EP3 How-To Guide's

Guides to doing stuff to your EP3

Oil – The Definitive Guide

The CTRO Definitive Oil Guide.

Which oil do I use? It’s a question asked time and time again. Well now, you can find out here, with our definitive oil guide.

oil

It appears that Honda are using 10w-40 for running in. After the run-in period, these are the oils/fluids you should use as per the Manufacturers recommendations.

Lubricant report for: Honda, Civic 2001, Civic 2.0 16V Type R, (2.0 Typ R VTEC),2001-
Manufacturer: Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Drive type: f.w.d.
Cylinder capacity: 1998 cc
Power output: 200 HP/147 kW at 7400 rpm

Engine: petrol, 4-stroke, water cooled, 4 valves/cyl.
Capacity: 4.50 liter
Filter capacity: 0.20 liter
Note: Change every 20000 km or 12 months & Check daily

OEM recommendation: Year-round API: SJ-EC SAE 0W-20
Year-round API: SJ-EC SAE 0W-30
Year-round API: SJ-EC SAE 0W-40
Year-round API: SJ-EC SAE 5W-30
Year-round API: SJ-EC SAE 5W-40

Component note: Under severe conditions change fluid every 10000km/6 months.

Transaxle / Gearbox: manual
Capacity: 1.50 liter
Gears forward: 6
Gears reverse: 1
Note: Check every 20000 km or 12 months
Note: Change every 120000 km or 72 months
Note: Check for leaks

OEM recommendation: Year-round Special Honda MTF-II –

Lube group note.
If Honda MTF-II is not available, in emergency cases a motor oil API: SG or SH with viscosity 10W-30 or 10W-40 may be used. This can lead to a heavy gear change and excessive wear.

Component note. 
When driving in extreme temp.(>32°C) or when driving with caravan or in the mountains, change fluid every 60000km/48 months.

Power steering. 
Check every 20000 km or 12 months
Special service: Top up only (filled for life).

OEM recommendation.
Year-round Special power steering fluid, Honda.

Lube group note.
Do not use other fluids!

Hydraulic brakes/clutch system: ABS
Capacity: 0.60 liter
Check: every 20000 km or 12 months
Change: every 36 months
Check: check for leaks

OEM recommendation.
Year-round Brake fluid: DOT 3 
Year-round Brake fluid: DOT 4

Cooling system. 
Capacity: 5.30 liter
Check: Every 20000 km or 12 months
Change: Every 100000 km or 60 months
Check: Check for leaks
Special Service: First change at 200000Km, or 120 Mths

Ensure that the API is either SJ or SL for the engine oil. The latest is SL and as these are backwardly compatible it’s best to use the latest spec which is SL.

Hope this helps,

Cheers.
Simon @ Opie Oils. 

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-1586-oils-fluids-more.aspx

17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Refurbishing wheels

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=155930

Author: Type R me

After alot of time (since i bought her) the shoes were flip 😮 bubbled and kurbed and faded and i added a whole kurbed wheel to the collection!

So after much research and pondering i thought flip it ill do it and have a crack at it myself as ive got till monday off still and the misses is just sitting studying for her last few exams for uni and iam just sitting on my arse :lol: …………

This is the kit you need also so 80,240 and 1200 grade sandpaper.
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Wheels before:
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Wheels sanded all down with 80 first,then soapy water+240 after:
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Wash thoroughly:(found suger soap is good)
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Mask off:
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Then 1 coat of primer at a time (3 in total):
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Right well ive been looking on the site and other places for what colour to go for on the wheels and to be honest i really wanted white but it looked :ymca: and dark wheels do look good on the sliver so,………….

looked at black wheels and to be honest i thought they looked a bit dripspeed (ripseep) off the shelf jobbie so went for honda graphite gray and the pics RLY RLY dont do them any justice cause it was done with a mob camara so shall take pics of them 2moro on car with a decent camara :thumbup:

But the wheel that was WELL flip (kurbed) came out a blinking treat :WOOT

I could not belive how well it work!!
but it is so so true the more effort put into the prep shows in the end product!!!

