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[Gus-ep3]

That looks a sore 1. Hope you get it fixed ok.

[James]

I've tried to paint the background of the front badge like someone on this site ( I don't remember who exactly ), but it was an epic failure as the colour was cracking at some places no matter how much effort I put in it, so I was looking for some other solutions.
I came up with this
It's a thin metal plate cut to shape and covered with a yellow sticker. Very simple indeed, also very cheap

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[James]

I've done the same to the rear

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[coco-loco17]

strange colour but i quite like it
same thing i did for my badges, except i used white plastic as a backing (from a poster tube ) and did the badges black

keep up the good work

[James]

Some goodies arrived today, just waiting to change them instead of the current oem bushes. Feeling happy

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[eliman01]

Was it easy to paint the brake calipers red? How did you do it? Simple spray or was there some wet and sanding involved?

[James]

No not at all. You just clean them and remove as much brake dust as you can with a wire brush, then de-fat ( I don't really know the right word for it ) the surface and then just ad one or two layers of paint/spray... If you do not unbolt the brake calipers, at least cover the surrounding with a protective tape...

[eliman01]

Cool, sounds easy enough.. By defat do you mean sand or scrape off the existing paint or what? How far should I go with the defatting?

[James]

remove the fattiness/smeariness/unctuosity ( I don't really know, that is what the dictionary says. I don't know english that well ) with benzin ( again, dictionary )...

[coco-loco17]

i think he means degrease so the paint sticks and doesn't just slide off in the rain

[James]

Who will guess what is wrong wins a million...
It's a f*****g rover after all

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[civictrev]

the bolt at the top left looks kind of...hmmm...shortish??

[coco-loco17]

how the f*ck did you manage that?

[James]

some weakness in the material maybe, I don't know...
I was unbolting the wheel and it cracked...

[James]

I got the bolt fixed, bought a new one from honda just for 5€ and changed it myself.
One problem fixed, another popped up.
Something broke in the back of the heating panel, so I'm without warm air for now...
Ordered a rear sway bar from an ep2 ( I originally wanted one of an ep3, but still better than none sway )...

I also got rid of the amplifier and subwoofer due to its weight and unpracticallity ( I was removnig it for every race )...
Strange knocking noises are also coming from the suspension ( mostly when going over bumps. Sometimes I feel the knock in my clutch pedal and seat, it's quite scary ), upper pillow mounts ( or something like that ) of the shocks are dead i've been told, and I also think some ball joints are broken too ( while full left lock acceleration, some clunk comes from the right wheel ). The boot on the lower ball joint ( at the front right wheel ) is also damaged ( maybe it caused the problem, if there is one )