Shiny's Accord Type R....

[Shiny]

I guess it depends on what manifold you have. The Solid Fabs one is made up of welded/shaped pieces (rather than pressure bends) so there are a few weld joins on it. If you have a manifold that was made in one piece, then there aren't the weld to fail.

I bought some metal ties off ebay (i put a bit of wrap around the air con pipe near the manifold) and they were dirt cheap if i remember correctly.

[grant_day]

Hmmm nice mate, very very er shiny . You can't wrap a mani that clean!

[JayJay]

The small petrol station/car accessories shop near my work has a nice stock of random bits and gubbins. They have some, but it's quite a trip. Didn't think to get some before the weekend

[Shiny]

Just a little update...

Last week Rich @ Performance Autoworks did the following for me -

- OEM Honda Clutch
- Competition Clutch Chromoly 4.4kg Flywheel
- fitted Osram 5000k HIDs
- VCs

I'm loving it!


Also picked up my lips from Lance & Craig @ H&B Body Repairs in Axford. I left the lips with them to spray and said i will fit them myself as i can't really afford to be without a car for a few days at the moment.

They have only been sprayed, he didn't want to flat them as it would have been impossible to polish them up without them fitted to the car as they would have bounced all over the place if he them with a rotary, so i said will do that when they are on the car.

I have no idea if i have fitted them "properly", but fitted them how i thought they should. First off i put the lip in place and marked with masking tape where they will end up. I also measured the distance from the floor where the lip is on the wheel arch and compared this with the side skirt at the arch. They were both bang on the same, so no need to move it around.

I used the cardboard box it came in to protect it from the floor.




Next up i lightly sanded the inside edge of the lip and lightly sanded the bumper below the masking tape. It was light enough to polish out at a later date if i needed to but i just roughed up the surface slightly to help with the grip.




I then wiped down the inside of the lip and the bumper with IPA.




Squirted black Tigerseal along the lip. All the contact is along the top edge of the lip.




Then put the lip on (which was a bit of a task on my own!). I needed to add some more Tigerseal to the centre of the lip as it only sits on the car right on the top edge. Bunged some g-clamps on the end with microfibre cloths to protect the lip. And here it is...








Where the vent hole is on the bumper, the middle of the lip sits a bit higher than it does to the edges and, if i had the know how, time and patience, i may have trimmed it back a couple of mm, but you'd have to be really picky to even notice it.

Next up will be to flatten it back with some fine wet and dry and then run the polisher over it and job done. I will also pick up a couple of self tapping screws to screw it in the arch as a bit of added security, but to be honest, the Tigerseal has done a good job.

[mart609]

looking good, nice job on the lip fitment looks great

[NafemanNathan]

Mint

[nitin_s1]

Looks awesome. Love it Mr. shiny.

[indigolemon]

I am both in awe of, and sickened by, your motor vehicles. Good work sir!

[Pot_147]

An absolutely stunning piece of machinery that Type-R! Spot on!
We have a saying in Hungary that is used to describe immaculate things and goes like this:
"It's shiny like a cricket's behind."
The Cricket - sounds like a good name for it.

Nandi

[rob quilter]

Top work, looks spot on!

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