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I've had quotes between 2k and 2.5k but I'm just like i say looking to future proof the car. I don't want to spend the cash and it ends up fading again 8 years later like my car has done. The remarkable thing is there is not 1 dent or scratch on the car whatsoever, there is just lacquer peel on...

Not too sure, I've had my car serviced by APB and Honda hQ, known specialists with these cars....and both used NGK LASER IRIDIUM SPARK PLUGS. they are around £45 link bellow - they say in description they improve fuel efficiency and emissions but i would of thought this is minimal...

Just wondering if anyone on here has had a respray to cure a faded millano red car. Been meaning to have mine done for around 2 years now, but most garages don't want to take on resprays around where i live as its easier and more cost effective to do smart repairs etc, due to the time and...

There was a clunking sound coming from the steering at low speeds, car would not stay in a straight line even after i had FRSU and it fully set up. When id turn the wheel while driving almost seemed like there was a lag and the car wouldn't respond as it should, almost like its numb. A lot of...

Don't know if this helps, issue with mine (had that clutch smell) was the slide pins were seized. I had them taken out, cleaned and well greased all is now fine.

Hello i have completely the same issue at the moment mate, taking mine in...thing is I've replaced all my rear brakes with brand new callipers, pads and disks and it has started to stick again. It seems to be very common with these cars. I originally thought it was the clutch. But i realised...

If I'm honest i don't think that car is overpriced, most of these cars have passed through a lot of owners. if you like the car the good thing if its private theres always room for negotiation anyway. These cars can go from anything from £1500 to £7000 obviously depending on the mileage and...

I do around 20 miles per day commuting to work =100miles Weekend I do 50 miles to and back from coventry = 100miles. And your average few miles popping here and there throughout the week. I put in £30 worth of fuel every week and theres usually still just under a quarter of tank left. Never...

There was a few things wrong with the car at the time as it was left standing for a while. I bought the rack and second hand and had 6 months warranty it was £110 and then i had it fitted £150...also the other reasons was the Front stop-tech pads which had a lot of crap on them (from the car...

long reply, ended up being a faulty steering rack, which i had replaced now feels positive.

I want stop-tech ones back i think they are brilliant i mean I had them on 2 years at the time felt great, and then i changed to a different pad which was upgraded can't remember brand might of been ferodo, was not as impressed. Only reason for replacing is that the car has been sat for a while...

I've got to the stage where I've just had enough of my Tegiwa induction kit, The noise and rattle against the scuttle panel just gets on your nerves after 3 years grrrrr, to the point where i feel like ripping it out. Basically I'm looking for a good replacement, I am currently preparing...

Would you know if these are the replacement Stop-tech ones in the ST-41 Option? https://h-tune.co.uk/stoptech-street-performance-front-brake-pads/ I really want to keep the stop tech ones as when i had the kit fitted i opted for ferodo ones as an upgrade and i found i wasn't generating enough...

Hello, Trying to source some pads for my EP3 which is running 300mm Stop-tech touring kit which was fitted by ABP in 2015. I'm getting really confused because there are different sizes of callipers for the Touring kit and I'm not sure which mine is. There is a 'ST-40 Calliper' And a...

Try Honda hq they can supply and fit a Rotrex kit, Search Honda Hq on Facebook. Thinking of getting mine done.

I had a piper manifold and sports cat fitted to my car around a year ago with the O2 sensor also. First mot I've took it too after being fitted it has failed on exhaust emissions. I had it fitted by abp motorsport I've contacted them and they said that they cat has too get really hot before its...

Only the mirror glass has fell out both of my wing mirrors. How do you fit these, I know they need to be glued in... but they are heated mirrors and I'm not sure what glue and adhesive to use to insure they don't fall off or the glue doesn't melt?

