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Black JDM Si VTEC

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Post by Bri » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:05 pm

I will give you them lamps just to help you along mate, I will get them to you asap. PM me your addy bud, I love the work that has gone into this and I want to see it get finished. I know how it feels to lose a job :evil:

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Re: Black JDM Si VTEC

Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 07, 2013 11:44 am

Ok, minor update for the sake of it. This lot actually happened before South Mimms a couple of weeks ago.

So the front left hand caliper had partially seized (wasn't returning).
In my big stash of parts I have in the shed waiting for the car I had bought a set of ATR calipers and braided lines ready to do a brake upgrade, but hadn't got any further than that (losing job meant no cash to splash out on the discs/caliper overhaul kits).

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Easiest solution to having no running car was to slap the calipers on the standard discs/carriers as an interim measure.
Thought I'd give them a quick spruce up before putting them on though.

One Jizer session later;
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In their life, they've been base colour, red, yellow and finally purple. (Probably means they've been on that many cars already too lol :roll:)

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And now, they're pearlescant pink :D :rock: :lol:

First coats (goes on really really thin and with tons of solvents!) :puke:
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Glistening in the sun
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Fitted, along with the Goodridge braided lines
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When I was bleeding the system, I've never seen such rust coloured brake fluid come out before, in my life :shock: The strange thing is, I've always felt this one brakes better than my UKDM (which has all new fluid in it).

Also time to fit the replacement I had for the air filter that had a slight starting accident with a plastic bag still over it...

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Post by honda-hardy » Tue May 07, 2013 11:47 am

your funny, fancy leaving the bag on. +rep

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Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 07, 2013 11:49 am

Also a couple of well seasonally timed snow shots :lol:

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EDIT: Of the UKDM, so this will need moving to the right profile thread later :lol:
(surprised no-one else seemed to spot that one? :? )
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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue May 07, 2013 12:07 pm

I think I like the pink :D Nice co-ordination with the valve cap ;-)

And :lol: about the air filter lol. I bet that made you :facepalm:

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Re: Black JDM Si VTEC

Post by wurlycorner » Tue May 07, 2013 12:11 pm

That's the plan yep - the colour scheme started with the pink samco hoses :D (pink doesn't get done much and it does look good with black)

The pearlescant in the paint looks really good, but it's the wrong pink really, it's a bit 'girly pink' rather than the more shocking bright pink we want it to be. They'll get resprayed a different pink when they get overhauled.


The air filter wasn't the cheapest mistaka-to-maka, that's for sure!

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Post by handsomedanc » Tue May 07, 2013 12:27 pm

wow i like the pink! :oops:
reading this it looks all hard work followed by bad luck. guess your due some good soon

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Post by Bri » Tue May 07, 2013 9:06 pm

Nice work, honestly not too keen on the pink but hey, why not. How much was the new filter? could do with one myself.

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Post by 4thgenphil » Wed May 08, 2013 7:32 am

ok, how did i miss this epic transformation?! some really top work here ! +rep 8-)
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Re: Black JDM Si VTEC

Post by wurlycorner » Wed May 08, 2013 2:33 pm

Bri wrote: How much was the new filter? could do with one myself.
This was the cheapest I found it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0898294298
It was a like-like replacement for the existing. Sexy bit of kit 8-)

To fit this one you need a suitable flange mounting to bolt it to though (it's not a jubilee clip round a CAI pipe jobber).
You can buy the complete A'Pexi kit for the lude still, I posted up a link recently. I'll see if I can find the post and paste it here.

EDIT:
Found it. Link to the genuine US shop;
http://apexi-usa.com/shop/index.php/92- ... ntake.html

Amber performance (ebay link above) also sell it according to my original post, for £145.
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post103 ... xi#p103804
I can't find where atm but I'm sure if you contacted them they'd find it.
Alternatively variety of the filter adapters so you can fit them to intake pipe (but without the mounting stays) are for sale here;
http://www.amber-performance.co.uk/sect ... 70&xPage=1

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