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It's taken me a while, apologies.
Like I said in when I joined the forum, I've had a fair number of Hondas, mostly civics. This is my second EP3 (my first being a NHB pre-facelift). This is the one I'm likely to keep a while however.
She's a 55 reg premier edition at about 80k.
So far I've:
Still on my list of things to do are:
Things I'd like to do are replace the open diff with a helical (Quaife if I could afford it), new suspension (springs at least, since they're old and rust-bubbled), fast road setup (but that can wait).
For the most part I'm trying to keep it looking mostly OEM. I like the standard wheels (still think they're the prettiest standard ones out there), the normal exhaust exit (twin pipe) is simple and effective, etc. The steering wheel hasn't yet had its coating rubbed off like so many I've seen; I'm mostly happy.
Like I said in when I joined the forum, I've had a fair number of Hondas, mostly civics. This is my second EP3 (my first being a NHB pre-facelift). This is the one I'm likely to keep a while however.
She's a 55 reg premier edition at about 80k.
So far I've:
- Replaced rear sway bar with JDM
- Added Dension Gateway Lite BT so I can keep the Honda head unit (amp's okay and it's nice and simple)
- Replaced drive shaft seals (managed to get a bit of a discount due to a leak I spotted when I looked her over)
- Replaced the coolant (honda), and the gearbox oil (Honda MTF-3)
- Replaced all four calipers with new OEM ones (front two were seized, one rear was), painted them red, and used RBF600 for the fluid
- Replaced brake lamps with Philips 1157 Intense Red Vision LEDs
- Replaced the main headlight bulbs with Philips X-tremeVision halogen H1
- Replaced the front running lights and boot light with Philips X-tremeVision LED W5W T10 6000K (what can I say, I like Philips lighting products)
- Had her fully serviced by Honda to make sure I haven't missed anything
- Replaced all 4 discs and pads (just Pagid, they seem to work and I don't generally thrash her too hard)
Still on my list of things to do are:
- Tyres, probably Michelin Pilot Sport 4's. She's currently running conti sportcontact 2 on front and some godawful unknowns on the rear
- Exhaust, I have a Legalis R inbound from Japan right now and am desperate for it to arrive
- Polish (or replace) the front headlight assemblies
- Fix the front fogs. One is somehow filled with grit (a few of the Premiers I saw had this issue) and the other's reflector looks damaged (as if the reflective coating has peeled or something)
- Fix whatever the hell is making some vibrating noise in the doors next to the driver (and passenger's) shoulders
- Get the various gouges and scrapes out of the wheels
- ... and the list goes on
Things I'd like to do are replace the open diff with a helical (Quaife if I could afford it), new suspension (springs at least, since they're old and rust-bubbled), fast road setup (but that can wait).
For the most part I'm trying to keep it looking mostly OEM. I like the standard wheels (still think they're the prettiest standard ones out there), the normal exhaust exit (twin pipe) is simple and effective, etc. The steering wheel hasn't yet had its coating rubbed off like so many I've seen; I'm mostly happy.