Dave

@dr_broonThats the one! @JonesAh man, sad to see the 2nd one go away on the back of the truck like that mate. Loved watching the projects you did (especially the first one!) and the results you achieved. Both epic builds and both built to create something you yourself wanted. A lot of builds are done to what everyone expects, using a lot of "scene" brands etc. Yours was a true home build and all the better for it! Just read the whole thing again from start to finish! lol No idea why the members on the Rover forum frowned on it when everyone here was loving it. The cars are by and large the same car, something I think some of the Rover owners aren't readily haapy to accept. Which is a shame, as I think the two clubs could have worked together to put both these cracking cars firmly on the modern classic radar and map.

Oh, and to add, I think If Rover had put it into production, there would have been a high demand for it sales wise!

@dr_broon I remember that one, was a rover into a civic I think. Not sure what happened as he disappeared from the forum but think the conversion got completed. The "Roverdeck" myth has been well covered in the forum before so I won't go too far into it other than to confirm Rover Group never put a Rover Aerodeck/Tourer/estate into production. There are no Rover Aerodecks.........however........Honda did send two Aerodeck shells to Rover as RG were initially going to produce it along the same lines as they did with the 400, but decided against it on costs and the fact they didn't think there would be a demand for it. The two shells lay there for some time, and eventually two Rover employees bought the shells and built them with Rover wings/bonnets/front bumpers and running gear. These are the two that you see at a lot of classic car shows up and down the country. The front is rover, the rear is all Honda as mentioned Rover didn't take the project any further so no different rear panels/bumpers were produced for the car. One of the 2 "Roverdecks" (Think it was the red one) was involved in an front end accident, and the owner then rebuilt it using the front panels from an MGZS. Both are lovely looking cars, have to say I actually like the front end of the rover (with the twin round headlights). I almost bought a 400 hatch before we got our first civic!

Deffo doesn't do that in DD mate and didn't do it in Ruby. Thats a wiring fault somewhere for sure. Not even sure they're on the same circuit in the fusebox? Really surprised the skirts are short, that doesnt seem right either as I'm sure they fit right up to the end of the sill on the mgzs. Know the aerodeck is longer from the rear door back but always thought they were the same size as the hatchback from the front to the rear arch.

That is really weird mate! Think you might be right in that the steering column has maybe been changed at some point. Did the car have the standard MC2 steering wheel on it when you bought it?

Oh, also, whats that wee round button beside the door mirror adjust switch on the right side of the dash?

Some really nice additions there John. I'm the same with regards the steering wheel..........never bothered me when i was young but now I always seem to think more on the safety aspect rather than the look. When we first got Mindy our mk1 mx5, I was like "yeeeees! No airbag, can fit what I like to her!". but to be honest, I'm so wary driving her having no airbags at all (not even a passenger one). Think it was after owning the FN1 and FN2 civics (TypeS and TypeR) that made me realize just how much safer the newer cars are now. Both my MINI and the two FN Civics had drivers, passengers, rear passengers and side airbags. Never thought I'd see the day where I would like a car that has so many airbags, but with our roads so full nowadays and the driving standards of a lot of drivers well below par, I like to feels safe should some twat decide to crash into us! Had a near miss with the mx5 around October last year where Me and the cars in front had all slowed down to 30mph as we entered a village (having just came out of a 60mph limit).........young girl in a clio sport came tanking up behind me doing what I think was around 70, and failed to noticed we'd all slowed to the 30 limit. She yanked the steering to avoid hitting the back of me (missed by no more than an inch!) then hit the brakes and went into a full broadside skid past me, round a traffic island the wrong side (still going sideways!) then car straightened up and she almost ran into the rear of the van that was in front of me! I have never had a shock like it, and made me instantly think that if she had hit me, at that speed, in the mx5, then i wouldn't be here now. Didnt drive the car again for a week, and actually thought about selling it!. So totally get what you say about the airbag mate! I had a look at the very head unit you fitted too, as they are quite cool. I'm still going ahead with the double din conversion (I like a challenge! lol) but if that fails then will probably end up getting one of those. Glad you got the suspension freed off as shes sitting much better now, no more dragging her bum lol Loving this deck, really has become one of my favourites in the club!

Just thought I'd bump this topic for any new members that may not have seen it. Very useful for ordering parts from Honda for your Civic.

What is the your favourite mod that you've done to your Civic? Lets see your mods, post a photo of the mod too!

So, thought I'd post a wee update on future plans for DD this year. Just bought a Road Angel Go Dashcam to replace the current rear view mirror one with built in cam that I fitted. The Mirror with dashcam is too big, so means you cant use the sun visors without the mirror getting knocked out of the way. Wanted the Road Angel as its really small and discreet. Also bought the hard wire kit for it so once the temp outside picks up, will be getting this fitted. Decided that this year, I'm going ahead with the project for doing the double din dash conversion so i can fit an android double din head unit. Got the two spare centre consoles, just waiting on the double din cage coming. Also got new roof bars to fit too her roof rails, to make her even more practical. Will get pics of the new stuff and do a how to guide for the double din conversion. Last wee pic of her dash before the double din gets done: And just a wee pose she did for the camera lol

Didnt even know you could get these!! You got me looking online and see: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141167243067

That looks tidy!

Thats some transformation on your aerodeck mate @Blackwolf Looks sweet lowered and on those WORK alloys, and the headlights really change the look of the front on these. Do love dechromed headlights!

