some :thumbup:

terry- the buddyclubs areawsome man. sticks to the road like shite to a blanket. a raised them up at bit though as i thought it was to low! but yeah man well happy though.. have you got your car sold yet?

[TerryCTR]

Good stuff that will have knocked the corner weighting out but shouldn't effect you too much.

No I've just to take the Fuji off which is hopefully happening this weekend then I need to give it a major detail and get it back on pistonheads

[scott sdf]

the corner weighting would ave been out anyway mate cause its a diffrent car yours being a lightweight jdm and mine being a 30ae!

[TerryCTR]

Yeah I suppose but not by that much I wouldn't have thought. Worth the trip to get it all spot on though

[bluntcap]

Good choice on the buddy clubs mate, would love a set myself. Car looks sweet [smilie=karls_thumb.gif]

[scott sdf]

selling up folks going to try sell the car with all the bits on it but may put it back to standard so al be selling all the bits separate! pm me if interested.

[xdcx]

Back to standard ya tube!!!

[TerryCTR]

Standard for sure

[scott sdf]

aye it probably will come to that