Toms1989

Thought it'd be rude not to!

Bought the S back in June 2012 from a Gent in Manchester.

Spec at the time I bought her;

-51 plate late 2001
-101k miles
-Full Honda service history plus his own servicing.
-3 previous owners
-Eibach Pro-kit 30mm
-HEL braided brake hoses and clutch hose
-EBC Yellow stuffs and Brembo discs all round
-JBL 6.5" components with CD player
-New roof fitted in November 2011ish along with geometry sorted at a lotus specialist around the same time.

The night I bought her





SO

Next day set about giving her one hell of a detail, involving clay and DAing with Sonus came out like so







After that, new rocker cover gasket as it was weeping, also the Cam cover was rocking the usual flaking paint...



So it was chemically stripped bare, then sprayed with VHT Wrinkle read



Then it reacted



SO back to square one again





Again!



Much better



Didn't wrinkle quite as much as I'd hoped for but it was better than before + no oil leak



After that came some goodies, first from our S2KTuning on here



AEM V2, sounds god like Have got a few videos will upload them on here in a bit

Then a week later, A nice Invidia N1 catback came up for sale for a bargain



3 legged cat wasn't included





Again sounds fantastic! bit droney though

Bought a 2.75" Invidia test pipe to go with it aswell, nice gain, feels better low down, not to mention the noise it makes now! hard not to put your foot down haha!



After that, the dreaded seat bolster was rebuilt

Bit of sponge, cardboard and tape to secure it



Much better





Mini service in the middle, Uber cheap Titan Super Syn and Genuine OE filter



Then as there was a stint of nice weather, made a start on undersealing her Got the front wheel arches done and back passenger arch done, all pressure washed and degreased beforehand and removed arch guards too, so a thorough job



Crash bar was a HIDEOUS state, so Linishing disc out for the grinder back to bare metal and now looks the same



As is goes at the moment, haven't done the Drivers side rear wheel arch, as it's suffering with a mild case of rust bubbling, so it's going to be cut out, smoothed and resprayed, and blended in.

Took her to TDI North to be RR'd, came out with a healthyish result



Figure taken with a pinch of salt obviously.

That's it so far Not massive spending on this one, just keeping her fit healthy and tidy, hopefully some nice floor mats, new interior carpet and some facelift doorcards, oh and wheel refurb too

All in all it's been a superb motor, thoroughly enjoyed every moment of driving it, had one or two scary moments in her but haven't we all!

Hope you all approve

Leeroy1

Did the decat reduce the drone at all or just make it louder? The drone from my N1 is driving me insane!

BenRNBP

I wish I had a garage like yours ! Perfect size for toys of course now I'm going to have to get the rear bumper off mine now and de-rust for peace of mind (and I'll have to do it on the drive)

Toms1989

Lot less droney lower down, around town and that, but at 70 it's still as noticeable, if a little bit quieter.

The Undersealing on the rear helped a fair bit though, I did lash a fair bit of it on

s2konroids

Nice work Tom, come on since i seen it at MCR that time.

Haha i remember revving the shit out of my quashqai hire car!

earl's_f20c

Good stuff Tom, along with your top photographic skills

Will you be looking at getting an ECU gizmo gadget soon, Greddy, AEM etc to get the most from your mods?

I almost had that Mugen exhaust that was 'nearly' for sale and it made me realise that when you get to a certain stage of breathing mods you need to also think about fueling, are you at that stage yet or will that be after you get a header?

Toms1989

It's ideal mate! seen several engines out of a few cars in there


Good night out that was mate! Thanks very much


Cheers bud

Yeah not too far off now, No idea what Management to go for though... AEM EMS2, S300....

s2konroids

I'd get full bolt on's before you map it.

AquilaEagle

CHIPPO

I do not really want to be negative, but from my experience you need to take the 2 plastic protectors off at the lower end of the front of the real wheel arch and check under there for rust , And then down underneath at this point , especially along the seam between the floor pan and cill.

God that crash beam is rusty , looks worse than mine was

Also check the fuel tank, especially along the seam and the tags that hold it in around the bolts. Lovegrova recently hd to have new tank as a result of rust

Also be very careful checking brake pipes, i thought mine were ok, and in sept even had a real close look with the MOT inspector and still thought they
were fine, until i stripped the back end of the car and found excessive corrosion on
the pipes which i have had to replace.