So after the bank holidays passed and the DVLA got round to sorting out my registration I finally got over to Torque GT last Saturday to pick her up!
A massive thank you goes out to Liam (Barry on Civiclife) for driving me all the way down to devon, saved me a lot of time and money, LEGEND!!
Also went down with another mate who managed to get a few rolling shots, just waiting for Liam to sort through and give them an edit and I'll post them up.
Onto the car, well mechanically, she is faultless! You've all heard the usually stories "such an amazing car"
So I wont bore you with that, other than to say another happy owner!
I'll be at Japfest on Saturday on the ek9 stand, so look forward to meeting a few of you.
There are a couple of little things that I need to sort out with the bodywork which is good as it gives me something to do on the car.
I haven't got many pictures just yet but took a couple after I cleaned it for the first time:
When we got to Torque and picked the car up one of the first things we noticed were the uprated brake pads and discs from Endless:
They are amazing along with the braided lines which were also installed in Japan. However they are not so nice on white wheel. This is after about 300 miles:
I have a set of Rota slips as a second set until I find my perfect wheels, but this is after just 30 miles the other day!!
So yeah, they are going to be a right pain to keep clean!
Onto the body work, it's mainly just the front bumper that needs sorting out. Whoever owned this car in Japan clearly looked after it with regards to the mechanical side of things, just a shame they never did the same with the bodywork. Horrible touch up!!
Hairline cracks in the paint next to the wheel:
The bumper also need to be refitted properly, hoping its just a couple of broken clips:
The front lip is also scuffed, so the plans are to get both resprayed ASAP. Front lip, with some more naff touch up paint applied:
The other major thing is the rear tint has started to degrade with what I think maybe due to the sun. This is the view I have out the back, and no the glass is not wet:
Booked in for a re-tint in a couple of weeks, also the tear at the top:
Also need to replace my window stickers:
My 98 spec wheel are going in for a refurb with Spooner next week, this is the worst of the damage:
The tyres fitted to these wheel are also quite rare I believe. I'm pretty sure these are no longer made?
Proper random accelerator pedal, anyone know this make?
Already fitted my Recaro cushions, originally was going to swap my black seats for red but now I've seen them they are spotless! Opinions, I think the colour looks okay on black seats:
The last weird thing on mine is the plaque. My car should have one saying "98 Spec R". For some reason I have No. 223 even though my car is #189. So if anybody has a 96' Spec DC2 with the chassis number 232 and is missing a plaque give me a shout and I'll send it your way!