Terry’s EM1 project

[terry_em1]

I just read through the entire thread—great report, and thanks for sharing. I really appreciate the attention to detail.
Did you manage to find those OEM pedal covers new?

Cheers,

Bart

No, they're secondhand from Japan.

 

[terry_em1]

Brought my car down to Mondello not too long ago. I only went to spectate the lads, so no track driving as of yet, but I did book two days in August.

The Civic feels good, doing the speed limit haha. I'm not confident in the brakes mostly. I've compiled a list of what needs attention, before August rolls around.

• Brakes
• Differential
• Fuel system
• Cooling system
• Engine

I've generalised it because there's a lot... Less important parts are the exterior and interior. I want the car to look presentable at events this year. Right now, it's very rough.

I test fitted the pedal covers. They don't fit perfect, so that tells me the Type RX pedal assembly is completely different from the standard EK pedals. The accelerator is longer. The clutch and brake is slightly longer too, but it's barely noticeable.

I've asked a few people who have done this. The accelerator is my main concern. One guy riveted the aluminium cover to the stock plastic one. I've seen on Instagram, another guy riveted the cover the same way Honda would do it. I did message him for specifics, but he either hasn't seen my message or feels like gatekeeping. I feel like its the latter...

I'll figure it out! I'll also source the correct rivets, so it'll look as OEM as possible. My clutch pedal is really bent out of shape. I don't know what the previous owner did. The car did have Mugen pedals in the past. I'll either bend it back as best I can OR buy a replacement.

 

[JustForFun]

Please keep us posted about the pedal covers. I myself have a set that I'm yet to install on a EJ9 pedal assembly and I didn't know that it's not a perfect fit.

By the way, your car doesn't look rough at all, it looks very fresh after the new paint job!

 

[terry_em1]

Please keep us posted about the pedal covers. I myself have a set that I'm yet to install on a EJ9 pedal assembly and I didn't know that it's not a perfect fit.

By the way, your car doesn't look rough at all, it looks very fresh after the new paint job!

Someone hit my front bumper and took off. My left side wing's paint cracked. There's swirls all over the car. Some etching from bird dirt and other things. I'll be doing a full paint correction when the weather gets better.