So for something that would of cost £220+ has cost me £35 and 2days work in no rush

Iam over the moon!!!!
(also found out the civic wheels are eneki’s!)
going to get some coloured wheel nuts tho……………

what colour peps???
red blue ….ect ect?

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oh ya sorry forgot to add the instructions………..

once you have let the primer dry for 24 hours wet sand with 1000 grit paper wash and dry again or you can wipe it dry but for best result wash it!

After this you can start painting :thumbup:

One coat a time 3 coats in total with the paint you decided on :wink:

Then allow 20mins to dry till tacky then its time to crack open the tin of lacquer!

This is exactly same as the paint,
3 coats with 10min gap between sparys then FINISHED :WOOT

you can leave for 24 hours or use a hair dryer on it for 30 mins and leave for 8 hours but i would leave it if you can!!!

Then make cuppa T or beer :thumbup: stand back and enjoy your handy work and shiney new none kurbed alloys 🙂

17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Rear bumper & light removal

Original thread here: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=161228

Author: paulydixon

It’s probably possible to fit rear lights without removing the bumper, but why bother, it takes minutes to take the bumper off anyway.

First two are located under the rear bumper

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Second lot are located under plastic body coloured caps at the point where the lights meet the bumper, 10mm bolts

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Next are the three screws fastened into the lower rear splitter

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Last screw is located in the upper wheel arch, nipping the bumper onto the bodywork

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And hey presto, it almost falls off in your hand. It’s actually easier taking these to bits than french cars

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I only really wanted it off so i could try these older lights on, i’m unsure if i like them or not now though…

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The lights themselves have 3x 8mm nuts which are easy to remove, they’re accessable by removing the plastic trim in the boot. But they also have 2x 10mm nuts located behind the bumper

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Here’s a before, during and after

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17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Replacing front brake disks

Original thread here: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=71545

Author: Timo 

Firstly use the excellent ‘how to replace front brake pads’ by dieselpower, which can be found here.

http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11529

In addition to the tools that are needed, you will need an impact driver to remove the brake disk retaining screws.
You won’t need the rope to tie the calliper back as you will be removing it from it’s mount completely.

Carrying on from step 3 in the above ‘how to’, at the point
where the bottom calliper retaining bolt is removed.

After removing the lower calliper bolt, remove the upper calliper bolt and
remove the calliper from it’s mount. If you removed the brake pipe
retaining bolt as in dieselpower’s ‘how to’, you will be able to move the
calliper towards the front of the wing, so it’s not in your way.

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You then need to remove the two 17mm calliper mount bolts.
The calliper mount can then be removed. Clean the brake pad spring clips
and apply copper grease to them ready for refitting.

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Next you need to remove the two brake disk retaining screws using an
impact driver. It is very difficult to remove these with an ordinary screw
driver.

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Once removed the brake disk can be replaced with the new one. Important NOTE – Wash your hands before taking the new disks
out of the box and fitting them, to reduce any dirt or grease coming into contact with the disk surface.
If you do get them dirty, clean them with brake disk cleaner fluid.

Line up the two beveled screw holes on the new disk with the
holes on the wheel plate.

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Replace the brake disk retainer screws after applying some copper
grease to the threads. Use the impact driver to tighten them fully.

Replace the calliper mount and the brake pads. Using a calliper rewind
tool, refit the calliper over the pads as mentioned in dieselpower’s how to.

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Replace the wheel and repeat for the other side.

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Important NOTE – When rewinding the calliper make sure the brake fluid resevoir doesn’t overflow. If you think it will either remove some of
the fluid or wrap a towel or rag around the resevoir.

Pump the brake pedal a few times to get the callipers back into position and check brake fluid level, before driving off.

Remember to avoid heavy braking for the first 200 miles, so the disks and new pads can be bedded in correctly.

Hope this is of some help and a huge thank you to dieselpower for the brake pad ‘how to’.

