Recent content by spud350

Ah well Holcroft Honda it was.

This forum used to be constantly full of new owners and their cars but is now very quiet. I know I'm in the minority by having owned my car for 12 years but how many active members are there still here?

My cat covers have rusted away and Lings want an eye watering £130 for new ones. Is there anywhere I can get them cheaper or anyone know of a good second hand pair for a 2.4 petrol tourer? Cheers Spud.

Just about right for me. I've had my 7th gen for 12 years and seen zillions of Penats for sale. Now I've gone down a pot hole and punctured 2 perfectly good Brigestones and cracked an alloy. I'm after a Penta alloy (possibly 2) anyone know of any? The wanted section seems covered in cobwebs so...

Well after much mauling about it turns out the pump had seized. Managed to get it out without having to remove the engine and sourced new on eBay. Fitted and working perfectly only to find the other one leaking. Apparently without water they seize quickly so I ***ume it wasn't me letting it run...

The water ran out in my washer bottle and now I can't get the rear washer to pump water. I'm sure it's an air lock or something, anyone else had this?

Car all done with only fuel filter to go. Although there was no noise from the valves I asked for them to be looked at anyway. They were absolutely spot on after 125k and as far as I'm aware no prior adjustment. He said it was like new in there, which is nice to know.

What a bummer. I'd expect the bumper to bolt on/off but not being able to get replacements at a reasonable cost is poor.

Ouch yet another unnecessary expense. I wonder if they come apart easily.

It's actually over £400 per side but with the HH discount it's nearer £300. Apparently the price hasn't come down since they 1st came out , what a swizz. I won't be changing the rear quarter as it'll just be the arch cut out and the new one welded in.

My front fog lights work perfectly but certainly look like they've has water in them over the years as there is a white powder at the bottom of them. Anyone else seen this? Are they easy to take out as I haven't been under it yet, Cheers Spud.

So every couple of years I take my car to the paintshop where they take the arches with spots of rust down to bare metal and paint them up again. This stops them getting to a point off nastiness and relieves my OCD of any sort of rust on the car. However they say to stop it coming back the only...

At over £200 for all the bits maybe Honda's price wasn't so bad after all.

OK now we've concluded that dealers are all scam artists, can anyone tell me which plugs the car uses and also if the valves are hydraulic which means they wouldn't need adjusting?

Actually getting round to getting it serviced and for £350 it doesn't seem a lot for your money, especially at 0.8 hrs. Honda say they want it 4 hrs ! and I don't think ever in it's life have the valve clearances been checked.