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the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

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Re: the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

Post by lucas » Sun Aug 16, 2015 12:40 am

Thank you Rudelude :)
we appreciate your kind words, yeah the wife is loving it so far :D
she has went and ordered a few small finishing touches for it.. and its getting sent off for a full respray next month :)
should be on the road fairly soon :D
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Post by Rudelude » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:52 am

Gonna look sweet when it's painted...proppa show car.. Nice work..look fwd to seeing lots of pics. she has got
some thing seriously special... A good man taking care of her ride and a 1-cut car.... Well done u guys
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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:56 am

What are you getting it sprayed in? Thought you were sticking with the matt black outside with the contrasting engine bay?

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Re: the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

Post by lucas » Sun Aug 16, 2015 12:38 pm

ach as much as we like the matt black we feel it needs something cleaner as its going through so many phases.

its getting painted pearl white with a pearlescent pink in the lacquer :)
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Post by Rudelude » Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:47 pm

It's gonna look awesome in pearl white...
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Re: the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

Post by lucas » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:53 pm

It will !
Can't wait to be fair, it's been a long time coming haha!

Got a packet of rocker cover bolts in the post this morning :)

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Old bolts out
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Fitted the three small front bolts before realising the long bolts needed fitting from the inside first lol

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They bolt into the head and then the other bolts would go on when the cover is on.

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Put the o rings on wrong at first and they fell into the valve cover, so if anyone gets them make sure and put the o ring like this ;)

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Looks nice I think :)

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I know...I hate password jdm aswell.
but they look better than standard and the small things make a big difference :)

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Got an oil cap, vtec solenoid cover and a gear knob with retainer all in Neo chrome on the way, should be here with in the week :)
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Post by Dino » Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:09 pm

Fair play... she is coming along nicely. Sounds like some good plans too... Good luck Lucas

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Post by Rudelude » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:34 am

I wanna see it painted.....................how long to go?
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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:57 pm

Yep, they look much nicer.
Did they come as a kit complete with the stand-off spacer/studs then?

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Re: the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

Post by lucas » Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:19 am

Haha I wanna see it painted too !
Well I'm starting my new job soon at a body shop so it will be getting painted there on my spare time :)

Thanks wurly :)
Yeah they came with the spacer bolts and the gaskets/o rings :)
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