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Some great work going on here mate, I like where it's going!
Keep it up
Thanks a lot guys much appreciated ....still lots to do so will keep it updated. cheers
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Thanks a lot guys much appreciated ....still lots to do so will keep it updated. cheers
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Another update.. This time in the shape of removing both the rear arch liners . Its a job thats been on the cards for a while but with winter slowly approaching I thought it would be a good idea as I did not want to keep these in over winter. The arch liners come out pretty easy and I was amazed with the condition considering the age of the vehicle I do know the car was garaged for a long time so this has obviously helped a lot. On removing the passenger side arch liner I noticed the fuel filler pipe was quite rusty at the bottom so I decided to replace it with a new one from Tegiwa.
This is the first time I've ever done arch's on a car looking online their seems to be a lot of different ways of protecting your arches with a number of different products but I have gone with the colour coded option firstly Rust inhibitor then Zinc primed then colour coded and then finished with 3 coats of clear lacquer. So much better I now might get the plastic protection guard for the fuel filler pipe to finish it off. I will also be wax oiling the inner box sections behind the speakers.
ARCH LINERS REMOVED
ALL PAINTED
NEW V OLD
ALL BACK TOGETHER
This is the first time I've ever done arch's on a car looking online their seems to be a lot of different ways of protecting your arches with a number of different products but I have gone with the colour coded option firstly Rust inhibitor then Zinc primed then colour coded and then finished with 3 coats of clear lacquer. So much better I now might get the plastic protection guard for the fuel filler pipe to finish it off. I will also be wax oiling the inner box sections behind the speakers.
ARCH LINERS REMOVED
ALL PAINTED
NEW V OLD
ALL BACK TOGETHER
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Thanks very much for this thread Dean, you're inspiring me to go do some things on my own ep3.
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When you paint parts, I see you did your windscreen wipers for example, what equipment do you use, is it air compressor gun or rattle cans?
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Thanks Marc its much appreciated .. as for the equipment this is all just rattle cans as long as you prep it right you can get very good results. hope thus helps.
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Thank you for the kind words it much appreciated .
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Thanks , this wasn’t the first one I had looked at before purchasing the one I have …some are in a shocking state ,,
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Not much of an update but I thought I'd post it anyway so decided to replace the fuel filter as I have no record of it being changed and by the the looks of it I'm guessing its the original one but cant be certain but by all the black coloured fuel coming out of it I'm swaying to it being original .
This is what I was presented with.
As we all know its a in tank filter so the whole assembly is one unit including the fuel pump.
New filter fitted as you can see in the picture I got this one from Jap service parts its not an original Honda filter but it is from JS in Japan which is pretty neat and a prefect fit and no different from the original one.
All back together....... It also gave but an opportunity to see underneath the bench seat for any rust happy to report nothing found
This is what I was presented with.
As we all know its a in tank filter so the whole assembly is one unit including the fuel pump.
New filter fitted as you can see in the picture I got this one from Jap service parts its not an original Honda filter but it is from JS in Japan which is pretty neat and a prefect fit and no different from the original one.
All back together....... It also gave but an opportunity to see underneath the bench seat for any rust happy to report nothing found
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Thanks Craig, well pleased and also relief at the same time that nothing nasty was found,,
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The inlet manifold was cleaned and degreased then cleaned with a wire brush and then sprayed with VHT silver paint to finish.
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The manifold heat shield was taken off and will not be replaced . As for the the engine brace it hard to see but it almost rusted though at the ends that’s why I replaced it instead of refurbishing it . Hope that helps ,,
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First small update of this year ... And this comes in the shape of a front fog light kit this has been on my list from the start. Unfortunately it's not genuine well not all of it . I did manage to find a genuine honda lower section of the harness which is the main part but everything else is aftermarket but with that being said it's still a very well put together kit and wires up exactly the same as the original. Considering how hard to find a genuine ep3 kit is and the price tag someone will ask this is a good option.
Also decided to remove the 6000k Hid kit i've been using for the last year and brought some Osram cool blue boost bulbs which look so much better a crisp white light and no messing about with wires it's a win.
The kit i started with
Managed to find a genuine honda ep3 lower harness section
All fitted great little upgrade
Also decided to remove the 6000k Hid kit i've been using for the last year and brought some Osram cool blue boost bulbs which look so much better a crisp white light and no messing about with wires it's a win.
The kit i started with
Managed to find a genuine honda ep3 lower harness section
All fitted great little upgrade
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Thanks Enzo still stuff I want to do but it’s coming together.
