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I had the Subaru at a local body-shop to have the minor scuff from the "hit-n-run" repaired, and when picking it up yesterday I mentioned that I was interested in having the roof, possibly the entire car repainted. We went out for a look, got chatting away about the Civic, and was surprised by...

I found a spare hour today and fitted the HardRace front swaybar links and bushes this afternoon! It was a pretty straightforward job with minimal fuss...I should have done this ages ago. Kicking myself for being so slack! :P

I've also got around to replacing the tie-rod ends and thought I'd put some pictures up. It was a simple job which was done in under 30 mins. :)

Salvaging something from todays efforts, at least I have a clean car! I found the Turtle Wax trim detailer far better to apply than the Meguires Gold Class version, and was less messy, and less greasy after application. It really brought out the richness of the black trim and I'm now...

Here's a quick look at the roof...the extent of the sun damage is pretty severe! The clear-coat has burned through, as has the base-layer in some sections. The goal was to make it look better, not make it perfect...I'm well aware that a respray is the only true way to fix this, and will get...

It was decided that the cars are long overdue for some love and had to be done while I have the free-time. So on friday we had the Subaru serviced (needed the precious service stamp in the book), and had a few other annoying things sorted which I couldn't be bothered doing. We had put it off...

It's been a while since being on here, but good news is that I still have the Civic, the bad news is that I've done absolutely nothing to it since the last post! It's been driven maybe 5 times this year courtesy of getting a company BMW to drive, so just like the Suby, it's just sat up the...

Subaru are now telling me that even if they find something tomorrow, the earliest they can do anything about it is mid-december....which with Chrissy, NYE, etc, basically means early next year. What a joke!!! :cussing:

The mighty little Civ has been rapidly deployed to perform daily duties. It's been awesome fun whipping around in it, but grrrrrr..... The fancy-pants Subaru GT wagon (with very low klm's and full history) we bought a few months has been amazing...super comfy, super fast, super practical, and...

After weeks of waiting impatiently, a delay thanks to the wrong postage method used (in fairness I was reimbursed the difference), and it being held up for an eternity by Australian Customs, I finally have my centre-console armrest!!! It's from an Orthia (an EK Civic wagon which sadly we never...

I got my butt into gear today and made a start improving the handling. Nothing terribly fancy, but I fitted the Tegiwa tie-bar, the Hardrace rear swaybar bushes, and the Hardrace rear swaybar links (which arrived this morning). A couple of uncooperative bolts and the tight space behind the...

Nakamichi were a BIG player in the top echelon of home audio for a very, very long time, so it's fair to say they've got a solid grasp on what they're doing. I've had their audio gear in my old Porsche 944 and TJ Jeep Wrangler, never had any issues, excellent "bang for your buck" and high...

Hahahahaha!!! Yeah it's awesome equipment and sounds soooooo good, and the crazy thing is it's substantially less than the cost of all the other top brand stuff like Alpine, etc. They definitely fly under the radar here. Living in the Oceana region occasionally has it's perks for my build...

Like yourself, I didn't want to go on a crazy spending spree for audio, but wanted something decent. I ended up going for Nakamichi splits, 6x9's, 4ch amp, and 8" subwoofer/amp, matched with a Fusion headunit which I already had. The results have astounded me, easily surpassing my...

Another part arrived today...a Spoon front strut-tower brace! I'll be interested to see if there's any advantage over the OEM brace (I'd be expecting so given the size difference), but essentially it's engine-bay bling. :mrgreen:

Another part arrived first thing this morning, a new cup-holder/storage unit direct from Japan! The original cup-holder is broken and drives me absolute insane...it stops me using the storage bin, looks butt-ugly, and I can't even fit a large coffee in it (my "must have" every morning). I'm...

A steady stream of parts have been arriving over the past few days... Hardrace front and rear sway bar bushes, tie-rod ends, and front sway bar links. HEL braided brake and clutch hoses. New radio aerial. Intake manifold gasket. Hose clamps for air intake. Billet power...

Well, yesterday evening I sold my motorbike...and surprisingly I'm not sad to see it be ridden away today. I haven't bothered to ride it in 2 years, it's gone to someone who I know will look after it, oh and there's now a heap of $'s to throw at the little Civ!!! :nod: I've already enjoyed a...

All done, and looks far better now! I just have to wait for the rest of the rear-end parts to arrive before fitting, d'oh!:lol:

The postman delivered another part for me today, a Tegiwa tie-bar! I picked this up quite cheaply as a clearance item due to a couple of chips in the red anodising. I'm not a huge fan of red anodising tbh and had plans to deal with this, so have stripped the bar down, primed it and about to...