My Ek9

I prefer the suede personally, with a strip of tape at the top for that tracked up feel, the leather looks classy tho

Alfa 156 2.4 JTD haha
and have a silver facelift ek that ive bought to do a few things with, but whens its back from the paint shop i think it will be up for sale so i can get the s2000

and yes, im suspicious of the ones on ebay. something not quite right about them, and how cheap they are

I need a cheep steering wheel and boss for my DX, so loving this thread so far....

someone told me youve sold your ek9??

could be getting confused with mark?

nope, forgot who but someons said hes got an evo 6 instead? or am i being mis-informed?

i saw this on fb lol
ben whats the deal?

yeah i swapped my 9 for an evo!......NOTTTT (:

went with my friend for a track day thing his mom bought him, so told everyone it was mine

Looked quick though!

evo 5 gsr btw (:

ok so trying to get a nardi wheel at a good price is a killer and dont wanna get one of those fake ones off ebay.

so been looking at this dished one, straight from japan, anyone seen it before?



i would like a momo monte carlo 320mm but cant find one of those either.

right a little update as i havent posted about my progress in a while.

fitted all the dash back in on the weekend and the engine bay is ready for the engine to go back in now!

im looking for some battery cable but not sure where to get some from as im gonna elocated the battery in the boot. (CUS)

ive just ordered my new track rod end as the ball joint on the other was nakered and recieved my driveshafts!

just ordered myself a momo monte carlo too! (same as spoon without red stiching) 350mm

im just hoping i get a decent amount of pay the end of this month so i can get it done for mimms, but its my girlfriends birthday too!!

engine will be going back in on the weekend so should be up and running ready!

il get pictures asap (:

heres the wheel:

haha fairplay man, i wanna see this coming to mimms aswell repping TOA fooooo!

the stuff i used was £5 a metre i had got three and i bought some gold connectors for the loom and so connect the battery. when did you want to get some stuff?

holla

yeah i hope its done for mimms!

yeah i remember you saying it was pretty dear! well need to get it asap really.

what was the place called? and did you take your old connectors to get the correct size or?

its called GAP glaze auto parts or sumat, i just cut the end of the original connectors and used the blocks to connect the back up.

ahh i get ya! il do it that way then (:

are they online? or where are they based?

do you lot meet up before mimms and drive up together?

ok so got a little update.

ive been running a little low on money so im a bit behind tbf! and doubt il make it to south mimms unless this months wages is high!

over the weekend i stripped the engine bay even more so could spray it good and proper. everything but subframe, brake lines and brake master cylinder.

and bought some NHO paint this morning and started spraying, just got a good first coat on there and its starting to look good (:




and also won some coilovers on ebay. heard some good things about them and few bad things too but for the price and 32 way adjustable i couldnt care! they are daiyama's

so my stock suspension is up for sale.

thats it for now but hopefully i will have the bay done for saturday to get the engine back in!

ye man lookin clean make sure you laquer the fark out of the bay cuz if oil gets in any spots that arnt it will stain it quite bad.

yeah cus im laquer it to death! til my face blows off theres that much shine haa! but yeah gonna give it a good 7-8 coats of laquer. need you to give me directions to that place for cable too if you dont mind?

hope this helps dude, this is that place....

http://www.glazeautoparts.co.uk/

if you do end up going there ask them which is the best for car battery wire, if they come out with some red stuff and its £5 a metre then thats the stuff, also ask them about the conneector blocks thingy'ssss

ring me if you get stuck and i'l see if i can get down to there.

thanks cus, yeah i might pop down next weekend and have a browse.
those connector block thingys are they what conncet to the battery?

this morning i was woken by a knock at the door and it was Mr Postman with these!








First impressions are good! they look tough and sturdy. and the adjustable dampening is easily spotted and easy to turn. apparently competitors with D2 and BC and i should think so with a hefty price tag of £599!
hopefully they are as good as they look.
and it said on the description that they were 30 way adjustable front and 28 rear but ive turned them all to check and im sure front is 36 and rear is 32 :S but they are 8kg/mm front and 8kg/mm rear stock ek9 suspension is 4.3kg/mm front and 4.2kg/mm rear so are stiffer than stock anyways.
you even get a little tape measure (:
more to come

These are nice, one word of advice, get some sort of dirt sleever to put over these for when they are on the car i kid you not, within few months u will have so much shit stuck in the threas the perches will get seized big time, me and my mate both had this issue.

tesh is right, or spred some grease on the thread

yeah good thinking! but what could i use as a protector? maybe once iv found how low i want it to sit i could use some plastics tubing? what you reckon?

yeh shop told me to us motorbike inner tube cut it slide it on and cable ties more than enough to protect 500pound investments

yeah tesh that sounds good! i might have to do that!

got a fair bit done on saturday, engine in and coilovers on.
heres a few pics in the dark of what its looking like atm.





still got a fair bit to do, but now i cant get the jack under! haha
and i have a question, my car has airbags and obviously replacing the airbag with the momo wheel. do i need a boss that is compatible with an airbag? cause everyone i see says no airbag and i dont know wether that means you can use an airbag with it or you cant use it on a car that once had an airbag???

and lucky i only used water to first start it up and not honda coolant! still got that leak! its coming from where the hose loops from the water temp housing to the inlet. i put a new gasket on the inlet and its like theres a hole between the inlet and head! and cant work it out! so gonna have to take it off today and have a look. and its idling between 1500 - 2000 so something isnt quite right! the only thing iv changed is the dizzy cap though, so maybe something to do with that!
il keep your posted (:

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do i need a boss that is compatible with an airbag? ?

ive ordered my short hub boss so will post pics when i come to fit it