Never thought i would own an 8th gen Civic, but here we are. I have previously owned at least 8 other Honda's ranging from EG/EK to MB and Accord. Also owned MX5, Clio 182, S3 8P amongst others.
Before we start on the latest purchase, thought i would reminisce with some old pictures of my last EG from a few years ago, which was a 1.5 auto with around 24k on it when i started. Had a bumper to bumper mechanical restoration with a B16A conversion, manual, disc brakes etc etc.
Anyways onto the new car. I was looking around for a new daily as the Fabia VRS seemed to be slowly killing itself, with that in mind i started looking around the usual sites. Came across the Type S in diesel with good miles, history and seemed to be a sensible price. Went down to see it and the deal was done.
The car wasn't perfect, but nothing that couldn't be fixed easy enough. First mod was change to the Type R gear knob i had lying around.
Stripped out the rear because i found a water leak. Ended up being cracked seam sealer on the roof gutters so that's been sorted now.
The next job was the Aux belt, as you can see it was a bit past it. Getting the new belt back on was a bit of a mission, but its done now!
After that i spoke to Fahad at Premier, he was local to me on that day so i asked him to come and check out the car. We ran it through all the Honda diag tests and it passed without issue. He said the car was a good one! I decided to blank the EGR and go with a stage one remap. Sadly the clutch started to slip so i took it back off a few days later. Currently the car is running the stock map with the EGR delete and im very happy with that.
The next saga was the exhaust manifold. Fahad told me that it was cracked so i booked it into my local dealer. They confirmed it was cracked and Honda UK would only cover parts and i had to pay labour. I tried my best, but in the end i couldn't get anymore from them. Labour was £500+ so not cheap, but at least i don't have any fumes or noises.
With the service due in another couple of thousand i decided, as im going to Edinburgh this week, to carry it out sooner rather than later for piece of mind. Got in contact with Cox and ordered everything i needed.
Oil Filter
Engine Oil
Air Filter
Pollen Filter
Fuel Filter
Gearbox Oil
Wiper blades
Oil filter removal tool
Also changed the rear pads and discs at the same time, all went smoothly apart from the fuel filter as someone had done it up so tight last time, i had to take it to a garage to get it loosened up. Car now drives lovely. Last thing i need to do is alignment and probably replace one of the tyres as it has a nail in the side! All four where just replaced in December as well
Final job for now is to fit the double din stereo, it sucks not having my Spotify, Waze, DAB, Bluetooth etc. All the parts should arrive today/tomorrow so looking forward to the next update.
Before we start on the latest purchase, thought i would reminisce with some old pictures of my last EG from a few years ago, which was a 1.5 auto with around 24k on it when i started. Had a bumper to bumper mechanical restoration with a B16A conversion, manual, disc brakes etc etc.
Anyways onto the new car. I was looking around for a new daily as the Fabia VRS seemed to be slowly killing itself, with that in mind i started looking around the usual sites. Came across the Type S in diesel with good miles, history and seemed to be a sensible price. Went down to see it and the deal was done.
The car wasn't perfect, but nothing that couldn't be fixed easy enough. First mod was change to the Type R gear knob i had lying around.
Stripped out the rear because i found a water leak. Ended up being cracked seam sealer on the roof gutters so that's been sorted now.
The next job was the Aux belt, as you can see it was a bit past it. Getting the new belt back on was a bit of a mission, but its done now!
After that i spoke to Fahad at Premier, he was local to me on that day so i asked him to come and check out the car. We ran it through all the Honda diag tests and it passed without issue. He said the car was a good one! I decided to blank the EGR and go with a stage one remap. Sadly the clutch started to slip so i took it back off a few days later. Currently the car is running the stock map with the EGR delete and im very happy with that.
The next saga was the exhaust manifold. Fahad told me that it was cracked so i booked it into my local dealer. They confirmed it was cracked and Honda UK would only cover parts and i had to pay labour. I tried my best, but in the end i couldn't get anymore from them. Labour was £500+ so not cheap, but at least i don't have any fumes or noises.
With the service due in another couple of thousand i decided, as im going to Edinburgh this week, to carry it out sooner rather than later for piece of mind. Got in contact with Cox and ordered everything i needed.
Oil Filter
Engine Oil
Air Filter
Pollen Filter
Fuel Filter
Gearbox Oil
Wiper blades
Oil filter removal tool
Also changed the rear pads and discs at the same time, all went smoothly apart from the fuel filter as someone had done it up so tight last time, i had to take it to a garage to get it loosened up. Car now drives lovely. Last thing i need to do is alignment and probably replace one of the tyres as it has a nail in the side! All four where just replaced in December as well
Final job for now is to fit the double din stereo, it sucks not having my Spotify, Waze, DAB, Bluetooth etc. All the parts should arrive today/tomorrow so looking forward to the next update.