That old 73 civic badge is sooooo cool!

Super clean behind the skirts mate, you haven't got any worries with rust on that one. Great to see one in such great shape! I'm liking the new skirts, are they fitted to the original MB skirts? Does look good with them! Liking the other detail changes too, more subtle and looks all the better for it mate.

Watch yerself, that kinda thinking can end up being expensive! lmao Good thing about the circuit boards is there isn't any components on them other than the switch and the two bulbs (so no transistors etc) so think the wiring should be easy enough to figure out. Worst that could happen is wire them up and it blows a fuse if it aint right. With the diagram, and looking at the tracks on the boards, should be simple enough to work out how to wire them (or work out if they can actually be wired.) I went a bit further in that i took the heated window image bit from button1 (it pops out, and then you can separate it from the coloured bit too) to see what it would be like stuck on button2. It looked kinda ok, the white bits from the shape of the car on button2 showing through and showing the outlines of the heated rear window. Bit parts of the heated window werent visible due to the white car shape on button2. So i sanded button2 back gently, and it goes clear. So you could sand it clear, mask out a rectangle same size as the heated window, spray button2 black on outside and white on inside and this would make the heated window image stand out perfectly. I know, I must have too much time on my hands lmao! Just wanted to see how things were made tis all

Hi Mate @dr_broon. It's bad news I'm afraid I got a couple of the switches in and dismantled them to see if it's possible to fit the parts from the heated rear window/hazard switches into the buttons of the lower down A/C and Air Recycle buttons. I've took some pics of the exploded switches and how I tried to swap the bits over. The switches dismantled: We'll call the heated rear window switch "Button1" and the Air recycle one "Button2" Although the circuit boards are almost the same size, the actual switches on them are completely different. The Button1 is a bulkier one (see pic below), but with less pins. I thought I might still be able to fit it inside the casing of button1 inside button2 though so went ahead and tried it. There were bits of plastic that needed removed from inside the button2. Time to get the tools out! After cutting out the innards Unfortunately, when I tried to fit the board from button1, there was no way it was going to work. The rear of the button1 where the plug goes was too bulky compared to what had been there previously. The Switch inside was also too bulky, and the bulbs were in totally different places. Button2 has two casings, and one slides inside the other. The board from the button1 was fouling the casings so they couldn't move freely. I even tried cutting the rear underside half of the casing away, to see if this would allow movement but no luck. Examining the boards, I noticed that the button1 has a larger switch with less pins (only 5 on the plug socket on the rear of button). Button2 has a smaller switch with 6 pins, and has 6 pins on the plug socket on rear of button. Looking at the printed circuits, both are wired differently. I'm thinking though, if you can check the wiring diagrams for our cars, and work out what wires are what (3 or 4 of the wires on button2 are for the bulbs, but go through the actual switch where as on button1 they wires for the bulbs don't go through the switch.) you might be able to rewire button2 to use as heated rear window/hazard switches. Would be a case if identifying the wires, cutting off the plugs from the heated window switch and the new button2 and getting another plug from old tubs wiring for the air recycle switch and A/C and see if you can rewire the plugs to work? Think it might be doable, although I'm no expert! But as for swapping insides around, it's a no-go I'm afraid mate. If you need any buttons, I have tons of them from our old Civic5 parts dept that we used to have. Just gimme a shout. Dave

I'll maybe nip out to the garage later mate and grab a couple of switches and see if there's a way to fit the hazard type ones into the air con type ones.

lol, DD's heaters get so hot we cook! Have to turn them down, even in this very cold weather.

That would be awesome if you can swap the insides of the buttons round mate! Would like to move my two down beside those buttons as I think it would look nicer with all the buttons together. Liking the idea of the tablet, should look sweet. Only thing you'll need to watch is its proximity to those to dash vents as they could cause an issue when blowing hot? Mind you, you can flick the wee button between the vents to blow cold all the time.

The colour totally changes it eh! Looking good mate! You no thought about setting up your own wrapping place?

Christ, how was that still running!! Just shows how good the Honda engines are!

Sweet! Will let you know how DD's goes mate then will contact the company to see what the prices will be like for getting them done. Hopefully it will be a reasonable price so the prices each will be decent for folks to buy. If it's gonna work out that they're too expensive to reproduce that way, I'll just put up a really detailed how to guide on how to make your own. Would be nice though to finally be able to buy a part like this off the shelf for our Civics. I think there would possibly be a good demand for them from Rover 400/MGZS owners too, seeing as the MGZS has entered modern classic status now.

I'm going to be finally doing my double din dash conversion on DD. Just waiting on the cage coming so I can then set about starting things off. Got two spare centre consoles to work with so will try and photograph the progress. Know it can deffo be done as its been done to another MB in the past so hoping this turns out really sweet. Will be fitting a double din android head unit (no cd player as I don't use them anymore, only usb stick and phone. Also, DD has Alexa Auto so can have any tune/radio station playing that I desire so deffo no need for CD's lol What I'm wondering is, if all goes to plan, what would the interest be in buying ready made centre console conversion kits? If mine turns out good enough, was going to look at seeing how much it would cost to have it reproduced with 3D printing. Then figure out a price from there? Let me know your thoughts guys.

I've got a stock of all spare MB/MC switches mate if you're needing any. Why you moving the heated window/hazard switch down there? You fitting guages or going to try a double din conversion? I did think about going up the way instead of down for the double din I'm planning (ordered the cage so i can get the sizes right) but not enough room going up.