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I didnt have new seals to replace the old ones and after speaking to the owner we decided to try the holes at the bottom method first.
So I cleaned up the seals and the body of the car, and also used some waterproof bond when re-installing.
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With the boot having some damp before I cleaned out the antenna drain hose, I decided to remove the rear lining.
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There was some dirt/grime and the boot had a damp smell to it
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Im left the boot lining out and lid open over nite to air everything out.
The following day, I Cleaned up the boot floor and used some WD40 to help with removing any surface damp/rust and its also good and leaving a clean smell lol.
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I re-installed the carpet and cleaned everything up, the CD changer was removed also. Much better now
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The owner installed a new battery before the car arrived with me. After inspecting the battery cage I noticed the brace was quite bad looking and was rusting. So I removed the bracket and sanded it down slightly, the rust was actually well bedded in and not just surface rust.
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I mentioned this a few months back; while removing the bracket I noticed the battery cage was actually holding water:
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I removed the the complete setup
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You can clearly see the water in the cage and also there was quite a bit of dirt/mud and stones
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The problem I found was there is only 1 drain hole and its sits too high up on the side:
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I drilled out extra holes on the base of the cage, and cleaned it out
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After that I re-installed the battery with the newly painted bracket
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The owner also opted for a new exhaust, and headers to follow
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Did you find any Japanese coins in the boot space?
Cheers,
James.
Nah,Quote:
Originally Posted by Papalazarou
This is a UK car! lol
So is mine;-)Quote:
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Cheers,
James.
Wel then you have lost me there?? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Papalazarou
The driver and passenger side door were out of alignment, passenger side was well out.
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I re-aligned and adjusted the door striker.
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Sudesh, great jobs you are doing on the refresh mate! Makes me very guilty! Can you confirm if possible what exhaust that is and the size of the tips!? :)
Great job Sudesh but it looks as if the previous owner did not really loved the car much!
Thanks for the comments!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSebringOne
Its a DC Sports exhaust with 4" tail pipes.
Yeah AryQuote:
Originally Posted by AR
The current owner and myself both agress that the previous owner did not look after this car correctly. The general history is good with the car but all the other things have been missed out. There are many other things I have inspected that need to be corrected also but its a huge improvement now from when it arrived. Going to fully detail the car too.
After the calliper rebuild I installed them along with new EBC pads and Goodridge hoses:
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The engine bay was pretty dirty so I decided to clean it.
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I started with de-greasing the engine bay and soaking it over nite, the next morning I soaked down the excess dirt and grease which immediately took affect.
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That is only the first step in cleaning the engine bay. More to follow:)
Sudesh, what degreasing product did you use and did you use a cloth or soft brush? Did you leave the degreaser overnight to let it soak & how did you soak down next day? I assume you didn't hose down especially with wiring & connections nearby?
I use Zymol Strike engine cleaner http://www.autoanything.com/car-care/69A3056A0A0.aspxQuote:
Originally Posted by TheSebringOne
But any citric based cleaner is generally good. Some people dont leave it on overnite; but I prefer to do that as it gets better results. After that I use both, cloth and small brush and a hard brissle tooth brush.
To soak down I just use warm water and fairy liquid as it aids in de-greasing and cleaning at the same time.
the next steps will be a steam clean, then another clean down using WD40, and buffing it out, as if you leave it thick, it will only catch dirt and dust.
The owner wanted to upgrade the exhaust. After inspecting the exhaust I knew this was going to be tought one as the exhaust joins were all ceased up and bolts were completely rusted.
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I tried to remove some of the bolts but they were just shearing off and breaking and the heads were stripping. So In order to get the exhaust removed, we had to remove the exhaust and cats and remaining pipe.
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With the system off the you can get a better look at corrosion
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The only way forward from here was to grind the bolts off so I got me friend to do that
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Eventually seperated the cats from the back box
After removing the cats I removed the old bolts and replaced everything with new bolts including the heat shield bolts
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This car didnt have the factory CD player installed, the owner wanted a changer installed that would work with the OEM head unit so I chose an Alpine changer.
So I installed the OEM CD cable as this car didnt have one.
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I installed the CD changer in a similar location as per the OEM changer and used to original mounting position with a few mods in behind to secure it. This changer is smaller than OEM so fitted quite nicely in position.
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Everything displays correctly on the head unit and works as per OEM spec.
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Hi Sudesh,
Its coming along nicely. Loved the interior makeover, not so keen on the gold calipers, personally think satin black would be more in keeping with the color of that NSX.
You could the owner one other little job if you have time .... rectify the Euro-Smile of the rear plate surround.
Having completed a number of the jobs you've done I know how satisfying the end results can be. Nice work and thanx for recording the process'
regards, Paul
Sudesh great job on the cats I,ve done this a couple of times. Honda sells the actual studs for the cats, they are really good as they have splines and stay in place.
Cheers,
Ary
Thanks guys! Paul I didn’t have time to do the Euro smile, after doing all the coolant hoses and engine bay detail and under the bonnet detail, then had to do the body work, I didn’t have as much time I would have liked to do the body work as I wanted to do some paint correction at the same time.
But anyway, I started the process by washing down the car, I used slightly more concentrated detergent to get rid of allot of contaminants,
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After that I chamois down the car and used a clay bar which is great at removing ground in dirt and other every day contaminants. When I finished the clay bar process I used MEGUIARS “ Paint Cleaner” followed by AutoGlym polish and then MEGUIARS NXT Tech Wax for the finished result. Took me about 8hrs.
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Unfortunately I didnt have my good camera on me to take better high quality pics.
Hi Sudesh,
Time well spent, good results, rewarding for you, and I'm sure a treat for the new owner to collect.
Time to get started on that old red one lurking in the corner ;):D
regards, Paul
Owners seemed well pleased! and I even done his washing! lol [gym bag was in the boot]Quote:
Originally Posted by Senninha
I'm running out of places to polish my car Paul, Unless I start doing underneath and the bits that nobody see's I cant do much more lol
Got a few more mods to do though, got the OEM NSX-R guages to install and some other NSX-R bits. Going to do a clutch bleed and refill and also the abs.
Those 8 hours were well spent Sudesh, car looks fab! Which clay bar did you use?
When is the Calibra making an appearance as they are a rare sight these days!