My battered, faded, tired GL

[FarrellEF91]

she's a beauty! nice wheels by the way (got the same as you), Did you have much trouble getting your wheels to fit? my hubs bolts only just poked through the wheel to get the four wheel nuts on. had about 4 rotations before the whels nuts where tight! bit sketchy.

looking forward to you progress

haha thanks i dont recall having any issues :S the wheels have been on for 2 months now and i check the nuts every now and then and all seems well so far... are you using the standard wheel nuts?

Yep, using the standard wheel nuts, must be just me, when the wheel is on i can only see about an inch of bolt to place a wheel nut on. just enough to get a few turns in with the nut itself. maybe the ED2 civic has shorter hub bolts.

an inch should be plenty! but the standard wheel nuts have a rounded seating, you want some 60 degree tapered nuts to match up with the seating in the wheels. i got some off ebay but i dont think they're up anymore :S

[MrJacobsSedan1992]

yeah sorry an inch is too long now thinking about it hah. more like 10mm or less. anywho i will keep a look out for the 60 degree nuts you speak of

[FarrellEF91]

yeah sorry an inch is too long now thinking about it hah. more like 10mm or less. anywho i will keep a look out for the 60 degree nuts you speak of

lol i did wonder but even 10mm isnt terrible i dont think

Most aftermarket wheels use 60 degree seatings so the nuts aren't hard to come by, it just helps hold them tight

[FarrellEF91]

Fitted a new distributor cap and rotor arm this afternoon and discovered oil in the bottom of the cap! so now searching for a new oil seal. on the bright side the car felt alot smoother but still no power under 3000RPM!!!

[Fudgey7]

Fitted a new distributor cap and rotor arm this afternoon and discovered oil in the bottom of the cap! so now searching for a new oil seal. on the bright side the car felt alot smoother but still no power under 3000RPM!!!

Hi
How's the car coming on. Why no power?
Steve

[FarrellEF91]

well... took the car to Steve this evening and he had a good look over it, found a vacuum pipe/ plug that had wiggled off and a few leaks but other than that the car was fine! took it for a spin and as it turns out, i just drive like an old man! ahh well thats goon news i suppose

[FarrellEF91]

got myself a new steering wheel during the week, woohoo!



I liked the wooden wheel but not very comfortable for long journeys, especially now the weather is warming up! however i nearly didn't make it there! almost got rammed off the road by some stupid chav in a dark blue 4th gen ford fiesta with dark blue wheels poking out of the arches (IIRR). Driver was a Blonde male. if i see him again, words will be had. Frit the life out of me!

but yeah new wheel, much better, happy days.

[Lee4391]

Any pictures of your old wooden wheel?

[FarrellEF91]

Any pictures of your old wooden wheel?

Heres the wooden wheel

[Fudgey7]

Any pictures of your old wooden wheel?

Heres the wooden wheel

Hi Daniel,
This is Lee I told you about in reading. Look at his build.

[FarrellEF91]

Hi Daniel,
This is Lee I told you about in reading. Look at his build.[/quote]

ahh will do, cheers steve!

[FarrellEF91]

Muhahaha! not sure if i will actually put it on the car but its the kind of thing/ style i like, ish.

[FarrellEF91]

Slightly off topic, but i didnt want to start another thread.

Here is what i did yesterday!!!! :'D



Possibly the best 2 minutes of my life (only got 2 laps) so much fun! I barely scratched the surface of the capabilities of this car but it felt like it was about to take off whenever i went near the throttle! and the breaks! Holy moly! just a little bit of force and it felt like it was going to stand on its nose! really really really want one!

[FarrellEF91]

Trumpets!

[MrJacobsSedan1992]

Trumpets!

Ooh let us know how these go, always seem to have trouble running trumpets on my carbs