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    Changed discs and pads today

    Changed the Front Discs and pads today with genuine parts from HH (good service there by the way) and what a fright at first got to the end of my road and didn't think the car was gonna stop!! done a few sharpish braking and letting off before coming to a complete stop to help them all bed in...
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    UK Service manuals

    Probably been asked before, but does anyone know where we can get access to UK version service manuals for the 7th Gen Accords, easy get hold of the US versions but struggling with the UK ones. Cheers Pete
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    gear box whine in reverse(automatic)

    Had to reverse up fairly quick today at one point today and noticed the gearbox (mine's an Automatic) whining slightly, bit like I used to get in my last car which was a civic manual transmission, understood the reason for that due to straight cut gears for reverse, but didn't think that was...
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    Leather dye

    Does any one know where to get a decent leather dye for these horrible leather seats we have in some of our cars!LOL finding with mine as I've noticed with a lot of the leather clad 7th Gen accords that the piping and parts of the bolster of the driver seat is getting nicked very easily and...
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    Automatic transmission behaviour

    here's one for the Auto transmission boys! e.g. when stopped in traffic with engine fully warmed up there is this sort of jerkiness (kinda feel like your moving back and forth in the seat so to speak!) when I let off the brake pedal and let the car creep without touching the gas pedal, can be...
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    sunroof operation

    Guys am I missing something here with the sunroof; basically today is the first time I've used opened since I've owned the car, what I find is that when I tilt it up by pushing the button in the roof lining upwards, it tilts up no problem but for the return it appears you have to slide the...
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    Graphite Pearl

    Guys if you don't mind me asking, any of you that own a Graphite Pearl (627P colour code) coloured accord can you tell me what is actually written on your Registration document, funny thing is looking up some parts and entered Reg No. and came up silver, looked at Registration document and sure...
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    K20 series engines

    Have to say these Honda K20 engines aren't the quietest engines when you accelerate (not harshly ) when cold, mine's the K20Z2 and last Civic Type-S was the older K20A2, both exactly the same clattery tappet noise , quietens down when engine warms up, shame Honda never improved on that aspect ...
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    Michelin tyres

    does anyone have any opinions on Michelin primacy 3 v's Michelin pilot sport 3 tyres, any feed back on the two appreciated. Cheers Pete
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    warped dics?

    Getting slight steering shake when braking from say 60+ mph then the slight shake appears at around 45 mph with constant pressure on the brake pedal, thinking it could be the discs that are warped or one or both of the front calipers are sticking somewhat, annoying thing is if it the discs as...
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    Dodgy Keyfob

    Strange one with the remote keyfob today, unlocked car to move it, half an hour later went to move it back an damn keyfob wouldn't unlock the car , so got spare and that worked ok, only thing I could think of was that I'd left the car keys in the shed for half an hour and was pretty cold in...
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    Auto box noise

    Guys , just wondering if anyone else experiences this with their Automatic gearbox, basically there appears to be a sort of slight whining noise when coming off the gas at around 20-25 mile per hour and box has dropped down into say 2nd gear, sounds very much like the noise you might get from a...
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    Dodgy paint!

    What is it with the paint on these Jap cars, slightest little thing hits it and there it is another chip, spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the car, touching up a few stone chips, car looked great then drive to bloody work this morning to a place called Aldermaston in Berkshire AKA hell on...
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    opening drivers door

    Only just noticed the car doing this; unlock car with remote then only when I open the drivers door I get think sort of light clunk noise that appears to come from the back of the car, is this somehow related to the boot mechanism does anyone know? Cheers Pete
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    cold start rattle

    Had a right old rattle from the engine earlier when starting form cold today, it was damn cold out there, it settled down after a few seconds, so can only guess slow flow of oil to top of engine, mind you I did start the car yesterday morning with again severe frost just to move it half way down...
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