Red Dx......Back to the drawing board....again -_-

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:29 pm

Maybe if you fancy being stuck under a rooflining in the back of the concerto

Haha yep it is very clean shell just the backs of the sills need alittle welding and thats it

the paint on it amazingly good aswell. Dont suppose you know what right off it is do you ? i cant rermember if it was cat C or cat D

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:04 pm

Finished off the front bumper and nearly finished making the JDM rear bumper, just painted it up to high light the imperfections so i can get rid of them.

Fitted some more of the front end Vt filler bar T-bar and Sir headlights

Also got all the wheels fitted but goig to remove the pass side one again as need to do some work on the tre. Jade did some pic whoring

Will update again later got my exhaust system back yesterday got a friend to weld it all up for me so no more leaking and exhaust putty

And got a new bolt for the gearshifter as i lost the orignal one

but after that the car can go back on its wheels for good

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:14 pm

great stuff mate

but i must say, the gap for the plate on the rear bumper looks pretty small. OEM measures approx 14"

Titch93 · Post by **Titch93** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:41 pm

Marc_VT wrote:great stuff mate

but i must say, the gap for the plate on the rear bumper looks pretty small. OEM measures approx 14"

That's what I thought when I saw it (when I actually took the pics

) but I didn't wanna say anything in case Ethan yelled at me :S

perfectionist · Post by **perfectionist** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:55 pm

Just did a check for ya, it's a cat C, so will need a VIC.

Don't let that put you off tho, it only had a nudge on the front bumper.
I drove it home approx 200 miles on trade plates, so you can imagine how little the damage was

Post by **walsh123** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:57 am

i know ill drill the holes out when i get the new carbs as ill be swapping over the bits

It is too small by about an inch but the plate will fit in by cutting down the edges a tad so its all good-ish

I thought it might have been, the VIC doesnt put me off its just annoying really but some guys at the local garage are gpoing to drive it for me to its MOT and VIC check so at least i dont have to get insured on it until i know its road legal

James4g · Post by **James4g** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:53 pm

Really coming together now mate
Looks Sweet!

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:17 pm

Bit more progress on the Dx. I got a set of new carbs from Adam as my old ones were setup really badly and would have made the car idle at 3000rpm which i didnt want to happen the first time i started it up

Hopefully ill be able to get all the wiring test fitted up and make sure everything works and the it starts, then i can fit all the interior and wire it up properly

New carbs fitted

Also painted up the inlet manifold before i fitted the new carbs

I wanted to fit standard front wings and i managed to get a passenger side front wing and a driver side front wingbut the drivers side one got bent in the post

So i've given up on getting standard ones on the car for the time being as im running out of cash now.

But luckily i still had my old fiberglass ones lying around so ive started fitting those instead took me 2.5 hours to get just the passenger side wing on due to having to drill out all the holes etc

Going to do the drivers side one tomorrow. They dont look too bad but as soon as i have the cash i'll get standard ones fitted on

Also a little mock up of what the front end will look like

I also got quote of £150 from the local garage for spraying the front wings, bonnet and filler piece. Is that a reasonable amount ?

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:42 pm

Haha Nah ive been squirting tons of ant killer everywhere though

i might have toinvest in a blow torch fry he lil feckers

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:51 pm

There just the black ones thankfully so basically there just really annoying running all over the place there thousands of them

Post by **walsh123** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:59 pm

yeah if they were red ones id just get a new garage

Oh also if anyone removes there arch liners dont throw away the all clips like i did, there £1.10 each from Honda

Post by **walsh123** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:50 pm

Got most of the wiring mock fitted up yesterday and did a little more today. So i now have all the lights working dash lights up and ignition works, So should hopefully be starting it very soon

What i mean by "mock fitted"

Also the front wings are fitted properly and i also filed out the holes for the side repeaters

I also lost my rocker cover earth wire

so i made one up today after a short trip to Maplins

Thats it for now, more very soon

Post by **walsh123** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:03 am

Yep remembered to take the phone with the cam that works

You must get really confused when ever i text you,how many numbers you got for me now

Post by **walsh123** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:09 pm

ITS ALIVVVVEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Had a #bit of a prooblem gettig it started at first then remembered the car has a diy immobiliser

flicked it and it started up first time

Carbs are set very well too full choke it idles around 2000 and then choke in bang a 1000 with a slight adjustment

It overheated abit after about 20mins but think thats just because theres a fair bit of air in it so going to blead the the radiator again to get rid of air thats left.

I took a video but i cant find it in the files on my phone on the computer

but ill get another one and try again

HONDAB88 · Post by **HONDAB88** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:12 pm

great progress! get the ants drunk! i did it the other day poured some beer near them they were wobbling all over the shop in minutes!