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 Originally Posted by TheSaint
yes the jap ones are called SiR - but thats an ebay badge
also thats not a canon - its an oval barrel muffler
needs a Ek9 style grill, smaller more performance orientated alloys, remove the stripes and add some nice shocks
i would double check the history of the engine as well - it has a red rocker cover and apparently it has type-r cams
so who did the mods and was it tuned to accomodate it?
need to ask a few questions here man....
How do i find these out, call him and ask for Receipts, etc. Why does the Diff Colour Rocker Cover matter?
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Yup exactly. Ask for as much proof/evidence as he can give you for every single thing on the car that he has touched, try and account for everything. Just something little like keeping receipts can go a long way into telling you what type of owner he was. And organized person is more likely to keep receipts, because they may have the the foresight to realise that if he ever wanted to sell the car later on they could come in handy. It may also show that he cares about the most meticulous of details, which in turn means he is more likely to have cared about the car. Classic exampl: If a mans Recaros are immaculate, you can pretty much garuntee that the rest of the car will be too. Why? Because keeping recaros immaculate is hard. Therefore if he cares about the smallest things, he is obviously going to car about the big things. Espcially if it set him back alot of money. Obviously things like reciepts go missing, so you cant really expect all to be there.
Sorry, getting way off topic haha. It just comes from personal experience. The guy I bought my car off had the log books full of not just service receipts, but reciepts for anything and everything spent on the car ie: wax and polish, light bulbs etc. I'm the same. I even keep fuel receipts LOL. now that I say that outloud it probably seems abit OCD. But it's the principal.
Oh well. Whoever buys my car if I ever sell it can be garuanteed that I took care of it.
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Originally Posted by sneakygreek
How do i find these out, call him and ask for Receipts, etc. Why does the Diff Colour Rocker Cover matter?
Make a mental map of the processes of changing a rocker cover, as an example:
-Why did he change it? Was it for looks alone? Was he a noob who only cares for how his engine looks rather than performs? Or was the original one damaged?
-When did he change it?
-For him to change it, it obviously came off the motor: What else was done whilst the head was exposed?
-How careful was he when he changed it?
- etc etc.
Just common sense man.
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What colour is the Stock Rocker, Red or Black? i will give him a call and sus it out more when i Get my PS next week, but for 8 grand you cant expect everything to be imacculate, have receipts for etc
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Even on the Jap Spec Vtir? What can the Type R cams **** up if aint tuned properly?
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Originally Posted by Vvvtec
Yup exactly. Ask for as much proof/evidence as he can give you for every single thing on the car that he has touched, try and account for everything. Just something little like keeping receipts can go a long way into telling you what type of owner he was. And organized person is more likely to keep receipts, because they may have the the foresight to realise that if he ever wanted to sell the car later on they could come in handy. It may also show that he cares about the most meticulous of details, which in turn means he is more likely to have cared about the car. Classic exampl: If a mans Recaros are immaculate, you can pretty much garuntee that the rest of the car will be too. Why? Because keeping recaros immaculate is hard. Therefore if he cares about the smallest things, he is obviously going to car about the big things. Espcially if it set him back alot of money. Obviously things like reciepts go missing, so you cant really expect all to be there.
Sorry, getting way off topic haha. It just comes from personal experience. The guy I bought my car off had the log books full of not just service receipts, but reciepts for anything and everything spent on the car ie: wax and polish, light bulbs etc. I'm the same. I even keep fuel receipts LOL. now that I say that outloud it probably seems abit OCD. But it's the principal.
Oh well. Whoever buys my car if I ever sell it can be garuanteed that I took care of it.
I called the guy up, i asked if he had any receipts, he said no because he is a Mechanic and did all the work himself, its Had 2 owners, first one was his friend, then he bought the car off him. Would you mind giving him a call at all and asking him some questions?
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just go and hv a test drive man
jack the car up to check if there's any leak or rail damage
a healthy B16A with B16B cams should give a pretty good vtec pull
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He said the Cams came from a Integra Type R? when i called him he didnt seem like giving much info out, ur right i will just go test drive it and get my mechanic to look at it
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He also said i would have to get the Roadworthy myself, meaning id have to pay or actually get it myself? seems abit weird if he claims he is a Mechanic
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Hmmm yeah sounds abit odd. I wonder why he won't get the road worthy for you...
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