Anybody in the west midlands recommend somewhere to get my ep3 serviced? In the past I've used abt motorsport but the distance is making it awkward for Me to get it done and I'm fed up of travelling.

i have yokehoma tyres fitted all around, no it doesnt wonder it just feels like the wheels are almost bobbling at the front, and it seems like theres a lack of control, its hard to explain im probibly just better off taking it into a garage... its like the car cant cope when going quickly

It's quite hard to explain but it feels aso when at motorway speeds it just feels like it doesnt like it but below that it seems steady and planted

Ive got a 2003 ep3, my car has eibach springs, frsu and stoptech brake conversion. Latley ive been doing alot of long distance driving, ive noticed when increasing the speed (motorway speeds) it starts to feel like almost the wheels are going to fall off? Does not feel comfortable at all or...

its quite embarissing when you have someone in the car, sounds like your cars a right bag of nails

some people have like a bar across it like a mini brace? does this make any difference or will it just rattle against that?

i have got a stop tech brake conversion on my car, at the moment i have spacers on to clear the oem wheels... what other wheels are a good fitment?

Hello I've got a tegiwa intake fitted to my car, and it keeps rattling against the scuttle panel when moving off. I have put extra of the tape they give you in the kit... Which works ...But it doesn't last long. A lot of people say you gave to live with it if you have one, but is there anything...

your car is loverly mate i have to say

fair play mate, didnt realise it was JDM one, nice. I only got piper as it was only thing at the time i could find that was recommended that could get me through MOT's and it was affordable... but i agree its not the most expensive looking kit...But too be honest thats why im thinking of selling...

too be honest 900 is nothing on these cars.. once you start you wont stop

im going to strip the car of all its modifications, sell those..... restore car to standard.

its more money though. Finacially its a waste of time. Its cheaper to sell my car and buy a car thats faster and better.. even if its another ep... rather then do it my self. I'm either going to sell the car as is (38000 miles full honda history) ill hopefully see some good money.. and im on my way.

ive got jdm arb.. and just eibach springs, im happy with the handling completley

im thinking of braking my car so ill pm you if the manifold comes up for sale

no but i used to have a dc2 i took on track ... but im not after a track car... i want a fast road car something to entertain me as i do a load of miles in it... ive spent the best part of £4500 and there is near enough no difference if i do say so myself. If anything that impressed me was the...

it is indeed, i suppose it would be cheaper to buy parts and fit yourself... but you will find with these cars to do most things will cost you alot of cash

i saw a couple k24 conversions on youtube and they rev the same if not higher?? and they seem to get there very quick. Too be honest i think im just going to sell the bloody thing. can't be bloody bothered anymore paying 1000's pounds for 10bhp i might aswell just buy the new type r

go for piper manifold and sports cat... paid around 900 fully fitted by abo motorsport

yeah im not going to waste my money on throttle bodys etc but does anyone know what difference a k24 bottom end makes

brakes are amasing! they just give you that bit more confidence on the road, the stand brakes for me seemed abit numb, always felt like the car was to quick for them... due to living far a way from tdi Id have to book a week off, or a few days... hense why im trying to get everything done in...

i'm just going to focus on cosmetic things at the moment as it looks like a bag of ****. Alloys, carbon bonnet, boot lid.... and a respray. Next i'm just going to look into k24 or turbo... fed up of spending money on little gains, in steps. Rather just pay the money and just have everything done...

in October my insurance ran out ( previously payed £1400) i then had to renew and was greeted by this shocking email. I was shocked it had gone up by £4000 i rang the insurance to see why, they said i was at high risk due to rhe fact of having a accident that was not my fault. i shopped...

After this i added tinted windows.. i then notified my insurance about the modifications and they boosted up my premium by £400 so i lost interest and stopped buying stuff for it. As it was just going to get higher and higher.

After having the car a week, I had it mopped which bought back some of the colour but was not great. I then took a trip up to Tegiwa in Stoke and thought id get started on some of the modifications. i bought a Spoon N1 backbox, eibach 30mm springs and extended gearknob. And got them fitted...

After having the car since april this year, i thought it was about time i started a thread...especially how im addicted to spending fortunes on it and it still looks like a bag of nails haha!I was entially at the time looking for a Fd2,DC5 or EP3... but i stumbled on this ep3 29000miles and a...

As much as i should respray the car red, i dont want the hassle with it anymore. I really want to find somewhere that does custom work. if i'm paying 1000's of pounds i want something special.. but obviously i want to see previous examples of their work..

hello, at the moment i have stoptech brake conversion.. i've had spacers put on with the standard wheels (not sure of the size) to clear the front calipers? will i need new spacers to fit enkei's

cheers Simon... just looked through your thread. How are you getting on with the car being resprayed red? any issues/fading???

im not bothered about money, i just want the car too look good.I've already spent £4500 on this car, and its easy to spend 1000's just on impulse with these cars. ill always keep the car even when i get a new one.ii bought it last april after seeing 12 other cars... i bought it off a 67 yr old...

