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Out with the old, in with the Cosmic!

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New to the site so thought I'd introduce myself and start a thread!

I'm new to Honda's as I'm a bit of a Vauxhall guy.. This is the first car i've owned that isn't a vauxhall and i love it!
I had a mk4 astra but retardedly reversed it into a bollard and couldnt face driving it with the massive dent that was left :evil:

A mate of mine was selling his EP3 cheap as he got a new car so for the price he said I could have it for I couldn't say no! I really had no plan to make any modifications on it because I also own a Nova GSi which is where i spend most my time, but as soon as I drove the EP3 i was in love haha.. So now my plans have changed, i want to clean up the civic and make a few mods.

So the car.. like i said i got it for a right bargain! Its not in the best condition body wise, but it has full service history and runs sweet, has 145k on the clock which ive heard isn't actually alot for these cars/engines?

The only modification on it is, sportex centre section and backbox.

So heres some pics of how it sits now, came with no back seats but first thing I did was took a 4 hour round trip to grab some!

After a clean and polish

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Need to source a new front bumper due to this crack

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A new wing as the passenger side has a dent in

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Has two small dinks in the rear quarter which im gonna to enquire about getting out

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And a small dent in the roof which is hard to get a pic of

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Sportex 4"

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Usual bolster wear..

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And the wheels are in desperate need of a refurb!

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Like I said the plan was to just use it as daily and not bother doing anything to it but, its way too much fun so im looking forward to tidying it up and making some mods!

Sean :D
 
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Always like a doer upper. Looking forward to seeing your progress mate, lots of ideas and inspiration on here.
 
Tis a very well used ep3 yeah lol, but I love it so will tidy it up and get it looking like it should do!

as for mods, I have a skunk2 weighted gear nob, hekos, and rear wiper grommet on the way. Then I'll be going for a black and purple theme ie wheels and other little bits. possibly a mugen grill but tbh first I want to source a new front bumper and get the small couple of dents out!

and the nova I'll put a couple pics up at home tomorrow when I'm on my laptop, or my Instagram is: marshallbmx loads there :)
 
So a couple of small updates this weekend, got my rear wiper grommet and blanked that off..

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Then changed the gearbox oil

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Also bought a new steering wheel with only a small amount of wear as my current one has a tear!

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Then as requested, pictures of the nova

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More updates to come!


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Another little update tonight, had no gaitor so got a carbon wrapped centre console off a mate with one on only fitted the bottom part atm

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And during that I also bought a Tegiwa quick shift off him and got it fitted

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Fitted

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That's all for now!


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Please tell me the Nova has a 2.0 Redtop under the bonnet

Noo it's all original except from being lowered, maybe one day I'll change the engine but with it being a GSi and quite rare now I'm wanting to stay original


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The nova looks lovely, good job Sir! I like the mentality too, standard ones are very rate these days.

There's always loads of EP3s being broken on ebay, worth asking them for parts, I've had a few cracking deals that way. Keep up the good work, it's always nice to see cars being brought back to life.
 
Thanks Jimbo!

Another small update, my wind deflectors came today so got them fitted and gave the car a polish :)

Wheels are in desperate need of a refurb :(

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Sean.


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My new daily, EP3

Got my skunk2 weighted gear knob today! Weird how something like that can make a big difference, so much smoother changing gears..

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The gear knob? I'd definitely recommend it; with the short shift Aswell it's a good combo mine was £30 new on eBay from jdmproductions


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Is it the really deal then or is it a copy ??? If it's a copy is it still the same weight 440grams ??


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