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Auto finesse tripple is a great AIO too if your applying by hand :)

Its decent but prefer prima amigo to this

Polishing by hand I presume? Gtechniq p1, zaino z5, poor boys black hole or blackfire gloss enhancing polish. As for wax there's victoria concours or soft99 fusso coat dark which will add a nice depth and they won't break the bank

Yes that the only drawback it can make deep scratches and chips stick out like a sore thumb. I machine polished my wife's black fn2 and because all the paint in the bonnet was a deep glossy black every little stone chip could easily be seen. With red you would probably get away with it though...

Looks good! I just bought 5ltr of car chem shampoo for £20 which gives you over 400 washes. I'd have a go at polishing it yourself matey, it's pretty easy and if your doing it by hand just use SRP as it's still one of the best hand polishes around

Yes but I just use a standard shampoo and not a gloss enhancing one as my wrap is Matt. At the moment I'm using angel wax superior shampoo.

I just ordered 5ltrs of CarChem shampoo for £20 on the group buy on DW has a dilution rate of 1900:1 which is over 400 washes, it's a good shampoo as well!

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=295795

i think its recommended on a dry car, gets very high praise on DW over other spray sealants. Sonax do really good products, just some are a bit pricey.

ive seen this advertised somewhere before, what the duration of this? been looking at optimum car wax as a fast wax and it lasts for about 5 weeks

My chain and tensioner was changed at 110000 miles and clutch was done soon after so that's something you may have to shell out for on that one also colour does look odd especially on interior pics

Bought mine at 73000 miles, with service stamped at 58000miles. Now it's at 113500 with no problems so far, just been looked after :)

The lance is good but not to keen on the magifoam, bilt hamber auto foam gets great reviews for cleaning power also valet pro citrus degreaser. I should have some angelwax fast foam coming today so will give that a try

The foam lance is good and the magifoam is decent too, lasts for ages. Some of the stuff is a bit pricey IMO and can get just as good stuff for cheaper elsewhere.

He's breaking it cos it was f**ked, can't remember how it broke though

As above, easy fix even if you have limited mechanical skills like myself. I got my wife's from honda, wasn't expensive at all.

Only covered 1000miles with it, had it done last June.

Stevie did my stg1 clutch and diff, flawless work as always and totally transformed the car!

I had a set of falken ziex 914s fitted the other week before my mot, bought them from black circles for £244 which is cheaper than the T1Rs I had on and they are a great deal better especially in the wet!

TDi North for mapping, Grinspeed for everything else

I have the DAS6 pro and would really recommend it!

i had my bonnet, rood, spoiler and wing mirrors wrapped. Ive kept the bonnet wrapped because it needs a respray but removed the rest which came off very easily although it was on a very hot day so the sun helped but a hair dryer will be fine to soften the adhesive

I use abp eibachs which I think look and feel great but as Danith said the exhaust hangs very low and will scrape over most speed bumps, there's a few places in southport I dare not go down anymore :lol:

Original clutch! That's impressive, I'm on my third at 112000 miles

i have a set of planet audio 6x9s with an amp and they sound great and produce and a good whack of bass

Is it just for straight line racing as you'd struggle to use a lot of that power on a bend

Here's a link to all your answers matey! :smt023 http://civictype-r.co.uk/forum/index.php

Me misses got her fn2 rear sides and back upper window tinted and had the lower plastic part covered by a see through vinyl at Ace tints in ormskirk for £150 Excellent job too!

This my dyno chart after having tdi cams fitted, the dotted red line was what it was like before

Do a cannonball off a tree, it's the only way to be sure!

why are you even asking this question???

TDI cams are great and well worth the money, they really transformed my car!

Looks pretty funky tbh

How dare you infest my road with this monstrosity!

I'm on 112500 but averaging on 4000 miles a year now as I walk to work. May sell up next year.

if moneys not an issue id go for an RRC from the FD2 civic

Depends where you get it fitted, bout an hours labour I think

Funky power do an FP racing manifold for £215 although can't comment on the build quality

Might as well get a japspeed one for a few extra quid

agreed looks a bit silly the way its sitting

Mine did that for a while but then it went away

i used the plast rx on mine, it took some off but i think the rest is on the inside of the lense because the outside feels nice and smooth

What do you mean 'you know it's not the dipstick'? Maybe you should take it to a garage to have it looked at if you can't find the solution here and then you could share your results with everyone :)

Ctro troll I am beginning to think

Is your oil low?

