Post by Coldy on Oct 14, 2019 20:25:46 GMT
Hello All,
I'll start with a bit about me. I've never had a type R before, of any type. I currently have a couple of Renault Clio 182s, including a trophy, which I'm in the process of selling, plus two MX5s. One which is mine and one which is a parts car. I've wanted a DC2. After struggling to get one imported, I managed to convince a lad at work to sell me his. The only issue was that the car hadn't been loved for a long a time, just the sort of motor I like.
Before and after of the Blue Clio
My Clio Trophy at the Welsh Weekender
My MX5
Whats been made of the donor MX5
Anyway, on to the Integra.
After giving up on importing one from Japan I moved on and bought a Renault Clio Trophy which is a lot of fun. The chance came up to buy this Integra and I just had to. It needs a lot of tidying up and I felt bad for it. Unfortunately I wasn't in a position to start work on it straight away, so its been waiting for over a year for me to start work on it. Now that I've started its been an excellent experience and I like it, its a good honest car. The list of jobs gets longer by the day but that's half the fun. I did make it over to Caffeine and Machine on sunday and got the chance to have a look at a couple of EDM DC2s, but I only saw one and that was as we were leaving.
So currently I need to...
Replace both doors due to scuffs
Replace the rear bumper and spoiler as the paint isn't very good
Service the brakes
Service the engine
Paint the lip on the front
Correct and wax all the paintwork
Retrim the steering wheel
Have the drivers seat repaired
Refit the Stereo
Camblet change
Get a new back box
paint the wiper arms and fit new blades
Paint the caps for the third brake light
Paint the rocker cover
Source Rota slip streams
Stop being tight and buy a spoon mirror
Oh, and get the bloody thing MOT'd....
The car is currently at work so during the evenings I'm going to be doing some of the more straight forward jobs. I'll save the mechanical work for when the car comes back to the workshop. I'm planning on being tight with the budget as I already own all the tools I need and a lot of the materials to bring this car back to scratch. Ive started giving the car a really good clean. I'll be Machine polishing and sealing and then waxing the whole car. There will be some wet sanding and trim restore too. I did a 50/50 of the bonnet to show the difference.
Coldy
I'll start with a bit about me. I've never had a type R before, of any type. I currently have a couple of Renault Clio 182s, including a trophy, which I'm in the process of selling, plus two MX5s. One which is mine and one which is a parts car. I've wanted a DC2. After struggling to get one imported, I managed to convince a lad at work to sell me his. The only issue was that the car hadn't been loved for a long a time, just the sort of motor I like.
Before and after of the Blue Clio
My Clio Trophy at the Welsh Weekender
My MX5
Whats been made of the donor MX5
Anyway, on to the Integra.
After giving up on importing one from Japan I moved on and bought a Renault Clio Trophy which is a lot of fun. The chance came up to buy this Integra and I just had to. It needs a lot of tidying up and I felt bad for it. Unfortunately I wasn't in a position to start work on it straight away, so its been waiting for over a year for me to start work on it. Now that I've started its been an excellent experience and I like it, its a good honest car. The list of jobs gets longer by the day but that's half the fun. I did make it over to Caffeine and Machine on sunday and got the chance to have a look at a couple of EDM DC2s, but I only saw one and that was as we were leaving.
So currently I need to...
Replace both doors due to scuffs
Replace the rear bumper and spoiler as the paint isn't very good
Service the brakes
Service the engine
Paint the lip on the front
Correct and wax all the paintwork
Retrim the steering wheel
Have the drivers seat repaired
Refit the Stereo
Camblet change
Get a new back box
paint the wiper arms and fit new blades
Paint the caps for the third brake light
Paint the rocker cover
Source Rota slip streams
Stop being tight and buy a spoon mirror
Oh, and get the bloody thing MOT'd....
The car is currently at work so during the evenings I'm going to be doing some of the more straight forward jobs. I'll save the mechanical work for when the car comes back to the workshop. I'm planning on being tight with the budget as I already own all the tools I need and a lot of the materials to bring this car back to scratch. Ive started giving the car a really good clean. I'll be Machine polishing and sealing and then waxing the whole car. There will be some wet sanding and trim restore too. I did a 50/50 of the bonnet to show the difference.
Coldy
le sigh