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Okay, thought I'd post up a little build thread.
I previously had a satin ep3 with the jrsc.
Had it for 3 years and had lots of fun. However I wanted a little bit more power from it and so decided to do the dc5 conversion and install a charge cooler. I spent most of the winter stripping it down and installing a number of modifications. Took it to Tdi - North in March for a remap. Managed to pull 344bhp and 221lbft @8psi! Well chuffed with the results. So back home i went with a massive smile on my face. The smile lasted all of 4 days as I rolled it into a field. Gutted.....yes! Stupid.....very much so!
Here's a few pictures of the car after.
Fortunately the insurance were very good. Settled for 5.5k for a standard type-r as I was keeping all mods. Bought the car back for £160.
Didn't hang around long, the following week I had another civic in my driveway. This time it's a pre facelift milano. Had everything apart from an engine, exhaust, and ecu. Picked it up for £1k which wasn't too bad! Here's a few pictures of the new civic.
Not a big fan of how it looked. Paint was faded, lacquer pealing, couple of car park dent. Time for a respray.
so I asked a while back what colour i should do. Keep it red or something else. After a long time deciding (as some of you will remember lol), I decided to go with purple. Specifically the Audi R8 velvet purple.
As I had some spare funds lol I decided to do a facelift conversion too!
Went down to the body shop tonight and took a few pictures. Here are some from the other day and tonight.
Once it's out the bodyshop ill be transplanting everything from my old satin to this one.
I'll post up the spec when I start building.
Cheers
I previously had a satin ep3 with the jrsc.
Had it for 3 years and had lots of fun. However I wanted a little bit more power from it and so decided to do the dc5 conversion and install a charge cooler. I spent most of the winter stripping it down and installing a number of modifications. Took it to Tdi - North in March for a remap. Managed to pull 344bhp and 221lbft @8psi! Well chuffed with the results. So back home i went with a massive smile on my face. The smile lasted all of 4 days as I rolled it into a field. Gutted.....yes! Stupid.....very much so!
Here's a few pictures of the car after.
Fortunately the insurance were very good. Settled for 5.5k for a standard type-r as I was keeping all mods. Bought the car back for £160.
Didn't hang around long, the following week I had another civic in my driveway. This time it's a pre facelift milano. Had everything apart from an engine, exhaust, and ecu. Picked it up for £1k which wasn't too bad! Here's a few pictures of the new civic.
Not a big fan of how it looked. Paint was faded, lacquer pealing, couple of car park dent. Time for a respray.
so I asked a while back what colour i should do. Keep it red or something else. After a long time deciding (as some of you will remember lol), I decided to go with purple. Specifically the Audi R8 velvet purple.
As I had some spare funds lol I decided to do a facelift conversion too!
Went down to the body shop tonight and took a few pictures. Here are some from the other day and tonight.
Once it's out the bodyshop ill be transplanting everything from my old satin to this one.
I'll post up the spec when I start building.
Cheers