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  1. Dave
    lol get a photo of her up mate!
  2. Dave
    Yeah she will look a lot better again............................and hey presto! here she is!! She's got her white stilletos back on!!!!! Happy with how they turned out! She's now getting her DNA back, and starting to like Ruby again!! Only down side is,....................I've only got two rims doen so far!! drivers side to do now! lol Hard work sanding and prepping in this amazing heatwave we're having, so will leave the other 2 till the weekend
  3. Dave
    Good old Gunk mate, then resprayed the whole wheel after it was sanded/primed
  4. Dave
    Exactly! Just like women! grooooan! I'll let ya off with the pun lmao. Yeah, keep finding things, and I'm like ffs!!! She's getting there. Was gonna go do the next whell but it's toooo effing hot outside! Who would believe we'd ever say that in scotland lol
  5. Dave
    A little mod that I started yesterday! HAd a good look at Rubys wheels, and thought that they needed freshened up. The wheels I'd had refurbed and powder coated white had been painted silver, and to me they just killed the look of both the wheels and the car. So got one off for a look, and was a bit disappointed to see the condition of them Inside the wheel was horrible. That pic is after I'd washed it and scrubbed it! Looked manky. Deffo not up to my usual fussy standards (take a look at the photos further back in the post where I'm getting her ready for Japfest2 to see the explanation of "fussy"!) So decided that I'd had enough of the dull silver wheels, and that I'd refurb them myself............. and the inside of the rim..... Now that's better! Ruby is getting her white stilettos back! Only done the one wheel so far to see how it turned out. It's no where near as good as the powder coating was, but I just needed the rims to be white again, just to give her her identity back. Plan is that I'll now do the rest, and once winter comes and shes in her new garage, I'll put her on axle stands and send the wheels away for a full refurb and powder coat in white again. PS: ingnore the paint on the tyre, this is one of the ones that is to be binned as it's fooked!
  6. Dave
    yeah, I would deffo keep the badges on mate! as said, really makes it a sleeper haha!
  7. Dave
    Yeah, really worrying! Also been out doing some stuff to her today, and was in the boot. Every single fastener that holds all the side trims in place are missing (wondered why it was rattling so much) and the trim was all hanging off. Gonna get some new bits to sort this all out too. On another note, have started the modding bug again, been up to something today! lol More to follow!
  8. Dave
    Well, had Ruby out yesterday to give her a run. I went down to see Dawn, as it was our wedding anniversary yesterday (17 years married) so was an emotional day all round. Went and got her fueled up, and thought I'd check the tyre pressures seeing as she'd been standing a while. First time I'd checked them since buying her back, and got a bit of a shock to say the least!. As mentioned earlier, she'd been a bit starange to drive on the way home from her other owner. The steering was dodgy etc (see previous posts) and to me she's felt a bit bouncy, harsh and unpredictable handling wise. Checked the tyre pressusres and here are the results! n/s/f : 26psi n/s/r : 38psi o/s/f : 37psi o/s/r : 29psi 38 psi??? wtf??? Seems he couldn't even do the basics right on the car, tyre pressures all to pot (and dangerous in my opinion). So have made the decission. I no longer trust what has (and that's a big question mark, as he lied about what had been done to her) and what hasn't been done to the car. Most of what I have seen to have deffo been done has been botched. As there's a meet coming up soon, and someone else will be driving her, I have booked her in to RJM Performance to get a full inspection of the car done. I want to know if anything is fitted wrong, if anything is loose/dangerous, and want everything put to how she should be. I'm effing annoyed as she was a perfect car before I sold her, and had never thought twice about jumping in her and driving 7 or 8 hours to a meet. Now I just don't trust her at all. I've ordered up two new Goodyears for the front, as she needs a new one for the pass side anyways, and the drivers side front is also well down on tread. Again, leads me to think she'd spent most of her time with him wheel spinning, as there isn't a lot of mileage on the tyres at all. She'll also be going on their new 4 wheel alignment computer, to make sure she's set up bang on tracking and alignment wise. Also getting her mot done too, as it's due at the end of August anyway. So for the meet, she should be in top form. Note to self: Don't ever ever ever sell her again!
  9. Dave
    How did I miss this upgrade??? Mate that looks totally amazing!!! Wheels remind me a bit of Dawns, absolutely love this!!
  10. Dave
    Hi mate, yeah unfortunately, some of our links from the old forum havent quite transferred properly. This is the one you need (i think!) http://civic5.com/forum/index.php?/topic/21-diagnosing-abs-probs-and-other-fault-codes/?p=66
  11. Dave
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  12. Dave
    Bugger, I like all of them!!! Any more entries before we get the voting running?
  13. Dave
    I'm deffo up for this. We can make a list chaps, add your name if you deff want to get this deal. 1. Dave 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. etc
  14. Dave

