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« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2009, 05:20:12 PM » |
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cheers dude,obx straight from the states, its painted with high temp paint, which the blue isnt unfortunatley  |
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JimmyH^_^
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« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2009, 07:36:12 PM » |
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I see I see..coz mines an OBX Sports Racing Manifold aswell hehe but mine was left inpainted and its gone horible will need 2 get some high temperature paint at some point.. keep it up man SE Sport FTW *lol* |
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« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2009, 07:41:58 PM » |
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did the grooved disc brakes come with your car? car is looking sweet by the way, i have the same alloys! which tyres did you put on em? i went for 205/45r17 went for the 45 cos of road conditions in my area, plus it helps protect the rim that litlle bit more. although 40's wuda looked alot better.
planning on lowering it? im stil contemplating the sportlines over the pro kit mearly for the fact i dont think i would be able to get into my drive with a 50mm drop on the front
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btowncivic
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« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2009, 07:09:35 AM » |
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I see I see..coz mines an OBX Sports Racing Manifold aswell hehe but mine was left inpainted and its gone horible will need 2 get some high temperature paint at some point.. keep it up man SE Sport FTW *lol* Yes mate deffinatley get some, its a nice easy job that makes a big difference. Se's are the best you get the sense of more progress when you look back at the car when you first got!  lol did the grooved disc brakes come with your car? car is looking sweet by the way, i have the same alloys! which tyres did you put on em? i went for 205/45r17 went for the 45 cos of road conditions in my area, plus it helps protect the rim that litlle bit more. although 40's wuda looked alot better.
planning on lowering it? im stil contemplating the sportlines over the pro kit mearly for the fact i dont think i would be able to get into my drive with a 50mm drop on the front
No the discs i got off egay there suprisingly good? :)did you get them of leecs?and does your steering wheel wobble abit when you pass 100?mine are 40's dude they came with the wheels, if i could afford all 4 id switch to 45's, yer gona lower it eventually hopefully get my springs towards the end of the month would get coil's but just cant be bothered to save right now  |
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« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2009, 09:36:21 AM » |
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yes I will have a look in halfords over the weekend for the paint..what colour tho? hehe will need 2 do my rocker cover at some point aswell.. I have the same front grooved discs but they've tend 2 rust a bit tho I jus have standard rears.. I have 16's n ppl recommend 205/45/16 instead of the 205/50/16 that I have now.. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2009, 10:45:12 AM » |
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If you like cleaning the engine bay then go for white  , but id try something that would compliment the rest of your bay, if you do your rocker cover NHB and then the Honda Vtec bit white then perhaps a matt black finish on the mani??....well thats what id do . 205/45/16 would let the car sit abit lower to the ground i think its one of those where youd have to see it before you do it with 16"'s IMO the bigger the rim size the smaller the tyre wall looks good, but as i have lush chrome dished lips im gona try 45 for mine next i think as theres too many pot holes round my area  |
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« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2009, 12:30:41 PM » |
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ye i got em off lee. to be honest since ive only gone up to 90 since i put the new wheels on, although it wobbled alot more before i got the new wheels, when was the last time you got the tracking done, mine was off by quite alot (hadn't bin done since i bought the car in 2006), this is the most likely problem if your steering is wobbling at high speed. get a four wheel alignment it should sort out the problem, it also improves the handling and braking, steering stays true around corners and when you hit small pots in the road. got mine done for 25 in north west london. once you got your alignment done, drive like a OAP for at least 300 miles! improved my mpg aswell got extra 30 miles out of the tank, not much but every little helps!
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« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2009, 01:41:24 PM » |
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aww satin silver with lensos how mine used to look i like what you did with the speedo surround! given me ideas now... |
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« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2009, 01:50:28 PM » |
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ye i got em off lee. to be honest since ive only gone up to 90 since i put the new wheels on, although it wobbled alot more before i got the new wheels, when was the last time you got the tracking done, mine was off by quite alot (hadn't bin done since i bought the car in 2006), this is the most likely problem if your steering is wobbling at high speed. get a four wheel alignment it should sort out the problem, it also improves the handling and braking, steering stays true around corners and when you hit small pots in the road. got mine done for 25 in north west london. once you got your alignment done, drive like a OAP for at least 300 miles! improved my mpg aswell got extra 30 miles out of the tank, not much but every little helps!
I had a feeling it would have something to do with alignment, havent bothered doing it as i was going to wait til i have new tyres first get it all done at once aww satin silver with lensos how mine used to look i like what you did with the speedo surround! given me ideas now... good to hear it mate, you going for a rising sun then lol, every time i look at your threads either on here or epcivic i think damn you've done what i was going to do curse you! (jokes) i'll beat you to it one day. keep up the good work mate new wheels are sweet BTW |
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« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2009, 01:59:48 PM » |
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nah i think the rising sun would be a bit to in your face for the dash.... i may leave it satin silver and do the speedo surround like yours (thats one thing youve beat me to! haha) but i have been considering getting the center of the dash done i vinyl, maybe carbon fibre...
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« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2009, 02:18:42 PM » |
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nice idea i like it, a few of my mates have suggested it to me a few times, im gona leave my ss, what paint did you use for the rocker cover?im thinking of doing mine silver then the spark plug areas in that blue and my battery tie, might look into taking my door panels of and spraying the door latches andlock button sillver as the grey is looking out of place  |
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LeeCS
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« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2009, 03:17:23 PM » |
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nice idea i like it, a few of my mates have suggested it to me a few times, im gona leave my ss, what paint did you use for the rocker cover?im thinking of doing mine silver then the spark plug areas in that blue and my battery tie, might look into taking my door panels of and spraying the door latches andlock button sillver as the grey is looking out of place you mean the rocker cover ive done blue? i did it all in vauxhall arden blue if your doing it silver you can get away with doing it on the car! i did mine with silver hammerite when i first got the car, see... before was the day i got the car..yuck! then more or less everything even the heat shield were done with silver hammerite...  and my heat shield has been silver ever since and its still as clean as that pic^ nearly 2 years its lasted! good thing about using hammerite its direct to metal, no primer and it can stand the heat. i havent painted my door locks i left them grey... i did the grab handles satin silver though when i done my dash. thats because they pop off easy, i couldnt be bothered to take the locks off. |
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« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2009, 04:59:44 PM » |
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yer thats the one, ill do a quick photoshop of what i want and see how it looks before doing the work, started taking my door apart last night to paint them.......................................i gave up to much work for such lil bits lol i take it you sprayed it rather than by hand? |
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« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2009, 05:36:33 PM » |
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yeah i used a rattle can your gonna kill me but today ive been painting my speedo surround satin silver..thanks for the idea |
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« Reply #29 on: July 10, 2009, 03:52:01 PM » |
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lol nooooooooo, sleep with one eye open from now on lee |
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