gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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First off bye bye gsi you will be sadly missed
Here it is after its final wash awaiting a new owner, hope it goes to a good home
After months on end of debating I eventually decided what I wanted and got a new car. I wanted something newer then what I had with some mod cons. It also had to be fairly fast and good handling. Practicality and relibility had to feature too as its also my daily hack.
So the winner was a EP3 civic type R just pipping the clio 182 to the post.
A big thankyou must go out to fad who did a 200 mile round trip with me to come and give a second opinion on the car and pick it up.
Its a 53 plate facelift car in milano red. Wasnt origionally my first choice of colour but I really like it now
Has come with a couple of mods which are a K&N pannel filter, straight through centre pipe on a standard back box (so still nice and quite) and some tein springs
Some pics
Progress so far
Fitted my ipod setup and moved the tax disc from its stupid location
Just need to work out how to get rid of this vtec light and put a cig lighter back in for my satnav etc
To do list
Fit new tyres as the budget ones on it are SHITE
Get it machine polished to bring the paint up
Go drive it
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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vtec light...eeeek, just unplug and trace all the wires back and remove, find a positive and earth from your stereo (black earth) (yellow or red live)
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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I think from what I have read one is posotive one is earth and the other goes to the ECU
Need to get hold of a cig lighter unit first though.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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nice name gav
and PMSL at vtec light
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Looks very nice mate please get wheels done in white
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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quote: Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Looks very nice mate please get wheels done in white
Yer I have seen one in red with white wheels. It did look nice but seeing as they dont have any marks on atm I am going to stay with the OEM look
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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quote: Originally posted by jr
nice name gav
and PMSL at vtec light
It really is the most pointless thing ever Firstly its hidden by the gearstick and when your hacking along the last thing on your mind is looking over to see what colour some shite LED light is
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jr
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jamez_zz
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lol, does it come on when Vtec kicks in?
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Ben G
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lovely car bloke in work has one exactly the same, the colour is awesome when clean
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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quote: Originally posted by jamez_zz
lol, does it come on when Vtec kicks in?
It lights up yellow and goes red when the engine is on the bigger cam
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Lovely, have you told the new owner of the gsi to come on here, hope he will look after it, was a mint example.
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
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dont think the gsi has sold has it? so mint . if was an xe id have it off you chewing your arm off
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
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Vtec light...wtf?
you'll have to get a new lens for it wit 'Vtec YO!!!' etched onto it!
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pow
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YTEC Light
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willay
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Location: Roydon, Essex
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vtec light
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Iain M
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Registered: 18th Aug 05
Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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Lovely car mate lovely, Does the vtec light up when vtec kicks in then
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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pics of vtec light?
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Iain M
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Apologies didn't see what jamez_zz had written.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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quote: Originally posted by Mertin
pics of vtec light?
There is one above of me with it pulled out the dash. Will have to get some action shots for the amount of interest its created
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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i'm getting loads of LEDS and spell out VTEC in the centre of the bootlid, so people know when i hit vtec. i think its important you do the same
nice car btw
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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FLOL
And for the people that asked the gsi isnt sold yet, my dad seems to have adopted it though and is currently bombing around in it
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Get your dad to buy it winner.
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gavin18787
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would be cool as I could still drive it
He wont though, just the fact their car is in for a service atm
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Few updates since I last posted in here.
Firstly and most importantly the shite tyres it came with have now gone
Replaced with a set of vredstein ultratacs. Which I must say I am impressed with.
Also had the car rolling roaded this weekend. It made 194 bhp and 127lbft
The owner of the place said that was good as these cars apparently never make their 197bhp book figure.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwpXQ_5lRvo
My want list is now:
>gruppe M induction kit
>fast road set up
>dif
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Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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