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Hi everybody!
(Hope I'm posting this in the right place!)
New FN2 Type R owner here with a bit of a pickle!
I purchased the car from a dealer (the car is in great condition, everything works, a few minor asthetic/cosmetic issues only) the car is an 08 model year with 85K miles on the clock.
The previous owner had the car for 3 years and did 1K miles a year only and never had the car serviced. The dealership did say they serviced the car when it was sold and it does have a service stamp...HOWEVER...when checking fluids I saw that the Oil and coolant where low. For my peace of mind I bought all genuine Honda service bits (oil & filter / air filter / pollen cabin filter / spark plugs & new coolant) to do a full service.
I believe the dealership service stamp is hogwash because when I got under the car all of the 5 bolts to the inspection panel where rusted on SOLID and the air filter was rather minging. How could it have just recently been serviced?!
I tried to remove one of the inspection bolts for the undertray to get to the Oil plug and filter and it snapped right off all the rest are looking like they will snap right off too ( I tried heating them and using penetrating oil to no avail)
I've since ordered the genuine bolts and replacment clips for the undertray, my question is, if the bolts cant be removed and they do indeed snap off, will i be able to still remove the cover? and how would i go about replacing the clips and bolts that ive purchased if the old rusted ones are snapped inside?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated! I have all the bits and pieces, I just need to be able to gain access to everything and be able to fit the new bolts and clips if the old ones do snap so i can remount the undertray panel.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Jonathan O
(Hope I'm posting this in the right place!)
New FN2 Type R owner here with a bit of a pickle!
I purchased the car from a dealer (the car is in great condition, everything works, a few minor asthetic/cosmetic issues only) the car is an 08 model year with 85K miles on the clock.
The previous owner had the car for 3 years and did 1K miles a year only and never had the car serviced. The dealership did say they serviced the car when it was sold and it does have a service stamp...HOWEVER...when checking fluids I saw that the Oil and coolant where low. For my peace of mind I bought all genuine Honda service bits (oil & filter / air filter / pollen cabin filter / spark plugs & new coolant) to do a full service.
I believe the dealership service stamp is hogwash because when I got under the car all of the 5 bolts to the inspection panel where rusted on SOLID and the air filter was rather minging. How could it have just recently been serviced?!
I tried to remove one of the inspection bolts for the undertray to get to the Oil plug and filter and it snapped right off all the rest are looking like they will snap right off too ( I tried heating them and using penetrating oil to no avail)
I've since ordered the genuine bolts and replacment clips for the undertray, my question is, if the bolts cant be removed and they do indeed snap off, will i be able to still remove the cover? and how would i go about replacing the clips and bolts that ive purchased if the old rusted ones are snapped inside?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated! I have all the bits and pieces, I just need to be able to gain access to everything and be able to fit the new bolts and clips if the old ones do snap so i can remount the undertray panel.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Jonathan O