Type R and VTEC owners
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Same intake but different seller. I paid £375 delivered from AquaEagle. I also bought the J's manifold from him. I did know about the other for sale, but forgot to check it again and just went back to someone I'd bought from who I had no issues with.
S2KIP i know if i would want to respray my cracked from curbs and speed bumps one its 100 pounds. But If i had new one i would drive slower so 
At some point I will get one of those
Car used to have it cause there are still mounting holes in boot lid but ofc got sold before i gotten the car
But i doint care much about looks as long as its not rust
. Just Hammerite here and there i dont care 
At some point I will get one of those
Car used to have it cause there are still mounting holes in boot lid but ofc got sold before i gotten the car
But i doint care much about looks as long as its not rust
. Just Hammerite here and there i dont care
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Got a slightly leaky shock on my rear drivers side, cars in for mot and service at honda end of may and im worried its going to fail, how bad does a leak need to be to fail? or will any sort of leak fail? im hoping for an advisory, but if it will fail im thinking of either getting some KW V3's or some OHLINS, they are both around the same price, my understanding is ohlins are better quality?
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brightside229 i would rather be frightened to drive with broken suspension than care about failed mot
Honestly, it drives fine, no knocks, no strange movement etc, im just wondering if it will be and advisory or a instant fail, to me it does not look like much oil at all, and its only above the shock if that makes sense, not dripping bellow it.
Trouble is car is booked in for mot on the day it runs out, im just trying to figure out if it needs replacing to pass before hand, i dont really want honda to pass me a £1k bill for two new rear shocks, thats why im thinking KW or OHLINS, but dont want to splash that sort of money just yet if its only an advisory.
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the KW will be better on track. the Ohlins better for all round use. everything i have read about the Ohlins suggests that they are much more forgiving.
Given the choice I would take the ohlins. Something I did consider myself but I cant really justify spending 2k on suspension. when they were £1300, it was much more tempting.
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I have seen the ohlins for £1550, which is about £100 more then the kw v3, not sure if their are different versions of the ohlins
Largely illrelevant to a Honda suspension layout.
Ohlins and the like need servicing too.
I was bored on motorway earlier and worked out my car has done 557million revs. That's 1 billion combustion events. Pretty amazing Numbers really and that assumes in 6th everywhere
Ohlins and the like need servicing too.
I was bored on motorway earlier and worked out my car has done 557million revs. That's 1 billion combustion events. Pretty amazing Numbers really and that assumes in 6th everywhere
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Well i dont think i need them, but at the cost of honda genuine new replacements, i guess i will need 2 rather than 1? i thought i would be better just getting some OHLIn or KW's as a bit of a upgrade if they need replacing anyway? also would be nice to drop the car a few mm, the arch gap on all 4 corners is a bit much for my liking
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Gotta say I am fairly impressed with the Meister R offering for the Mk3 MX5 at least, can't comment on other cars. I know they are not going to be as good as Ohlins or the more expensive Bilstein offerings but they aren't bad at all, even rides quite nicely for the roads compared to most coilovers.
I've been in an MX5 like mine with Koni FSDs and lowering springs, I didn't think the ride was any better than mine really (with Meister R) and the owner of that car said the same when we swapped cars as well.
Trip to TGM yesterday to have the following done:
The car has had a bit of a tappety noise when cold, after Tom did the clearances this has now gone. Tom was not impressed with the HEL lines, in terms of how they fit. He had to muck around for a bit in order to get them on and I'm in two minds about whether to change them for some other branded ones.
Will had a look underneath and suggested I get it undersealed and get the arches wax oiled. There's no rust, but they don't have much of a covering from the factory so I think I'll get it done at some point before the winter.
Will had to drill my boot lid in order for the new spoiler to go on, something I wasn't keen on watching! The spoiler itself is subtle but does have an acute angle, so it's exactly what I'm after.
- 81k service
- Fit HEL lines
- Fit boot spoiler
- Fit Jazz washer jets
- General health check
The car has had a bit of a tappety noise when cold, after Tom did the clearances this has now gone. Tom was not impressed with the HEL lines, in terms of how they fit. He had to muck around for a bit in order to get them on and I'm in two minds about whether to change them for some other branded ones.
Will had a look underneath and suggested I get it undersealed and get the arches wax oiled. There's no rust, but they don't have much of a covering from the factory so I think I'll get it done at some point before the winter.
Will had to drill my boot lid in order for the new spoiler to go on, something I wasn't keen on watching! The spoiler itself is subtle but does have an acute angle, so it's exactly what I'm after.
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