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Tell you what I'll upload some of the parts that came and you'll easily be able to guess what's gone on. But I'm not posting up a picture till I've finished it

Thanks guys got a couple more pics for ya

Where's that spunking pic gone!?!?

so here we are guys, the parts i put into her, well only some of them, will give you most of the list though Competion Clutch and lightweight flywheel Mishimoto triple core rad Tegiwa D to B rad hoses ARP Head bolts Genuine honda Oil pump Genuine Honda water pump Genuine honda cambelt (cos honda owners be like 'ooo has to be genuine' ) Skunk2 pro series intake manifold Skunk2 pro series cam gear Koyo Tensioner P2R Intake manifold gasket Innovative Engine mounts 75a poly i think Bosch Oil Filter Bosch Spark plugs Kevlar Whale p***s Shell HX7 Oil slimline fan JDM ITR Throttle body Tegiwa throttle body gasket these are only the parts i can remember so far, i also have more parts on the way as im writing this, more parts coming wednesday so i can pretty much say, things started to get serious :/

Well impressed dude. They should have them fitted standard. Looks amazing. Love a bit of the old cow hide! On a side note.. If a cow fell off a motorbike. Dya think he'd be ok because he is wearing his leathers?

Well i went to get the engine up on the stand as the rain stoped for a while. anyway so i split off the gearbox then took off the clutch which i was happy to find was an exedy stage 1 with half its life left woohoo but as i got to the fly its in a bad way as in very scored so will need a skim but at the moment i cant get it off as i dont have the right socket for the torque bolts or long enough ones to mount it properly so the getting it on the stand will have to wait till tomozz lol always the way

I love classic cars, was my passion before I got into Hondas. Nice project you got there mate. I was into restoring old 70's fords, but what I would love is a Datsun 240Z or 260Z.

Ha ha both of the Hondas are thirsty I can try any car people I loved working on this deck especially with the owner

More photos whoring lol.

Yeah we could go around. In think so long as we're all promptly at the meeting spot, we'll be fine. And this is so true. 30+ M's rolling through the gates at once

That would be for the triple core rad I suppose

Mid spoiler indeed mate

Especially if we can all go in together.

looks awesome mate

Yeah should be simple enough, my bonnet was absolutely peppered, I'm just hoping when I machine it (this week hopefully) it doesn't lift it out. Thing is with the right products you can do a decent job much quicker, I spray the wheels with Bilberry and get my power washer setup while that goes off, then use the wheel and detail brushes on them, rinse and then snow foam the car, while that dwells I fill up my buckets then rinse, wash, rinse again and dry with a large towel, QD and job done.

Cheers mate. Was speaking to Alex about the cosmetic side (obviously lol) and think this could now become an obsession

Awesome beading porn, I'll be happy to talk you through paint correction.

Awesome mate love the leather seats

Sounds like a plan, this is the one my mate has, it's expensive though £120 (and I'm pretty sure that doesn't include a compressor) but very good, you can rotate the barrel so you can use the little cup on top for small jobs or you can attach a pot of paint to it.

Nice mate give me your green bits lol

Nice I'm def gunna be p1ssed off I didn't buy it when I see It now lol

Chrome gone, badges gone

Just splashing a coat of paint on the rear chrome and polishing up the number plate recess. More pics this evening!!

Still looks good mate

Replied back!

Nah they seen in there pretty good! Beading porn Couple of the deflectors.

I'm not a massive fan of leather, but that looks sweet. And those door cards!!! :-D

LOL most of us got them friday also.... Japfest here we come

looks pretty tidy mate as you said. Same door cards as our project MB3 Leather oohhhhh

Wheels look good mate! Look well on... Be good with MG ZS shocks n springs... Mines got 16's with MG ZS setup but take a look at sir toms if you want an idea on drop! As i believe his is on 17's and MG ZS's?? Correct me if im wrong??

took all day but we (well he did i got busy in my reptile room and came out to look, offer advice and take pics lol) got there - i guess its handy when you make your own vivariums for reptiles, i have stack of wood that was strong enough and decent enough to use as a floor, most of it was treated with stuff for humidity within the vivs as well so hopefully its a win win with his damp boot i was mesmerized by it! lol

Excellent progress so far by the sounds of it mate... Loooking forward to seeing her again at japfest only all leathered up this time..