Hello, basically ive got a Milano faded pink ep3... ive had the car mopped and waxed etc many times.. and the colour does come back for period of time.. but if its not kept waxed it starts to fade all over again. As much as i like the colour red, i need to change the colour as thats the only...

Oh okay? I just wanted to know if it's normal or not! Sorted

I took it back and they put some more tape on it and it stopped... But after a while the sound just came back.. It's doing my nut in aha!

I get about 45 miles off £10 and around 270 off a full tank but that's not driving for economy, driving as normal

Hello I have an ep3. The steering was quite light under low speeds... All of a sudden the steering under low speeds is really heavy, sometimes feeling like there is no power steering. However over 15mph it goes back to normal?

Hello I had this fitted around 5 months ago, I took it back to see where the sound was coming from. They said it was the induction kit, knocking against the scuttle panel. Is there anything you can do to prevent this?

they'll look great on the car... I agree with you there... My stop techs were stupid money, I would of probably got these if I knew about them... It will look really good if you could get some matching rear disks.

I know mate! I tried so many times to get it off scared i would break something... But thankyou!!!!

Thanks!

Also braded brake lines

They look good! A lot of the hot rod people use disks and pads from Wilwood...and they seem to stop 2 ton vehicles with like 500hp....I went for stop tech brake conversion...it's like £1500 for the kit, I tried to find Wilwood ones but nothing came up! The price looks good too! You will...

They've got vids on YouTube just search Mij exhaust.

Looks good! You should try Mij performance in Wallsall! They do custom exhausts. I had a custom twin exit cat back on my 325d from them. It was perfect, I chose where it exited/type of tips. And they actually managed to make a diesel sound awesome! I think I paid around £500. You can also...

I did look through this, but if I use the car say everyday it's absolutely fine, not effecting the driving, idles fine. It's only when the cars been left for a week or 4/5 days, it revs up at down, then after I turn the engine off and on its completely fine. And then won't happen again

Around 2 weeks ago I had a full complete service, everything and anything that could be done was changed. i haven't used my car within a week. But when I went to use it, it started up fine... I pulled off and 100 meters down the road the car started revving by its self from 1000-3500 revs...

Are the m2's really loud then? My mates looking for a new exhaust for his ep3... And too be honest I was going to buy one at first!

What colour is the bung? I've had to buy one for spoon n1 as I'm moving house and i don't really want to make a bad first impression hahhahaha

For me I don't see much difference, but I suppose due to the length it might make the shifts seem longer for some!

The sound for me on my exhaust got a lot louder when changing the b pipe.. Maybe try getting a Oem One.

I've got a piper manifold and sports cat, not much difference in the sound for me... Sounds quite deep under lower revs. But it is not a big difference. as for Mot mine passed fine... But when I had mine fitted.. They fitted a o2 sensor to manifold which tells the ecu that the emissions and...

I've got spoon n1 at first I got the back box..., and got the b pipe at later date as they are sold separate. I'm really happy with it, sounds really good even if you just have the back box... However when adding the b pipe, it starts to get really loud.. All depends what your after.

I had the same issue, I wanted something that will pass mot's and I wouldn't have to faff around with. So I went for a piper manifold, and a piper sports cat. Had it fitted by abpmotorsport in Crewe. They also fit a 02 sensor kit to the manifold which tells the Ecu that the flow levels are...

Looks really good!

I got the extension from tegiwa, and the gearknob... It just screws in. I love how it looks and it just makes the shifter closer to the steering wheel, a lot more comfortable.

If looking for someone in the West Midlands, I use tint centres in Wolverhampton. ive had 5 of my cars done by them over the years, never had a problem, and I only go for the budget film. (Which has lasted years and still looks brand new) on my ep3 it cost me £59 for the rear windows at 5%...

