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My Integra DC2



  Clio 182 FF
I said that too, it was a relief at first coming from a buddyclub but after a couple of months I wanted the noise back! haha

Yeh I've had loads of EG, EK, civic coupes & Hatch VTI's, 2 UKDM DC2's and 1 JDM DC2's, even had a CRX VT at one point. The creme dela crème was my B18 (98 Spec Engine & box) Civic EG, everything mechanical on the car was replaced or uprated, what a bloody brilliant little car that was.

So yeh big Honda Fan! DC5 will be my next Honda.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
I said that too, it was a relief at first coming from a buddyclub but after a couple of months I wanted the noise back! haha

Yeh I've had loads of EG, EK, civic coupes & Hatch VTI's, 2 UKDM DC2's and 1 JDM DC2's, even had a CRX VT at one point. The creme dela crème was my B18 (98 Spec Engine & box) Civic EG, everything mechanical on the car was replaced or uprated, what a bloody brilliant little car that was.

So yeh big Honda Fan! DC5 will be my next Honda.

Cracking list that mate, B18 EG6 in red will be my next one :)

I don't want to tempt fate but if the worst ever happened to my DC2 it would be getting shelled into an EG for sure.

As soon as I find a decent unit the hunt will begin!

You got some pics of them?
 
  Clio 182 FF
Yes here is a selection of them that I could find:

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  clio 172 phase 2
Awesome teg mate ,cool vid of the nurbugring too , looking to head over there in my ep3 this summer , always fancied a dc2 but the rot puts me off :/ but I am looking for an ek9 instead of my ep3
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Errr done quite a lot since I updated this. Been a busy few months lol. Nearly there now with the build though.

Just going to paste a few posts of my thread on the ITR forum... :)

I got my s2000 clocks back in with my new oil gauges
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Then as I went to start her up to test the gauges the car wouldn't start. Whipped my dizzy cap off to find this mess


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The bolt holding the rotor had came off and wrecked the tips.


New dizzy cap and rotor on the way :)

After my dizzy cap died a glorious death I ordered a YEC cap and rotor


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Quality is superb, very impressed. Came with a new gasket and new bolts too which I was surprised at.


Now something happened which turned a 20 minute job into one that I didn't finish while around 5pm, and made me buy this:


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It seems my rotor arm bolt didn't fall out by accident, the threads within it were f*cked. I've always wanted to have a go at tapping a thread so here goes nothing...


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Tadaaaa


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Bolted in, this time with a spring washer. Hoping it will stop it breaking loose again!


Then I got working to finish my interior.


went from this:
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to this:
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(ignore the coolant temp, thats a WIP)


Also my trackday rubber turned up. Yokohama A048 :)


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Will get those fitted to the 98 specs next weekend, and MIGHT have Cadwell booked for the Sunday after :)


Started getting this mucky stuff out too as I was waiting for Lee to arrive last night
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Then this happened...


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Goodbye BGW!! (I have an OEM spoiler for it don't worry...)


I decided to get rid a while ago, just wasn't fond of it anymore. I had 2 offers at £400 but actually removing the spoiler from the bootlid was proving impossible.


In the end, I knew I'd need to swap bootlids, so made a few offers (was hoping to get some cash my way). Impatience got the better of me though, so I let Lee take it away for free, providing he swapped me bootlids. We're one big family on here anyway right?


Can't wait to get on track! Ordering a Willans harness this week, removing the aircon this weekend and refitting the OEM exhaust/tegiwa intake (for now until I get a Twin Loop)


Got a few things done at the weekend/last week.


Fitted my Twin Loop.


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(Parcel tape is a bugger to get off!)


Then I collected some goodies from another member who no longer owns a teg :(


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I picked up:
[*]Cusco 6 Point Roll Cage
[*]2 Ricco 3" 4 point harnesses
[*]DC2 Workshop Manuals (this is so cool lol)
[*] 4 Hankook R-S2's - Might be for sale as I don't have my 15s anymore :)
[*] M&M Super Tuning rear brace + C pillar brace
[*] Spoon DC2 drop in filter


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Not a bad haul!


