Recent content by Stokes

My new wheel and tyre combo were catching the rear arch, I stiffed up the back and raised it slightly but on hard cornering it was still catching. So I ordered an arch roller and crossed my fingers. It went well with no cracks to the paint and minimal actual flare to the arches. I...

I moved the alarm siren this afternoon, it was previously in the bay on show and looked out of place. It had to stay passenger side as the bonnet sensor is in the same loom and is next to the light, although the washer bottle was in the way. After trying it in a few places and test...

Got the camera out after work this morning. Soo happy with how it's looking now! Although you can see in the last picture that the tyres are catching the rear arches so I haven't been able to drive it hard yet. I've ordered an arch roller and they should be sorted before Japfest hopefully!

Headed down to Mimms Honda Day this weekend, had a great time and looking forward to Japfest next month. I met up with a few guys on the way and Sean took a few convoy pictures. These arrived Monday, take a guess what's inside.. They're finally here, I'll get the tyres mounted the weekend.

Picked up a set of Federal 595 RS-R the weekend, I had a pair of Bridgestone RE002 spare but the Federal's are specified trackday tyre so went for them instead. Even though it has no PS or Air Con it had the larger crank pulley so I picked up a N1 pulley and slightly smaller belt. I set...

Thanks :) Waiting for parts meant boredom modifications, so out came the interior. Some of the alarm wires were hidden loose behind the plastics so they have been tided up.

I started having trouble with the Civic not cranking when it had been sitting for a few days. The alternator was charging OK and I couldn't find anything causing the battery to drain so I ordered a new Odyssey PC680 and some cable for new earths. Fitted in the original place, I may move it...

Cheers. Only genuine parts for my baby. :D I've just signed up to Twitter & Instagram, follow to get updates first. @MTSGarage

I won them. :) Should be here in a few weeks. 15" 5x114 6.5J et39.

With the nice weather today I gave it a clean and found a place to take some pictures. A picture of the Recaro fitted too. I'm bidding on a set of wheels on Yahoo Auctions so I'll let you know if I win!

The gearbox oil hadn't been changed for a while so this afternoon I put in some fresh MTF. Before I could get to anything, the undertray the last owner made had to be taken off. It was an absolute pig to get off and ended up having to take the manifold off as it was bolted to the brace at...

Thanks. While I was waiting for the underseal to dry I fitted the front coilovers. I had a guess at the height to set them at and it came out pretty level. I've fixed it this height until I find some wheels. Once it was back together I parked it on the drive and had a flashback.

Perfect example of less is more!

Coilovers assembled with the standard pre-load, I'll set the height once they're fitted. The underseal was starting to flake in places so while taking the suspension out I applied some more. I took the backbox and strut off, loosened the camber arms, cleaned and masked off areas where I...

Collected the seat rail and springs from powder coat earlier. I didn't sit low enough with the Recaro side mounts so I made my own. Already got the seat fitted an I'll assemble the coilovers tonight.