    whoops

    Dave replied to RobE84's topic in Engine & Chassis

    That's really strange! Not the first one we've seen though, as it seems quite common. I've just never had one go no matter how much power I've put through it on take off (touch wood!!!). You'd think the driveshafts would be made stronger eh!
  15. Dave
    lol yeah, and the look on some of the faces of those big money cars owners when you blow them away is priceless! Wish I knew why spewgoots keeping trying to kill me! Bloody hate them too, fugly looking things! Them and renaults, truely hiddeous cars!
  16. Dave
    Back of the net!!
  17. Dave
    How did I miss this project! Stunning little MA mate, and glad you decided to get her repaired after the crash. Really top work there! Some stunning mods you've done too, starting to see a lot more sweet pre-Facelift civic m's here now. Keep up the good work! PS: Lovin the number plate lol
  18. Dave
    Well, thought yesterday it was time I got Ruby insured again so she can go out for a little spin now and then. my renewal before I sold her a few months back was £340 F/C, so was expecting the same again. Called the same company (Aviva) and got a quote........................£795!!! WTF! I said ye and did I mention its a 20 grand Rolls Royce I'm insuring pal, not a 2 grand tops civic! So even he though it was a bit nuts, but that was the best they could get it at...............or was it???? He said the reason was that I'd used my NCD on Lexy, so Insuring Ruby with none was like starting from scratch. But he had a plan! After much clicking of his keyboard later, he came up with this. Get Lexy insured with them, he'll do a multicar policy and see if it works out cheaper. I said that she was already insured with Honda, as Aviva gave me a higher quote for her at the time. But went and gave him all lexys details again to see what happened. He said after a bit more typing, "hmm, that's a bit better". He then hit me with £480 FC. I said but I'm only paying £325 for Lexy just now, so although you've dropped the price of Ruby, it's still too much for Lexy. I said is that £480 each? Nope, £480 all in for both!! Bloody result! He'd mirrored my NCD from Lexy, so both got the discount. Only difference is that with Ruby, I can't protect the NCD, whereas on Lexy it is protected. Not too fussed, as that to me seemed like a cracking deal! I was gonna call our traders, but wanted her insured like there and then so went ahead with it. The only prob was I'd have a cancelation fee from Honda Happiness. Turns out it was only £30, and I'm getting £196 back from them for unused insurance! So almost £200 coming back! Means Ruby has cost......£280 in theory! lol I'm a happy bunny! Took her out for a spin, and just got onto the outside lane of the dual carrigeway...............and almost got annihilated by some stupid young girl in a Peugot 206!! I'm doing 70mph, she's doig around 50mph and cut right across in front of me, missing the front passenger wing by around 3cm's! I braked hard, swerved towards the barrier to avoid her. Thought fuck I've only just insured her and now shes gonna die in the barrier!! Needless to say, that bitch got the main beam, the horn on full blast and a mouthfull of profanity from me. She was totally oblivious to everything! Felt like taking the bitch out! (and I don't mean to dinner!) Funny thing is, last time Ruby got hit (hit and run driver at the traffic lights) it was a girl in a peugot 206!! Reminded me how good the brakes are on the MB6's. So, can now get busy getting her match fit! And well impressed with Aviva!
  19. Dave
    There was an LPG hatch in here a long time ago, but never seen a deck done! Should be interesting! Glad to see you staying with the M's mate
  20. Dave
    Cheers bud, yeah she's coming together nicely. Got her insured for the year yesterday (got a bloody awesome deal from Aviva, see my thread in the general section!) so that's her back on the road. Need to replace the 2 front tyres, and trace a few rattles inside. Strip out centre console, replace the white plastic heater surround/mounting plate, and think she's about done! Garage (fingers crossed could hopefully be up in the next few weeks! Result! ) built it will be time for the suspension change to MeisterR's. Oh, and need her white stilletos back for the meet! Felt good driving here again!!
  21. Dave
    That looks hard as nails! love it!
  22. Dave
    That looks awesome mate! I've been thinking about one of them for a while now, always thought there had to be a bit modding to get the horn etc to work? Might go on the hunt for one now for Ruby! Sweet mod mate!
  23. Dave
    Time again folks, put forward the Civic M's you think are worthy to win this months car of the month competition! Found a Civic MB hatch in the forum that you think looks amazing? Maybe there's a Civic Aerodeck that you think rocks? Put them up for the cotm! UPDATE: Competition is a dead heat! So voting is re-opened! Please vote for either Dexter or Ollie91 ! This post has been promoted to an article
  24. Dave
    Nice one mate, good to see the clubs current MA's, MB's and MC's staying in the club once sold. I'd say that was a good buy at that price!
  25. Dave
    http://civic5.com/forum/index.php?/topic/6615-japfest-2/
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