Gunmetal Grey i-vt (MR G)

[KanjoRex]

Groovy floor matts man

Looks nice at jap fest

[Marc_EE9]

Nice buy on the armrest mate!




Car looks stunning. No H badge on the front anymore then?

[Ben_theEFking]

Nice buy on the armrest mate!




Car looks stunning. No H badge on the front anymore then?

Had to get it Marc

Thanks. It never did have one anyway from when Kev had it and I prefer the smooth front end. Plus it makes it easier to polish

[99mrbe]

I wanted those mats great buy lad

[Mikeecrx]

Done a great job with this mate!! Looks amazing, you have any plans with the engine?

[Ben_theEFking]

Done a great job with this mate!! Looks amazing, you have any plans with the engine?

Thanks man. Engine has enough power for me for now. Running around 185bhp and is handles great especially with the Cusco LSD.

Current spec:

Engine

ITR cams and adjustable cam gears
Skunk 2 intake manifold
Uprated adjustable FPR with pressure gauge
ITR 62mm t/b with 3" intake
Insulated inlet gasket
Magnecore KV85 leads
NGK Iridium spark plugs
Supersprint 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
Invidia centre section with no rear box and custom exit pipe
Chipped ecu
Cusco plate 1 way LSD
Exedy stage1 clutch
Lightweight flywheel
N1 crank pully
Innovative 60A engine mounts
Poly shift bushes
Magnetic sump plug
Spoon yellow rocker cover
Black spark plug cover

Chassis, Wheels & Tyres

Meister r zeta s coilovers
Polybushed front and rear LCA's
Cusco OS upper rear strut brace
Cusco EF3/EF7 ST front upper strut brace
15" et32 6.5j Sparco NS2 wheels freshly refurbished in gloss black with Milano red centres wrapped in new Toyo Proxe 195/50/15 tyres

Brakes

ITR DC2 98 spec front calipers
MGZR 180 282mm drilled discs
ITR DC2 98 spec brake pads
Goodridge braided brake hoses
Brake stopper
Front and rear calipers painted gold

Interior

ITR shift boot
CTR OEM gearknob
Momo Indy Wooden 320mm steering wheel
Dashmat
Crx VT leather door cards
EF2/EF9 carpet mats
Genuine JDM arm rest
"Personal Box" non smoker ash tray

Exterior

Full respray in OEM Pewter Grey
EF9 'vtec' door decals
New red pinstripe on bump strips
Rear wiper delete
Smoothed bonnet
VT front and rear mud flaps

[Marc_EE9]

What are the 60A engine mounts like Ben?

[Ben_theEFking]

What are the 60A engine mounts like Ben?

You can certainly feel them inside the cabin and through the chassis but they are much better than I expected to be honest.

[Ben_theEFking]

So my heater hasn't ever worked since I owned the car. I took the heater resistor out yesterday and found this:



Luckily I had already bought a new resistor kit and soldered it on today.



Hopefully it will now work!

[dazec8]

where did u get the heater repair kit from mate
love the car u deffo put ur own stamp on it now

[Ben_theEFking]

where did u get the heater repair kit from mate
love the car u deffo put ur own stamp on it now

Off eBay mate, only £6 however my heater is still not working I have checked the fuse which is fine, I fear it may be the motor itself although I'd like to try another resistor first.

I have driven the car quite a bit over the last few weekends. Had some great B road blasts . I was off work on Friday so gave the car a thorough clean. Wash and wax on the outside, treated all the bumpstrips, window rubbers, mudflaps and sill covers with autoglym rubber and vinyl care, polished all the windows inside and out, removed the Sparco's and cleaned them inside and out, tyre shined the tyres and hoovered the inside and treated the dash etc with armour all. Looked awesome when I was finised. No pics unfortunately as my iPhone camera has died.

I also put extra air in the tyres, popped a new air freshner inside to stop it smelling damp over the winter, put it in the garage, disconnected the battery and put it under a waterproof car cover. So that's it for this year, it's now off the road until after the winter. I will start it up at least every 2 weeks and move it in and out of the garage to stop the brakes seizing up etc. I have a few things planned for it for next year. Just need to get the dreaded winter out of the way and I can get cracking.

[Ben_theEFking]

Decided to fit my Cusco front brace today. Well pleased with it

[sixteen16]

Looks really nice Ben. Any noted difference in the handling?

[Ben_theEFking]

Looks really nice Ben. Any noted difference in the handling?

Haven't driven it mate. It's now off the road for the winter so literally fitted it and put the car back under the cover.

[ball2uall]

looking very clean ben, just been looking at the engine spec, hope to get mine to something similar one day, is it still running obd0? also i'm assuming its using an a2 head?