As I'd just fitted the Mugen/Tegiwa intake to mine we fitted the Spoon filter to my mates black UKDM
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Also got my 98 specs back with the A048s fitted :)


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Looking forward to testing these out on track :)


On Saturday night I didn't have a lot to do so ended up cracking open a few bottles and ripping the interior out in prep for the cage fitting.


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Going to go by Toolstation on the way home one day this week and pick up some M10 bolts and some more drill bits.


My dad donated me his old 18v Dewalt Cordless and Dewalt Radio at the weekend so I would stop borrowing his. He probably just wanted an excuse to buy new ones but they're a cool bit of kit!


Until next time...

As the days are getting longer I soon realised there was no need to wait until the weekend to get cracking with some jobs so after work tonight I got a few bits done.


First thing I wanted to do was remove the air con, as I've been saying I was going to do it for weeks.


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Was quite easy to do in the end. Bit of a faff just removing other parts to get it all out but I'm glad it's gone.


Next up, I wanted to test the accuracy of my oil temp gauge as it was showing me at 120c after not much driving - scary to say the least.


So, boiled the kettle and got my sensor in my dads favourite cup.


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Turned out to be accurate. Rats. Not sure why my oil temp seems to be so much higher than everyone else's but I think a cooler is in order.


Also, removing the sensor with the sandwich plate in situ was a pain in the f**king arse. I had flashbacks of doing the rear engine mount last year, thats how fiddly it is :lol:


To wrap things up I finally got my radiator bracket on. For the first time in this cars life (as a JDM anyway) it has 2 proper radiator brackets installed.


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I gave up trying to drill out the bolt and simply made another 2 holes next to it :)


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I still need to give the bay a good clean but thats the ABS and the Air Con out the way now. I was tempted to pull the power steering out too, but I put it all back together for now.


Haven't had chance to post these yet due to Flickr being blocked at work...


So I messed up my arches at the weekend. Long story short I got a bit giddy and didn't really take much attention to what I was doing, resulting in this.


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Unfortunately my tyres didn't like this.


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So back to the drawing board
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Picking up new wings tomorrow (INGS vented ones)


Looking forward to getting it all together to a decent standard... still a long way off.


The daily is pretty much done now though :)


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On a side note, why the f**k has my car suddenly gone so cream?!


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A picture from nearly 2 years ago... nice and white...


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A picture from the weekend... looking fucked!! WTF.


Time to get the detailing gear out of the garage eh... Sahara Sand maybe? :lol:

First off, I consulted "the bibles" on how to remove the tank 'properly'


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Out to the car:
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This was my spare tank, I couldn't put it in looking like this:


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So gave it a clean:


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and a paint with the good stuff:


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Now on with the old tank removal, which was more a pain in the ass than I had thought it would be:


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The reason for changing the tank was this rather large dint which I had picked up when the car rolled off the rear axle stands as I was lowering the front. My trolley jack's wheel got stuck in a grate down our drive and pulled the car off the jacks. I have somewhat of an excuse though, I had gone to work, then drove to Stoke for the coilovers, and decided to fit them that night as I was going to the 'ring a few days later.


Anyway...


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Covers and pipes removed (after relieving the pressure officer)


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Tank coming out:
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Old tank OUT!


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Next up I spotted some surface rust what the fuel tank was hiding so decided to give it a rub down and a coat of underseal:


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New tank going in:
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Didn't take any more pics of the tank, and only 2 of the wings, started feeling a bit ill at this point (petrol fumes perhaps :lol:)


Old wings off:
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New wings on!
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Like an ass I didn't space the wings out like I was going to do, only realised after putting the side skits back on too :oops: :evil: So that might be another job for another day...


As said previously Sunday was going to be a clean up day but I didn't get around to it. Luckily I'll have a nice long weekend coming up where I can attend to all the little niggly jobs and give it a good clean for Malton Big Breakfast next Sunday.


Oh, got this to fit too :)


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Lol, can't do anything on here without Micky telling you how you should have done it.


Anyway, bumper quick release and an engine bay tidy up done tonight after work.