Tim.

17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Fitting facelift headlights to a prefacelift car

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=140796

Author: omni & Matty McRae

I’ve decided to put a thread up here because I get quite alot of questions about this from people interested in doing the conversion, so rather than keep having to re-do it all in PM’s, i’ll stick a thread up here and I can just link them.

So, before I start, i’m affraid I don’t have any really detailed photo’s of the nitty gritty bits, so I may have to cross-reference other threads for specific jobs, like removing the front bumper etc. Most of the actual taking apart and putting back together is pretty obvious though, and if you’re the type that isn’t mechanically or electrically minded and struggles with removing a few nuts and bolts, i’d probably recommend you don’t try this conversion ;)

So – Start off by removing your front bumper. (unfortunatelty the guide I used first time I did it now seems to have disappeared forever so maybe someone else provide a link if they know of one)

Then remove the old headlights, its fairly obvious where all the bolts are which hold these in.

I have a list of part numbers and prices of bits which I used for the conversion, they are as follows.

All prices are EXCLUSIVE of VAT

1 x 33101-S5T-E62 – Right hand headlight unit – £80.37 ea
1 x 33151-S5T-E62 – Left hand headlight unit – £80.37 ea
2 x 33115-S84-A11 – HB3 main Beam bulb – £4.02 ea
2 x 33126-S0A-003 – Cover Rubber – £8.44 ea
2 x 33126-S6A-J61 – Cover Rubber – £6.60 ea
2 x 33303-SAA-003 – Indicator bulb holders – £5.45 ea
2 x 33303-S2R-003 – Indicator Orange bulbs – £1.18 ea
2 x 33305-S5A-003 – Side-light bulb holders – £4.85 ea
2 x 33116-SD4-961 – Headlight bulb Holders – (Optional) – £7.49 ea

So thats everything from Honda – which comes to a grand total of £236.80 –

(£278.24 inc VAT)

The reason I say the last bulb holders are optional is because some people reckon you need to buy them and modify them to hold the HID bulbs in, personally I don’t think its necessary, I never used them on mine and they are held in fine just by slightly bending the metal clips.
so you can potentially lose about £20 off that bill. Obviously if you’re not going for HID’s you need them and some H1 bulbs. (34901-SZ3-000 £5.64 ea)

Fit all the bulbs and seals into the light units (If you are using HID then you will need to bend the metal clips slightly to hold in the HID bulb units, but this will all become apparent when looking at it. If you’re not satisfied with bending the clips, you can follow the guide for fitting HID’s to a Facelift found here)

Now for the wiring, when you offer the new lights up you will notice straight off that the plugs for the indicators are different, so far as I know you can’t buy new ones from honda seperately (without the loom!) so I went to a scrapyard and found some suitable ones from another vehicle (just take the bulb holder down with you and have a root round) Same with the plugs for the new main beam (HB3) bulbs, you will need to be a little creative here when sourcing these parts.

The Side lights plug straight on, as do the headlight adjustment motors, but helpfully the plugs for these are part of the same loom, so because the adjustment motors are in a different position on the facelift lights they don’t reach! Easiest thing to do here is to cut the two wires for the sidelight plug and extend them by approx 8 inches so they reach.

Once you’ve found some suitable indicator plugs – cut off the originals and splice on the new ones. (I personally prefer to solder and heat-shrink all the wires I cut and rejoin, but its up to you, you can use connectors if you don’t have a soldering iron.)

Next up, you need to modify the original car headlight wiring, because we’re changing from an H4 Hi/Lo bulb for both headlights and main beam, to seperate bulbs. You have to do this otherwise when you go to full beam the projectors will go out, which is not only rubbish for driving with, but also an MOT failure.

You need a standard 4 pin switching relay, a couple of reels of 8amp cable, an inline fuse (or, as I have done, a relay with integrated fuse) and a few various spade connectors. All available from halfords.

