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  1. Dave
    Not seen that one, is that up under the dash near the steering column? Sure I read that ours are either OBD1 or OBD2A?? deffo can't take the scanners they use nowadays.
  2. Dave
    Lovely looking car, mate, sitting well on those rims too. The undersealing looks to be a good job though, I'd be inclined to leave it as is until it shows signs of needing redone.
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    The HT leads are easy to break, especially if they're only. Which one was it (number 1 cylinder, number 2 etc)? Is there any clicking sound when you try to turn it over?
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    2nd thumbs up for Powerflow. Got one custom built for our deck, still on it 12 years later and never had a single issue with it. Bit pricier than some, but can't fault the quality. We wanted it built to almost OEM spec, so the car is really quiet during normal driving (wouldn't even know it wasnt standard exhaust) but has a nice tone to it if you give her beans. Will eventually get a Powerflow built for my Mini too, cant beat them imo.
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    Lol, garage is needing a few repairs to the base unfortunately. The company that laid the raised concrete base for it made a bit of an arse of it. The rear of the garage is raised up about 3 feet due to the slope of the garden, unfortunately they only built a timber surround for the base (should have been brick) so the wood has moved out at the rear allowing the hardcore underneath the concrete to move slightly. Now has a crack in the floor right up the middle from front to rear, and a smaller crack to both rear corners. 😒Guy that owns the company is a dick, not interested in putting it right so having to either get another company in or do it myself. It's on the list! Is set up nice in there though, did all the electrics and lighting myself so super bright led lights etc and nice bench to work at.
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    Yeah, was stressing thinking she was getting bad rust wise at the rear. Can sleep at night now knowing she's solid lol. Once I get new tyres on the cades alloys they'll be going back on. Can't believe she's been sitting in the garage for a year now since her last mot ran out! Luckily wee Poppy Cooper has been handling the daily duties well!
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    Decided to start getting to work on DD! After being underneath her trying to suss out the ABS fault, I noticed she had a fair bit of surface rust at the rear. Before we moved down here, I'd done rust treatment then fresh underseal from the front of the car up to where it stops at the rear arches, but never got round to doing from there to the back. Front still looks in decent shape, as do the floor pans etc. So decided I needed to get to work on getting this done. Have started on the drivers side wheel arch/inner arch and suspension. Got it all buffed down with the grinder/wire brush wheel and it was nowhere near as bad as i thought. Metal beneath the surface rust was still nice and shiney. So rust treatment to the arches/inner arch and the suspension, followed up with a good coat of red oxide paint. Then on with a fresh coat of underseal. Did the suspension arms etc in satin black paint. Looking pretty decent for an old girl! This shows what's still to be done and compares to the drivers side that I've almost finished. The drivers side looked as bad as this when I started Another small detail that's been bugging me since she's been on her winter-standard alloys was I'd lost the original small chrome wheel nuts. Had been using the extended ones that the Cades alloys need, but these stuck out too far and were rusty as hell. So, ordered up some nice new OEM ones for her. A little detail but one that I think makes a big difference. And just a couple of her how she sits just now Have also refitted the OEM sunroof wind deflector as the water leak she has when it rains isn't coming from the sunroof. narrowed it down to around the top of the windscreen where it's getting the top drivers side corner of the roof lining wet. Another job o the list! Tking the rear calipers off too to give them a good clean (have also rust treated them) before giving them a nice coat of silver VHT paint. Going to take of the O/S Brake disc while I'm t it to get better access to clen the abs ring as it's difficult to do just through the small gap where the abs sensor sits. Hoping that solves the ABs issue but we'll wait and see! Still happy that even though she's now 24 years old, she's still never had or needs any welding. really good nick!
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    Tidy civic mate! Like it!
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    The spoiler looks nice with the black rear lip to. Top work mate!
  10. Dave
    Welcome to the club mate, long time no see lol. Decl looks pretty mint behind the sill covers, cracking base to start with.
  11. Dave
    The saga continues! Hooked the battery up, started her, lights back on again! Thinking maybe the abs ring needs a clean?
  12. Dave
    Amazing work on making the new panels mate!
  13. Dave
    Gayle suggested hanging cd's on the hedge next to car.......etc voila, wee birds doesn't go hear the car now. They still poop on them when flying tho! Lol
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    Cheers man! Yeah, the Nisan dealership in the town along the road from here are ace, have a really really good rep. Feel we can actually trust them, although still early doors yet i guess. But deffo been great with what they've done, and price wise for a dealership they're not too bad. The wrangle with ATS we didn't go any further (except some really nasty reviews left on all the review sites 😉 )as it was going to cost us even more money for a lawyer/start a case against them and they've already cost us enough as it is. Plus my mental health aint in a good place at the moment with stress/depression so didn't need the extra stress going to court would bring. However, have been slating them to everyone we know (and even foilk we don't know!) because one thing we've learned living in a wee village the Scottish borders is that word of mouth (aka jungle drums) spreads like wild fire here! So hoping to save other folk the same hassle and hopefully loose them a lot of business. Any luck, ATS will pull out of Gala. Oh, one wee update on Poppy........the chrome mirrors are gone! I decided I preferred the oem piano black ones so have swapped them about. It was also to get rid of this annoying little blue tit bird that kept landing on the car all day everyday because it's facinated by it's own reflection! It was funny to begin with, but after washing the car, the door was covered in bird shit within 20 mins! And that was a constant......go out and hose it off....20 mins later, covered again! Wee dafty! lol
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    That's amazing that you're learning toweld mate, something I've a,ways wanted to do. My dad was a professional welder for 40 yrs and was always going to teach me once he retired. Sadly passed away before he could teach me. I tried it at high school (this is going back to about 1984 so think before mig and tig really became the norm) and I was totally pants at it! I was shit scared every time it struck an arc! lol Handed the rod to the teacher and said F*&ck that, you do it! lol😄 I will learn one day though as it's deffo something I still want to master. Post up pics of your box you made too mate, nice to see how you're starting out and then what it's like when you've gotten the hang of it. Will help me see where I'm going wrong too when I start lol
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    Deffo caught that just in time and luckily looks like it hasn't spread under the screen. Love seeing these civics getting restored now, not something we ever thought we'd see when we started civic5 back in 2009. Back then the civic eg/eks were already being restored whereas most of that honda scene were buying our civic m's just to Rob them of the engines to put in said eg/ek's. So hats off to you and also our other members who are restoring their civics. Values are eventually only going to go one way with these civics.