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I managed to get rid of all these wires, but didn't take an after picture like an ass. Relocated the horn onto the side of the crash bar


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Messy wires from my rushed JDM conversion
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Professional :lol:


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Anyway got it tidied up and rewired a few bits to ensure reliability.


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Also fixed what I believed to be causing my rear water leak. The grommet for the rear fog light wiring had fallen through.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Started with this:
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Ended with this:
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Still got the little bits to go then I'll give it a coat of Hammerite smooooooooooth after a tip run this weekend.

Okay so I stopped being tight and paid for my Photobucket :)


Spent a lot of time today tidying up in the garage
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Found some cool s**t I'd forgotten about
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Needed to make room to get more car parts in!


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After the tidy up it was time for Vantegra to do a tip run


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Quite amazing how much you can get in them! About 3 years worth of oil changes too...


Once I got back I swapped the rear H badge for a spare I had


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So I've had a cool few days picking my stuff up.


Turns out the mirrors and bonnet aren't original Spoon items but Mugen is! Bought the lot, including a Koyo Ali radiator.


Spent the rest of the day cleaning the car, which is something I haven't done for a very very long time.


Machine polishing the rear quarter quickly showed that all was not well..


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Many hours later, this was the result. All ready for Malton tomorrow :)


It was quite late when I finished and some condensation had started to form on my bonnet by the way!


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Will post up some more pics from the meet tomorrow :)


I thought I'd fixed my boot leak but after the downpour yesterday I found this last night:


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Luckily I could trace the source as it was fresh


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Whipped the seal out to check its condition. Was quite dirty as was the inside of boot where the light sits.


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Rather than replace I thought I'd try a cheap fix with cleaning everything up and applying some sealant.


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Cleaned up the body
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I had bought this stuff for when I fitted the cage, and it was about £8 bloody quid. So it should do :lol:


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Fin. Hope it works.

Fitted my M&M C Pillar brace yesterday and began painting the boot:
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So we're now post Mimms so it's time for a title change.


Mimms was epic.


Went down the night before and stayed with this guy, lead singer of a band called Bring me the Horizon, you should check them out...


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While Oli was out I decided to try on the Rays wheels he had sat in the garage


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Very much wanted to take them home but couldn't twist his arm enough to sell them. Sexy sexy wheels though.


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Standard cleaning with Zak, who owns the best Jordan I've seen, and is going to sell me his Recaro pole position for a very reasonable price :twisted: (I hope :p)


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Big big thanks to Pwizzle for evening out my coil overs. Mans a hero...


and a few pics from Mimms itself


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brilliant day out, was good to put names to faces from the Honda internet friends I've made over the years :)


After a long day I headed home with some Honda friends who live near me.


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Of course, I wouldn't go all that way south without getting some parts ;)


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Moroso Sump, 19 row oil cooler + thermostatic sandwich plate and hard race rear toe and camber arms, all from Alex on here.


Had a quick test fit of the cooler (this is where the quick release comes in handy!) ITS A BEAST.


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Ordered some Millers 10w-40 oil too, if it arrives before the weekend I'll aim to get it all done. Hoping for good weather!


So had quite a busy day yesterday. Didn't get finished but got a lot done!


Was very nervy about removing the UKDM manifold. 115k and 14 years, I feared I would be snapping some studs.


As a precaution I heat cycled the car a few times whilst blasting it with Plus Gas. Luckily, no snapping :)


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Off came the front bumper


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Time to drain the fluids, oil and water..


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The reason for replacing the radiator too was a I picked up an OE replacement Koyo. It's quite a bit thicker than the OEM one.


Koyo on the right:
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You can see the difference in thickness here:
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UKDM manifold off:
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One thing that annoyed me after doing this was the filth that was exposed in the bay, and my dodgy wiring from the rushed JDM conversion last year.


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My dad has given me a few tools, including this ace Facom wire stripper, which helped!


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What I've done for now is just used spade connectors on the wiring. What I'd ideally like is to get some plugs from somewhere. Any one know where I can buy plugs from? I think they would give it a more OEM finish, and would make removing the headlights easier.


Next up I decided to give the metal a lick of paint. I stuck a vote up on my Facebook and most people said black, so black it went! I am happy with it.


