New Lude - Mega Hassle - MOT

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:28 pm

Yep might be right @4thgenphil i think we all had roughly the same valuation given the condition of it and bearing in mind it didnt have an MOT.
Did you take it for a test drive?
Im sure once its been tidied and any issues sorted it will be worth a lot more....to me anyway

How many unmodified and fully loaded BB1's with good bodywork do you see...not many

Paintwork is stunning

Post by **vanzep** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:33 pm

Got the new lude to steves garage today and got a load of jobs done with help from @newkid and @3rd gen steve

Also good news is the chassis is very clean

only really rusty part that i can see is the fuel filler neck.
however it looks like it has all been undersealed by previous owner which is a bonus;)

Jobs done so far:

swap out bosch plugs for ngk platinums
replace broken wing mirror glass
fit rear fog light
charge the battery
replace headlight bulbs
new track rod ends (front)
new rear arb (5th gen), arb mount bushes(poly),drop links(febi)
new wheels and tyres (oem/oz 16" with continental winter tyres)
fit new oil cooler oring
hamp shortie oil filter
fresh fully synthetic oil 5w-40
clean up and service brakes front and rear
first clean of interior and exterior
new Honda floor mats front and rear
fit new custom whole system inc mani 2.25 exhaust with massive silencers and scorpion backbox (same system as @indigolemon had on his old lude....)
tightened up sump
earth cat so warning light goes out on dash

still to be done:
fit ps belt (need to buy)
retension new alternator belt
pass side steering rack gaiter (need to buy)
couple of nuts needed - one for track rod end and a couple for sump
fix leak into boot - suspect its from lower window trim as water is running back and down from jack cover
new rear number plate

Then its off for a MOT

I might have to start a build thread for this one......

couple more boring pics

4ws here i come

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:17 pm

great work lads

Post by **newkid** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:19 pm

Mega clean lude.

Everything I worked on removed/fitted like a new car. Wish they were all like that

Post by **simonc** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:32 am

Looking good Nick.

Good choice of spark plugs I see

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:13 am

Great work. Does indeed look extremely clean and I wish I had bought it now!

And thank God you got rid of that awful back box at the first opportunity

Post by **Greg-SiR** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:57 am

Nice work already,what was the odometer reading?Just curious..
Very clean looking externally which is a big bonus.
My previous 4g was the same colour,i loved it,when the sun catches it the Grey lightens up and comes through but on the duller days(which yous have many of

) a real nice metallic Black is prominent.
Nice buy,best of luck with it.

Post by **newkid** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 6:12 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Great work. Does indeed look extremely clean and I wish I had bought it now!
And thank God you got rid of that awful back box at the first opportunity

Yea think you missed a trick there bud.

Exhaust is actually pretty good. Problem is when people fit a jdm exhaust and fit it with a ukdm cat

due to this the backbox section was cable tied up. How they squeezed the middle pipe rubbers on is anyone's guess. With a jdm cat it would have sat perfectly.

Post by **vanzep** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:47 pm

Thanks for the positive comments-really appreciate it

Greg-SiR wrote:Nice work already,what was the odometer reading?Just curious..
Very clean looking externally which is a big bonus.
My previous 4g was the same colour,i loved it,when the sun catches it the Grey lightens up and comes through but on the duller days(which yous have many of ) a real nice metallic Black is prominent.
Nice buy,best of luck with it.

odometer say 145,000miles i think

dont know if it is a mix of km/miles but it says mph on the speedo

its a very early 1991 JDM BB1

yep i like the phantom grey - my red BB4 was half phantom grey at one point and still has a pg bonnet on it

thanks for the good wishes

the japspeed exhaust we took off the car was practically brand new but had the wrong size cat fitted so like @newkid says it was cable tied onto the hangers as a result it stuck out about 3 inches too far
even then it was quieter than OEM but that may be due to the fact it has a decible killer/bung in it.

I will get some pics of the car once i get it back from the mot but the custom exhaust is a very good fit and im really pleased that steve suggested we change it over immediately

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:19 am

The car looks great underneath. I would have liked to come along but I was looking after the kids