I’ll assume we’re using HID’s here, if you’re not the wiring is the same, but instead of connecting the wires to the HID ballasts, you’ll simply be connecting them straight to the H1 headlight bulbs.

Mount the Ballasts on the inner wings, negative side of both ballasts goes to a suitable earthing point (somewhere on the body or engine which is not painted) Obviously it goes without saying to make sure you keep all wiring away from rotating pulleys and hot bits of the engine…

On the original wiring plug you’ve got 3 wires, one of them will be live when you switch the headlights on, the other two are switchable earths. One of them will be an earth when your in headlight position, one of them will be an earth when you’re in main beam position. You need to identify which is which with a multimeter – I can’t remember what the colour codes are off hand. but I believe they are discussed in Mr Bilko’s thread here

Once you’ve done that, the wire which is an Earth when you’re on headlights is not needed (as these will now be permanently earthed) so you can tape it up and forget it. On the passenger side, find a suitable place to mount the relay.

You wire up pin 30 of the relay to a permanent feed from the battery (Via an inline fuse holder if you don’t have a fused relay) and pin 87 to one side of your mainbeam bulb. On pin 85 you wire in the live feed from the cars original wiring plug and also piggy back this off the positive side of your HID ballast. Pin 86 goes to an earth. Terminal 87 goes to one side of your main beam bulb the other side of the main beam bulb goes to the switchable main beam earth from the original car loom.

The other side is only ever so slightly different – identify which wire is which again from the cars original plug, wire in the live to the positive side of your HID ballast (the other side goes to a permanent earth as above) the switchable main beam earth goes to one side of the HB3 main beam bulb, and for the other side of the main beam you bridge a wire across from Pin 87 on the relay.

for clarity and ease of reference i’ve included Mr Bilko’s wiring diagram here.

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Once you’re satisfied everything is working refit the headlights and bolt them in – you’ll have to use the metal bars off the bottom of the old lights – they fit straight onto the new lights – and refit the bumper.

Thats about all I can think of for now, but I will review it later and see if i’ve missed anything.

As I say, I don’t have any detail photo’s unfortunately, once I get going I don’t have the patience for stopping and phtographing every little bit – but here is some photo’s from my original thread – which can be found here – viewtopic.php?f=39&t=118420

Car stripped down
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Test fitting headlights
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As you can see, I mostly work in the dark, this is because i’m so impatient and cannot possibly wait until the weekend to finish it…
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Let there be light.
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Bumper back on
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 Following this guide here: viewtopic.php?f=112&t=140796&p=1925267#p1925267

Didnt use a relay though as it’s not needed IMO

i couldnt find parts needed, connectors for indicators and full beam bulb holders from scrappy so what i done was bought some bits from halfords to wire it all up. didnt use a relay, just split the possitive feed (red/yellow cable) to the (+) on each full beam and dipped beam bulbs, then the original switchable earth from full beam (red/ blue cable) to the (-) on the full beam and ran a permanent earth to the (-) of the dipped beam to stop them going out when full beam is selected, so taped up the red and white cable as it wasnt needed

I got mini spade connectors and some 8amp wire and a cripming tool/wire strippers from halfords and bullet connectors to join and extend wires. put the mini spade connectors on the pins of the hb3 full beam bulb and the indicators then taped them up to water seal them and keep the cables from coming off.

On the last pics, you can see all i need to do at that stage is twist-fit all the bulb holders into the lights and plug the HID cableing in, with the kit, the wiring for the (+) and (-) are spade connectors so thats why i have spades on the end of my cableing from my split live and perm earth 🙂

was all quite easy really :lol:

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17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Replacing rear brake pads

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=15520

Author: Mr Bilko!

This is my “How to” method of changing rear brake pads on our CTRs.
If you feel confident enough to take the job on it’s straightforward taking approximately 30 mins.
If you’re unsure then please don’t try this at home because the braking system is the most important safety related issue on the car, and this job requires a moderate skill level in auto technology.

