Milano Red EK

Donatello wrote:

Did you take the LCA's completely off? You may have put it in upside down?

Na didnt take the lcas completly off so there's no risk of that.. god knows how its happened to be fair...
Ive just left them all to settle in for the night see if things look any better in the morning.. If not i'll have to take
The whole strut off again an see what the deal is.. Something cant be right, but to be fair when i dropped the front left side at first
That right rear was really high.. i thought it was just cause of the front opersite side being slammed but nope.. still isnt dropping properly
God knows to be honest.. i'll get to the bottom of it though!

the thing is with ebays is that they never sit exactly the same as the front, the engine ways the front down more, i've see this problem a bunch of times with people rocking ebay's then it just turns out to be somethin stupid haha


if it is a mistake atleast you'll learn from it for the next time anyway so its all good i suppose.

cus wrote:

the thing is with ebays is that they never sit exactly the same as the front, the engine ways the front down more, i've see this problem a bunch of times with people rocking ebay's then it just turns out to be somethin stupid haha


if it is a mistake atleast you'll learn from it for the next time anyway so its all good i suppose.

I hear this.. the front have got a good 20mm to wind down id say.. backs are nearly wound down all the way,
backs way higher than the front, deffo cant get it slammed all round on ebays, well not from my experience anyway..
Minor though, never wanted the back too low anyway, and its deffo not about reverse rake lool
I aint to fussed at the minute anyway cause i cant wind everything down and level everything properly untill i have new tyres

Grind the rears, it's the only way

Right..

Next thing i'll be doing is sticker bombing my spoiler and tilting it
Maybe the petrol cap too, and a few interior bits. will be all jdm stickers
Not random shit... not to everyones taste but i think it'll look sick,
Need a few light/white things on the car to go with the white wheels me thinks!
Thoughts?

Apart from that, ill be fitting the 4-2-1 tomorrow and sorting out my stereo n alla that crap
(can't believe how long it is to take out the standard headunit tbh,
dno why honda thought that was a ok thing to do..)

Im getting it mopped for pennys aswell, £30! profesional shizniz aswell,
main toyota dealership workshop

Basically.. its all coming together slowly

just go at the stereo face witha hammer, the rest is a breeze.

imo dont go overboard with the white bits, it will look out of place.

Oh....The face lmao I'll have a try at the proper way, if it dont go to plan,
NATRUALLY i'll get the hammer out

And i know i know you're right. Just a bit though.. not to much
i deffo think it could do with abit of white though, and sticker bombing
is the only way i can do it without it lookin disgusting.. i.e white wing mirrors for christ sake.

there is a proper way to get out but i cant remmember it, i'll have a look for the link for you as it will save you loads of time, i was completely baffled when i saw the screws at the back.

if you manage how to fathem it out the proper way, do a little write up as this has been a problem i've seen loads on different forums.

http://www.hondacivicforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=16713

There we go... it does seem long though, Putting it into forth gear n all sorts haha

wayyyyhayyyy! wish i'd of known this when i did mine was at for a while!

Loool! its still LONG though. so much unscrewing and piss arsin' about!
i do want to do it properly though. everything in the whips NEAT at the mo,
...Do plan to keep it that way lmao

Small Update

Got pissed off with the pinky'ness, it went to get mopped but to no avail, it was just making it shiny as hell, not red.

So i went for the unthinkable and got wrap... its not a perminant fixture
just untill i've got the P For a respray!
been quoted about 250 for bonnet boot and side to be done which i don't think Is to bad..

Anyway, will let the pics do the talking, not to most peoples taste i know already!
(Petrol cap ain't staying i dont think, looks f*ckin chavy, will either just leave it red or
Sticker bomb it.. unsure yet)






And no yeah i do rub bad on the back.

should spray the plate surround red imo

not too bad tho for wrap

some skinnier tyres on the back would stop rubbing but i know you knew that

ezza wrote:

should spray the plate surround red imo

not too bad tho for wrap

some skinnier tyres on the back would stop rubbing but i know you knew that

I was thinkin' that.. looks a bit too black... gonna get a jap plate first n see if that changes the look


But yeah new tyres will be coming when my moneys up

For wrap that dont look too shabby you know, not too much and I think you have pulled it off, fair play

What wheels have you got on?? They look very much like the ones on my ED2.

If they are the same, They are Exip 15x7J quite rare. :-)

Ned wrote:

For wrap that dont look too shabby you know, not too much and I think you have pulled it off, fair play

Took a while to get it like that! the amount of times i had to pull bits up and re-apply! worth it though i reckon..

Thanks though

Powelly wrote:

What wheels have you got on?? They look very much like the ones on my ED2.

If they are the same, They are Exip 15x7J quite rare. :-)

They are i think EXIP Or "MIM 1400's" the guy i bought them off told me they were RA's but i knew RA's didn't have a dish so i looked into it!
They are pretty rare tbh, not many ek's around with them anyway! let alone ED2 sedans

Keep them they are very rare, if you ever wanted to get them polished Rainbow polishers in Bham done mine £100.

Tyre suggestion 165 50 R15's would give you perfect fitment on these :-)

Powelly wrote:

Keep them they are very rare, if you ever wanted to get them polished Rainbow polishers in Bham done mine £100.

Tyre suggestion 165 50 R15's would give you perfect fitment on these :-)

I plan to And i think i might just go for a polish dish/lip and keep the web a colour..maybe a gunmetal'y when the summer ends!

And i think i might go for nankang 165 45's just for the little bit extra, i know nankangs ain't great an all but ah well.

Well if you want budget 165/50/15 Sonar's are £140 a set on ebay our man Mr.Gaz can fit them for you too :-)

165/45 is what i have currently on a 7.5/8j rim

I went 165/50 on my new set and i personally think the 50 looks better.

Powelly wrote:

Well if you want budget 165/50/15 Sonar's are £140 a set on ebay our man Mr.Gaz can fit them for you too :-)

Ohhh..140 aye, 140.. .....Goes on ebay


Edit: Can't find them

damn soz dude there were some up there from a trader last week??


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Bridgestone-Potenzas-165-50-r15-/230634456404?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&hash=item35b2e28554

Powelly wrote:

damn soz dude there were some up there from a trader last week??


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Bridgestone-Potenzas-165-50-r15-/230634456404?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&hash=item35b2e28554

Ahh god knows someone must have snapped them up


I spotted them though, got my eyes pealed! 8 day auction's gonna take forever