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thanks Simon 👍 yes looking at the rubber parts, found the parts for the top e.g. Items 9 & 6 , struggling with the bump stop ATM, Item 11, PN 51722-st3-e01.

Diagram and parts numbers all here dude https://www.parts-honda.uk/honda-cars/CIVIC-AERODECK/1999/VTI/STEERING-BRAKE-SUSPENSION/FRONT-SHOCK-ABSORBER/17S1E01/B__2800/4/8427 Rubber mounts are probably worth doing Don't forget mgzs / rover compatibility for suspension if you don't have any joy using honda part numbers

about to replace front shocks on my aerodeck 1.8vti. looking at the haynes manual, there appear to be quite a few parts in the strut assembly, was hoping to retain as much as poss, but are any of these likely to need replacing also, as well as the damper ? will inspect before replacement and replace any that are not re-usable, but would be useful to know in advance any parts that are likely to be shot given the age and mileage. so I can get these on order, or at least locate a source for a possible replacement. I have had both struts out before to change the top BJs, all appeared ok then, but could be a different story when I disassemble the strut.... I guess a honda diagram of the strut assembly plus part numbers would be useful, will see if I can find online, unless someone has to hand ? cheers for reading folks

Sounds like a frustrating few hours in the heat there. Hate stuff like that.

A day of ups and downs working on the MB2 today Managed to do the last few jobs to get the engine ready to install. However, try as we might we just could not get the engine to go into the mounts, despite everything going ok. After about 4 hours of swearing, hoisting the engine up and down, and tilting it evey which way we could think of, it would just not go into the mounts and the aux belt and pulleys kept getting snagged After giving up and looking on the internet for advice I found that the right hand (drivers side) engine mount supplied was the wrong one. Our looks like this with the "cradle" coming out the side of the mount But it's supposed to look like this with the cradle on top! Because the mount fits to the car and the rest of the kit is correct we didn't realise for an embarassingly long time. Never mind ... I will complain and hope to get supplied the correct part as soon as possible For now this is as far as we've got ... So close but yet so far ...

Looking forward to seeing this and tubs in the metal mate!

Liking the look you've got with it chief

Quick photo from last night. Looking forward to the suspension refresh and getting this thing slammed. Other news - carpet and some dash trim is out ready for welding.

Plastic should be lighter than aluminium also #racecar haha 🤪

Can't wait to get it in the road and go adventuring 🏕️

Wowser! Now that IS a Broon bus! Love these, uber cool cars! Looking forward to seeing where yo go with this one mate, perfect tool for trips and camping.

Some of the rear seat configurations The middle row also flip round to face backwards.. Pretty clever setup 😎

Looks mega! That ac delete plate looks alot smarter than the bung I 3d printed haha

Yeah think the alloy suits! In a OEM+ kinda way. Gonna look ace once everything's sorted

Started getting the bumper fix under way.. It's made out of fiber glass, but the biggest issue is going to be the return underneath that's not really there any more... Should be like this.. So I taped it together in place with masking tape, the duct tape on the back, so that it was all in the right place, then drew around the bottom to make a template of the splitter Waiting for some glue to go off on the wooden template, and haven't had much time after work, so that's probably it for tonight

Shifter mounted properly in car and cables routed. Some hacking up of the console will obviously be required but I should be able to have all the dashboard etc back in Shifter cable plate in place - still needs a bit of work to get the other two bolts mounted and enlarge the hole in the grommet slightly. It's sitting at a less than ideal angle but it was the best placing we could come up with - the DC5 shifter cables we're using are on the shorter side Air con delete block off plate fitted so no huge hole directly into the cabin!

My D16W4 aerodeck has developed a few issues recently, considerable loss of power at higher rpm all of a sudden which has only gotten worse, and stalling when the brakes are applied hard at low speeds as well as just driving it gently and then rolling to a stop the idle drops hard and almost cuts out or it just cuys out, it overheated yesterday morning and cut out in slow traffic after about 10 minutes at 60 on the dual carriageway, limped it back home once it had cooled down and didnt seem to overheat after but I havent driven it since except just to try and diagnose whether the stalling at low speeds and braking is a vacuum leak on the brake booster, booster vac line or master cylinder even but the booster seems to be working alright and the vac line from the intake still has vacuum so im guessing its not the line or the check valve inside. Would be great to determine if these issue are fixable without too much headache (hopefully not headgasket causing the overheating). Any help at all is appreciated, I really would love to keep the car on the road and usable as its only on 128k miles and if its too much of a headache i'll have to shelf it and use it for a more serious project (maybe a k swap)

Cheers @dan1I quite like the look of the black steelies, but the alloy on the front is from a set of 16s that were on the wife's first accord she had, and I think that looks canny as well. Not sure yet.

That looks awesome! Think the bumper suits with the spoiler. Love it. You got any plans for the wheels?

You can't really tell from the pics how grotty the interior is/was, but it's starting to come up nice. Used some leather cleaner on the seats yesterday and the filth that came off them was amazing. Still need another go and conditioning, but well impressed with how well they've come up. Not sure what to do about the bumper yet, as it's pretty bad with a big section missing... Tempted to go dial it back a bit with the bumper, but it does look cool on the import photos

Some photos from when we got it on Friday..

Yes, it's surprisingly lively when you give it since beans, but it lulls you into pottering about being eco 😁 The new wagon isn't really a wagon at all... It's a k20 (the slow one) It's an auto It's big It's got 8 seats It's from Japan..... It's a stepwagon! Needs some tlc, as its been getting used as a works van by the import company we got it off, and the crazy fibre glass bumper needs fixing from being smashed on an uneven road (probably with the air suspension too low), and the massive rear spoiler needs refitting (maybe...), but it generally needs a really good clean. The paint from the body kit also peeled off when they've took their stickers off.

What's the new project Broon? Any clues lol. The R18 is a decent engine tbh, just need to work it more with the gears. Same engine in my FN1 TypeS. For any fun you need to use the revs, but if just pottering about they are brillant on fuel.

Well, the tourer is no more, a nice chap from Wales bought it, and it's either going to be saved to tow his race eg, or end up as an engine donor for it. Karen's got herself a nice blue R18 fk civic, but it's not any good for family adventures. So we've just got a new project...

Thanks next time i'm with the car i'll measure the hole carefully and find something suitable. I saw those for sale but I wasnt sure at the time if they'd work. I guess the answer is they sort of do! Seems like you can get a bathroom sink stopper that will work without modification that I saw linked here but its chrome - I may get that and paint/wrap it.