My mrs saw this on F/B and showed me (on a silly phone screen).. Now i see it in all its full screen glory.. Disco Inferno !!!!!.. Win Win Win

Yep, that looks nice.

Did you find out if that is a private plate already or a '97 car. If you're breaking and scrapping, then speak to DVLA about holding the plate on retention and then transfer.

Yeah that looks good Mate! Bay is looking sweet.

Yeah i know!! Loool Sooo today (or yesterday now that its 03:20) i decided to drop the CAI to go back to a SRI with heat shield!!! Dont want the filter going rotten and personally think it looks loads better in the bay!!!

She comes up shiney mate!! Great job! Love the C5 sticker placement too!! Very unique

wow was just channel jumping and got onto the movie 'showgirls' to see this!!

"goes in for the ebay style bidding war attack" £20 quid and a mars bar chucked in as well......

Come over to Notts for a kinder egg and a pound coin I found in the MB4?

ha ha its honestly not ready yet guys!! but i tell you what, shall i show you the parts i've put into her??? well the parts i've taken a picture of in the big box i posted up before????

Can i just clear up some information here. Rear toe in / ^ \ increase stability in a straight line and under braking. Rear toe out \ ^ / decreases stability in a straight line and under braking but helps to arc the rear around the corner. OEM spec rear toe setting will be for saftey which is toe in. Setting the toe to 0 or toe out will handle better but be more twitchy. OEM spec camber settings typically have more camber at the back than the front, this is to induce understeer, as the front tyres will let go first. OP if you have -2 neg deg in the front you want the rear to have at least -2 neg deg or more at the back. Going past -4 neg deg actually starts to reduce rear grip again becuase you cant corner hard enough to use the contact patch fully. (depending on your suspension setup) Which if you want to reduce understeer, this is advantagous. check out the Touring cars stance to see this technique in action. Hope this helps

Ok so update!! The infamous Mr Chandler came over today. And all I can say is wow!!! I started and hour or so before he arrived and him and I spent 7 hours on her today. Wash, Clay (several times it was that bad, bilt hamber) machine polish with multiple going overs, more claying and finally a wax. I'll let the pics talk ..... All set up, although it had to come down as nearly blew away ... Not many WIP pics as we were both busy most of the time .. But the man hard at work. Some reflection shots. And some of then together ... These were before polishing. Bit I like the shots. Photos do not do it justice. It's amazing. The finish is absolutely incredible to what it was. It has brought out the purple flakes so much. In the sunlight it absolutely comes to life. I can't express the gratitude for Alex coming over and doing the machining. Also helping to clay as I was behind on time! And the wax! Oh dear god, the waxes are amazing. We used a combination, I'll let Alex let you know what they were but they all smelt brilliant and the finish is fucking stunning. And it helps that he's a top bloke and we had a great day! Slightly jealous of your cleaning gear though, there is massive £££££ invested there and it shows. Top man, cheers mate.

very nice! would look more awesome with some lows!

Would the floss/fishing line trick work?

mask up around the badge, longish stanley blade,slice it off, thumb the rest of the pad off. snorted

He was bloody lucky, the road is full of potholes where he had to come down, alloy Is clearly hardcore

This is something I've wanted to do for ages. I haven't tried to paint anything in years, apart from walls anyway, and I'm well chuffed with how this has turned out. Cover as it came Stripped Primed Painted and baked Lettering rubbed back Old cover New one, also painted the plug cover in pirates. Also finally managed to try out my new snow foam lance today.