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Hello all Haven’t been part of a forum for a very long time, but thought there might be some helpful bits I’ll find whilst doing work on the car and need to find on here too. Last car s**t the bed on me and I needed something reliable and somewhat cheap to drive, plus it had to be something I’d enjoy driving and owning, all on a not very large budget. Searched eBay and auto trader for anything Honda and looked at a few different chassis until I came across the mb2. There were a few around but all more money and worse condition than I would have liked, or literally the other side of the country and I didn’t have time to drive that far to get them. Settled on a blue 1.4s mb2 that was around the Leeds area so not too far from me, garage guy wanted a grand, decent condition, few decent scratches too, 56000 miles and no history. Perfect for me. Went to go see it on the night time as only time I could go due to work, car was filthy, oily handprints all over it and didn’t start because of a flat battery. Not a promising start. Test drive was a bit lacklustre, was used to driving a mk1 Octavia vrs so it was a super slouch in comparison, true grandad mobile but instantly I wanted it. Pointed out a few bits on return and said “800 good for you?” He said yes. Few days later I looked in the boot and found they’d left an Autotel code reader/multimeter that’s about £150ish, didn’t know if they’d left it in there so I could clear the eml light on the dash that appeared on the way home but that’s what I stuck with Didn’t take any photos of it before the AliExpress parcels started coming in so I think these are the earliest After it’s first proper clean and wax, paint is in lovely condition, pretty sure it’s a dead man’s car, garaged and lightly used. Alloys are wrecked though, heavy corrosion and really badly brush painted where they’ve flaked. I do quite like them though so I plan to refurb them and paint them myself when I get a bit of time, tyres on the fronts aren’t too bad, rears are ancient. Obligatory Mugen pedals and spoon shift knob, mats are from an ep I had made years ago Whale p***s was free from a friend and HKS filter was from Ali, along with the Mugen socks, Password washers, Mugen rad cap and oil cap, and the oil catch can too. Bit of an awkward fitment for the catch can but it’s tidy and it works.

It’s an NSX replica wheel, quite sturdy for something from china to be fair. And the interior was advertised on Facebook marketplace, paid next to nothing for everything but I think I got really lucky with it, the armrest and centre console are in mint condition and I’ve seen them go for £150 upwards so I must have done well. Best bet is to check Facebook or eBay, people are always breaking them so you might see something soon if that’s what you’re after

Recently been able to find some vti-s front and rear lips for the car which I’m repairing and painting. Wondered if anyone knew about the side skirts? Given up trying to find actual vti-s ones and probably gonna settle for the mg zs one’s instead. Anyone know if there are a year specific fit or not? Is it the zs 180 I should be looking at for them? Also had a nice little track day at cadwell a few weeks back, slowest car there by far but managed a few overtakes and held off a few through corners, managed a staggering 85mph on the straight! well and truly cooked the brakes, tyres held up well though just waiting to buy a few photos from the day. Went with a mate who took his ep3, gotta say, even though that was loads faster the mb handled better. Decided to do everything possible handling wise to it during the next year or so and save up for a b18 swap or something along the lines. Appreciate any help with the side skirt query though!