Tools required are:
19mm wheelbrace (the 1 in the toolkit will do) and locking nut key
17mm & 12mm combination spanner
Cars body jack, or preferably a trolley jack
Axle stand(s)
Brake piston wind back tool (not essential) like ‘Franklin TA890’
Brake pad grease

1 Place the car on an even surface with the handbrake on and slacken off the wheelnuts.

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2 Chock the opposite side front wheel, using blocks or weights like these if you’re tuff an well ‘ard :lol:

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3 Jack up the car and place an axle stand under the suspension arm, then remove the wheel and put it aside. Yes, I know, I’m cheating but a trolley jack makes it easier :wink:
Now release the handbrake.
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4 Undo the top and bottom caliper to carrier bolts using the 12mm spanner, and holding the sliding pin with the 17mm spanner.

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5 Undo the flexible brake hose mounted to the suspension using the 12mm spanner. (It’s easier if you have a 12mm socket and ratchet)

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6 Start to wind back the piston, so that the new and thicker pads will fit in, until a firm resistance is felt. You can also use a G clamp and a pair of mole grips to turn and push the piston back instead of this tool.

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7 Make sure the piston looks exactly like this when wound back.
This is because the back of the inner pad has a pip on it that lines up with the piston, so if the piston isn’t at 12 o’clock, it won’t fit over the pads!

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8 Here’s that pip.

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9 Remove the pads, and when re-fitting, apply a small amount of high melting point grease (copaslip or similar) to the top and bottom of the pads as seen here.

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Refit the caliper once the pads are in and then refit everything in reverse order from 5 to 1
Do the same for the other side and that’s the job done and dusted :wink:

As you can see, I’ve not replaced my pads, but illustrated “How to” do them, and hope it explains it to you.
If anyone has any questions feel free to post below or pm me.

17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Fitting a VTEC light

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=10570

Author: tazr

You need:
– Wire – 18AWG min.
– Tap Splices
– 1 – 5mm LED (pick a color)
– 1 resistor (330, 470, 680, 1K OHM, you pick)

Here goes…
Remove the cowel in the passenger footwell under the glovebox.

Then you will see a shiny silver box with a lot of wires going to it… that’s the ECU. On the middle plug (it’s white) you should see a green wire with a yellow stripe in the top center pin. That’s the VTEC wire. You need to put a tap splice on it…. trace it back a few inches (there is only 1 green/yellow stripe wire) and put the tap in place.
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The other wire you need to find is a suitable ground.
Figure out where you want the LED to be. I wouldn’t put it somewhere high in the car, it’ll be on more than you think. Put it somewhere you can see out of the corner of your eye. Drill a 4.8/5mm hole and put the LED holder in (no need to glue)… be careful where you pick, you need to be able to get to it from behind.
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Time to set the LED up. You need to put the resistor in series with the ground lead of the LED (for those who don’t speak electronics, you need to hook up one resistor lead to the shorter lead on the LED and the other end to the wire you grounded). I used heat shrink tubing, but soldering also works. I wouldn’t use electrical tape. Wire the other lead from the LED to the wire you tapped into the ECU with. Boom…. done.
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17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Removing door cards

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=238

Author: JonC 

Hi, Here comes a description of how to remove the door cards of our cars !
Read and follow step by step then everything will work without damaging the
door card, Good Luck everybody !

A: Behind the “handle” here you will find a small hole in which you put a small screwdriver or something else and push inwards, this will result in the “silver” part of your handle will pop out. Behind this you will find a couple of screws….it is only the top one you need to loosen.

B: At the point of the arrow you can very carefully pry open this whole panel with a flatface screwdriver, behind this you will also find a number of screws….only loosen the one at the far left. Now the door is free from the screwing part….;-)

C: Where the C-arrow points you will find an opening in the plastic….this is where you use a flatface screwdriver to carefully pull outwards (towards you ) which will make the doorcard pop out piece by piece…then just follow the edge of the card around so you can feel that the card loosens totally from the door.