Haha I hope not I've just spent nearly £100 on cleaning stuff! :lol:

Gonna get booked in September when I have a week off work :)

£150 for the session but can be Taylor made to suit you.

yeah it works a treat, been using this for a while now after seeing on tech tuners youtube page

the engine note would sound more aggressive when it crosses over

Well I could be thinking of a career change at some point in the next 10 years, can't see me being a chef forever :)

Cool will have a look later. Got a week off soon so that's why I was thinking of going down to one.

I didnt know they did them until i saw their fb posts. Nope they any good? just been watching the junkman videos which have been really interesting, just thought it would be good to have someone in person to make sure your technique is good and can ask questions as well

Anyone done the 1 to 1 tuition day with autobrite, thinking of going to one if they're any good

After speaking to Adrian flux the other day they managed to bring my renewal price right down and beaten all the competitors :smt023

If you have a facelift you could remove the fog lights and run a pipe upto to the k&n for a bit of cool air. The AEM isn't as bad as you think it would take you driving through a very deep puddle very fast to do any trouble

How about an AEM CAI and an RBC?

I did a search on compare the market and got several quotes well under what Adrian flux offered for my renewal so looks like ill be switching. Gonna do some ringing around this afternoon

:cool:

Couldn't comment on the baffle as I never used mine. Makes a lovely burble though!

If its an ep3 it will fit

Just got my renewal quote from Adrian flux and its £830 and that's with 11 NCB, no points and I'm 31 years old!

Eibachs get my vote

LSD is probably the best mod I've got so far!

About 240bhp and 170lbs torque with those mods

I going to get some poor boys black hole and something to help restore my headlight casing as well

I've just seen a new version of the DAS-6 so I'm going to order that this weekend, I think with the lake country kit or the auto finesse kit

I used the pressure washer to get them off in the end, heat gun took forever and I had to hold it close to the paint work to have any effect which was a bit dangerous.

:lol: had a look at some of the other examples on there, bloody awful!

Yes matey theyre nice and light, really strong and very well built! :)

I have the lenso d1r wheels in matt black, look small when looking side on at them but nice at an angle. I do like them in white to be honest!

Yes you will struggle on speed bumps, mines lowered by 30mm and mine scrapes over pretty much every one

I had all mine supplied and fitted at abp in Crewe, not sure on the price but think they fitted the manifold and mounts in am hour

Never had a problem with my dc manifold mate although japspeed seem to be good value for money

Had my DC sports cat back on for over 3 years and its still in top quality!

Mines at 115k miles and never had a problem with it :)

Will give it a whirl with the heat gun if me mums is no good

Gonna have to rob me mums for reinforcements :lol: I got my old ones off with my mums so maybe my misses one is just a bit sh!t :)

Thought about that, might be a bit risky though lol

What I'm really having trouble with is my J's racing decals on the side skirts, hair dryer has no effect at all on these and will only come off in bits. When i jet washed it the other day a little but came off so might try to blast them off or will this damage the paint?

Got it off the other day, some came off easy in the sun but the rest needed a hair dryer. Might replace it with a gloss black vinyl as the matt had little protection against the sun.

Thanks chaps, will try that next week! :smt023

My carbon vinyl is starting to look pretty awful now do I want to remove it from the roof and spoiler and was wondering whats the safest way of removing it?

I would go for the eibach if I was you along with spc camber arms

I was going to but my camera is crap at recording sound.

I've got the abp springs on mine which is about 30mm drop, wouldn't go any lower than that as my exhaust scrapes on pretty much every speed bump

Bout 8000 miles

Mine was the first ep3 they fitted them too and had no problems whatsoever :)

Yeah the cams is the only alteration, idles fine, not really any difference than before and the mid range is good although they work better higher up the rev range. My vtec got set to 5500.

They're drop in cams, cost me £1500 for supplied, fitted and mapped. I made 259hp with full dc exhaust, dc manifold, teg intake, rbc and throttle body

Good stuff! :smt023 how long did that take you and how many coats of primer etc did you use?

Coolio, will attempt it very soon then :)

My tegiwa intake scoop is looking pretty shocking now and i was wondering if its possible to respray it being carbon fiber and if it is how do i go about it if i was to repaint it in black or maybe milano red?

:lol: thanks again

Will do! :smt023

Good stuff, looks like ill be buying one of those!

Excellent, much cheaper than the g220 too! :smt023

As the title says, im looking for a good dual action machine polisher as i hear these are good for people who are new to machine polishing like myself and im eager to remove the swirls on my wifes car. Had my eye on the megs g220 but after reading a few bad reviews on the reliability im not too...

Pretty sure it's still there but on the right as you enter the estate. Will have a look for the guy you mentioned though, must be good if he's doing halliwell jones

Doesn't someone on ctro do one?