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Hi guys, Not gonna do too much typing, i find pictures tell the best story. My 2005 EP3 type R, 57k, 1 previous owner, full honda service history, and all in all very good condition. Slight dent on the OSR quarter, Paint scuffs on the NSF bumper, laquer chips on the front bumper from what looks like following a grit lorry, and a patch thats been touch up on the OSR bumper. Minor details really, the rest of the car is immaculate and has been well looked after 
Started doing a few little improvements
First things first was a wash, clay bar, and polish ect, came up pretty nice..
The Bay..
Hated the fact the inlet and a few other things were mucky and horrible, tried polishing with autosol but no good, so went to halfrauds, bought some ultra high temp matt silver spray, masked off a load of stuff and 10 minutes later had this, didnt even bother with prepping
Gonna get the rocker powder coated soon to finish it off..
Cam cover should get done sometime after crimbo hopefully!
So in the meanwhile i fully waxoil'd and sealed the whole underside of the car, subframes, roll bars, all supension componants brake pipes blah blah, you get the idea, and also painted my calipers red, and gave my brakes a good seeing to..
Wasnt going to go for red originally but quite pleased i did, matched up nicely:twisted:
Need to get the wheels refurbed but might aswell wait until the salt has done its damaged over the winter and get them done spring next year
Wasn't a fan of the silver dash, just seems too much IMO, so got some plastic spray and done that, didnt bother with the grab handles though because i think they match the door locking switch and handles quite well. Also got an alcantara gaiter to match the seats, much better than that random piece of rubber!
Got some tailored mats for £45 too, got the original red honda mats but quite like to keep them for special occasions
Also got a sony xplod stereo, had one of these for 5 years and never missed a beat but was blue, so got the same in red. Bluetooth media streaming FTW!
Handsfree built in too which is nice!
My Mallory Park trackday sticker :smt045
Thats all so far apart from a sportex B pipe which im very pleased with! £65, easy to fit, and gives it a little more noise
Also had to remove the cat heat shield as it was rattling, so though i might aswell just get rid!
Gonna go to a place called custom chrome in nuneaton soon and get them to make me a backbox, dont want too much noise so gonna get them to offer up a few different boxes to see how loud they will be ect. £150, lifetime warranty, excellent service, cant go wrong with that place, top blokes!
MMmmm shinyness! T-cutted the headlights and used to Meguires next gen tech wax..
Also done a cheeky couple of laps round mallory park in this and destroyed my rear tyres so the eagle eyed individual may have noticed the 215/45/17's on the rear and 205/45/17's on the front :lol:. Managed to "aquire" some michelin tyres off a prius, cant say no for free! And also splashed out for some Yokohama Advan Runflats, super solid sidewalls for less roll. Definatly recommend these tyres, best in class for wet grip, noise at 70db, and A rating for fuel econemy also. Super grippy in all weather.
Brothers having a good time by the looks of things
A pic next to my mk2 scirocco inj. track slag. Cost me nothing, done 6 full trackdays and hasnt gone wrong once yet, and actually suprisingly quick round the track! Had this on the road when i was 18 years old, definatly felt like the boss out of all my friends in there 106's and clios :twisted:
Thats all so far folks! Will keep pictures and updates coming, next in line with be the backbox, then some eibach pro springs, camber bolts and camber adjusters for the rear, FRSU, and then hopefully some new wheels next spring/
Thanks for looking, Comments welcome, good and bad!
Started doing a few little improvements
First things first was a wash, clay bar, and polish ect, came up pretty nice..
The Bay..
Hated the fact the inlet and a few other things were mucky and horrible, tried polishing with autosol but no good, so went to halfrauds, bought some ultra high temp matt silver spray, masked off a load of stuff and 10 minutes later had this, didnt even bother with prepping
Gonna get the rocker powder coated soon to finish it off..
Cam cover should get done sometime after crimbo hopefully!
So in the meanwhile i fully waxoil'd and sealed the whole underside of the car, subframes, roll bars, all supension componants brake pipes blah blah, you get the idea, and also painted my calipers red, and gave my brakes a good seeing to..
Wasnt going to go for red originally but quite pleased i did, matched up nicely:twisted:
Need to get the wheels refurbed but might aswell wait until the salt has done its damaged over the winter and get them done spring next year
Wasn't a fan of the silver dash, just seems too much IMO, so got some plastic spray and done that, didnt bother with the grab handles though because i think they match the door locking switch and handles quite well. Also got an alcantara gaiter to match the seats, much better than that random piece of rubber!
Got some tailored mats for £45 too, got the original red honda mats but quite like to keep them for special occasions
Also got a sony xplod stereo, had one of these for 5 years and never missed a beat but was blue, so got the same in red. Bluetooth media streaming FTW!
Handsfree built in too which is nice!
My Mallory Park trackday sticker :smt045
Thats all so far apart from a sportex B pipe which im very pleased with! £65, easy to fit, and gives it a little more noise
Also had to remove the cat heat shield as it was rattling, so though i might aswell just get rid!
Gonna go to a place called custom chrome in nuneaton soon and get them to make me a backbox, dont want too much noise so gonna get them to offer up a few different boxes to see how loud they will be ect. £150, lifetime warranty, excellent service, cant go wrong with that place, top blokes!
MMmmm shinyness! T-cutted the headlights and used to Meguires next gen tech wax..
Also done a cheeky couple of laps round mallory park in this and destroyed my rear tyres so the eagle eyed individual may have noticed the 215/45/17's on the rear and 205/45/17's on the front :lol:. Managed to "aquire" some michelin tyres off a prius, cant say no for free! And also splashed out for some Yokohama Advan Runflats, super solid sidewalls for less roll. Definatly recommend these tyres, best in class for wet grip, noise at 70db, and A rating for fuel econemy also. Super grippy in all weather.
Brothers having a good time by the looks of things
A pic next to my mk2 scirocco inj. track slag. Cost me nothing, done 6 full trackdays and hasnt gone wrong once yet, and actually suprisingly quick round the track! Had this on the road when i was 18 years old, definatly felt like the boss out of all my friends in there 106's and clios :twisted:
Thats all so far folks! Will keep pictures and updates coming, next in line with be the backbox, then some eibach pro springs, camber bolts and camber adjusters for the rear, FRSU, and then hopefully some new wheels next spring
/Thanks for looking, Comments welcome, good and bad!
