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    Daves MA8 Civic

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    No you're spot on Ad, you can have the best sprayer in the universe with a top notch spraybooth/oven etc.........but if the prep isnt 100%, it'll look crap. I see where Rich is coming from though, theres always crap in the air but I've never had any problems with results on the cars or parts I've sprayed. 8-)

    Daves MA8 Civic

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    yeah, alot of time been spent blending that by the look of it. heres a recent pic of the car as it stands...

    [attachment=1]civic at harbour1.JPG[/attachment]

    [attachment=0]civic at harbou2.JPG[/attachment]

    When the next pics get posted, she'll look alot better ;)

    Daves MA8 Civic

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    LOL Not too sure on that custom bumper, a little bot o.t.t for me, but looks to be well done though. Yeah, you have to use the plastic primer, as the black plastic will never have been primed. Without the plastic primer, the paint won't stick and will last about a week! Make sure you prep it well.

    The leather was a total pain to fit, with all these little metal hoops/clips to try and hook through the metal frames that run through the foam. My fingers were like worn down to stumps after it lol :lol: Don't think I'd attempt it again, but was worth the effort 8-)

    Looking at that pic again, I do like the smoothed over numberplate recess, that bit looks cool

    Daves MA8 Civic

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    Ok, I'm always telling new members to get a project thread going, so thought I'd better put in mine! So, the brief....

    Bought the civic from my wife when she got her aerodeck, she was the 2nd owner. It had full FHSH, and 32'000 miles on the clock! Had it for around 4 years now (she had owned it for a year)

    As bought, completely standard

    My civic no mods.JPG

    First mod was to change the rear lights, as I hated the orange indicators. So changed to later style MB lights

    new rear lights 2.JPG

    Then I turned to the interior. Luckily for me, my wife got me a brand new, still in the box, OEM leather interior!

    Trouble was, it was the actual leather lit itself, from Honda, and I had to retrim all my seats by hand!! Nightmare! Well worth the effort though. Aslo fitted a cd player, JVC, then followed that with another JVC which played MP£ aswell and had a funky display, but that broke so opted for a pioneer this time. The difference in sound quality is wicked, and this one does mp3/wav etc, and has input sockets on the front 8-) Upgraded the speakers to Sony Xploads (utter rubbish they are) anyways, the interior

    My Honda (lovely leather interior drv side).JPG

    Next, I got a rear boot spoiler for it, and at the same time, changed the rear bumper to the later style MB civic. Again, I just prefered the shape compared to MA civics, and it tied in with the rear lights

    My Civic new rear bumper and spoiler.jpg

    I got bored with the original 14" alloys, and wanted some 15"jordan style alloys. Could'nt find a set at the time, so opted for a brand new set of wolfrace excites, with 195/50/15 tyres. These look similar so was chuffed. Also fitted a genuine Honda sunroof wind deflector, for a bit of the JDM look lol. Also fitted one to Dawns aerodeck

    civic wi new alloys 003.jpg

    Then it was the brakes, and although it was never gonna be fast, I wanted it's brakes to be good! Fitted Black Diamond Grooved/vented front discs, with B/D predator pads. These were ok for a bit, but the predator pads were really poor. Changed them to ferodo, and now it stops perfect!

    MyCivicpic11.jpg

    Then i thought, the centre caps really spoiled the look of the wheels, so changed them to proper Honda ones

    P3190090-1.jpg

    Much better 8-)

    Now to the front bumper, which has been buggin me. The car came with half colour coded bumpers, which meant the bottom half was just black plastic, which I hated. So, decided to fully colour code them, as I had just bought a new gun for my compressor :D Also replaced the grill with a new one, as the old one was perished and the chrome bumperdone001.jpgwas perished too, and fitted MB6 H/light washers, which I think change the look of the MA big time at the front

    bumperdone002.jpg

    So, not got any recent pics up appart from these I took after a good clay and polish on the civic and the aerodeck

    carpolishingbonanza015sideviewmine.jpg

    carpolishingbonanza012platesblanked.jpg

    Plans are..

    Respray bonnet as it's a replacement one which is white! Colour code the bump strips, mirrors.

