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Once I'm able to, will be adding a Civic5 sticker to the window. I've decided that I wont be doing the MG front end swap now. I'm happy with the way the car is and other than a new exhaust (to stop scraping) that'll be everything. Other than making sure she's running at top health and such. The reason for that is I've finally bought one of my dream cars after 9 years, and will be working on that for a while. (but don't worry, I'm keeping the 'Deck! )

Was the Clio going to the tip as well then?

You watch, the git will turn up in the SMX

I'd be looking at grinding your front fork down for 10-15mm. I think your heading for a car that handles very peculiarly with all these mixed springs and shocks. So if it's all good at the minute. Mod the fork!

Tinted windows do give a homely feel to the car also naughty times in the back lol I mean eating chocolate and cakes lol

Chrome be gone! Grille be?

Better shot...

Wow, let's all sell ours for a tenner less!

I'd have bought one to help with the center console if I could!

Don't look at Michael's Accord thread then!

Neighbour text me saying he's bringing a snap on impact gun back today so will give it a bash when I get home! An impact gun is something I should invest in as they do safe time and hassle.

Treat yourself. My impact gun was 65 quid. It's a Clarke one from machine mart. It's awesome 550nm I think. That crank bolt will come out like it was only in hand tight!!

same as our house 3/4 are m's

I probably already said it on the 1st page.

Ours is slowly becoming a house of Honda's again! Two Civic's out of four cars!

Just need it lowered now

Press both buttons on the clock at the same time, you'll need to set the time again though!

Cheers mate. Already got red ones after the mix up with the steering wheel one.

The new rocker with a much better base coat so should last on this one

Lot of people hate it but f**k them lol I love it! Might start with my spare fog light covers

Burn it?

Look nice jake mm no leak the little oil in top looks ok my k can look like there's not much in but it is stood more than my every day car

The cover looks cool, liking that a lot! When I'm working on customers cars with the rocker cover removed, its quite surprising looking at the camshafts and springs bone dry. It depends how long the car has stood I guess

cam cover looks great mate! What did you use to paint it!?! Don't think there's supposed to be any more oil than that in there chap.

http://www.civicscene.eu/product/55cm-classic-civic-scene-decal

The dream car may seem odd, and not top of every 20 year old's list...the Suzuki Cappuccino: Get it picked up tomorrow as well as put threw its MOT where it should(hopefully) just fail on the rusted sills, and then have it by Friday once that's been sorted. I've had a thing for these for about 8/9 years, and become a kind of obsession over that time.I wont post too much here as this is for 'Wolf' though. So may add a thread in the other projects part soon.

I think I'd get kicked out the house if I'd spent £600 on a snap on gun haha we have mantis ones at work which seem pretty good.

Civicscene one looks good for coverage.

Loving the work mate, i also thought i would not like the rims in that colour but they look spot on, and that rocker cover .....

I've always worked on the assumption that as im not a full time mechanic, i dont need the best tools .. Ie snap on. As great as they are, i could never justify their prices. Where as i agree with Jake, for most of us that tinker, the other end of the spectrum does just fine

Another pic from my friend. It was taken when we got home from a 600 mile drive to hungary and back, which was also my first test ride after all this work done here. I didn't even had a chance to drive up and down the driveway.

Think we are all gunna end up with carbon rocker covers now lol

i broke 3 of them on an LDV truck only to find the wheel bolts were left hand thread

Yes mate that's what I meant. A highly tuned engine.

Ha! Yeah maybe, although two Hondas are still good

Haha say it before Nick does! What kind of lowering?

Only one way to find out.... Fight! lol

Have a look at Jake's EG project, he's just had his B18C4 mapped with ITR cams and a few other bits at just over 190bhp!

That's gutting mate, I do remember it, was a very nice one.

Have you checked the carpet in the footwells, hopefully not but it may be a sign the heater matrix is leaking.

Cool! Think I only used three or four! One of them it turns out was for the fuel light and when I put an LED there it was just on all the time

Well, Paul and I started to do the rear brakes on Ruby today. Would love to say it all went well, but it didn't Handbrake cable braket was an absolute nightmare to get off, with the two bolts that hold it to the caliper totally rusted solid. Took us ages to heat them up and try and get them undone, but we got there eventually. Then the little pin that holds the handbrake cable to the mechanisim wouldnt come out, again, well siezed. So more time wasted trying to get that off too. Then when we went to fit the new caliper, the bloody thing wouldn't clear the new read brake pads, so after much effing and blinding, we finally got it on. Then the two bolts that gave us so much grief at the start on the handbrake cable braket, well, the holes wouldnt line up with the new calipers holes.!!!! Spent ages trying to get that to line up, which id did eventually, but cost us so much time with all these snags that we only got the drivers side replaced! So got to go through it all again tomorrow to get the passenger side off and the new one fitted with new pads. All the rear pads were shot, with hardly any meat left on them at all. And the old calipers, with Ruby sitting just a short space of time, were siezing up big time, really binding. So glad to get them off the car! Should finish the job tomorrow, then will take her out to give the brakes a good test, see how they bed in. Will be glad to have no more binding rear brakes!! Massive thanks to Paul again for getting stuck in and getting this done. Would have spat the dummy out myself a lot earlier had he not been there! I just don't seem to have the patience, nor the hands i used to have (bloody artheritis at my age! wtf???), for working on cars. And apologies to my babe Gayle for being late coming down to yours

Wheels look spot on, love it!

That's good then.

I take it from that you manage to open it without much problem then? Shame the dials weren't the right ones but will look good when it's been done! Nice work on the wheels! Blue H badges set them off nicely!

Blue interior light looks kool maz!! Just need some blue footwell LED's now so you can have em on whilst hooning!!

I always reference Tom's car in these situations as it's lowered on MGZS with 10mm lower front forks, 205/40/17 tyres and a slight arch roll. It sits very nicely and is stuffed to the brim on a regular basis.

Just finished reading. Wow! Some amount of work in that! I'm very jealous.