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Andy's NHB FN2 GT

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Took the plunge and bought an FN2. 77k on the clock and full Honda service history.

Love the car, but I hate the front seats! Need to find some different ones.







Mechanically the car is sound which is the most important thing to me.

Visually it isnt great. It has some scratches which a 10 year old car will have, the swirls though... horrendous! First thing I want to do is a paint correction.

I have plans for the car over the next few years.

Visual plans;
Type R kits Mstyle Spoiler
Type R kits Mstyle front
Type R kits Mstyle Rear
Type R kits Mstyle grill
Side skirts
Alloy refurb
Rear vinyl cover for the tail lights
New wing mirror indicator lenses
Engine dress up

Mechanical plans;
Quaife LSD
Meister R ZetaCRD coilovers
Aftermarket catback, probably a Cobra
Uprated brake discs and pads (recommendations!?)
HKS induction kit
Fast road set-up
Hondata remap
Michelin PS4 or PSS tyres
 
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The side supports dig like hell into the side of my legs. I had leather recaros in my Megane 250 and they were perfect, these are incredibly narrow.

Im thinking of getting the Type S seats and a CG lock.
 
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2 bucket method wash today. Then went with Poorboys Black hole, Autoglym super resin and the Liquid Nattys wax to finish.



Paintwork is in awful condition. So many scratches and swirls. Roof is starting to bubble and rust too.

Im cancelling all my mod plans and save for a respray as there is no point buying a bodykit when the paintwork brings tears to my eyes.

Not sure whether to respray as the colour it is or to respray it Pheonix Yellow.
 
Pheonix yellow to be different or if you want to go black again go for the bronze black they did the FN2 in.
Looks black in shade, but a very nice dark bronze in the sun
 
This what Deep Bronze Pearl can look like.
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Really? At 10 years old?

Yup, mines a 57 plate. It doesn't have full Honda SH either, last service was completed by myself and other by specialists, ABP etc.
The dealer said I'd never get it sorted FOC, one dealer wouldn't even look at it but as soon as Honda HQ got involved it was booked in and sorted. Even had a brand new jazz courtesy car :)
 
Been months since I updated!

Gearbox synchro's came back fine, but the clutch is going. Smells of burning whenever I reverse, bit of slipping too.

Been quoted £108 for an OEM clutch kit, lightweight flywheel for £180 and labour at £54 per hour. Opinions on that?
 
Clutch kit seems cheap, is it OEM spec or Honda OEM? I ask as there are two different Exedy OEM kits and one is vastly superior to the other. The "EU" one is chocolate, the "US" one is the better one and you can tell them apart as the friction disc and pressure plate come in separate boxes inside the main box.

Make sure when it is done that a genuine Honda bearing is used, as a rule of thumb aftermarket ones start to chirp and squawk after a few thousand miles. I'd even do as far as to not use the Exedy bearing and buy a separate Honda bearing, or of course if you are getting a Honda kit make sure it has the bearing too.

Flywheel depends on the brand. Some are OK, but some are dire and can cause vibrations, crack and cause premature clutch wear.
 
I believe it is OEM spec , it was £120 but I got 10% discount on parts as I use them often. Flywheel is Competition Clutch too.

It is more of an 'it will do for a year' job to be honest. I was originally going to buy some Meister R coilovers but the clutch started to be awful in reverse and smell of burning.
 
Competition Clutch OEM replacement kit and Lightweight flywheel now fitted. Clutch is really light, never realised how heavy it used to be.

Had an EML light come on over night, was a knock sensor which was code-read and replaced for £60 fitted.

Faultless prices for top notch work in my opinion!
 
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