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Must refrain from making comments on how the Japanese themselves are stereotypically shorter than others...  Saying that you'd struggle to fit a small child in the backseats 
Seeing as I am unable to simply drive round the corner to the chipshop without risk of flooding the engine, I thought I'd take it up the road first and get a little video for you guys  Please ignore the noise made by my wipers, does my head in and I really need to get some new ones! lol.
I wasn't really able to push it at all because of the rain, if I show it even the slightest bit of boost past 4000rpm in the wet with cold tyres it just jumps to the limiter and spins up... So I'm afraid this is all you get for now.
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 Not going to argue that statement because I do agree... However I'm afraid that's the best I could do spontaneously on my way to the chip shop 
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The FD3S is one of my favourite cars ever.
One day I'll own one!
I have models and piles of books on the car but have yet to do any more than sit in one 
They're not exactly daily-driver cars and aren't very child-friendly either! Can't really go wrong with an FD3S buddy, I prefer the later-spec front bumper/splitter combo though, and I think they all need a low-level spoiler of some sort...
Disclaimer: The above is not to be taken to heart and is probably a joke, grow up you big girl.
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Love the blue wheels! Do you still have it? What else have you done to it since you last posted?
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(15-11-2016, 05:26 PM)ginge191 Wrote: Holy thread revival!
But best thread revival ever?
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(15-11-2016, 08:18 PM)reese Wrote: Love the blue wheels! Do you still have it? What else have you done to it since you last posted?
Yeah I've still got it, the pictures above are how it currently stands.
I can't think of much that hasn't been done to it to be honest except for major body mods, which incidentally are the plans for over winter.
I did a few mods such as suspension, wheels etc to tidy it up and make it my own. Kept it as a pretty fast road car for the last 3 years.
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Then to some peoples dismay I'm sure, this year I decided I was bored of not using it "properly" it already had a few war wounds as I'd started drifting it a little bit, so I thought f*ck it, now's the time.
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I still miss my old Pug though haha!
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Looks great, I do like the wheels in dark grey/black also!
Got any incar footage of any of your drift days?
What suspension mods have you done to it?
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(15-11-2016, 11:32 PM)reese Wrote: Looks great, I do like the wheels in dark grey/black also!
Got any incar footage of any of your drift days?
What suspension mods have you done to it?
Suspension wise it's currently on BC Racing coilovers but I'm begining to find these a little too soft for the type of driving and track use they're undertaking.
Other than that, the knuckles have been modified to 0 Ackerman and to tighten the steering pivot, increasing the overall achievable lock.
I do plan to replace all of the bushes at some point for poly bushes, as I feel this will help to stiffen everything up.
The first clip is a very short clip from some go pro footage from my last drift day which was up at Driftland in Scotland. The second isn't all interior footage, but it features heavily and was just a very basic edit put together on my phone from a little shakedown session at Birmingham Wheels earlier in the year.
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Holy thread revival! and moved into correct section
Always loved the look of these! What is one like to live with on a daily basis?
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(16-11-2016, 09:32 AM)Matt-Rallye Wrote: Holy thread revival! and moved into correct section
Always loved the look of these! What is one like to live with on a daily basis?
Haha cheers man.
It's been alright as a daily to be fair, but then saying that my commute to work isn't really a great distance. However, I do think I'd of struggled with the fuel consumption if it was any further.
But then with this years modifications, manual rack, cage and 2-way differential etc, it's definitely more difficult to get along with as a daily lol.
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Lovely car mate, glad it's still going
Don't suppose you've got a paint code for the blue on the wheels?
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(24-11-2016, 11:14 PM)rocker8742 Wrote: Lovely car mate, glad it's still going
Don't suppose you've got a paint code for the blue on the wheels?
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It's a secret 
I jest... It's Cerulean Blue, a Honda Jazz colour funnily enough. Paint code is BG53M
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(18-12-2016, 01:47 AM)RJGTi6 Wrote: (24-11-2016, 11:14 PM)rocker8742 Wrote: Lovely car mate, glad it's still going
Don't suppose you've got a paint code for the blue on the wheels?
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It's a secret
I jest... It's Cerulean Blue, a Honda Jazz colour funnily enough. Paint code is BG53M
Awesome it's a lovely colour mate
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