Hi all,
Had my DC5 for a couple of months now and still look forward to driving it everyday.
Bought privately and was sold the moment I saw it. It's in excellent nick, 66k on the clock, Champ White, completely standard.
Have had a couple of problems, one very strange where what I can only assume was the OEM alarm went off and I couldn't stop it, not that it was deafeningly loud, more of a weird siren noise. When I set the aftermarket alarm off the siren would stop but as soon as I turned the main alarm off the siren would come back! Siren lasted for about 2-3 hours before dying off (not a good look when showing peeps your new DC5!), but it would come back every now and then (once or twice a day), often after having been parked up for an hour or so! Would guess maybe was a proximity alarm or something while people would get close up to the car to take a look, but then why wouldn't switch off!Thankfully it stopped after a couple of weeks or so.
Had an issue with the fan not switching off once aswell but it eventually drained the battery and after a recharge it hasn't done it since. "Switch it off then on again" approach!
Also have an issue with the near-side headlight not coming on initially but after a couple of attempts it would spring back into life. After reading through the amazing forums on the site have figured it to be the igniter cable for the HID. Waiting for delivery of replacement as I speak from integrastella on ebay.
Currently debating whether to spend a load of money on a full service. I live fairly near Eurospec, who do engine mappings for Jap Imports but they also do Services for them. The website has Integra listed and 40k service for £300 but for 60K it's £800. Not 100% sure whether they're refering to a DC5 though, the guy I bought the car from serviced it himself and said the DC5's don't have cam belts (have a chain instead???), and the £800 includes a cam belt change. Can someone clear this up for me? Would you recommend getting a major service done to the car even though nothing much at present seems wrong?
OK, think I should have spread this into multiple threads!
Anyway, hello to everyone! =)
Had my DC5 for a couple of months now and still look forward to driving it everyday.
Bought privately and was sold the moment I saw it. It's in excellent nick, 66k on the clock, Champ White, completely standard.
Have had a couple of problems, one very strange where what I can only assume was the OEM alarm went off and I couldn't stop it, not that it was deafeningly loud, more of a weird siren noise. When I set the aftermarket alarm off the siren would stop but as soon as I turned the main alarm off the siren would come back! Siren lasted for about 2-3 hours before dying off (not a good look when showing peeps your new DC5!), but it would come back every now and then (once or twice a day), often after having been parked up for an hour or so! Would guess maybe was a proximity alarm or something while people would get close up to the car to take a look, but then why wouldn't switch off!Thankfully it stopped after a couple of weeks or so.
Had an issue with the fan not switching off once aswell but it eventually drained the battery and after a recharge it hasn't done it since. "Switch it off then on again" approach!
Also have an issue with the near-side headlight not coming on initially but after a couple of attempts it would spring back into life. After reading through the amazing forums on the site have figured it to be the igniter cable for the HID. Waiting for delivery of replacement as I speak from integrastella on ebay.
Currently debating whether to spend a load of money on a full service. I live fairly near Eurospec, who do engine mappings for Jap Imports but they also do Services for them. The website has Integra listed and 40k service for £300 but for 60K it's £800. Not 100% sure whether they're refering to a DC5 though, the guy I bought the car from serviced it himself and said the DC5's don't have cam belts (have a chain instead???), and the £800 includes a cam belt change. Can someone clear this up for me? Would you recommend getting a major service done to the car even though nothing much at present seems wrong?
OK, think I should have spread this into multiple threads!
Anyway, hello to everyone! =)
