Dan's Milano DC2 ! - Saxperience

Dany4494 · 9th November 2014, 16:50

After a while of searching for a car, viewed a ek9 but it was a dog then a couple of dc2's one was a dog other was 240km, jdm and nice but no history and guy was asking too much so found this one on itr forum 123k been owned by enthusiasts for the past 12 years both middle aged with kids so not been ragged around by a young lad never been tracked etc so as a results engine and box is mint as is interior, got 2 a4 leaver arch files full of work, invoices, services, not had a chance to read it all yet last 2 servaces come in at just over 1k also been ran on 99 octane all its life got all the recipts and full servace history and its been serviced by the owners between services too haha,couple of bad bits one arch is starting to go typical honda haha and rear bumper is cracked at top and front lip scraped getting on to truck doh, and think one of the rear light seals is dodgey so camping mat fix.

Spec:

123k
Full respray in 2009 so no milano pink

Suspension fully polybushed
Hardrace engine and gearbox mounts
Exedy organic clutch
Exedy 4kg lightweight flywheel
AP Dixel slotted disks front and rear
AP Dixel Z pads front and rear
Cusco master cylinder stopper

Don't really have any massive plans as such want to keep it as oem as possible but just make it really mint with just a few subtle changes.

Plans :

Fix rear arch
Fix rear bumper
Fix lip
JDM DC2 manifold
Decat
Back box after a mugen twinloop
Refurb wheels to gunmetal.
Maybe some Meister R's .
Full paint correction its swirly in places in some lights.

So set off saturday morning at 6.30am with.

Put up with 300 miles of this, arrived at 12.

Came home with this

, was a long ass day sat bolt upright for 600 miles in a transit that feels like your sat in a washing machine.

So today set about giving it a mini detail paintwork wise i polished, then glazed with white diamond should hide a few swirls then topped of with a few coats of fk1000p and im really happy the red paint is so bright, do want to do full paint correction when I've got a couple of days free.

Loving it so far im chuffed and the recaros are awesome and its actually got decent cup holders !!!

Vtaakkk!!!!!!!

L33h · 9th November 2014, 16:54

Looking gooooood man. Like the colour. Wheels look too small tho lol

Nik_L · 9th November 2014, 17:28

Love these things. Good choice going for a UKDM too, the JDM looks shite. Getting hard to get a good 1 these days and the prices seem to be climbing.

Giraffe · 9th November 2014, 17:48

Looks good this. Cash looks better though.

Dany4494 · 9th November 2014, 18:13

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Originally Posted by L33h

Looking gooooood man. Like the colour. Wheels look too small tho lol

Hahah i agree think its the colour, should of come with 16s imo.

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Originally Posted by Nik_L

Love these things. Good choice going for a UKDM too, the JDM looks shite. Getting hard to get a good 1 these days and the prices seem to be climbing.

Thanks, was a hard decision between the 2, I'd say i like uk 55% jdm 45%.

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Originally Posted by Giraffe

Looks good this. Cash looks better though.

Thanks man

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Prickle^p · 9th November 2014, 18:27

Nice. Whats up with the arch? rust? after a respray from 2009?

Dany4494 · 9th November 2014, 18:45

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Originally Posted by Prickle

Nice. Whats up with the arch? rust? after a respray from 2009?

Yeah man its not too bad size of a 10p maybe a little wider, tegs rust inside out so ill check condition of the inner wings there single skinned and rustproof them

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Prickle^p · 9th November 2014, 18:51

Fairs.

There's a couple of tidy UKDM DC2's on ebay atm. It buckles me lol. Love them.

smiith · 9th November 2014, 19:03

VERY NICE!

Love these things, and the colour! Would save for one if it didn't cost epic amounts of money to get power gains out of them

griff_106 · 9th November 2014, 19:48

Hmmm not a fan of alot of the Jap stuff unless it's a Scooby but do like this buddy - nice one!

Liking the plans as well... will be worth a shed load more if it's kept clean and OEM than if it ends up looking like it's crashed through the nearest branch of Halfords!

vtectransplant · 9th November 2014, 20:23

Looks good.... Miss mine more than any other car

Enjoy it!

Dany4494 · 9th November 2014, 20:50

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Originally Posted by smiith

VERY NICE!

Love these things, and the colour! Would save for one if it didn't cost epic amounts of money to get power gains out of them

Thanks man, agreed 220bhp can be had for less than 1k but your pissing in the wind FI is the only option really.

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Originally Posted by griff_106

Hmmm not a fan of alot of the Jap stuff unless it's a Scooby but do like this buddy - nice one!

Liking the plans as well... will be worth a shed load more if it's kept clean and OEM than if it ends up looking like it's crashed through the nearest branch of Halfords!

Haha thanks mate, won't be looking like its drove through a ripspeed isle at halfords dont worry

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Originally Posted by vtectransplant

Looks good.... Miss mine more than any other car

Enjoy it!

Will do mate, its funny when i was looking at reviews eveyone that sells a dc2 seems to say that and move on says they miss it more than any other car.