Marts lude - The Big Resto!

[Gayno]

Brilliant Mart.

Mine is going into Mark in the next couple of weeks to have my arches done, I can't wait!

[JayJay]

Yay I need to replace a bulb in one of my fog lights, only one side lights up

[mart609]

Brilliant Mart.

Mine is going into Mark in the next couple of weeks to have my arches done, I can't wait!

yeah i took the aerodeck down a few weeks back to get an arch done and he mentioned you were getting booked in

[mart609]

well the 1st sunny day of the new year, so i decided to give the car a clean
once it was cleaned i decided to do a few little jobs that i'd been meaning to get round to doing.
1st off i fitted the new badges i'd bought to the boot lid
then i got my jazzjets to fit correctly
earlier in the year i'd picked up some of those jet spacers from an earlier model civic ( the part no. i got from madmaxs profile)

anyway.. these things


the old lude 1's just broke up when i removed them and didnt match up at all with the jazzjets and without the spacers they're too loose just wobble around


so once fitted


they the jazzjets fit alot better, the spacers aint a perfect match but its ALOT better


and a pic of the 1st clean of 2011

[Pushki]

Stunning!!

[JayJay]

Wow, stunning is the word!

[Kawa]

Great pic. Shows everthing a good lude stands for

EDIT: Profile Updates.....updated

[mart609]

Aint updated this for ages! so here goes
1st some little fixes

since i've had the car i cant ever remember the interior light coming on when the passenger door opened

in the door shut it the little switch that operate the interior light



1 small screw and off it pops



the caseing slides off easily but just remember to be careful not to loose the spring as it will shoot off



once dismantled you can see the terminals for the switch



obviously with that amount of oxidisation(sp?) on the terminals no contact was being made

so i gave them a quick clean



put it all back together again and hey presto, lights working again

a quick easy fix, something that took all of 5 minutes and i'd never got round to doing it before

[mart609]

Door Lock Fix

Door locks fine with the fob but not with the key

Here's how i fixed my door lock problem, its a bit fiddly but not too bad, took me around 30mins. i did it without removing the handle from the door

Firstly Get the door card off, you will need to remove some of the protective plastic to gain access



Here is a pic of a handle removed



You need to remove the retaining clip so the barrel will slide out



I just used a flat headed screwdriver to start it off then just give it a pull and it should slide out. once the retaining clip is out the barrel will just pull out. (get your hand underneath the retaining clip ready to catch it so it does'nt fall into the inner door skin, its a PITA to find )



Barrel removed with broken piece and retaining clip



Next remove the circlip holding the white plastic bit in place and swap with the new 1



Next is the Fiddly bit,as you have to do it with your hands inside the door skin.
You have to slide the metal bar from the locking mechanism back onto the white clip. Once thats on, slide the barrell back into the Handle and slide the retaining clip back into place so its secure




All back together

then to put the protective plastic back on the door card, DUCT TAPE FTW!



DONE!

[mart609]

got the mugens back from speedwells, did a great job on repairing the damaged lip.
didn't know what to expect with the change in colour to Volk Bronze but i think they turned out ok
they're a bit darker than before