Type R and VTEC owners
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They don't do F1AS2 below 17" in any size I don't think
I've had Falken FK452's on my 16's for the past year or so and they're ok. I've personally found them ok in the wet, but I tend not to push my luck anyway. I think you can only get the FK453's now which are supposed to be not as good.
I think the favourite for 16's at the moment is the RE002?
I've just picked up a set of facelift wheels with Conti's on, haven't driven on them yet but I'm not expecting anything mega from them!
I've had Falken FK452's on my 16's for the past year or so and they're ok. I've personally found them ok in the wet, but I tend not to push my luck anyway. I think you can only get the FK453's now which are supposed to be not as good.
I think the favourite for 16's at the moment is the RE002?
I've just picked up a set of facelift wheels with Conti's on, haven't driven on them yet but I'm not expecting anything mega from them!
I'm not sure how we got onto old F1's but they're still soft, man up and get some AD08's
They don't do F1AS2 below 17" in any size I don't think
I've had Falken FK452's on my 16's for the past year or so and they're ok. I've personally found them ok in the wet, but I tend not to push my luck anyway. I think you can only get the FK453's now which are supposed to be not as good.
I think the favourite for 16's at the moment is the RE002?
I've just picked up a set of facelift wheels with Conti's on, haven't driven on them yet but I'm not expecting anything mega from them!
RE002's are Ok but they're a cheap tyre, not as good as my old Hankook RS2's at anything other than comfort and tyre roar... so ideal for me atm
The contis are softer apparently. The AD08s aren't as stiff as bridgestones either from what other s2000 guys say.
But anyway it's a road car. Sometimes tyres that have more give that Lego wheels are useful
I prefer the sport contacts on an FN2 at least, they're a little bit softer but it's welcome in all honesty. I'd question whether anyone driving on road was really reaching the levels where it was noticable to the point of making a significant difference to the drive, especially between the conti's and Eagle F1's which aren't exactly brick wall sided themselves
Oh I thought AS2 was the replacement for F1 GSD3. I wasn't saying they were "old". They don't do hankook RS2 in my size unfortunately.
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What would you say is great about it?
As far as know, none, they are supposed to be extremely reliable
For any of you guys who check forums regularly etc, if you see any real tidy EP3's for sale let me know, a Premier would be nice but anything in fantastic shape will be worth me looking 
Limited time at the moment with starting a new job but I'll try keeping tabs on ebay and the likes, cheers!
Limited time at the moment with starting a new job but I'll try keeping tabs on ebay and the likes, cheers!This
http://asia.vtec.net/Engines/RiVTEC/
The pumping loss reduction strategy used by Honda is very clever and simple.
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For any of you guys who check forums regularly etc, if you see any real tidy EP3's for sale let me know, a Premier would be nice but anything in fantastic shape will be worth me looking
Drop me a message through Trust mate
Got some work done on the spoiler yesterday.
Took the wing to my parents house and got to work on getting the holes drilled and prepped for installation.
spent about an hour measuring everything. I used the first mounting points on the Type S bootlids I had seen online as a reference point. essentially, the first bolt from the spoiler goes through a hole on the boot lid skin, then the other two holes have to be hole sawed out afterwards.
I masked the areas of the bootlid off that I needed. and drilled the holes out one at a time checking for alignment after each hole.
I covered the flat area between the roof and bootlid with some foam padding to avoid hot swarf hitting my paint. Drilling really slowly avoided the drill bit wandering.
Once the initial holes are drilled out on the top skin of the boot lid, I was drilling down into the ribbing inside the boot through the same hole.
Then I used a small hole saw to allow a socket to access this from below.
I have a template of the spoiler uprights that my Stepdad is taking to work to make supporting brackets for me.
I am going to wait for these to be made up before installing the spoiler properly as I want to ensure that it is secure and the load is spread properly.
Will probably have it on by the weekend. I will take pictures of the brackets and installation then.
I also drilled holes for the support bumpers each side of the boot lid.
I have a few pictures of the wing test fitted as well as some rear [lack of]visibility pics as requested.
Took the wing to my parents house and got to work on getting the holes drilled and prepped for installation.
spent about an hour measuring everything. I used the first mounting points on the Type S bootlids I had seen online as a reference point. essentially, the first bolt from the spoiler goes through a hole on the boot lid skin, then the other two holes have to be hole sawed out afterwards.
I masked the areas of the bootlid off that I needed. and drilled the holes out one at a time checking for alignment after each hole.
I covered the flat area between the roof and bootlid with some foam padding to avoid hot swarf hitting my paint. Drilling really slowly avoided the drill bit wandering.
Once the initial holes are drilled out on the top skin of the boot lid, I was drilling down into the ribbing inside the boot through the same hole.
Then I used a small hole saw to allow a socket to access this from below.
I have a template of the spoiler uprights that my Stepdad is taking to work to make supporting brackets for me.
I am going to wait for these to be made up before installing the spoiler properly as I want to ensure that it is secure and the load is spread properly.
Will probably have it on by the weekend. I will take pictures of the brackets and installation then.
I also drilled holes for the support bumpers each side of the boot lid.
I have a few pictures of the wing test fitted as well as some rear [lack of]visibility pics as requested.
