£150 Civic type R
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Afternoon all
Long time lurker 1st time poster in this forum
Thought i would share my journey with my 2007 Honda Civic Type R FN2, this was purchased from a guy i work with that had lost heart with it,
It has been trapped underground in a carpark for over 2 years as the battery had died and the drivers door lock was broken meaning he couldnt get in it to move it or open the bonnet, and not being car minded he wanted rid of it
As you can see it is rather dirty and needs a clean
I managed to purchase the car for scrap value £150 and went to fetch it,
Got underneath and managed to give the battery enough juice to open the passenger door with the remote control
Drove it home with various rattles and what sounded like a supercharger,
Started going through the various jobs that needed doing to put it back on the road
Jobs so far
Super charger whine = V belt tensioner nearly collapsed and very noisy and most of the pulleys
Coolant leak by intake manifold = All coolant pipes very brittle and like hard plastic
Noisy N/S/F corner = Collapsed front passenger shock absorber, Quite dangerous as it turns out
Drivers door stuck shut = All cables and door lock mechanism broken
General looking like an ashtray inside and smelling like one and a few suspicious burn marks (hot rocks)
Never been washed or polished or vacced
Plan is to get it down to my local Garage and get it past the MOT and use it as my daily
Long time lurker 1st time poster in this forum
Thought i would share my journey with my 2007 Honda Civic Type R FN2, this was purchased from a guy i work with that had lost heart with it,
It has been trapped underground in a carpark for over 2 years as the battery had died and the drivers door lock was broken meaning he couldnt get in it to move it or open the bonnet, and not being car minded he wanted rid of it
As you can see it is rather dirty and needs a clean
I managed to purchase the car for scrap value £150 and went to fetch it,
Got underneath and managed to give the battery enough juice to open the passenger door with the remote control
Drove it home with various rattles and what sounded like a supercharger,
Started going through the various jobs that needed doing to put it back on the road
Jobs so far
Super charger whine = V belt tensioner nearly collapsed and very noisy and most of the pulleys
Coolant leak by intake manifold = All coolant pipes very brittle and like hard plastic
Noisy N/S/F corner = Collapsed front passenger shock absorber, Quite dangerous as it turns out
Drivers door stuck shut = All cables and door lock mechanism broken
General looking like an ashtray inside and smelling like one and a few suspicious burn marks (hot rocks)
Never been washed or polished or vacced
Plan is to get it down to my local Garage and get it past the MOT and use it as my daily
Edited by scouseVR6 on Friday 26th March 16:13
Edited by scouseVR6 on Friday 26th March 16:20
M22s said:
Why do these things never happen to me 
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True, It's been far too many years since I picked up a car for £150 and none of those were anywhere near as good as a FN2 Type R.Top result for you
This is a really good opportunity to do things "right" by getting it completely serviced, new tyres , probably new bushes and you will have a sorted Type R for barely the cost of the cheapest ones on the market that all look like could have a good grand thrown at them to be problem free.
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