garbs Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Afternoon, So after looking for a vtis, offering to buy one but the owner wouldn’t sell and going out in one which scared me silly, I’ve finally managed to buy an Aerodeck, which I initially said I wasn’t interested in, and I love it! It was bought from a lad who’s a member on here and it’s going to be a work in progress while still being used as a daily. I’m fairly mechanically incompetent and just don’t have the confidence or tools to tackle anything substantial so unless it’s really basic work, it’ll be worked on by professionals. I don’t plan on getting rid of this car for many, many years. The photos are from the original advert. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbs Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 I cannot thank forum member Kink43 for his help over the past few months with his help and advice, has been an absolute superstar. Please note, I will be probably asking some very, very basic dumb question so please bare with me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Welcome along @garbs mate.. That's a lovely deck you've got yourself there - I recognise it but can't place it. @KiNK43 is an incredibly helpful chap! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDTMuppet Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 That's a really nice looking car. I do like an offset JDM style number plate to allow space to show off the rad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very nice that MC2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 What an awesome first Aerodeck to have bagged yourself. Very well known club car mate, you got good one there! Will be following this to see where you go with it mods wise, whats the plans? @KiNK43 is indeed one of the most helpful and enthusiastic Civic M owners you'll ever meet! Jake's been a member here for a very long time and is also part of the Civic5 team too. I hear he's such a n ice chap he's decided to just give me his VTiS to keep! Hahaha, I wish! To be honest though mate, all our Civic5 members are the most helpful bunch ever. I'm so looking forward to the day where we can have another Civic5 stand at some of the jap shows. Really miss the banter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbs Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Dave said: What an awesome first Aerodeck to have bagged yourself. Very well known club car mate, you got good one there! Will be following this to see where you go with it mods wise, whats the plans? Thank you very much. In no particular order: Change turbo/manifold/intercooler piping Complete overhaul and refresh of underneath, address any rust issues, new suspension components (except coilovers), powder coat of knuckles, trailing arms, new drive shafts etc. Tidy up engine bay, so remove abs, Relocate battery to boot, new line/filter set up. Fit some Recaro Trendlines I currently use as a daily a 1996 Honda Civic 1.6 automatic, with a full leather interior (just done 60,000 miles!) which I’ve owned for about 8 years. I want to put the rear leather seats and the door cards from this into the Aerodeck. Thats probably the limit of my abilities and because I live in Birmingham, places like Dynodaze, Honda HQ, Outlaw Honda Worx, etc will be getting plenty of work off me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just twigged that it's @dmrichards deck - nice one. Like the sound of what you've got planned there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Good times mate. It's a properly nice deck that. So much to like about it. And from what you've said it's only gonna get better. Look forward to seeing the updates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbs Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Ok, here we go with the first stupid question. So the hubs on mine have been changed to 4 x 100 by the previous owner for wheel choices, which is fine by me. I want to change the wheel bearings and hubs all around. I also plan on losing the abs very shortly. I think I’m right in thinking the wheel bearings for the front are the same if a 1.6/1.8 [are some cheaper?]? With the hubs, I’ll need ones from a 1.6 etc which are also 4 x 100? Now some hubs state they are for abs/none abs, does it matter which ones I get? Like I say, sorry for the basic questions..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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