Dave

Sorry In missed this one! Looking tops mate, engine bay is immense! Needing to get some blue stuff for Dawns decks engine bay too. Good job on the tints, can come and do mine! lol And the stickers, what can I say? ECU reset needed as they deffo give you around 50bhp more! lol Looks sweet mate!

That is going to look mental!!! Looking forward to seeing the finished result! The video of your club meet was awesome mate, top marks!

Hi Mate. Yes there's been a double din conversion, and it looked amazing! I can't remember exactly the member who did it though, so will maybe have to be a search through the projects to find it. Complete dash conversion I havent seen though. Would imagine the accord would be a bit bigger than the mb, so might be tricky. The ITR dc2 might be an alternative, although it's not really any more modern looking to what we have. Would love to see this being done though, hard work but an amazing idea!

Ahhhh, but I only employed you so I could fire you! lol Paul, meant to ask, whats the miles on her? Hoping she gets put back to standard and sold that way mate. Might be interested in some of the mods once listed too.

damn this is sad, and didn't see this coming! I know you said a long time ago you really wanted a typeR, but thought the plan had been binned. Really hope someone (especially from here!) buys her mate, be so sad to see such a beautiful VTiS broken. But know the situation you're in dictates it's fate, so fully understand. Good news your staying with Honda though mate! Oh snd as for not leaving civic5? Breaking your baby means one thing! In true Alan Sugar style (with wee crookd finger pointing at you) YOU'RE FIRED! LMAO only joking, you staying here is non negotiable! You're team contract states you're part of this crazy family for life!

Yeah, but looks like it's saveable. Tried some G3 on it today, and although it's taking a fair bit of effort, it's getting rid of the brake dust. I'll try and find the link to the wind deflectors, a pic of a lexy look-a-like with them on there! Really nice bit of kit I have to say! Edit: heres the link to deflectors, scroll down the page for images. CLICKITY-CLICK

lol @ the above! So, would deffo need wheel upgrade then for bigger brakes. Hmmmm, will see what the options are later! 16 chronos would be lush, but getting hard to find a set nowadays. Well, get her back out the garage today and got all the dirt and crap washed off her, looking minty again! Dried her off the back in the garage. Will keep the cover off till tomorrow though, just to let the air get in about her and dry her totally. Unfortunately, I noticed during washing her that the pass side front wheel was really thick with brake dust, another tell tale that its binding. The bad news is, because the wheel was so hot the other night (couldnt even touch it!) it's baked the brake dust into the paint on the wheel! Will try a bit of T-cutting to see if that will lift it, but if not, gonna have to refurb it again. So plan is to possibly get her up on axle stands tomorrow at some point, and start stripping the brakes down. Depends how cold it is though! lol My new toy for Lexy arrived today too, which I'd forgot about! Got some really smart wind deflectors for her. These ones are different to the usual ones that fit into the window channel though. These go on the outside, so dont have to force something into the channel that isnt supposed to be there. They just stick on with really strong M3 tape. Was a bit wary at first, thinking they wouldnt hold, but by feck, they're solid!!! Looks the nuts! Will need to take a pic soon. Got Lexy all cleaned today too, so she's looking good. And Dawns deck was snoring away under her cosy cover so thought best not to disturb her!

Nice one!

Yeah, glad she's not a daily now or I'd be going daft trying to get her fixed! lol Upgrade might be a good idea, was thinking EBC discs and pads, caliper wise probably new from Honda, or might go for an upgrade. Have to watch though, as most involve going up a wheel size. Mind you, a nice set of 16 inch chronos would be nice, just hard to find em! Not keen on the brand new chronos though, as speedline changed the style of them slightly, added wee bits to them and I think it's spoiled the clean look of them. Then again could always go for Rota grids!

Yeah, she felt really good up until that point. Might just get new calipers anyway, can always keep the old ones and refurb them. Rears seemed fine, but she gets left in the garage with the handbrake off (same with Dawns deck) cos the rears deffo can be a nightmare!

Well, saw the sun shining today (even though it was cold!) so thought I'd get Ruby out for a spin. Went down the Scottish borders, as the A68 is a cracking road. Unfortunately, about 20mins into journey the blooming rain came back in anger, bloody pouring down! But hey ho, kept going thinking it might brighten up again when I get further down. Wrong! Then got to Lauder, and noticed that Ruby wasnt running right! Engine was fine, but really bad vibration appeared through the steering wheel. Thought it was a flat at first as she was pulling slightly to the left. Stopped to check, tyres ok, so thought brakes or wheel bearing. Gave the wheels a good push/pull, bearings seemed fine (although would ideally need her off the ground to check properly) so got back on the road. Everything seemed fine again! Got another few miles and same again, only noticed this time that under acceleration she pulled slightly left, back off and she went straight again. Vibration was really bad, so pulled over and noticed the smell of either burnt brakes or clutch. So turned round and headed home (was around 40 miles away at this point) again. All way up the A68, she drove fine. I was like wtf??? Then went to turn off onto the B roads to get home and noticed that the vibration came back! Thought, hmmmm, was alright all the way up that road, but now this? Then realised I hadnt used the brakes all the way up, until I stopped to turn onto the B road. She vibrated for around 3 miles, then it was gone again. By the time I got to my town, it was back, and even though I was only doing 30mph, the brake fade was immense!! Brakes felt totally shit! So shes back in the garage, lot of heat and smoke emitting from front passenger side brakes For some reason it's been binding, so will need to get the front brakes appart to have a look. I got the discs machined last year, so think it might be time to replace them and the pads, especially after the binding issue. Reckon the disc was warping under the extreme heat, which gave me the vibration through the wheel. The drivers side wasn't so hot, but will do the whole lot/renew it all to make sure. And on top of that, cant put her cover back on cos shes manky!!! Will need to get her washed and dried again! Flippin cars!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER! OUR CIVIC5 CAR OF THE YEAR TITLE GOES TO DAVEMB2 AND HIS STUNNING K'POWERED MB2! CONGRATULATIONS MATE, A WORTHY WINNER! AND OUR RUNNER UP THIS YEAR IS KNIGHT AND HIS SWEET VTiS! WELL DONE MATE, AND WELL DONE TO ALL OUR COTM WINNERS CARS ENTERED IN TO THIS YEARS COMPETITIONS. EVERY ONE WAS A WORTHY WINNER, THE QUALITY AND STANDARD OF ALL ENTRIES THIS YEAR IS IMMENSE! WE'LL GET THE PRIZES SORTED OUT SOON GUYS!

