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  1. Dave
    That's awesome! Would love to fit something similar to my aerodeck. I've fitted the 3 spoke DC2 integra wheel to it but would love the audio controls on the wheel. Is it difficult to add it?
  2. Dave
    Welcome to the club mate! Your deck looks mint in the photos, nice to see another local one! You'll get all the info you need on these right here in the forum. 1st thing to do is check out our downloads section and get the official service manual for them. It's great for identifying parts etc and how they come appart. You'll be in good company here with your Civic as we all love these cars here, especially the Aerodecks. We also have a member called Paul who was a biker (bladerider929) so you'll see him on his bike in a lot of our civic5 meet/run videos. He's been off the forum for a bit but I'll let him know there's a fellow biker joined, sure he'll want a chat! Lol Start a wee project thread in the members cars section bud and get some more photos of the aerodeck up. Be nice to follow what you're doing with it. And big thanks to Karen (Mrs broon) for pointing you to the club. We also have a civic5 Facebook group for those who don't do forums, but the forum is where all the data on these cars is kept. We've still got the largest database on these cars there is, built up since 2009. Enjoy the club mate and hope to see your civic in the metal soon.
  3. Dave
    Another thing to check is what type the buttons are. Some use voltage signals to operate lathing think that is probably for newer cars. Thinking you'll probably need the complete harness from the clock spring/spool to whereever it goes behind the dash. If you're just planning on fitting the ones for volume, then just terminating the other ones should in theory be fine as they won't be used. You'll also need the harness from the wheel to the radio as it will have some form of connector on it for the radio. Without seeing it, im guessing it will have a female 2.5mm or 3.5mm jack plug socket. Or possibly a male jack plug of the size mentioned above. Have a look in the integra forums (not the FB groups as the info in them is limited and sometimes incorrect!) for folk who are doing radio upgrades/double din conversions on their integra's. I think you'll be looking at getting these from America though as never seen any UK spec ones with those buttons fitted.
  4. Dave
    Anything up to 1998 model have the black marble effect dash inserts and the Chronos alloys, so those are the early models. Anything post 98 are the later vti/vtis models. 🙂
  5. Dave
    Not sure mate as original poster never updated this to say whether its possible. I'm thinking that it might be possible to retrofit it using parts from an accord of similar age, but not 100% sure on that. Know that I looked into trying to retro fit it to my 1st gen mini Cooper S, as some had it, some didn't, but it was a major job. That might be partly due to them running canbus though, which is a pain in the backside! Might be easier on our civics.
  6. Dave

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    Dave replied to Lellugh's topic in Electrical

