My Del Sol - It's time to get serious!

Right, I thought it was about time to get serious with my beloved del sol. I've owned her for over a year now (which incidentally I think is the longest I've had a car before writing it off) Over the last year not a lot has changed, mainly down to not having time or money, and having almost no knowledge of car mechanics at all. But all this is going to change! First here's a pic of the car when I first got my hands on it.


Completely standard and in relatively good condition, apart from a small amount of rust on the wheel arches.

The first change I made was fitting some beautiful 15" rota slipstreams as seen here:

I'm not sure why Jack fitted them for me as I am more than capable of swapping some wheels...


After that I put on a de-cat, which was removed so I could pass my MOT and has been sitting in my garage waiting and longing to go back on.

Next Steve was kind enough to give me some 60mm springs for the trip to the Nurburgring which really made a huge difference, best seen in this pic -


The springs are soon to be replaced with some coilies I've ordered on ebay. They should arrive some time this week and will be fitted asap.

The most recent addition was the ftting of some new EBC brake discs and pads, pictures to come when I've charged my camera and the weather is nice

I've also fitted a cold air induction kit, and had a cat 1 alarm and immobiliser installed.

That's pretty much it so far, my list for future mods is thus:

Coilovers to be fitted.
New exhaust system (any suggestions are welcome)
Fix the rust and re spray the entire car.
New seals around the doors, boot and roof which will hopefully stop the leaks.
General engine bay tidyage.

More pics and news to come as and when it happens.

nice crx..........will look real good with the collies to...........did you go with the jamex ones in the end?

as for getting your car resprayed...give this guy a go....does a good job at not bad prices

Phil chapman
http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/listings/11005/

Cheers man,

Cant wait to get the coilovers fitted, its been a long time waiting! Yeah I went for the Jamex ones, I'm sure they'll do the job well enough. Thanks for the recomendation as well, I want to get as many quotes as I can, I dread to think how much its gonna cost.....

the front fogs are oem ones i think and judt keeep an eye out on ebay for jdm ones breaking

Just a quick update, its booked in for two weeks with Densley for a full respray and rust fixage pictures to follow

oh i need to chat to you mate i was going to see if i could slip my splitter in for a MR quick respray while densley has the colour:D

Well I've got her back from Densley, I haven't had time to get any pictures yet, but don't fear! I plan on getting some done on Saturday after I also fit this baby:



Get in!

Once that's done, the car is all ready for Germany, fingers crossed.

Awsome mate, but one thing......... DO NOT put that bung any where near it. It's like anal rape to an exhaust!!!

haha don't worry i dont plan to!

cheers

Well a lot has happened since those pictures so here is the car as it stands at the moment,

Collies are on
Skunk is on
Car has had a full re-spray and looks b-e-a-utiful







Next up I think I'll start work on tidying up the engine bay, this is how it looks at the moment -

loooookkkk minnnnt dude

looks sweet mate, u gonna be at the meet?

Yeah I'm definitely gonna be there.

m8...ur plates ruin that lovely nice paint job! go on ebay std plates are about £7 delivered...get gb logo ones ready for germany

Yeah those plates are pretty poo to be honest, they've been on the car for nearly 15 years...

I'll definitely pick some up soon.

do a jdm offset tilt plate i think it looks kool tis what im planning it looks sexual dave can u drop the back end down a bit more ?? or is it just the way its sitting in ya sig just looks like you could loose an inch

Looks wikid mate, would love to have a car all minty fresh.

Cheers guys, I'll have a look at the back, im not 100% it'll go down any further, maybe i could just put some lead weights in the back.....

i know y collies are two turns from the bottom which i need to rectify shortly but it doesnt sit mega low spec with 17s

Damn its it that bad??

give me a shout if you want me to come have a look and assess a plan of action

damn man hey at least u didnt roll it

liam wrote:give me a shout if you want me to come have a look and assess a plan of action

dont let him dave he'll just pilch everything

least its back home!

I stick with my previous statement...u need new numberplates...lol