Now comes the tricky part, take the card and pull it upwards along the thick arrow at the top…when you feel that the card has let go from the “lockpin” you carefully pull it away from the a-pillar, this will loosen the card even more from the door. Now the only thing left to do is disconnect the card from the door ( the electricwindows and the “dooropener” ) by pulling easily at the connections.

Now you should have your doorcard in your hand, hopefully !
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17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Replacing front brake pads

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=11529

Author: dieselpower

Here’s my ‘How To’ guide on replacing the front brake pads. It is a fairly easy job (takes me 10-15 mins per side) but if you don’t know what you are doing leave it to your Honda dealer!! The braking system is a vital part of the car so if in doubt don’t do it!

Tools Required

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Alloy wheel lock nut key
19mm wheel brace
12mm socket and ratchet handle
19mm open ended spanner
8mm open ended spanner (not essential)
Trolley jack, axel stands and a piece of 4×2
Copper grease
Brake calliper rewind tool (not essential)
A piece of rope/string/cord
New brake pads

Step 1

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Slacken wheel nuts on both wheels

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Place piece of 4×2 behind rear wheels
Ensure handbrake is tightly on

Step 2

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Locate jack under jacking point behind front bumper
Raise the car

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Place axel stands under side jacking point and slowly lower car onto stands

Step 3

Remove road wheel and store safely

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Remove brake fluid hose retaining bolt

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Remove bottom calliper bolt. If bolt spins use 19mm spanner to hold nut on next to rubber boot

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Rotate calliper up and tie to suspension securely making sure not to strain fluid hose

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Slide old pads out of calliper. An 8mm open ended spanner can be used to help ease the pads out. Take care not to damage the disc

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Remove the metal shims for the pads. There are two on one pad and one on the other. Clean these with an old rag

Step 5

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Push piston fully into calliper. If you don’t have a rewind tool you can use a G-clamp or with a lot of force push the piston with your hands. Make sure to support the back of the calliper as not to damage it

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Step 6

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Add an even coat of copper grease to the back of the new pads

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Refit the metal shims adding an even coat of copper grease to each shim
Make sure to get no grease on the friction material or brake disc

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Fit new pads into calliper

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Untie rope and lower calliper over the new pads

Step 7

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Replace 12mm bolt into calliper and tighten

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Replace 12mm bolt into fluid hose bracket and tighten
Replace road wheel and gently tighten wheel nuts

Step 8

Repeat steps 1 to 7 for other side of car

Step 9

Raise car slightly and remove axel stands
Slowly car to the ground
Torque wheel nuts to correct level

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Check brake fluid level in reservoir and ensure it’s between min and max.
Replace reservoir cap
Pump brake pedal until pedal feels firm again

Step 11

Clean hands and make cup of tea
Admire your handy work! :D

Step 12

Roadtest the car to ensure everything is ok. Make sure to follow bedding-in instructions supplied with the pads. Applying full braking force to new pads can damage and warp your discs. 

 

17th July 2008 EP3 How-To Guide's

Full ICE install guide

Original thread: http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=106655

Author: gringosteve

I am about to embark on a DIY full stereo install, so decided to try and read as many guides on the subject as possible.

I found loads of fragmented bits of information, and decided it might be worth cobbling it all together into a single document which can evolve ino the Mother of all ICE guides.

So far I have nicked guides and pics from the following people (Please shout if you take offence). These are the people that made the guide possible..I just stuck it all together in a neat order.

I will add to this as i do my own project though…

The following people have had their stuff used in this guide:

Dalco
Twiglet
Jon C
Schizophonic
College Hills Honda
sk8flex
TazR

There is a chunk of info still missing, but im sure people will be able to help

1) How to take the plastic interior sill piece apart for the amp wires to go down

2) How to construct a decent tweeter mount behind the wing mirror

3) Better info on disconecting the door handle cables

4) Fitting ISO adapter and facia apapter

So if you have any info you wish to be added please PM me… and I will add it in.

Hope this helps people?

Steve

http://www.djlomax.co.uk/stereofitting.doc

right click save as..

 

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