Hello, just thought I'd post this, as I struggled for so long to get it off. Somebody has most likley already done this..... And it's the stupidest thing, but you never know it might help someone as impatient and as stupid as me :) basically I wanted to remove the gearknob off my ep3 to replace...

I've already got a carbon bonnet, and will eventually get a bootlid and spoiler... But in having the car resprayed soon (preferably a different colour) as I am fed up of polishing and waxing Milano red :( so I'm leaving more of the exterior bits until I see how the cars turned out.

Has anyone had the modifications done which have been mentioned? Whee did you have it done, what is the cost roughly?

What sort of difference would this make? And do you know anywhere who can do it?

Hello I've only had the car 5 months at the moment I've added following; tegiwa intake, piper maniford piper sports cat spoon b pipe spoon back box kpro ecu stoptech big brake converison eibach lowering springs, front rear camber bolts, frsu jdm front and rear anti roll bar... im abit...

how much are they? and where can you get them from?

Nah im not into changing for facelift. I like the fact my cars pre-facelift. I just wanted a lil change to them. Because my cars got tinted windows etc, it looks abit weird having bright clear lights when the rest of the cars dark.And this was the nearest thing. I know someone selling some...

I saw these headlights on another ep3 the other day, i thought they looked brilliant. I wanted dome darkened headlights, but being pre-facelift... The best thing you can do is covert to facelift. However, i like the look of the pre-facelift car....ive looked around everywhere to find them. But...

At the moment when the car is turned sharply it creaks and knocks? Do you reakon it has anythin to do with the springs?

Is there any other makes of disks? That are good apart from brembo? Thered drilled, groved or both im confused on whats best. What do you reakon the cost would be to do the brake lines and the disks/pads

Is it worth changing anything else? While you do the camber bolts etc?

Hello, i need to change the headunit in my ep3. At the moment i have the standard one in and it doesn't have aux in or anything. I want something that looks grown up and doesn't have stupid blue lights on. Ive been to halfords and local shops but they don't have alot of variety?

Hello, ive got a ep3. The brakes on the car are okay but not as responsive as i would like. The offside front needs new disks and pads. But rather then replacing them id like to upgrade. ive looked at big brakes and calipar kits, but they come in at over a grand. is there anything you can Do...

hello, basically i just want to know what parts I need to improve the handling on my car. I have a ep3. Ive already put on 30mm eibach springs, however didnt change anything else whilst installing. i understand that i need a FRSU but what do i need for this do i need new droplinks? Etc im quite...

No I haven't yet, i will give you a call later. To see what you can offer.

All sorted now! Thankyou everyone for your help. So glad i can keep my car! It just shows that if you find a specialist company they are alot more understanding.

I just tried brentacre i cant believe it £1300 for a year with all mods. I am shocked, trying all the main companies was a waste of time! They also said any cosmetic mods that dont increase power output can be added for free! Has anyone actually dealt with them and had insurence with them? Are...

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Go compare etc it came up at £9699 and £3992 with my mom as main driver... Ive directly dealt with aviva and directline and LV and they also coming up with stupid prices. I am going to try the one thats been suggested tomorow.

It would help if they would of told me at the point of the accident, that my insurence was going to rise. Then i could of planned ahead... Theyve given me 3 weeks notice. I'm now stuck with a car on the drive which i now have to sell and try find something. I did a quote with aviva the guy was...

The cheapest quote i have got is on a 1979 2.3 ford cortina for £591. But then a 1.2 polo is over 3 grand??? I really don't get it.

I was furious on the phone as you can imagine, they then passed my case onto pricing department, she stated the main factor was the accident. They said the main thing is that they put my details into the computer and this is what they got. They have managed to get it down £70 by stating my car...

Well i put in a 1.2 polo 2005 in and they are quoting me 3250! I understand that it bumps up your premium. But its hard to jusitfy 4grand. Shopped around and its just not budging. What annoys me is that it would of been cheaper to just leave the car way it was it was still driveable. Looks like...

Absolutely crazy, I really don't know what to do!

Hello, i'm just looking for abit of help. Im 21 with 3 years no claims, driving for 4 years. Ive had many cars (insured with the same company admiral) first car at 17 being a bmw 320i, then a clio 2.0, cooper s works, e91 325d estate... And then my car now 2003 ep3 type r. All insured with the...