Ok first of i brought this car back in Dec 2006. it was sitting in a barn for sometime, the owner purchased it back in the first half of the 1990s
it was more of less standard with just a couple of mods, namely a bleed valve, K&N and T.I.M 2 bar boost gauge. Not forgetting the AVO damper kit lowered 60mm & 3 spoke TSWs......Proper old skool!!!
the car needed some work to get it looking tidy again.

It took 5 months to get the car on the road, wasn't gonna rush and bodge the whole job up.
i had new rear inner wings and arches fitted, a new battery tray fitted and several areas needed patching up. the car looked ok when i picked it up and for Ł790 it seemed a good car to work on as an ongoing project.

after i had it on the road i booked it in for a respray, end of may it was finished, i had it looking like this after the many months:




Then in July we had 'that' flood. most of you will remember this pic:

Yes thats the Honda car park in Swindon.

things didnt look bright after that day..... after many tears and anger moments i had the car back on the road 6 days later. I worked none stop after work to get the car sorted.

Things started the look good again, sadly some of the paint work got ruined, my mistake, shouldnt of gave it a tough polish paint seemed a little soft still, but i didnt let that keep me down, i started on the modding route, Samco hoses & replacement Recaro,the drivers side bolster was beyond repair, but the whole interior after the flood was kept.
over the months i brought new parts and fitted them bit by bit, noticed when i turned my car off i had a bang/pop from the engine.
so off went the car to the tuners, diagnosis was a blown turbo housing. So a replacement was ordered, while i was at it i got my hands on a stage 2 ECU chip and a Forge intercooler.
had a call from the tuners and after a dicussion a Stage 1 turbo was ordered.
I had to wait a week until the car was finished. the RR set up gave me a good output, 190BHP at the wheels.

Kept the car on the road until may 2008. i decided to sort other stuff out. a new front panel was on the list as was a 90 spec exterior.






then i decided to get more parts:




Had Monster (from ROSC) make me up some VIN plates:


after that an Airtec rad and turbo cooler was fitted. found a secondhand grs intercooler on ebay, expensive still. Now regret buying it.



There was no way this was gona work out, my plan are different, i want the spots, no bonnet pins and no cutting of the front bumper.
So today i ordered an Airtec front mount.

while im waiting on that i got some kenlowe fans( i brought the airtec without fans, by phoning Alan at Auto specialists)
Im at the stage of buying finishing the front end off, i got a Bosch fuel filter, brand new header tank and amber indicators.





now im currently at this point:


(minus the GRS now)



the 90 spec bumper and spoiler are the final parts to go on:


should hopefully finish the car off within the next 2 weeks, after that i need a new dizzy and the engine timed. All ready for this summer.

 

Read your story buddy and gutted that happend to ur RS i am 2 in the progress of getting bit by bit not long bought the airtec intercooler and alloy rad

Nice car mate

 

thanks for the comments, see you new here so you'd never of knew about my RS, unless you've been reading fast road mag for a few years.

they used my pic for the 'what bothering us this month' and my letter was published the following month where i won best mail that month. i won a Pipercross air filter, which i donated to a poorly RS near me.

 

Yea and new hear, Really thats good how they did that for u.

Class looking after your fellow rs turbo,s

 

i sent a picture and a video of my car into them, they got back in contact asking if they could publish the pic in their mag and put the video up on their site. I gave them the green light a wrote up what happened, what ive done to the car etc.

 

Look fowerd to seeing your car when its all done mate

 

looks spot on mate, do you work for honda then?

 

gutted for you mate but it looks good

just one thing if you dont mind me saying the bumper inserts and fuel cap ok awful it or thay will look better in black

 

nice car i have a white s2 aswell and live swindon

 

thanks lads, yes i work at honda, have you ever tried to get the black inserts for the bumpers? cant get them anywhere from ford. As for the front bumper i aint fitting that one, got asmoothed 90 spec one as in one of the last pic.

yes shame about the fuel cap, but not much i can do now. looks ok though.
Bryan where in swindon do youlive and whats your reg? F with cream leather by any chance?

 

i live in park north mine is a f reg but does not have cream leather

 

lol i work for honda aswell and also drive a white series 2

 

My Dealership plate 23 years old:


my new plate just made up:


and heres the latest work:


















should be on the road 1st of june, just ran out of mot on the 29th and im off on holiday in a few day so im not wasting loads of days of tax, mot and insurance.

 

 

Nice work and the best colour

 

Good job Mark looking good.

 

I wouldn't have bothered my arse with it after the flood but you've done a great job, well done it looks great!

 

credit to you matey.

bonnet pins look ace, i was planning to fit them to mine cos i'm always wary of bonnet coming up (like my first mk4) bu wasnt sure how they'd look. That'll be weekend job

 

Looks well nice m8. Puts mine too shame. maeks me wanna get on and finish it now but funds are stopping that so just gonna tidy it up as best i can now i got headgasket done.
Nice to know there is a few of us round swindon. Havent seen many white ones tho. There used to be one on grange drive but havent seen it for ages. Theres a red/orange one with black leather just off great western way. My bro in laws brother had a se500 cab turbo but putting that back to standard. And then theres my cab turbo.Its mot`d till nov so hopefully will be back on the road tonite if i can get hold or borrow a bigger spanner!

 

nice motor mate!! credit to you for going the full hog after the flood incident i would have been put off big time.

 

How much did it cost for the full body spray mate??

 

RABREITH paid Ł600 ish for it,but needed doing as i had new inner and outta rear wings fitted and a replacment bootlid, i had spend most of my savings so was a wise choice to just get it done, after all it was a daily driver.

its showing its age after getting painted. but still better than painting the wings etc with rattle cans.

i think one reason why it survived the flood is due to the age of the car, newer cars have to many electrics etc and arent build to last as long as old cars.

plus i knew i shouldnt start the car up after doing all work needed.

 

Where did u get it done for that price m8?

 

they dont exist now, ive heard the recession as closed them down...do you need some parts painted? i know someone who paints and welds etc.

 

Looks stunning mate, credit to you for the work you have put in to it!!