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Hi guys,
some might remember me from a previous post about my ep3 but it's all sorted now and I decided to keep it
So after scanning all these sexaaaay car threads of yours, I thought I would make one for my first project
Here's a few pics of when I got her... (images from the advert)
So she was off the road for a whole month after buying her while I sorted out some issues with my gearbox and possible previous accident... after getting some help on forums and a lot of thinking on my part and then getting her checked over, I decided to keep her.
I then sourced a gearbox on gumtree for £275 got that fitted a week later as well as a new clutch, and finally got my car MOT'd and Tax'd - that meant after a month of no car.. I could finally drive her, it made me slightly nervous actually if I'm honest, the long drive home from picking her up originally with only gears 1, 2, 5 & 6 made me dislike the car from the get go I got lost and couldn't drive properly, I was seeing red... as well as making stupid crunchy noises and revving like mad when 4th gear decided to not work in traffic
300 miles later that day, I was in LOVVVE! Her new gearbox and clutch made her actually driveable :lol:
I then set about doing theeee most important thing I'd been looking forward to doing since getting her.... Put on my epic stickers I got at modified nationals the month before!
I then set about finding a plug for my back window... the back window wiper I realised was broken.. After 5mins of driving it would hang down and look like a tail, if you decided to try and use it, it wagged like one too... was tempted to make a feature of it, but then decided otherwise- rear wiper delete! After meeting some local guys who were into their cars, one had a spare which he kindly gave me and so my car was 1 wiper less and it was free.... it wasn't black though so with a little nail polish it soon was
As I have never had a decent car (as in.. one I actually wanted to clean myself) I didn't have anything or the faintest idea about cleaning a car.. other than a car wash or fairy liquid and a hose and sponge... I met some guys who were OCD about their cars and had a million and one boxes full of car cleaning products, I set about giving my car it's first clean since owning it and my first - hard work/effort car cleaning ever! I actually find it so much fun and very rewarding.. I need to get my own products and not spend 7HOURS! doing it with someone else's stuff.. (opinions? advice? personal preferences? appreciated)
I also managed to change my sticker I got at modified nationals from a pink one (I'm not a pink type of chick but the only one available there) to a white one I found at the Scottish Car Show
Unfortunately I was told to change my headlights as the ones currently fitted weren't *safe* enough wiring wise.. so had to buy the pre facelift lights and fit them in... (MOT guys words) although I will be putting my facelift lights back on when I can find someone who has a clue what they are doing with them
Almost up to speed now, 2 weeks ago was getting my brakes done, then noticed my callipers really need a new paint job... and after deciding I was going to get an induction kit at some point when I could afford a decent one... I woke up scrolled facebook and saw some guy breaking up his EP3... AEM V2 induction kit was for sale, and CHEEAAP! well.. cheap enough for me to message him saying... mine mine mine mine please thanks
Last week it came, I almost hugged the delivery guy, he looked very scared of my excitable face for my parcel maybe I was jumping up and down too much as he was coming up the path or the fact I snatched it out his hands.. either way he made my day. Thunder and lightening of course... so of course it was a race down the road to the petrol station to sit and fit it on vrrrooooom - my car sounds a lot nicer now (photos to be uploaded once my engine bay has had a bit of a clean, it's really disgusting)
Yesterday was the changing of the CD players, I didn't like the one the previous owner had put in so I decided to take the one I bought out my clio and put it in the civic and vice versa
She isn't actually too bad, a few niggly things that really bother me, like the splitter needs redone as does the bonnet and I have a list of the mods I want to do but funds are pretty low... as in.. NONE! but watch this space - first thing to buy this week will be a tax disc holder because apparently having it on my dash wasn't enough and I woke up to a £100 fine yesterday.. boooo!!
Trixi
To continue the story about my second EP3 click here
Hi guys,
some might remember me from a previous post about my ep3 but it's all sorted now and I decided to keep it
So after scanning all these sexaaaay car threads of yours, I thought I would make one for my first project
Here's a few pics of when I got her... (images from the advert)
So she was off the road for a whole month after buying her while I sorted out some issues with my gearbox and possible previous accident... after getting some help on forums and a lot of thinking on my part and then getting her checked over, I decided to keep her.
I then sourced a gearbox on gumtree for £275 got that fitted a week later as well as a new clutch, and finally got my car MOT'd and Tax'd - that meant after a month of no car.. I could finally drive her, it made me slightly nervous actually if I'm honest, the long drive home from picking her up originally with only gears 1, 2, 5 & 6 made me dislike the car from the get go
I got lost and couldn't drive properly, I was seeing red... as well as making stupid crunchy noises and revving like mad when 4th gear decided to not work in traffic 300 miles later that day, I was in LOVVVE! Her new gearbox and clutch made her actually driveable :lol:
I then set about doing theeee most important thing I'd been looking forward to doing since getting her.... Put on my epic stickers I got at modified nationals the month before!
I then set about finding a plug for my back window... the back window wiper I realised was broken.. After 5mins of driving it would hang down and look like a tail, if you decided to try and use it, it wagged like one too... was tempted to make a feature of it, but then decided otherwise
- rear wiper delete! After meeting some local guys who were into their cars, one had a spare which he kindly gave me and so my car was 1 wiper less and it was free.... it wasn't black though so with a little nail polish it soon was As I have never had a decent car (as in.. one I actually wanted to clean myself) I didn't have anything or the faintest idea about cleaning a car.. other than a car wash or fairy liquid and a hose and sponge... I met some guys who were OCD about their cars and had a million and one boxes full of car cleaning products, I set about giving my car it's first clean since owning it and my first - hard work/effort car cleaning ever! I actually find it so much fun and very rewarding.. I need to get my own products and not spend 7HOURS! doing it with someone else's stuff.. (opinions? advice? personal preferences? appreciated)
I also managed to change my sticker I got at modified nationals from a pink one (I'm not a pink type of chick but the only one available there) to a white one I found at the Scottish Car Show
Unfortunately I was told to change my headlights as the ones currently fitted weren't *safe* enough wiring wise.. so had to buy the pre facelift lights and fit them in... (MOT guys words) although I will be putting my facelift lights back on when I can find someone who has a clue what they are doing with them
Almost up to speed now, 2 weeks ago was getting my brakes done, then noticed my callipers really need a new paint job... and after deciding I was going to get an induction kit at some point when I could afford a decent one... I woke up scrolled facebook and saw some guy breaking up his EP3... AEM V2 induction kit was for sale, and CHEEAAP! well.. cheap enough for me to message him saying... mine mine mine mine please thanks
Last week it came, I almost hugged the delivery guy, he looked very scared of my excitable face for my parcel
maybe I was jumping up and down too much as he was coming up the path or the fact I snatched it out his hands.. either way he made my day. Thunder and lightening of course... so of course it was a race down the road to the petrol station to sit and fit it on vrrrooooom - my car sounds a lot nicer now (photos to be uploaded once my engine bay has had a bit of a clean, it's really disgusting)Yesterday was the changing of the CD players, I didn't like the one the previous owner had put in so I decided to take the one I bought out my clio and put it in the civic and vice versa
She isn't actually too bad, a few niggly things that really bother me, like the splitter needs redone as does the bonnet and I have a list of the mods I want to do but funds are pretty low... as in.. NONE! but watch this space
- first thing to buy this week will be a tax disc holder because apparently having it on my dash wasn't enough and I woke up to a £100 fine yesterday.. boooo!!Trixi
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