    Fit the VTI rear spoiler I have (with brake light)

    Fit the vti (standard) front lip I have

    Lower it

    Fit front window wind deflectors

    Fit the original MA front fogs I got for it 8-)

     

     

     

    Car of the month June 09' Winner is civicturbo79

    in Car of the Month 2009 winners

    Posted

    Hi guys. Ok, the new feature of the forum/site is car of the month. The reasons you have for putting a car forward for this could be the amount of work that has gone into it, or the changes it's had in the last month, the way it's progressed etc. Incase your car is voted car of the month, can you all make sure you have 3 good photos of it.

    We want:

    1:front/side view

    2:rear/side view

    3.Interior or engine bay (make sure it's clean!!!)

    We will hold these votings at the start of every month, so this one will be for the car of the month for June, which means the car will be featured in the website till the end of June, if that makes sense?

    About Civic5

    in About Civic5 & Rules

    Posted

    Welcome to Civic5.com

    We are the UK's number 1 dedicated website/owners club for owners of the 1995-2000 Honda Civic 5 door MA MB MC series. There aren't many Honda sites that welcome the civic MA/MB/MC range, but this is a site dedicated soley to the M's. We have the largest database of info and tech specs on the M series, and any information you need will be found in this site. We have a dedicated team of moderators, and there's always knowledgeable members on hand to help answer any queries you have regarding your civic M.

     

    Ok, a bit of history on the club, and where it all began. The club name was derived from obviously the name of the car, which is "Civic", and the "5" because it is soley for the "5 door". Civic5 originally started in January 2009, on a freeforum and freewebsite domain. Our original name was civic-5 and we were located at this web address http://civic-5.yolasite.com (was originally "synthasite" until taken over by Yola) .Our forum was hosted by youforum.co.uk, again another free site.

    We were not sure how the club would be received at first, but it became apparent quite quickly that there was indeed a call for a club like ours, and our member-base quickly grew. We had considered buying a proper domain and going onto a proper subscription server, but still weren't sure if the site warranted that. So in Feb 2009, we started our sister site HONDACLUB-UK. This was initially started as a backboard for promoting civic5, as a lot of Honda owners knew people who had civic M's, so would be able to spread the word about civic5. We reckoned we would get more people joining an all Honda site as opposed to a one type dedicated site. So we decided to go for a proper domain and hondaclub-uk.com was born!

    By April 2009, civic-5 was busy as ever, and we were actually outgrowing the website and forum! We also outgrew Hondaclub-uk, so that site we retired just over a year later. With Civic5, we wanted to be able to have our own design on the forum and the site, a custom theme and logo that would instantly identify with civic5! So the decision was made to get civic-5 onto a proper domain, and a top notch server host. Through contacts in i.t., and also one of my family members, we found a company for hosting our site. So April 2009, civic-5 changed, and civic5.com was born. We went through several custom designs (those who have been with us from the start will remember all the different logos, colours etc we've had!! :lol: ), until we reached what we have now. The rest is history!

    Feel free to browse the forum, and chat to fellow Honda civic M series owners and enthusiasts. Check out our For Sale & Wanted sections for parts and cars for sale, and have a good look through our site.

     

    Our Aim/Goal

    1: To be the Uk's best M series civic site, and one of the best on the web. (Done!)

    2: To give owners of civic M's a site of their own. (Done!)

    3: To offer as much help and info as we can to our members & visitors to the site/forum. ((Done! That's why we are the number 1 choice for MA MB MC Civic owners Throughout the UK and the rest of the Europe!)

    4: To help the Civic M's gain the respect they deserve within the Honda community. (Done! With almost 1900 (Now over 4000 since 3/4/16!) genuine members, and demand for m series civics on the rise, Civic M's have never been so popular!) We have also had the club featured in the top japanese car tuning mag BANZAI, and a more recent club focus feature in Total Honda Magazine! This has been a major achievement, and has helped promote the Civic M's even further.

    5: To have official traders, who can offer our members discounts on any parts/accessories

    they require. Behind the scenes, we are always in contact with various companies, trying to get

    good deals for our members, and also trying to give the traders something in return.(Done! We have various Highly respected and well known companies on board now as Official Civic5 traders, offering discounts to all our members. We have also created our own CIVIC5 branded stickers and mugs, and introduced our popular "Civic5 supporter" membership scheme making CIVIC5 a proper club! It's also made civic5.com a one stop site for all a Civic M Owners needs. We have everything covered here.

    Our members all say Civic5 is the best civic ma mb mc website/forum and owners club they have seen. We are widely recognized by all the top Honda forums. We hope you enjoy the site and forum too, and visit us again soon.

    Admin team Civic5

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