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HELP..... IM GOING SLIGHTLY INSANE.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:31 pm
by honda-hardy
OMG. i am turning slowly to the dark side.
mmmmussst resist 5th gen urrrg help me!
tbh im feeling the look of the 5th, after seing
@gordonlear's at the weekend and seeing how nice they can look, im slowly being converted.
and now with this pic..
im loosing the fight. semi-3rd-gen looks with modern drive and comfort. i must be getting old. white would be my first choice, but black is up next.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:32 pm
by NafemanNathan
Tis a nice 5th
How did you get on with the gearbox in the end?
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:38 pm
by Donald
Thanks HH and Nafe
I think I managed to turn
@Dobbs to the 5G side when I saw him some months back too

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:39 pm
by Merlin
Black 5th's do carry themselves well, I had one as my first Prelude. Donalds car looks great with the JDM lip

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Nitin.
Salazar from PUK days has/had a very nice VTi:
Keithb had a very nice black 5th too.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:44 pm
by honda-hardy
we (me, matt and gordon) actually removed the engine and gearbox out of the donor, stripped the box off of the engine ready for gordon to clean. broke my torque wrench and nearly broke the breaker bar trying to undo the hub nuts though. god they are tight , even when the tab was driven out of the shaft from the nut. ended up stripping each hub and shaft assembly and removing it completly. good productive day but bloody cold and windy. thank god for dbo's old gazebo.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:48 pm
by jjmartin349571
I've always liked 5G's, after seeing VTI2003's white one I was completely decided that I will get one at some point. Maybe sell the 'Rocco after the summer and get a cheap one

As for colour, I'd go for white, black, blue or red - I think the 5G pulls those colours off really well
For the record, when I saw Donald's car in that fog light thread I also thought wow that looks good

That's a very nice car there!
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:56 pm
by gordonlear
honda-hardy wrote:we (me, matt and gordon) actually removed the engine and gearbox out of the donor, stripped the box off of the engine ready for gordon to clean. broke my torque wrench and nearly broke the breaker bar trying to undo the hub nuts though. god they are tight , even when the tab was driven out of the shaft from the nut. ended up stripping each hub and shaft assembly and removing it completly. good productive day but bloody cold and windy. thank god for dbo's old gazebo.
That was a good days work. Hopefully we will have warmer weather for phase 2.
Could you cope with the size of the 5th gen lights?
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:59 pm
by honda-hardy
gordonlear wrote:That was a good days work. Hopefully we will have warmer weather for phase 2.
Could you cope with the size of the 5th gen lights?
i learnt to squint looking at yours didnt i ?

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:06 pm
by Supermarine Blues
Just before you go to sleep tonight, imagine how big a 5G's lights would look IF THEY POPPED UP!!
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:13 pm
by Dobbs
I think I managed to turn @Dobbs to the 5G side when I saw him some months back too
Must resist 5th gen, must resist....
It was the way you wriggled your 5th gen wheels that got me hooked and besides, the headlights look better in real life than photos would suggest (but I'd still replace the standards ones with projectors

)
Almost purchased one from.a guy in Lowestoft last month but as work looks to be taking me to near Oxford for 7 months Ive got to save for a rental deposit first.
And then it might well be time to 'upgrade' to a 5th...
Dobbs.