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I took the passenger wing off to avoid overspray as I could only find a dust sheet for one side :lol:


Also wanted to check how the bonnet release cable was placed as it sticks sometimes... found the problem in the actual latch however.


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Inside and out :)


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Next up was to get the oil cooler and sump on...


Sump off:
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One thing I wasn't aware about the Moroso is that it's quite a bit larger than the OEM sump, as can be seen below:


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I hope it doesn't give me any clearance issues, and will be interested to see how this affects capacity, especially with my oil cooler/lines. Hoping 5 litres is enough lol.


Already had a genuine sump gasket that I bought from Saint Matt/Tegiwa last year
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James Haley eat your heart out ;)


Mock up of the sump gasket, a perfect fit!


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Of course before fitting it I lubed up the surfaces and the gasket with engine oil.


Fitted
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Next I got started on where I would fit the oil cooler.


Ideally, I wanted it on the passenger side, where it would get the most free flowing air. Unfortunately I couldn't route it in a way that it would clear the driveshafts, the belts and the power steering. Perhaps with more time I could move it over, but for now I had to put it here.


Tapping the threads
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Now this is something I'm not confident on. I could only get it bolted on with two M6 bolts using the supplied stuff. I think due to only have two, I'm going to bore them out and use M8 bolts instead.


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Unfortunately then the rain fell, so I packed up for the day.


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I've kept the headlights out, as for one final time I'm going to try and fix the scratches in them caused by aggressive sanding.


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If the weather holds out I'm hoping to make progress through the week after work.


Wasn't going to do this but had some time free tonight after the gym so had a go at making some brackets for the top of the oil cooler


I found some old stuff in the garage and cut it to fit


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Ended up being almost a perfect match


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Test fit went great so I got on with making the holes and filing down the brackets before painting them.


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Unfortunately one of the things I don't have which I would really like is a vice, so for now I had to improvise with an old scissor jack


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Did the job :lol:
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Anyway that's us upto date... yesterday my Hard Race camber arms showed up

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and today my Federal RSRs in 205/45/16 arrived. Nearly there.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Good god, that was quite the update! Cracking work!

That s2000 speedo and those oil gauges look absolutely epic.

(It really has gone cream - wonder what that's about?!)

Lovely car :D

I got it really white again before Mimms, doesn't look so bad now. Just the gloss white wheels ruin it slightly.

They're going Matt black, either by plasti dip or powder coat - not sure yet.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Awesome update! Really liking this now..

The S2000 clocks look awesome too.

But why has your car gone so cream?

It's a mix of not cleaning it, using dirty Carbone Lorraine pads, and editing the photos to emphasise the lot lol.

Looked a lot better after a quick mop so will be giving it a full detail before it's done.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Great work mate! It's looking brilliant.

Lol at the cream paint though!

Yeah I wont lie because Cliosport will find out anyway lol, I made them look more cream so it looked better when machine polished.

Honda boys be like OMGDZ M9 YOU GOT DA BEST POLISHING SKILLZ

:)
 
Must... Not... Look... At... DC2... Thread... Bank Account... Will... Not... Allow... :dapprove:

Beautiful car you have. I'd have one in a heartbeat if they weren't so expensive for even a fairly average cond.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Haha! I liked the latte coloured version tbh ;)

RESPRAAAAYYYY!

Respray is on the cards, maybe over next winter. Not sure whether to get the bonnet colour matched or not...

Must... Not... Look... At... DC2... Thread... Bank Account... Will... Not... Allow... :dapprove:

Beautiful car you have. I'd have one in a heartbeat if they weren't so expensive for even a fairly average cond.

Yeah they aren't really cheap but so so worth it. Keeps the riff raff out to an extent ;)
 
  R26
when i see it on fb in bits and bats it only looks like small changes, when you read it all back its quite a f**king lot! haha
 
  RB Clio 182
Saw your mate in the crx today at tesco's mate, he pulled out behind me but he went the other way, i think he was a bit scared :(
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Saw your mate in the crx today at tesco's mate, he pulled out behind me but he went the other way, i think he was a bit scared :(

Haha I went to primary school with him! He was down at mine a few weeks back lowering his coilovers. It's a pretty cool car.
 
