Dave

Loving this project, and well done on saving her from getting scrapped. Such a transformation from when you bought her and some really classy mods.

Decided that after work today, seeing as it was a lovely sunny afternoon, I'd get Mindy out of the car port and out of her sleeping bag! Been meaning to give her wheels a good cut and polish as they'd become very crappy looking, with brake dust and yellowness. Forgot to get a before pic, but here are the results on the two driver side wheels. Oh, and Mindy couldn't wait to try her new garage even though it aint built yet!! But she thought she would try the base for her new crib! Shiney shiney wheels!! Looking forward to getting the garage built so I can get stuck into her and get her bodywork all done. Still needs a goos wash and clay/mop/polish after being in her sleeping bag but suppose she looks not too bad as is.

Thanks for the input guys, have updated the first post with a list of what you've noticed. Keep it coming chaps!

Spotted around 5pm on the A7 heading towards Galashiels. Dark green Honda Civic MB, looked lowered, alloys, nice subtle exhaust, really clean looking! Anyone from here

Jesus! That's nasty, caused by a broken spring maybe? is the damage all the way round the tyre?

hmmm, if a lot of the pcb looks like that, I'd maybe look at getting a different ecu. if there's loads of dry/dodgy joints or it's been messed about with it'll give you no end of bother

yeah, deffo get it checked first mate. Might just be something simple, but could also be something that could potentionaly damage your engine

If it's a decent car valeter, they should have the paint thickness gadget that tells them the paint thickness/depth before they start. Know the lacquer and paint on these isn't really that thick to begin with from when they left the factory, so looking at her age/how many times she'll have been mopped over her life it might indeed be too thin. Hate 2k paint, absolutely sucks tbh! far too soft (so it chips easy) and not enough layers (so it chips easy!). Bring back celleuos paint! Bloody awesome stuff that!

Bit of a weird one mate! If something was actually failing/failed, you would think the eml would stay on even with the old ecu back in. Unless there's maybe a previous fault on stored on the P28? Might need reset/flashed?

Claying you would get away with mate as it removes mostly the dirt thats engrained into the paintwork, so takes off minimal lacquer. I'm peed off with DD's Bonnet and VTiS lip, both are stone chipped to hell (bumper is fine though as it was brand new from Honda). The bonnet looks awful close up as its litterally thousands of tiny wee white dots. Can't wait to get the garage built and kitted out. Think one of the first jobs will be respraying the bonnet and lip on DD! Rest of her paintwork is ok, comes up nice with a clay/polish/wax. I'd go for it mate, nothing nicer than super polished Pirates Black paint in the sun!!

Looking soooooooooooooooooo mint!

Those alloys should go straight on mate, no problem at all. They have a high offset so as you can see, the spokes sit near flush with the outside rim of the wheel. Really nice rims those and they do suit our Civics well. You should be able to go up to 205 width on our cars (I think from memory) but the 55 profile is what's normally on the 15" alloy so you might get rubbing issues. I'd always recommend changing the tyres on any 2nd hand alloys you buy anyways, never trust the tyres as you dont know if they've had any impacts with kerbs/potholes etc which weakens the tyre wall. We did have a member here years ago who bought 2nd wheels for his mb6............had them on a week and he had a high speed blow out on the motorway in the fast lane. Car was totaled after he smashed into the centre reservation barrier (he was lucky not to have been killed!).

Haha, that's what I do too! What Forza are you on Craig? I'm on F6 and F7 and also F4 Horizon on xbox one. Like the look of the MG wheel, but does it fit? I remember years ago trying to get one and there was an issue that some fit, some dont? Cant remember if its the clock spool or the splines thats the issue? Be interested to see how you get in as thats a lovely looking wheel, nice and small too. The H logo looks smart as!

The way it works is the lower the ET number, the more it will stick out from the body of the car. And gernerally, the lower the ET, the bigger the dish on the wheel depending on style. We've got a bit on the site somewhere that has a diagram kinda explaining it. You can go for ones that are lower (Think Chandlers deck has quite low ET wheels) and have a bit of tyre stretch to keep it legal, but I've never been a fan of stretched tyres/stanced look. I'll see if I can get the specs from my wheels once the weather clears up a bit.