Those centre console screws are a right pain mate. When you refit the console, get a hold of some 10mm bolts (same as the ones that hold front wings on) as they are a much better alternative. Oh, and put plenty of copper grease on the threads before bolting them in. You'll get there mate, just time consuming jobs.

Deffo go for a deck mate, they cover all the bases. Fast, fun and ultra practical you'll have the best of all worlds. EP3 wise, the EP3 has more power, but doesn't seem to be that much faster than an MB6/MC2 that has a few breathing mods. I had an EP3 in my Ruby, all she has is cat back stainless exhaust and induction kit. Every roundabout I was leaving the EP3 behind as I could get the power down quicker with the LSD, and even on the twisties, he was no faster than me. And that was on standard suspension! She's now got a full set of MeisterR's all round and is set up perfect! Be even more interesting now! Get a deck, you won't be disappointed!

What an Immense deck! Really stunning mate, love the mods youve done to her! That top boot spoiler lip is the dogs danglies!!!

Ok, it's time for our final competition of the year, our CIVIC5 CAR OF THE YEAR! The entries this year are absolutely stunning, and it's going to be an amazing (and difficult!) event this year!! As always, the cars are the 12 COTM winners from this year, so all you have to do is look through them and vote for the Civic M that you think deserves the title this year. Prizes will be the following, and any Official Traders sponsoring the event will be included too. 1st Prize : £50 voucher for halfords, Civic5 Mug, 1 years Civic5 VIP Gold Membership free (If the winner already has a vip account, then pm me when it's about to expire) Civic5 Keyring. Runner up: Civic5 mug & Keyring I'll update this post with the pictures of our cotm winners, so you can see at a glance the cars that you can vote for. Post still to be completed, but feel free to vote! Update 1: Prizes added. AND WE HAVE A WINNER! OUR CIVIC5 CAR OF THE YEAR TITLE GOES TO DAVEMB2 AND HIS STUNNING K'POWERED MB2! CONGRATULATIONS MATE, A WORTHY WINNER! AND OUR RUNNER UP THIS YEAR IS KNIGHT AND HIS SWEET VTiS! WELL DONE MATE, AND WELL DONE TO ALL OUR COTM WINNERS CARS ENTERED IN TO THIS YEARS COMPETITIONS. EVERY ONE WAS A WORTHY WINNER, THE QUALITY AND STANDARD OF ALL ENTRIES THIS YEAR IS IMMENSE! WE'LL GET THE PRIZES SORTED OUT SOON GUYS!

Either that or it's her "time of the month"!!!!!!! Insert tampon here! lmao Glad you finally got her mate, well worth it eh! And at least she'd in good hands now!

Haha! 2 poster ramp I wish!!!! Would be cool though (wee cogs in brain now activated, everyone be scared!!)

True, too many cars already! Can't wait to see this Dave, my camera is gonna be going full pelt!

Bloody hell! This is going to be a cracker!!!! Well done guys, really superb to see our final cotm for 2013 going out in style!!! Well done Dave for getting the voting sorted out mate, saved me a hella job! lol Now,, who the hell do I vote for???????? lol

omg!!! What a sound!! She sounds amazing mate, like an animal!!! It's official................I love Trinity D!!! I'd love to buy another M, maybe a deck, and do something similar!

There was a Civic mb on here with the rover wheel fitted to it, but not sure what mods he did if any to get it on there. The climate control will be a different ball game though, a lot of wiring will be involved mate. ou will also need the heater from the rover too, as its controls will be electric to go with the control panel whereas ours are all manual with cables

Dave where the hell did you find a brand new tank for a civic m!!!!??????????? Get it all painted before installing it mate, to protect it. What a machine!!!!!!

There has to be an underlying issue somewhere on it mate. I know that once I got winter tyres on Ruby, and alignment done she was ok on the snow. Not brilliant, but ok. I didn't have any hills to negotiate though, well, nothing big anyway. You say the alignment was done (DC2)? I'm not sure the Integra has the same alignment as the Civic M's, might be an idea to contact a Honda dealership to confirm this.

lmao I know! It was pissing me off big time thinking "hmm, wonder what the techy is doing in there! Good job the ACP doesnt have a door knocker, I'd have been chapping at the door all night shouting oi! LET ME IN! Update all done and dusted now, and new car of the month on the forum home page! Well done James! Deffo a worthy winner!!!