I've only owned my Civic for a couple of months and have already been busy with the spanners
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the How To's, you're all stars.
New battery - my first AA call in years, ha!
Aircon relay - preventative
Drivers door handle trim loose - what a daft design
Satnav update
Handbrake rubber peeling underneath
OEM HID's, the N/S was flickering - ignitor busted, eBay
replaced HID's - thanks Mr JP
LED sidelight's - thanks Mr JP
EGR valve cleaned
Civinfo sticker - not fitted it yet tho
Tonight's little tweak will remove the charging cable chaos by the gear stick and take the strain off the naff standard 12v socket, pic's below.
I'm not sure if anyone else has already done this, but if they have then it must be a really good idea!
Oh and I desperately need to get the cracked/worn OEM gear knob replaced, I quite fancy a Momo Combat (ducks for cover)...
A couple of weekends ago I overhauled the EX brakes with MTEC grooved disc's, Mintex pads, 5.1 fluid and HEL braided lines. They are still bedding in but feel better already.
I don't like to miss an opportunity acquiring more tools so a set of flare spanners and a piston wind back kit were sourced.
The Mintex pads aren't the best but MTEC had them on offer with the disc's, so I figured they'd do for now.
The braided line connecting blocks were a royal PITA to change and took the majority of the time :facepalm: Got there in the end though.
Whilst working on around the front struts I noticed that my bump stops had dropped so they were forced back into position (for how long tho?). There's definitely a lot less bonging going on with the poor Civic suspension.
Thanks chaps. Ignore the typo in the title, like I did when proof reading! #blush
The braided lines were a reet hassle, the corrosion on the connecting blocks almost sunk me. But the blow torch saved the day, one the last union oddly.
Patience, have put the feelers out for arches. Will have a few bits to paint and I'm tempted to give that a try myself.
I treated the ol'gal to a wash'n'wax today. But guess she'll be grubby again when Grinspeed work their magic on Monday
Stevie/Lee worked their magic today and my ol'gal is much improved.
A full service and genuine filters throughout have improved throttle response and removed the odd induction noise at 2.5k. MPG also seems better but it's a bit too early to know for sure. Happy days.
ARB bushes and a nip on the rear trailing arms have reduced the clunky a suspension, a bit. I think we'll discuss replacing the tired dampers at some point.
Other than tired tyres the ol'tractor looked in pretty good shape.
Grinspeed are top lads and come highly recommended, I wasn't disappointed. Thanks lads.
Really like the charging port location. Nightmare trying to keep the kids and wife happy in the back by plugging in tablets, phones etc from the front. Another eBay purchase coming up.
Need to upgrade mine as it's a 1A dual port Griffin I have at the moment which only just about charges my Galaxy S5 so good time to invest in something more powerful. Cheers.
Some folks have found changing the OEM bulb resolves the flicker, see Mr JP's thread.
However if you need to Change the igniter/ballast then the front bumper needs removing so you can get the headlight out. Unfortunately the electrics are bolted underneath the lamp, see here. There's a guide in the 'How To' section that explains all the steps.
Some folks have found changing the OEM bulb resolves the flicker, see Mr JP's thread.
However if you need to Change the igniter/ballast then the front bumper needs removing so you can get the headlight out. Unfortunately the electrics are bolted underneath the lamp, see here. There's a guide in the 'How To' section that explains all the steps.
Thanks for the advice. I may look into changing the bulb. Athough one thing that gets me is that it doesn't happen all the time. The bulb can be ok for a while then it starts flickering.
The stage 1 remap really has brought the ol'gal alive so I'm pleased with the results.
I'm still getting used to the power delivery and getting clean gear changes again, which is no doubt stressing the OEM clutch/DMF I don't race around all the time, so fingers crossed that it holds up for a while yet (99k).
Over the weekend I popped off the MAF and MAP sensors and doused them in IPA. A quick test run and this seems to have cleared up the acceleration haze. They still looked grubby but I didn't want to damage them - I guess they might benefit from a change, does anyone have any experience here? Do I just do the MAF and see if it fixes hazing?
She still occasionally puffs on cold start-up, as it did this morning (cool and damp). Threads seem to indicate this isn't a major issue tho.
Oh and I forgot to report that I fitted a pair of wanner69's fog light protectors, in clear (boring but practical).
Hello again! Decided to create a thread about my new car and to have a record of what's been done to it. As previously said in my introduction I had Honda cars before and may consider myself as a Honda fanboy.
Previously owned EJ9 - installed EK9 suspension and Evo4 Recaro seats into it...
Hi all,
Bought myself a Type R bronze FN2 57 plate for £7.4k with only 24k miles on the clock! Full service history and in pristine condition. This is the first Type R i have ever owned and love the high revving and reliable engine! Fantastic car. Now how do i go about putting pics up?
Thought I’d start a Mod thread for my car as it seems to be escalating.
All comments, suggetsions and advice appreciated.
I bought the car off Honda (Cannock) back in October 2017, was completely standard and had been through the Honda Approved Standard program so had had a lot of work on it...
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