Nice work. If I were you I’d get a correct size plate that will fit into the plate holder.
In terms of springs. I’d go with the Eibach ones they’re more comfortable than the spoon springs.
For the headlights tbh you’re better buying a new set. They’re about (or were a few years ago) 350 for a genuine new set from Honda. You just swap the ballasts and bulbs over.
You need to take the front bumper off but don’t be deterred by this. I was able to get the bumper off in less than 5 mins and I’m a spanner when it comes to that kind of stuff. Lol.
Also consider changing your Power steering fluid. Really easy to do and for me made the steering feel more smooth if you’re wanting it to be as close to how to felt when it left the factory
Tegiwa couldn't send me the right badge for the front of the Integra so I will wait until they get that right before ordering anything else from them.
Apologies for the radio silence of late. Work has been very demanding of late so I can't really spend much (or any) time on RMS recently. Thankfully a dodgy domain controller is preventing my ability to work at the moment so I figured, I would update this thread.
(This next section is dedicate to @silver_bullet as he likes a nice clean wheel)
As you can see above, the DC5's wheels are a bit grubby looking. When one of the neighbours said he saw a car like mine, only it had white wheels instead, I knew something needed to be done.
I enquired around and got a price from Cobra Customs near Kells. While the car was garaged, I put it up on stands and took the wheels to them. This is the state of them before I left...
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As you can see the decals looked very sorry for themselves, there was ground-in dirt in the bolt holes and on the inside of the wheels and various poorly touched in scratches. I had also gotten some decals from ebay that were close enough to the originals.
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And this is what I got back. The decals were applied before lamination so with any luck, no more flaking. I also gave the wheels a few very generous coatings of Poorboy's wheel sealant. Next bit was to put the wheels back on the car...
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Too say I'm pleased with the results in an understatement. Cobra Customs did a fantastic job (bar a mixup with the centre caps) and I would not hesitate to use them again. In fact, I am probably going to get Mrs Crow's MX5 wheels refurbed by them.
I did then acquire a Sony double-din stereo in a sale but I've yet to fit it. I just know there is a potential headache of connectors and adaptors involved there so I'm putting that off until muggier weather. I also was offered a parcel shelf (thanks @nobby !!) which as any DC5 owner will know is rare as it was an optional item originally. Sadly, I clean forgot to get any pictures of it fitted.
As some will remember from reading earlier, I had mentioned that the paint on the front bumper was aged and cracked. Also the front splitter had it's fair share of chip marks so I visited Blairs in Doagh and they said they could repaint it. Booked it in and a week later...
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They were also able to polish and relacquer the headlights which really took away from the look of the car. (Continued in a new post)