Dave

Bay is looking good Simon! The heat shield turned out amazing! I still have lots to do to Dawns decks bay aswell, want it looking mint

loving it. Subtle is the way to go!

lol I'm with you on that Jay, bat to the head works wonders, because getting the police involved would be pointless. 1, they aint bothered about the police and laugh in the face of our soft as putty laws and punishments, 2 the police wouldnt really be that interested. Only way to deal with this scum is a language they understand, so bat sounds good! On saying that, been lucky enough to get a parking space right outside Gayles house the last few times I've been down, and she's been fine, no idiots attacking her. In fact, when I pulled up at Gayles this evening, two little lads about maybe 10 years old were watching me park,and one said really nice car mister! Doubt it was them as they seemed to be standing there in awe of DD! Mind you kept an eye on them from the window but they were fine. Wish everyone thought that about her.

Possibly jobs coming up at my work mate, based in penicuik. Ill et u know if and when they're available

I have one of those crash ones, wish I'd had it in Roxy the day of the accident instead of it sitting in my cupboard!

damn harsh times indeed mate. Something will turn up though, so keep positive. And don't sell her!

I know, I was raging! supposed to be getting Roxy back tomorrow for deff, so DD will be hibernating soon thank god. Can't believe some of those haters out there!

Nice to see the 4 door version mate. There's a VTiS style body kit available for the 4 doors too If i remember rightly. MA front end conversion would look mega different, would kinda give it the Honda Domani look, although the ek rear end is a lot nicer than the Domani. Will be watching this one take shape!

Update! Still not get her back! They have had a lot of the parts delivered which turned out to be the incorrect parts, which has slowed things down. Was supposed to get her back last wed, then it was going to be friday, then monday (today) but they have found that a few wee parts arent the right ones and the condensor is the wrong one, so have to wait until the correct one is delivered. And all these parts are from Honda! They said to be fair Honda isnt the only one they get problems with when ordering parts. So now its going to be hopefully wed afternoon.

Well, still not got around to doing this, been busy and it's been too cold! Still havent got the typeR back, which is annoying because I want to take DD off the road. Did have some bad stuff happen though! Was down visiting Gayle the other night, and parking in her street is a nightmare. It's a really narrow street, and there's hardly ever any spaces left to park in. At the bottom of the street, there's a wee lane, so parked DD there. Left Gayles around 11pm and when I got to the drivers door, there was what looked like bird poop all over the drivers door window. Thought it strange at that time of night, but she lives right on the coast near the beach so just though "bloody seagulls doing a night time raid". So got in and drover her home. When I'd got her into the garage, I noticed that it wasn't bird poop.....................some low life git had stood there bloody gobbing (spitting) all over the window and door! It was gross! Whole bloody door was covered in it, so went to get water and stuff to clean her up then noticed the drivers side headlight protector Dawn fitted was hanging off! The scummy little bas had tried to rip them off the car! I was in a total rage when I saw this, though why the feck would you do any of that to the car???? Really pissed me off, and now I'm paranoid about leaving her parked anywhere! Luckily, the headlamp protector was intact and wasnt damaged, so fixed it back on. Just glad the scum didnt take a key along her or anything worse. So bloody annoyed, and no reason at all why anyone there would do that. Where Gayle lives is a quiet wee village, never really anything bad ever goes on. And where she was parked isn't somewhere anyone passing through would drive, so had to be someone local. End result is, I've been walking nearly everywhere since! She hasnt been out the garage since Thursday, although have been back down to Gayles twice but first time she was parked outside Gayles house, the second time no spaces available again so parked her in the next street, so she was outside houses, and probably a bit safer. So hope to get Roxy back on Wed afternoon. The repairs have been a headache as Honda have sent loads of incorrect parts, so it's held everything up. They're now waiting on another condensor and a couple of other wee bits because those were also the wrong parts. Sooner she's back the better, so DD can get tucked up safe in the garage for the rest of winter.

