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Hi all, I'm doing a service on my accord tomorrow and would like to change the gearbox oil too. I'm right in thinking that Hondas MTF3 is 75W-80? I test & develop race gearboxes and hypercar gearboxes so have access to a range of "suitable" automotive oils What would be the best out of the...

Hi all, My car has ticked over 167K miles and the clutch has started to slip more under boost :( It's the original so I can't complain haha!! I'm going to get a standard LUK DMF and type s clutch kit but I'm wondering if anyone has converted a 2.2 I-dtec to SMF? And if so what are their...

Hi everyone, I'm wondering how you remove the fuel cap/cover without breaking the plastic clips? I don't need it off, I'm going to wrap it so it's fine either way, but if I can safely remove it then that's the preferred option! Cheers Rob

Hi all, My passenger front window module has decided to pack up again. This happened when I bought the car (I managed to get a decent chunk of money off it because of this), I took it out, cleaned it up and lacquered it and it's been fine for over 2 years. It is with our electronics engineer at...

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of getting lowering springs (probably Tiens) for the accord. Has anyone else lowered their accords and if so, what has been your experience of them and have you got any pictures showing how it sits? Almost all of the springs I've found are are 30mm front and 25mm...

Hi everyone, I'm Rob, I live in Newbury and work at Xtrac who make Motorsport gearboxes etc. I've owned my Mk8 GT ES 2.2 I-Dtec for a couple of years and use it as my daily doing a mixture of mainly town and some long distance driving. The car is on 160K miles and I found out last week it has...

Hi all, New on here, I've owned my 2008 GT ES 2.2 Dtec for around 2 years now with no issues at all! I went to get a Remap on it the other week and when the guy unlocked the ECU found it had already had one, upping the power to around 185-190 and torque to 410-420Nm. Since he unlocked it I've...