    Only just saw this! Not sure how they managed to post without tags as it doesn't allow posting without them. I'll need to have a look at this and check the settings.
  7. Dave
    Yes, separate fan for aircon mate. Check the fuse gor the aircon hasn't blown, and I think there might be a relay for it too so worth a check. The aircon in these was decent, so should be nice and cold.
  8. Dave
    Hi mate. Yours being an R reg it has the correct dash trims for a VTiS already. The later ones had the fake carbon. List of additions the VTiS had are VTiS mats VTiS alloy gear knobhead with VTiS logo engraved onto it. (later ones had leather/silver plastic one with VTiS logo on it.) VTiS full lip kit and side skirts. VTiS rear mid spoiler (Aerodecks only, was also available in the accessories catalogue for standard Aerodecks) 15 inch VTiS alloys (Speedline Chrono for the early ones, fan blades for the later ones) All had pirates black mica paintwork, no other colour available. Think that's all the stuff they had. I've got the VTiS boot badge jn my garage, will need to have a think before deciding if I can let it go as they are rare as hens teeth now. Will get back to you on that one 😉
  9. Dave
    Wow, this is coming along nicely! Looks like that engine has been in there from the factory, really nice install that mate! Loving the wheels, think they'll look superb on it. What a cracking build to follow!
  10. Dave
    Haha, totally agree! For the extra cost per tank, the mpg and performance more than make up for it! 🤓
  11. Dave
    Yeah, all sorted and driving amazing. Had been using that E10 unleaded fuel for a bit, but yesterday filled her up with E5 Esso super and the difference is unreal. She normally averages around 44 to 47mpg on that. On the E5, she's showing 53mpg (know that will probs go down a bit)! What got me was acceleration. On our way back from town 50/60mph limit, we got stuck behind a numpty who was slowing down to 26mph for 45mph bends! Gayle was in Foxy, her wee 70 late Micra, and pulled out and passed him on a bit where there's a very short straight. Knowing I'd need to be quick I dropped her into 2nd as normal and went for it. She accelerated so quick I hit the limiter in 2nd and had to quickly change up to 3rd! She doesn't usually accelerate that quick! E5 deffo makes a difference! So happy, got a car I always look back at when walking away, which I love the look of, it's quick and cheap as chips to run! All is good in Lexy's world! Bloody love this car!
  12. Dave
    It's mega tight mate. If you take the glovebox out you'll see that wee space I was on about. You might be able to cut some of it away (it's all plastic I think) to get all the cables through.
  13. Dave
    Deffo mate, been ages again lol Wish I'd got my finger out this year as DD was invited to a classic car show at BoNess, although we would have been away on hols anyways. She's already invited fir next year's show though which is nice. My good mate Iain volunteers to work on steam trains and some of the guys there are the organisers of the show. He told them about DD and they want her up there at the next show. 🙂
  14. Dave
    Moving to Kelso in the borders mate, it's about 20 odd mile from here, nit too far but further into the borders. Closer to your direction lol. The village has been fine but the land with this house is too much to maintain, so bought a lovely detached bungalow with garage and a lot smaller garden. Will give us a lot more free time, and Kelso is our favourite borders town. Plenty to do there, plus it gets its fair share of classic car shows too along at the events ground. Win win!
  15. Dave
    Great progress mate! Those head units are a bugger to fit in our civics. Trick I've found is there us a slight gap in the dash on the left side at the back of where the head unit sits. You can just about manage to poke the excess cables down there when sliding the head unit in, then pull them through from the glovebox side (with glovebox removed). It's tight but makes it easier to get the unit fully in. Nice choice of head unit by the way!
  16. Dave
    It's easier to just replace the arm complete mate, they come ready to fit straight on.
  17. Dave
    Meant to update this! Got the ABS fault sorted, was right rear abs sensor. Was supposed to be a 10 min job to remove/fit, only one 10mm bolt! Said bolt was rounded to he'll, so took time to get that out. Then the sensor itself wouldn't come out! In the end had to remove brake caliper, caliper carrier and brake disk so I could hammer the sensor out! What a faff. New one fitted, all back together and abs light now gone!😀 Also had her in for her MOT which she failed. Didn't fail on much tbh, handbrake efficiency, broken o/s/f coil spring. Couple of advisories for o/s/f ARB drop link and a tyre slightly perishing. Got everything done except the tyre as I'm gonna replace all 4 soon anyways so she now has a clean bill of health. Still driving nice, and love her to bits!
  18. Dave
    Me being lazy! Lol Don't think she'll need anything tbh, maybe the usual handbrake adjusted but other than that hoping she passes when I get her booked in. In the middle of moving house again so will get her seen to after that. Got a mate who has a recovery vehicle and his rates are decent so he'll be moving her to her new garage in October🙂
  19. Dave
    Think I prefer comfort now, getting old! Days of lowered and beefed up suspension long behind me now. Even the TypeS I feel is as stiff as I'll ever go suspension wise. DD and Gayle's wee Foxt Micra feel like a floating carpets compared to Lexy lol. Can see Steppy on a nice set of 18" dishes alloys though at some point, think it would really suit them mate!
  20. Dave
    Jeese you've been busy! Nice she few through the MOT mate, and loving all the bits you've been sorting. Looking sweet!
  21. Dave

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    Dave replied to chindeck's question in SOS! Help!!

    That does sound like the water pump mate so deffo worthwhile getting replaced. Most decent garages would offer to replace that at same time as the timing belt. I've never attempted to replace a timing belt, always left that job to the experts lol
  22. Dave
    Still nothing to report on DD, she's been enjoying a long hibernation in the garage and MOT ran out. Will need to get my finger out and get her mot'd so she can get a few runs before winter comes again!
  23. Dave
    Lexy has thrown her first fault since buying her! On the way back from a wee drive to St Boswells, and on came the ABS light, followed by the ESP light, followed by the tyre pressure light! Knew they were all linked someone fault would throw all 3 of them. Got my mate to do a diagnostics on her and it's right rear ABS sensor. Had a look on YouTube and looks a doddle compared to our mb/music, and they only cost £30 odd quid. Luckily, I've got a brand new one sitting in the garage, so will get that fitted. Can't complain if that's the only fault she's given me in 10 months and 10K miles! Still drives sweet as a nut too. Booked in for MOT on 28th of this month so fingers crossed!
  24. Dave
    There's been a few restorations on here mate, Roverjoe is halfway through a mammoth resto of his mb6 so might be worth giving him a shout. I think as time goes on, we will get more parts listed new for ours courtesy of the MG version of ours. Interest in them has gone up and they get accepted by the MG owners club now so fingers crossed they start manufacturing parts for those that we can use on our civics.
  25. Dave

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    Dave replied to dr_broon's topic in Chat Lounge

    Yes, I've noticed that too! Seems there's a real interest in them now. Bout time too! I've been invited to a classic show with DD up at Bo'ness by guys that volunteer at the steam railway. Met them through my mate who also volunteers there. The station has a classic car show every year along with an open day for visitors to the place. Has huge workshops, a proper big museum etc. I went up with my mate and helped out for the day in the workshop, then we got tasked with cleaning....Thomas the tank engine! Lol 😂
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