Mega hard to decide between these two! I like them both, and both have plus points on styling! Damn this is hard!!!!!! Ok, I'm gonna decide, and gonna go with Maz's MB (ammarbm). But mega close call!

yes mate, both sides the same. I'll measure both the coilovers plus the arch to centre of the wheel, so that we can get it bang on.

No idea why he had stopped mate, there wasnt any pedestrians around so couldnt have been that. I still think it may have been an over-reactive instructor who jammed on the brakes? By the time we got out the cars the lights were obv at red, so not sure if theyd went to amber and he slammed the anchors on. His car was deffo through the lights, rear wheels were across the white line.

lol I usually drive DD Low and Slow, but even then it's scrape scrape scrape, which will do her no good in the long run. Shame, because I love the way she sits just now, but have to put me sensible head on so up she goes! She'll still be low, just not as low as she is just now. Ali, I doubt I'll ever stop modding her mate, it's in my DNA! lol But I think it will be mostly detailing mods now, small and subtle. Underside still needs full detailing, so will be starting with the rear (getting new LCA's etc, and all will be either powder coated or painted blue) and will work my way to the front. The front will take a lot longer as there are more bits to take off and its a lot more involved. She's going to be peachy!

This model of Civic has the Double Over Head Cam VTEC engine Fitted. Power output is 169bhp, making it a quick, powerful and practical sporty hatchback. The VTEC system not only makes the car fast and fun to drive, but also makes it reasonably economical when driving normally. Interior wise, the VTi has half leather (full leather optional extra) sports seats (with drivers seat height adjustment), black ash effect dash inserts (carbon effect on later models), air conditioning, rev counter, radio/cassette (CD player and CD Changer both available as options), electric windows all round, tinted glass with built in top tint sunstrip to windscreen, Electric tilt and slide glass sunroof, electrically operated and heated door mirrors, front and rear head rests, rear centre armrest, front arm rest/storage compartment and remote central locking with factory fitted immobilizer. Exterior wise, the VTi also benefited having headlamp washers, front lip/spoiler, colour coded mirrors and door handles, tailgate spoiler, 5 spoke 15 inch Speedline alloys (with an option alloy package of Speedline Chronos or Speedline Fan depending on model year), VTi badging and DOHC VTEC decals on the rear doors. Mechanically, on top of having the DOHC VTEC engine, the VTi also had uprated brakes, with 282mm vented front discs as standard. It also came with ABS, and a 5 speed gearbox with limited slip differential, adding to the driving experience. Safety wise, driver and passenger SRS airbags and side impact beams, plus seat belt pre-tentioners were all standard. The VTiS models had the same spec as the VTi, but came with the VTiS Speedline Chrono or Fan alloys as standard, and also had a deeper front lip/spoiler with vents, sports side skirts, rear lip, unique alloy VTiS gear knob (or silver and black VTiS gearknob depending on the model year), floor mats with VTiS embroidered onto them, and finally a VTiS badge fitted to the tailgate. VTiS models came in Pirates black pearlescent paint only. Additionally, the VTi and VTiS models were also available in Aerodeck models, the specs being the same as the 5 door hatch models. Aerodeck VTi/VTiS model codes are MC2. Here are the full specs for the Honda Civic VTi & VTiS 5 door hatchback and Aerodeck models. EngineType B18C4 Layout 4 cyl in line, 1797cc Max power 169bhp at 7600rpm Max torque 122lb ft at 6300rpm Specific output 93bhp per litre Power to weight 134bhp per tonne Torque to weight 98lb ft per tonne Installation Front, transverse, front-wheel drive Construction Aluminium alloy head and block Bore/Stroke 81.0/87.2mm Valve gear 4 valves per cyl, dohc High cam valve lift In: 239 dur/ 10.8mm lift - Ex: 235 dur/ 9.4mm lift Valve clearances In: 0.006"-0.007" Ex: 0.007"-0.008" (cold) Compression ratio 10.0:1 Cylinder Compression Nominal 220psi, minimum 140psi, max variation 43psi Ignition and fuel PGM-Fi Firing Order 1-3-4-2 ECU P9K-E11 OBD2 (with OBD1 style plugs) GearboxType S9B (Hydraulic) with Helical LSD 1st 3.230 2nd 1.900 3rd 1.360 4th 1.034 5th 0.848 Reverse 3.000 Final Drive 4.266 Exhaust SystemManifold Tubular steel 4-2, 2-1 downpipe with 1.7" ID collector Cat convertor 2" dia / 17.5" long Cat-back 2" dia piping with centre resonator & rear silencer This post has been promoted to an article