  17. Dave
    Toyota Crown is an amazing car, loaded with kit and the ultimate cruise mobile. Can look so sweet modded too.
  18. Dave
    Deffo doesn't look like there's enough clearance to get that out. @KiNK43 You did the ones on your mb6, did they have similar clearance mate? Not a job I've done myself so not sure.
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    Not done these myself as usually get a garage to do them for me using a press. Think you're right though, looking at the pics deffo can't see how it's going to clear it enough to get it out. @KiNK43 might know as he replaced all the suspension on his turbo's VTiS?
  20. Dave
    Not updated for a while. Poppy been doing daily duties well, not had any issues so well happy. MOT was going to run out while Gayles away on holiday in May so decided to put her in early so I don't end up with no car! lol Knew there was a wheel bearing on it's way out as could hear the droaning noise. Jacked her up and checked all 4 wheels.......front pass side had slight play, all the rest were fine. Thought I'd put her in anyways, see if she passed with the wheel bearing then I could just change it once i got paid. Well, that didn't go to plan! She passe the 1st mot we put her through a year ago fine. This year she failed on: N/S/F wheel bearing (which we expected anyways but chanced our mit) Front left to right brake pipe corroded to excess Front to rear Brake pipe corroded to excess and weeping. I too was weeping when i saw the bill! lol😆 To be fair, they were still the oem pipes so no shame to it really, and deffo not nthe worst MOT I've ever had. Quite pleased as everything else was fine and I hadn't seen the pipe weeping so glad they spotted that and fixed it. Got the garage to just do all the work as I don't have it in me at the moment, so was £350 plus the mot fee. And they got it all done that day for me (even staying past their closing time to complete it for me) so very happy. What a difference driving her now without that awful wheel bearing noise!! Poppy now back to daily duties and driving ace! Next job to do is on the interior as quite a few creaks/rattles/squeaks for the dash plastics now so going to remove all the trims and line the back of them with felt which will get rid of any unwanted noises. Got the big pack of felt (self adhesive so will make it easier to fit) here ready for the job. Just need to get my head in a better place so I can start it!
  21. Dave
    So, got her back up on axle stands again getting her prepped for mot. Think I may have sorted the ABS fault! 😀 Unplugged the sensors at the rear, squirted some switch cleaner into both plugs and female ends of the wiring harness they plug into then gave them a good clean out. Plugged them back in, pulled the fuse for the ECU to clear the memory and fired her up. Light goes off as normal. Have stopped/started the engine a few times now and light always goes off, but havent driven her yet so fingers crossed the light stays off! When I was removing the old sensor, every single bolt that holds them on sheared off, so going to drill out the bolts, then use self tapping screws to replace the bolts so I can get the abs sensor cables all secured like they should be. Once that's done, I need to get the rear underside prepped with the drill/wire brush to clean it all up and then treat it with some rust treatment. It's just surface rust but I want it gone! Going to do the rear floor, up inside the rear arches, the rear suspension arms etc. The suspension arms once treated will be primed with red oxide, then sprayed satin black. The floor too will get a healthy coat of red oxide then fresh underseal. I did the front of the car all the way to where the front edge of the rear arch starts ages ago, so just this rear to do. Once that's done, might paint the brake calipers to freshen them up, get her bodywork mopped and polished then take her for a test drive. If light stays off, will get her in for her MOT.
  22. Dave
    Scuttle panel seems to be where a lot of these are sucumbing to the dreaded rust. The replacement panels look like new after getting them stripped eh! Massive improvement!
  23. Dave
    Looking good mate and these Civics suit the MG Hairpins so well. Popular wheel, not just for civics/rovers either. I'm contemplating getting a set for my Poppy my 1st gen Mini cooper S convertible. Nice list of work being done, you'll notice such a difference with all the bushes replaced. I need to get the trailing arm bushes done on DD my aerodeck as well, they've had advisory in the past but look absolutely shot! lol BAP looks mega clean mate, really straight and nice panel gaps, deffo one that's been looked after by the look of it. Perfect base to either resto or mod (or both!). Our first ever Civic was a MB2 1.4 s, my 1st wife got it brand new. Was an ace wee car and what got us hooked on these Civic M's. Love them!
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    VTi-S

    Dave replied to Chief's topic in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    I've deffo heard of Bigg Red, think they also sell the refurb kits. I'm almost 90% (yeah, I'm old so can't remember stuff nowadays lol) I bought either refurbed calipers or a kit from them in the past. Think it was rear calipers for either DD or Ruby.
  25. Dave
    Oh, and as above, what's next!?? Dying to know! Whatever you decide to get, please do a build thread on here! I need my fix!
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