The lucky winner of our Eibach/dream automotive private label spring kit gets his prize.
Back in the summer we ran a competition with top suspension manufacturer Eibach, and the respected Honda specialists Dream Automotive, to win an Eibach lowering spring kit, plus receive fitting at Dream Automotive in Bushey. However, these were no ordinary springs – this was a kit especially made for Dream by Eibach UK to the firm’s own specification. The kit was for the FK2 Honda Civic Type R model only and, suffice to say, there are quite a few of you owners out there, judging from the number of entries we received! Unfortunately, as much as we’d like to, not everyone could be a winner, and this time lady luck was shining down on Luke Foley from Basingstoke.
FOLLOW YOUR DREAM
Fast forward a couple of weeks and it is a dry but blustery October day. We find ourselves at Dream Automotive HQ in Bushey, which strangely is just inside the entrance to a school. After talking to owner Phil Crafford, the reasons for the location become clear. Based just within the reaches of the M25 and M1, the school teaches Automotive studies, which Phil is involved with teaching. Having worked within the Honda dealer network for over 15 years, Phil took the jump to set up his own workshop here, where he could follow his own dream…
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The Pursuit of Perfection
With a clever fusion of high-end parts and genius motorsport engineering, torque developments international has potentially built customer james moodey the world’s finest Mitsubishi Evo x…
Bringing Sexy Back
Damian spendlove’s provocatively-styled nissan 200sx was built in a home garage using spare parts, inspired by the stunning japanese street drifters of the early noughties
Bad Obsession
After getting hooked on mazda’s sexy fd rx-7s in his late teens, tom ruston-shaw has been feeding his unhealthy addiction ever since
Small But Mighty
In a time when engine swaps are commonplace, it takes a special kind of maverick to stand out from the crowd. Canadian tuning fan aaron weir is just that, and his rwd, s2000-engined honda crx definitely dares to be different
Air Attack
By Amassing a Stash of Time Attack Silverware,cody Miles’ Air-ride Equipped Track Impreza Isredefining What a ‘bagged’ Car Is Capable of
Like A Boss
JR Motorworx has built a bonkers Mazda RX-7 that has got everyone talking...
Japshow
Santa pod was once again rammed with Japanese metal as the popular Japshow event kicked off in style.
All Work And No Play…
…Makes Jack a dull boy. But that doesn’t mean you should get all Jack Torrance and go on a rampage – following Chris Forsberg’s example, you can fuse work with leisure with winning results.
Colour Conundrum
Under the skin, project RX-8 is as fresh as a daisy with many components replaced for brand new, including the engine, now it’s time for the car’s exterior to be brought up to scratch, too.
Brake It In Gently
Let's start where you stop this month by treating project 5 to a brand new set of discs and pads from MTEC and a complete caliper overhaul.