  RB Clio 182
Haha I went to primary school with him! He was down at mine a few weeks back lowering his coilovers. It's a pretty cool car.

Yes it does look old school tbh, i waited for the bait but he drove the other way :(

Your car is coming on nice bud :) apart from the paint :rasp:
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Yes it does look old school tbh, i waited for the bait but he drove the other way :(

Your car is coming on nice bud :) apart from the paint :rasp:

Haha it's not that fast mate. 150bhp ish.

Did a load of work over the weekend including getting her fluids replaced and the exhaust back on. Went for a little test drive:

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After getting back I started to swap all the arms for adjustable ones. Front and rear camber and rear toe, a total of 6. Got to the last one and the bolt had seized and ripped the full collar out of the bush. Ended up having to cut the bolt out. Grr!
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Looking great!

Where did you get your M and M stuff from?

They were originally from Nengun but I bought them from the man I got my cage off.

Still haven't fitted the rear brace. Not sure if I'm going to fit that or keep with my 4 pointer.
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Okay time for a proper update. Federal RSRs now fitted and a change of colour on the wheels :)

Will just let the pictures do the talking! Big thanks to my mate Will who did a full drive in drive out job in one evening for me. Top work too. I'm not allowed to say who, but he works for a very reputable company in Leeds. Some of the cars in the workshop were amazing, and somehow me and a Suzuki Jimny squeezed in :lol:

So, before:
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Wheels off:
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Federal RSR at the ready:
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Acid dipped:
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Really nasty stuff the acid. I'm told you need to be careful of the timing, and if left long enough in there, the alloy would simply disappear! (Ok we're talking a very long time there, but still!)

Shot blasted and prepped:
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Powder coat going on:
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I went for satin black, with a matt lacquer to tone it down slightly. I originally wanted flat matt black, but was persuaded otherwise... I'm certainly glad I didn't go matt black. This looks so damn good now they've dried.

and again..

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  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
Just kidding :lol: no need to see that same process 4 times! The finished result:


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Tyres on and I was ready to go!


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It was a productive evening to say the least.


Bad news though unfortunately. Whilst the wheels were getting done I got under the car to see if I could figure out where the exhaust was blowing. It's from the manifold are somewhere, but not sure where exactly. Not impressed, it really does sound cack on full throttle at the minute. I'm sorely tempted to just sack it off and buy a brand new item from Tegiwa or Skunk2. I'd be interested to know if anyone on here has either of those?
 
  DC2 TypeR / E36 328i
I was on track today, the car went really well, but unfortunately developed a problem early on forcing retirement, but I'll get to that.


First off, I headed to Grinspeed on Friday to get my geometry done. Stevie had a certain aura about him that I've not met many blokes with, and he had my trust with the car from the start.


Seeing how he set the car up was a shock at first, lasers can be unreliable he said, string never lies...


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The car feels pretty damn good. It was way out before, nothing was even. Toe in out camber all uneven etc. All sorted now and drives great!


Sunday came and I started doing a bit of track day prep. I removed my Snap Off steering wheel boss as I was sick of it being so close to my face. Being a bit taller, it stuck out too much.


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One thing I didn't expect to have to do was to replace my centre silencer. Whilst at Grinspeed I asked that he inspect an exhaust rattle and he said the centre baffle was ****ed to be kind.


Luckily I had a spare B pipe with a silencer on there.


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I took it over to Slide motorsport who managed to, on a Sunday afternoon, get it sorted for me.


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Was a perfect fit as well, which I was worried about with the triangle end needing to be perfect to make sure the rear fitted too. They did a great job!


Whilst I was waiting for the exhaust to be fixed, I had 'one of those ideas'


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After:
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After getting it back together I headed out for some pics with my mate Rich (the guy with the now 43k DC2)


It's been a while since I've taken some 'proper' pics :)


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I also got a camera phone video of the new exhaust/intake sound. Not the best quality but gives you an idea..


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I went to bed very happy that night, with the car and where I'm at with it it. Today was a bit different, but on the whole, I'm still chuffed to bits.
 


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