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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Old plate covered on carbon vinyl with bracket and new plate

    attached.

    Chrome indicator bulbs back and

    front, led sidelights, smoke side indicators, new headlight bulbs, 

    aero blade wipers, wheel/tyres changed, carbon gear knob, 

    stubby aerial, tweeters and 

    service parts so far.

    MOT today passed no advisory :D oh yes happy day.

    Bumper & bonnet still wonky.

    After 25yrs incident free I caught 

    rear wheel arch of work mini bus on post in the car park -

    now I'm aka Bandicoot!! 

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Liverpool, have friends there, Scotland is so very tempting, but only long dead ancestors there.

    Here is the pic this afternoon after my 

    Ebay purchase of number plate holder

    arrived. Planned on putting it right hand side but no give in the bracket and the bumper isn't flat there. Im thinking maybe sand down and either spray

    gunmetal where old plate was or carbon fibre vinyl it, which might look better. 

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Lmao prefer driving to sitting on bonnet :smile:

    Lowered catch and raised bumper with few extra washers earlier, slight improvement, changed blue led sidelights for white, dont want to upset plod. (Shame though they looked good)

    On my 12 days release for good behaviour, all set for few days in Liverpool, staying with friends whilst checking out a few houses, planning on moving North :)

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Garage I used to use gone bust so went to one more local. O/s light ok, n/s was going to the moon he said lol. 

    Anyway job done and he didn't charge, just said take a business card. I know where I'm going for the MOT in couple months time. Apparently blue led side lights aren't legal. How I wish the bulbs were easier to get at!! 

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    Thanks for the encouragement - think I detect a nice wee Scots accent there ;) 

    Was out polishing earlier, bonnet is pretty

    crap, scratched and paint so thin it's almost gone. Considering a Pirates Black one. 

    Booked in for headlight adjustment soon so hope not to annoy anyone at night.

    As its been cat C three times I think the front end has most likely seen a lot of 

    action lol, the rubber stops appear to be set as low as they'll go. 

     

     

     

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Lol love technology ;)

    They're only 15" but seem to sit wide.  Got them via eBay Fox Lionharts £60.

    Ordered clear side indicators but wrong ones turned up, so exchanging for black crystal as they only had those in stock to fit, think they'll look ok. LED front indicator bulbs on the way, square front no. plate and adjustable bracket. 

    Think I've become teenager again :D 

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    Thanks Dave. I kept them so can clean them up and put back. Bought new dremel like toy today and had another go at the grill. I then spent over 2 hrs taking front bumper, metal thing and headlights out. Got new bulbs in and led sidelights. 

    Bumper looks bit straighter but bonnet still doesn't sit right. Wondering if lowering the catch would help.

    The waste paper bin provided enough mesh for two grills so I've kept the 

    remainder. I love a bargain ;) 

    Think a lip/splitter in gunmetal is next on list :) 

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

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    Today I've taken arch liners out of front wings, the rubber strips from the rear arches - jet washed the car thoroughly, took the liners did them too and drenched myself :)

    Got the front grill off and in process of meshing it. I bought a waste paper bin from The Range @ £3.99 and destroyed it for the mesh, sprayed it black after cutting it to size and the surround in gunmetal to match inside of lights and wheels. 

    Put a few layers of lacquer on headlights 

    as they were not great. Osram Nightbreaker bulbs and LED sidelight bulbs to go in. 

    Then followed by couple of bottles of Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale :D 

     

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    Tweeters in, window runners oiled 

    (siliconed). Why do simple jobs always end up taking longer than complicated ones? One headlight had enough sticky stuff to sink battleship, and today drivers door inner handle fell off because plastic thing wasn't behind it holding it to the rod. What would I do without cable ties? ;) 

    I bet when I finally get round to doing headlights and take bumper off it ends up having to be reattached with duct tape :D 

     

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    Progress so far Karen's mb2

    in Honda Civic MA/MB/MC

    Posted

    Finally have a few days off, so set about the lights again. First did black but I didn't like that too much - now they're gunmetal same as the wheels, I think it might suit silver car better, although I do like the black on dark cars.

    Tomorrow I may do the tweeters and if I can get the door cards off this time, need to find out & cure why windows are slow.

     

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