try Pentland components mate, they're near the Hibs stadium. They should have them in stock, although call first to make sure

I already done the double din conversion mate, and even just getting rid of the standard stereo makes such a massive difference. Got a Pioneer touch screen, check out my project thread bud. Right, speakers are deffo next! lol

True! Hate waiting on getting her back! It's been postponed to middle of this week, so hoping Wednesday.

mmmmmm, I love spending money on car audio! Speakers will make a massive difference mate. Thinking I might change the ones in DD and Roxy too

Found the multi display I'd bought for her a while back today too! So need to see about getting that fitted in place of the clock. Not sure on what sensors I'm going to have to get, as it does a whole host of things..........tyre pressures, outside temp etc. Should look cool once it's all fitted

yeah, looking to raise it to near enough the same level as the rear mate. My OCD kicks in tooo!!!!! lol

I'd colour code the surround to match the car mate. I find some on some cars, the black surround and black grill can make the grill look too big? Or code it the same colour as your wheels carry on that theme

Bugger! You kept this one quiet! Nice purchase mate, looking forward to watching this one progress! Good colour choice too You doing a double din conversion?

True mate! Glad it's all sorted and she's well insured. Funny thing is, they asked how much we paid for the deck, and I said well, it was bought over 10 years ago for £4500. So when I looked at the insurance docs, it's got price paid £4500, and approx value £4500. Doubt they would pay that mind, even with the mods, but first time I've seen that on my insurance docs. £4500 couldn't replace DD anyways, no amount of money could. So, having been driving her about for a bit lately while waiting on Roxy coming back, I've noticed something that needs sorting. Was in the car with Gayle the other day, and going through a new housing estate there were a lot of speed bumps. Now we've been through there before, without any probs, but this time, she scraped the mudflaps going over them. Not much in itself, but then at one of them the exhaust scraped! Then we approached one of those fandangled fancy bumps, made of monoblocks, that you drive up onto, then along it, then off. Well, we both shit ourselves! Just as we went onto it, there was an almighty thump from the front!! Both the front towing eyes had well and truely battered into the monoblocks. Not a happy bunny! I assume the suspension has finally fully settled, and that's why she's catching on the speed bumps now. I know that doesn't bother most folk, but to me, nah, that means she's stupid low! So I'm raising the front (which has always been slightly lower than the rear) 10mm. I hate that happening to it, because all it's going to do is damage her. The exhaust getting scratched was bad enough, but when it's the underneath of the car then I just can't live with that. Means metal is being scraped back to bare metal, which will then start rusting. So a slight raise in height is coming! Went out to the garage to do it today (was going to be getting a hand from Rob kyekye09, but he's bunged up with a cold!) to get the tools ready to do the job. Couldn't find the special spanners you get with the suspension to loosen off the lock rings! Spent the next hour and a half turning the garage inside out looking for them, then though F-this! This place is getting cleared out! So ended up throwing out loads of stuff, inc tools which I have trebles of! Then found the spanners I was looking for! lol Too cold by this time, and couldn't be assed waiting on the heaters heating the place up, so will do it tomorrow. What I did do was fit a new bit I bought for her just after Japfest! As I'd added a bit of stainless/chrome detailing to the inside to carry on the theme from the wheels, I'd ordered the heater control surrounds. So got these fitted up today! Just adds a bit of bling to the interior, and looks quite classy imo. photos below.

lol you know me too well!