No compromise Supercharged ek9 build
- Thread starter Firas
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Progress picked up abit last week, finally got exams out of the way(for the next while anyway) so managed to get some stuff done while i was home in the weekend.
Bought a few tools at the start of the month.
Low entry jack.
24 volt cordless impact wrench.
Bought a brake stopper.
Finally mounted the drivers seat properly.
Fitted the miricle x brace upper and lower bars i got at christmas. before:
After
Bought a few tools at the start of the month.
Low entry jack.
24 volt cordless impact wrench.
Bought a brake stopper.
Finally mounted the drivers seat properly.
Fitted the miricle x brace upper and lower bars i got at christmas. before:
After
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Fitted the torque damper.
Got a cheeky parcel from a friend at honda lol. cheers again wayne
Had plans to fit most things this weekend so brought everything out and set it up on the table ready for the morning the night before.
Got up nice and early. Weather was brilliant that morning so akes a change from working in the wet and freezing cold. Started the car up (for the first time in 3 months), let her warm up for and moved her out of the garage and onto the flat part of the drive.
Keith turned up an hour late! lol cheers mate you were a big help. Bolts were royally f**ked so was a major task getting them off without snapping them. The impact wrench was useless so had to rely on a good old fashioned breaker bar and a lot of elbow grease instead.
Jacked the car up, took the wheels off and got cracking
Out with the old. Believe it or not, under the rust exists a set of tein supers street coilovers. The ARB drop links bolts were rusted on to the old control arms and wouldn't come off so since we were changing control arms aswell we dropped the whole unit out with the shock, arb and control arm still attached. Will get an angle grinder onto the drop link bolts in the weekend as i have fresh drop links to go on anyway. ARB is getting sandblasted and powder coated either orange, yellow or white. Still haven't decided yet.
oops disintegrated top mount...
Got the new coilovers on with the skunk2 lower control arms and beaks tie bar on with fresh new bolts from honda. Old ones didnt snap but since i had new ones i decided to stick the on anyway.
Beaks tie bar on
Rear calipers are sticking a bit and will be replaced soon with new calipers, with braided lines and new rear discs.
Then tightened up all bolts and put wheels back on. Ride height at the back is good but i still want to fiddle with it a bit more. Couldn't fit the front coilovers or spoon brakes as we had to call it a day as we all had different plans for the rest of the day. Off for 3 weeks over the easter holidays on friday so should have the front coilovers, spoon brakes and diffuser on this weekend. Also got a few bits in the post that should arrive sometime this week so hopefully get them fitted aswell. should have it back on the road and taxed within the next 2 weeks. Really cant wait..
Still debating whether i should buy some typeR stickers for the rear quarters. I like the clean look without the stickers but not sure if it will look better with or without. sometimes i feel it looks a bit bare without the rear quarter decals especially when i see other ek9's with them on. Also they cost a fortune to buy (£70 iirc from honda for the 2 side decals) so thats not helping win me over either lol.
Firas
Got a cheeky parcel from a friend at honda lol. cheers again wayne
Had plans to fit most things this weekend so brought everything out and set it up on the table ready for the morning the night before.
Got up nice and early. Weather was brilliant that morning so akes a change from working in the wet and freezing cold. Started the car up (for the first time in 3 months), let her warm up for and moved her out of the garage and onto the flat part of the drive.
Keith turned up an hour late!
lol cheers mate you were a big help. Bolts were royally f**ked so was a major task getting them off without snapping them. The impact wrench was useless so had to rely on a good old fashioned breaker bar and a lot of elbow grease instead.
Jacked the car up, took the wheels off and got cracking
Out with the old. Believe it or not, under the rust exists a set of tein supers street coilovers. The ARB drop links bolts were rusted on to the old control arms and wouldn't come off so since we were changing control arms aswell we dropped the whole unit out with the shock, arb and control arm still attached. Will get an angle grinder onto the drop link bolts in the weekend as i have fresh drop links to go on anyway. ARB is getting sandblasted and powder coated either orange, yellow or white. Still haven't decided yet.
oops disintegrated top mount...
Got the new coilovers on with the skunk2 lower control arms and beaks tie bar on with fresh new bolts from honda. Old ones didnt snap but since i had new ones i decided to stick the on anyway.
Beaks tie bar on
Rear calipers are sticking a bit and will be replaced soon with new calipers, with braided lines and new rear discs.
Then tightened up all bolts and put wheels back on. Ride height at the back is good but i still want to fiddle with it a bit more. Couldn't fit the front coilovers or spoon brakes as we had to call it a day as we all had different plans for the rest of the day. Off for 3 weeks over the easter holidays on friday so should have the front coilovers, spoon brakes and diffuser on this weekend. Also got a few bits in the post that should arrive sometime this week so hopefully get them fitted aswell. should have it back on the road and taxed within the next 2 weeks. Really cant wait..
Still debating whether i should buy some typeR stickers for the rear quarters. I like the clean look without the stickers but not sure if it will look better with or without. sometimes i feel it looks a bit bare without the rear quarter decals especially when i see other ek9's with them on. Also they cost a fortune to buy (£70 iirc from honda for the 2 side decals) so thats not helping win me over either lol.
Firas
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ramboteamjon
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amazing updates mate, car is looking ace! Was speaking to Wayne at Honda the other day about your car. Maybe not a good idea to have put a pic of your address up on the forum tho, you never know who could be on the forum, just a heads up dude!
Those Tein Coilovers were royally shagged tho eh, i hate rust with a passion!!
Those Tein Coilovers were royally shagged tho eh, i hate rust with a passion!!
cheers for the comments guys
cheers
No idea on bhp mate. will find out once its been mapped and dyno'd
cheers Neil. Diffuser needs abit more work to it before it goes on. should have it ready in the next week or so though.
cheers sean will give you a shout when i back mate. will need to see the jordan in the flesh aswell
thats one awesome car mate and one hell of a write upany ideas what kind of bhp the car is putting out?
cheers
No idea on bhp mate. will find out once its been mapped and dyno'd
awesome updates mate, lovely car! What ever happened to that diffuser ??? Is it still a work in progress ?
cheers Neil. Diffuser needs abit more work to it before it goes on. should have it ready in the next week or so though.
cheers sean will give you a shout when i back mate. will need to see the jordan in the flesh aswell