dan1

Quick photo from last night. Looking forward to the suspension refresh and getting this thing slammed. Other news - carpet and some dash trim is out ready for welding.

Plastic should be lighter than aluminium also #racecar haha 🤪

Looks mega! That ac delete plate looks alot smarter than the bung I 3d printed haha

Yeah think the alloy suits! In a OEM+ kinda way. Gonna look ace once everything's sorted

That looks awesome! Think the bumper suits with the spoiler. Love it. You got any plans for the wheels?

Cheers mate, I used something like this: https://ebay.us/m/UdfDvf You could probably find one cheaper on aliexpress or something though. Only downside was I had to Grind down the part that sat on the inside of the car. The hole in the internal boot skin is slightly too small for it. If i remember correctly I put a bolt through it and put it in a drill. Then used a file while it spun, basically a diy lathe haha.

Mate this looks mega! Exciting stuff

Can confirm these are direct replacement to the existing big fogs. You might need to swap the plug over however. If I remember correctly the front seal wasn't great so I used a big o-ring between the glass and the front screw on cap piece to keep the water out

Cheers mate, yeah definitely got caught in the act haha. Wife came home and said 'wasn't expecting me were you'.. nope! Sink was black, my hands were black and car parts all over the kitchen 😂

Cheers mate, will be glad when I've got the painting finished.. currently the bane of life haha. Process so far has been - - wire wheel strip on grinder - soak in deox-c - wash (kitchen sink while wife is out) - coats of hydrate 80 - epoxy primer - top coat Now totally sick of sanding and painting haha. Forgot to mention I've also got a 24mm front arb and 18mm rear arb to fit, along with a modified rear subframe brace for a eg. Excited to get all this fitted and wrapped up

Interior shot also of the seats gone.. fitted a blanking panel instead to help bring cabin noise down abit!!

Jesus how time flies! Hope youre all keeping well! Funny reading the thread back and trying to remember what I've done haha. The interiors getting there.. got some new seats fitted and the interiors been stripped somewhat. Still need to sort the headlining and wrap the pillar trims. Basically de-beiging the car!! In the meantime I think i also fitted a new exhaust.. basically most of a xpower janspeed system from a zs180. Sounds mega, need to get a flyby done at some point. I've got a full set of polybushes to fit also, just need to finish refurbing all the arms etc for them. Rust treating and painting seems to take forever! Cheers, Dan

Hi Ben, The calipers in the photo are for the 260mm front brakes, not the larger 280mm front brakes. Manufacturer caliper numbers for the larger calipers are LCA333 & RCA333. You can use eBay to get the oem numbers from them. Basically the calipers are the same for the mg zs180, mg zr160 & accord of that era, but the carriers differ i believe (ive not checked any fit on an mb other than a zs). I can confirm that the calipers and carriers from the zs180 will fit onto a mb2 4x100 as thats what I'm currently running! If youre upgrading the brakes you'll need to change the master cylinder and prop valve if you don't have abs for it to work properly. My setup is: Honda Civic MB6 brake master cylinder Honda Civic MB6 brake servo Honda 40/40 brake prop valve (46210-S5A-912) Wezmoto Braided front and rear brake lines (700mm front / 560mm rear) MG ZS 180 Front & Rear brake calipers MG ZS 180 Front & Rear brake discs Cheers, Dan

Ideal glad you got it sorted!

Hello mate, not sure if you've got this sorted - you can use this site and put in your vin number. Then find the right drawing and it should tell you the part number https://www.parts-honda.uk/honda-cars/search_vehicle/chassis

Amazing reply from SirPaperbag! Just to add ive done this swap on my (non abs) mb2, but also upgraded a few things. My setup is as follows and works sweet: Disc trailing arms off a mc1 aerodeck MB6 brake booster MB6 1" master cylinder Mgzs 180 282mm front calipers (interesting the caliper is the same as from a 97-03 accord, not sure on the carrier) Mgzs 180 262mm rear calipers 46210-S5A-912 40-40 prop valve Regarding the rear arb - the rear brace that SirPaperbag mentions won't fit without modification. DeLaSoul mentions it in his build thread - if I remember correctly the mounting points where the LCAs mount to the chassis are about 8mm narrower on our MBs to EKs

That's a b****r! Glad youre getting it sorted. So lucky it's not worse though!

Thank you mate. So happy with how the car is, looking forward to some decent weather to enjoy it in!

It all looks so good! Must be pleased with it! How did you wrap the pillar trims? Spray adhesive then wrap the fabric on it like you would with vinyl wrapping? Really similar to what i want to do! Dont suppose you've got a photo of the interior, looking into the back from the front doors please? I think i've seen one like this on aliexpress - called a billet shifter if i remember correctly.

Looks awesome! the CRX seat suits it so well

Whoops, hope these work haha. Got round to fitting most the parts - also fitted a k-tuned rep short shifter with a stainless weighted knob which makes the car feel so nice to drive - will get a photo soon. Me and my wife have also had a baby so time and money to work on the car are in short supply!! Next steps are to get the interior sorted - really want to fix the headliner, and seeing Kaleverada's thread has me inspired for the pillars! Also really want to strip out the back, tint the windows & fit bucket seats...

Hi guys, really need to get this thread updated - alot been going on in life and the car! Haha. For now, heres a photo of how the civic sits - its still alive! Hope youre all doing alright. (Sorry photo upside down doesnt want to go right way round!!) Cheers, Dan

Same venue again this year guys, Mallory Park on 13th August: https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/223403/retro-rides-gathering-august-mallory Id be tempted to try and go this year if nothing crops up

Cheers mate, im so looking forward to getting it all sorted! Yeah it was such a good event, so many cool vehicles there. Had about 3-4 M's there which was awesome to see. I've got some photos somewhere so when i've got abit of time i'll put a post up in the events section. They do a retrorides gathering event also which looks just as good and is a little more up country.

I used abit of ply and some 'L' brackets. Have to remove the seat runners then bolted the L brackets to the mounting holes (where the torx bolt is in the top photo) Used this seatbase from ikea also: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/oerfjaell-chair-frame-swivel-black-70450909/ Theres probably a better way of doing it tbh, its quite high even with the chair being at the lowest setting!