TypeGRRR's CR-X siR - Update: 22/04/15 POWER
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23rd November 2010: General Update
The car has been pretty well behaved lately and sailed through it's MOT last month without any problems. Inevitably though the car has a new problem, the speedo has stopped working and I've got the CEL up on the dash (fault code 17 - Vehicle Speed Sensor). I haven't got round to having a proper look at it yet, however I'm hoping it's just going to be a loose connection, rather than a faulty VSS. So for the time being, I have no VTEC..!
On a more positive note, I managed to install my iPod adapter and rewire my aerial at the weekend, so at least my journeys aren't totally boring.
Back on a more negative note, my boot is still getting a bit of water in it, it's definitely getting in through the rear lights. My offside light has had half the fixings snapped off it, so I've purchased another. I've also bought some new rear light seals which I hope will solve the problem once and for all (well for a few years anyway).
Now the days are silly short, I find myself driving round in the dark a lot, with candles for headlights, so thought I get hold of some better bulbs. Unfortunately my trip to Halfrauds yielded no results as the bulbs are pretty unusual (H4H fitment), so had to splash out and buy some PIAA 'JDM YO' bulbs. After successfully fitting the first one, I moved onto the second one, only to find an ordinary H4 bulb in there, FFS. Someone has obviously modified the headlight to accept a H4 bulb, so I'm now left with the dilemma of either, leaving it bodged and buying a uprated H4 bulb, try to revert the modification or replace the headlight unit altogether.
I got a new spangly key, as I've only ever had one key since I bought it, which was pushing my luck should I of lost it.
Finally, a little birdy told me my J's Racing replica lip is ready for delivery. I can't wait to get this on, it's one of only a few external modifications I want to make. Here's a shamelessly stolen picture of a J's lip fitted to another car.
The car has been pretty well behaved lately and sailed through it's MOT last month without any problems. Inevitably though the car has a new problem, the speedo has stopped working and I've got the CEL up on the dash (fault code 17 - Vehicle Speed Sensor). I haven't got round to having a proper look at it yet, however I'm hoping it's just going to be a loose connection, rather than a faulty VSS. So for the time being, I have no VTEC..!
On a more positive note, I managed to install my iPod adapter and rewire my aerial at the weekend, so at least my journeys aren't totally boring.
Back on a more negative note, my boot is still getting a bit of water in it, it's definitely getting in through the rear lights. My offside light has had half the fixings snapped off it, so I've purchased another. I've also bought some new rear light seals which I hope will solve the problem once and for all (well for a few years anyway).
Now the days are silly short, I find myself driving round in the dark a lot, with candles for headlights, so thought I get hold of some better bulbs. Unfortunately my trip to Halfrauds yielded no results as the bulbs are pretty unusual (H4H fitment), so had to splash out and buy some PIAA 'JDM YO' bulbs. After successfully fitting the first one, I moved onto the second one, only to find an ordinary H4 bulb in there, FFS. Someone has obviously modified the headlight to accept a H4 bulb, so I'm now left with the dilemma of either, leaving it bodged and buying a uprated H4 bulb, try to revert the modification or replace the headlight unit altogether.
I got a new spangly key, as I've only ever had one key since I bought it, which was pushing my luck should I of lost it.
Finally, a little birdy told me my J's Racing replica lip is ready for delivery.
I can't wait to get this on, it's one of only a few external modifications I want to make. Here's a shamelessly stolen picture of a J's lip fitted to another car.
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:lol: I have a similarly awful previous owner lights story. Rear fog light of the MR2 had been bodged. Only one of the two lights, one each side, lit up. Upon investigation there was a naked wire, live whenever the rear fogs were one, that could have shorted through the bodywork. Worst wiring I've ever seen. Got that fixed up pronto before I buggered all eight filaments...
PS. how did you get the Honda fob for the key? My replacement key cut is a standard, no-Toyota-logo job...
PS. how did you get the Honda fob for the key? My replacement key cut is a standard, no-Toyota-logo job...
Enjoyed reading the update - it's never plain sailing though, is it? LOL.
At least when you've sorted the lights out that'll be one more job you've taken care of, and won't have to worry about. For what it's worth, I'd revert to trying to sort the light out to take a H4H again, as opposed to a bodge job with a H4.
Look forward to seeing the J's style lip
At least when you've sorted the lights out that'll be one more job you've taken care of, and won't have to worry about. For what it's worth, I'd revert to trying to sort the light out to take a H4H again, as opposed to a bodge job with a H4.
Look forward to seeing the J's style lip
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It's not usually on the road long enough to be a problem anyway. :lol:
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29th December 2010: New Windscreen fitted
Not the most exciting of updates, but little things please me. My car originally had a green/blue windscreen fitted, however it stood out like a sore thumb against the rest of the bronze glass.
I picked up a couple of stone chips back in the summer, but during this recent cold spell, one of them decided to crack wide open. I was happy to swallow the £70 excess and wait 3 weeks for a bronze one to arrive off the boat.
The Crack
Green/Blue
Autoglass also fitted the trim surround, which I was previously missing altogether, looks a lot cleaner now.
Bronze
Not the most exciting of updates, but little things please me. My car originally had a green/blue windscreen fitted, however it stood out like a sore thumb against the rest of the bronze glass.
I picked up a couple of stone chips back in the summer, but during this recent cold spell, one of them decided to crack wide open. I was happy to swallow the £70 excess and wait 3 weeks for a bronze one to arrive off the boat.
The Crack
Green/Blue
Autoglass also fitted the trim surround, which I was previously missing altogether, looks a lot cleaner now.
Bronze
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Mighty crack you had there too
Once they start, you can't stop them. I remember watching a crack grow across my windscreen as I was driving. Scary stuff.