Dave

Perfection!

Deffo mate, looking forward to the pics! Resizing wise, if your posting from a computer, you dont need to use photobucket anymore, you can upload them straight to the forum now And you don't need to resize them either, making it all easier now to share your photos. Unfortunately we dont have the upload facility in the mobile theme as the forum doesnt support it.

Damn, sorry to see this build come to an end. Hopefully she'll stay in the club though. Had her looking stunning mate, perfect VTiS. As Tom says, stick around mate and let us see the Mazda, pop it up in the other projects section. Be good to see it!

Coming along nicely mate!

lol no transporter until the VTiS is done! Looking forward to seeing it come back together mate.

The list of replies to those new wheel nuts is endless........................nice nuts mate................They look the nuts.....lol They look amazing mate, always love the attention to wee details on this deck. They look like bullets, never seen any like that before. I take it they is from the states? Love them mate, I need new ones for the deck too!

lol it is indeed Tom! Decks looking good mate, and as said, get some pics of the S2K up too. Would love an S2K, came close to buying one before I got the TypeR. Two boxes I have to tick before I pop my clogs...................own an MX5 and then an S2K.....................but maybe not in that order! lol

Damn, shame about the engine mate, but just means this time you can future proof it upgrading internals. That turbo looks massive lol Just take your time building her back up mate, will be well worth it On the plus side...............................£500 for that is200! Bargain right there!!!!

That looks totally amazing mate!!!! The red eye looks bloody evil haha, loving it! Deffo one of my fav VTiS of all time, love the mods you've done to her!

That looks stunning! Bet it sounds sweet too Mae!

She's looking good mate!

I'll have a look, see if theres a way to set up payments to go to Mae. Might be tricky though as it will show in the payment options for all stuff for sale (memberships, mugs etc) so need to see if we can get it to just show for mae's products.

lol Welcome back to the future (my fav film!!) Jamie. Sorry about all the problems with the account mate, hopefully working on a solution that should help. Not had any word back from IPS yet so have sent them another reminder to see if we can get a fix for it.

lol Glad to hear you got it open mate. Never heard of the struts seizing before, so that's a new one! Will be handy to know in case any other members get the same fault

Yaaaaas!!

Looking forward to getting these mate! Need some renewed interest in the deck!

Damn thats really strange mate. I cant even check as the deck has a different mechanism, so cant have a look to try and figure whats going on for you.It does sound as thought the mechanism has failed altogether. The only thing I can think of is trying to get that plastic trim off so you can maybe find a way of unbolting the mechanism from the tailgate (as this would then mean the tailgate should be free) but the bolts will be on the underside facing the latch, so not sure if you would be able to undo them from inside the tailgate using mole grips or something? When you push the tailgate down, as its sitting proud, does it stay down? Try pushing it down as hard as you can and get a mate to try the key in the lock again to open it. if that doesnt work, try the same again, pushing down on the tailgate and get them to try the handle next to the drivers seat. Something has to give to let it open. It might be that the lock wont fuily open as the tailgate is sitting up from the latch?

As jake says mate, use a pry bar to check for play in the joints and drop links, as its the only way to tell if they are worn. Sight alone isnt enough. Another thing to check is for play in the front wheels (with the car on the ground as normal). Place your hands on the top of the tyre, and to the back. Give it a really good push pull.............any movement and the top wishbone has gone. Do this on both sides. Are the "D" bushes ok in the ARB? Again, you'll need to use a pry bar or similar to really see what movement there is, and the car will need to be off the ground at the front to check properly, so up on axle stands. Hope this helps

Hmmm, I had this happen on my MA8 years ago, but be damned if I can remember what caused it! I know that I cut an actual flap into the plastic panel on the tailgate that could be removed for access to all the gubbings in case it happened again. Can you get a flat blade screw driver onto the small part of the mechanism mate, the part that goes up? It could be that the larger lower part is worn and isnt pushing the smaller part far enough to fully unlock it. If you can get to it, get someone to operate the lock, and then try and push the smaller part the little bit further with the screwdriver. Hopefully that should be enough to unlock it.

Do the doors lock ok from inside the car, like if you sat in there with doors closed and used the wee button to lock them? If so, then take off the drivers door panel, and have a look at the actual lock from inside the door. Get someone to use the key to try and lock it whilst you watch whats going on with the lock. It could be something as simple as a small plastic clip, to being the actual barrel itself that needs replaced. From inside the door, you can give a good bit of WD40, and also from the outside, slide the key in just a little so you can get the tube on the WD40 can into the lock, and spray some from that side too. Give the lock a good working with the key, to work the fluid into all the parts. It might just be sticky

Yeah, that manifold looks totally different to your original one mate, so not sure if that would work with your engine. Metal ones are available for the D' series though, but are usually made by the likes of Skunk2 etc. That metal one looks a similar design to the plastic one that was on my D14A2 (1.4), whereas the pic of your original one looks more like the one thats on my D16 Deck, although it does look slightly different to mine. And as Tom says, Adam left Civic5 as he wasn't interested in the forum or club, only facebook. Which was a pitty.

Without actually hearing/seeing it mate, it's difficult to say. Almost deffo electrical breakdown somewhere, so all of the parts mentioned above could be the culprit. Do you get the engine management light coming on when it does it? If so, it will probably be the ignitor in the dizzy, a well know fault on these cars. But that will (I think) always show a management light. Happened on my MB6, was intermitent for a while, slowly getting worse bringing the engine to a stop, and was hard to restart, then it finally went altogether. To me, it sounds like a ignition lead breaking down. When was the last time these were changed? Think it may be a case of trial and error to source the fault, replacing the cheapest parts first. Regarding the leak, what did the fluid look like? Was it like clear water? If so, have you had the air con turned on when you've been driving the car? They do by default leave a wee puddle of water under the car when you park up after it's been used. That would explain why you can't see any signs of a leak, as there isnt one (if it is this!). Hope this helps

If it was me mate, I'd go for Honda parts every time, but I'm just fussy about things like that. Some pattern parts are often exactly the same as the genuine manufacturer ones, so can be just as good. But even cheap aftermarket ones should last a fairly long time, so just depends if you fancy a gamble. With track rods, the height of the car shouldn't factor in any extra wear on them, so lowered or standard they should last the same.

Thats a really strange one mate, as the system is designed so that if there's a fault, abs light comes on and abs is automatically disabled. The fact it isnt showing a code could mean its something as simple as one of the sensors is dirty, so try getting everything cleaned (wheels off job) and then try disconnecting the battery for 5 mins then reconnect. See if that solves it. If not, it could be one of the wires to the sensors is breaking down, which without the code will be harder to track down. That can be traced with the help of a mate sitting in the car with it running, and you wiggling each wire to see if the light blinks or goes off. Or it could be one of the rings thats on its way out. Lastly, a fault with the main abs unit (cross fingers it isn't as these are mega expensive new, so if it is, probably best to source a second hand unit), but try the cheap fixes first to see if that cures it.

what a beast!!