Hi Ricardo. I have 16" alloys on DD my Aerodeck. Not sure what the offset is on them or width, but think they might be 6.5J or 7J. Would need to check that to be sure. Whe n I got my alloys, they were running 195/45 16 which to be honest was too small a profile. I replaced the tyres and going by what the 15"s come with as standard on these cars(55 profile), and the fact she's no longer lowered, I went for 195/50 x 16 Goodyears. No rub at all, can easily take the 195 (it's the standard width on VTi/VTiS) and with the little extra sidewall, she's a lot smoother to drive. Bonus is they fill the arches better too, so much better all round. DD's alloys are Cades Eros, which are slightly dished. The dish on them looks more than it actually is due to the design of the wheel so perfect for the look we wanted. I've put two pics below to show the difference between 45 profile on her and 50 profile. 45 profile 50 profile 45 profile 50 profile

Nice tidy Civic that mate and nice to see it being looked after mechanically too.

That looks pretty trick mate! Liking that a lot!

Making great progress getting the wee finer details ironed out mate. Handling must feel planted now! I love the idea of that extending armrest! The standard one is absolutely pointless tbh! Far too low, and it's not long enough! Be interested in seeing how you get on with this!

Looking really good mate, whats the new wheels you're getting? Quite like the ones she's got just now, look a bit like Rota Slipstreams.

Think I paid around £300 to get the clutch replaced on Ruby...and her old clutch litterally fell apart what the took it out. That was a good few years ago now though so not sure how much the price will ahve gone up by?

Hi Tony, There are 3 separate harnesses for the OEM foglights. One in the dashfrom the switch to fusebox/harness number 2, Harness number 2 which goes from bulkhead to just behind drivers side headlight, then harness 3 which goes from behind headlight to the fogs themselves. there is a relay you will also need which is fitted either on the interior fusebox or near it, can't quite remember which! DD had them fitted by Honda at the dealership after we bought her. I did however retro fit oem fogs to my first Civic M, my MA8, so thats how I found out what is needed. It is a bit of a pain to fit, but is worth it for that OEM look.

Totally get that mate! I've never been a fan of the "SUV" otherwise know as the "Sports Utility Vehicle". Nothing Sporty about any SUV, they're just oversized, cumbersome hulks that have the driving appeal of a driving a milkfloat around in a tumble drier. No feedback through the steering, interiors with less room than like you say an externally smaller saloon car. The only place they have more room inside is headspace, which is uneccessarily large. Wasted space above your head which serves no purpose nor serves any use. All it does is make them overly tall with a high centre of gravity which makes them more unstable handling wise. Interior is small, but exterior is bloated in every direction, meaning they take up more space on the road, are a tight fit in regular parking spaces, are a lot heavier than they need to be. Styling wise, they all look the bloody same with the exceptions of probably two (nissan Juke and Toyota CRH, which both look like each other!) I've driven the KIA Sportage (again, what the hell is sporty about something with the styling cues of a house brick??) and never driven anything so numb. The likes of Renault, Citroen and Peugeot offerings are againhorrible to look at and horrible to drive. The Audi/VW/BMW offerings look bland and are too expensive, the Porsche, Ferrari and other "prestige" (again, what is prestige about a brick?) versions are stupidly expensive. The one thing they all have in common is they are cluttering our roads, are asthetically mundane, uneconomical (therefor not environmentally friendly) and drive like the preverbial house brick. I've never lusted after a Mondeo nor wanted to own one, but i'd sure as hell have one over any SUV any day of the week! RIP Mondeo, son of the Sierra, Grandson of the Cortina....you will be sorely missed!

Welcome back mate! Loving the new mods, one of my favourite Aerodecks this one!

That ULEZ has a lot to answer for, stopping petrol heads owning the cars they want/love. Been a few members who were struggling to either keep their Civic M or find one that would meet the rules (such as a late 2000)

Thats the one!!!! Couldn't remember his name, that car was immense, absolutely mint in every respect. First time I'd seen an mb6 shell get broken when there wasn't even a single spec of rust anywhere on it. Real shame but only way he could recoup some of the cash he'd spent on fancy parts. Must have been gutting scrapping a perfect car that you've owned from brand new though! Gerry's a good lad, not had a blether with him for a while. Has he still got the MB2?