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I wanted to document my projects with my car for mainly myself to look back at everything done in the future. I also figured if there were any questions with stuff I had done I could at least help answer them for people. This also serves as Honda's Instruction Manual to voiding my warranty. Thanks
I purchase mine about 10months ago. I bought the vehicle for $34,127 + $196 Doc Fee + Taxes and Plates, I also purchased a Tire and Wheel Coverage for $500 which I did end up using when I blasted over a rock in the middle of the road at 35mph the day before I switched to my current wheels. Quite the send off if I do say so myself.
My Type R is a 2019 currently clocked at around 13k miles. I love the car as you can see from my mileage. Unfortunately I have yet to get a chance to take it to a track but that is my goal for next summer since I live in the freezing winters of Wisconsin.
My goal with this vehicle is to sit in the mid-high 300 HP range and have a reliable fun vehicle. We'll see how long I can keep the power creep needs off, don't really wanna blow $3000 on a fuel system and then rods and then pistons and then big turbo and then block and now I'm 30k into the thing. So we'll see.
The first thing I did to my vehicle was an Air Intake like a true ricer, I really wanted the nice turbo sound and in oem form it just didn't happen. I did quite a bit of research and the best option I saw for price was stock box, K&N Filter and PRL tubing. So of course, I went with the Takeda Intake, I just got a really good deal on the classified page for about $200. Had to pick it up. The install was super easy took about 30 minutes I did end up re-using one of the stock hoses (the rubber one with two larger tension circles) I did this because it literally melted & ripped after my car got too hot one day, sad days. The picture shown will not show the new hose but will be seen in later pictures.
After installation I just went for a quick pull so here is also a video of that. Traction control kicked in a few times so you can hear it a few times instead of just one big nice (Woooosh).
My next addition was a set of Titan 7 T-S5's 18x9.5. I loved the weight savings with the look and cost. I wasn't going to spend almost $4k on a set of Volk's, I love the look but the cost just didn't make sense to me. For tires I went with another cost effective with performance option in the form of Firehawk Indy 500's 265/35/18. The whole set (Wheel and Tire) cost around $3k and another $150 for install. Overall the OEM Wheel and tire combo weigh about 50lbs and with this setup it saved about 7lbs per wheel which a much meatier tire. I absolutely love the look and am waiting till next summer to get some coils.
And here is the final look after install, I did recently get center caps, I actually love the look without but don't want to risk corrosion.
The next thing I did was put a RV6 Downpipe on my car, a 27Won Rear Trans Mount and wrapped my Inlet Pipe to try and help with the overheating issue. The whole project took about a day in total. This includes about a 7 hour soaking of the turbo studs in Liquid Wrench for headache avoiding.
I first started with removing the Air Intake, Cooling Shroud and Inlet Pipe and wrapped the Pipe in the Gold Wrap. I am by no means good at this and it was my first time ever wrapping anything so it looks rough. I'll end up re-wrapping the Intake side when I take it apart again. Here is how it turned out:
Again the Wrap job is tragic so ya, just do better than I did and you'll be good. Next came the 7 hour soak. I was told the studs are known to snap and I just don't have time for that. Everything came off very smoothly barely had to use any force it was truly a spectacle. Whole tear down took forever, I didn't look at any instructions in the beginning and didn't see the small brackets that hold the Downpipe in to stop it from shaking. Also didn't understand that the Turbo Heat Shield is attached to the front as well as the sides. Otherwise everything else was easy and didn't take much to get it off.
While I had the Downpipe out I did the Rear Mount as I could move the whole motor back and forth where I needed it. Made the install literally easier than the intake, it probably took 15 minutes max to pull out the stock one and put the 27Won Mount in. The noise is much more grumbly which I love and is really not annoying after 1k miles.
Lastly I wrapped the Downpipe, dropped that bad boy back in and screwed everything back in. I do have Hondata with the car but unfortunately my system was not working so I'm waiting for it to be shipped back to me
After that fun stuff I went full hot boy and decided I wanted some nice Spoon Sports Mirror Glass' I really wanted some Spoon things but didn't really know what I wanted so I went the basic b**** route and this is where it brought me.
However I didn't want to go the way of over laying the glass over the oem because it will just crack if I ever want or need to take it off. It also eliminates the possibility of making a mistake and having to re-do it. I started off using a plastic removal tool and a cloth to remove the glass from the mirror housing.
Once the mirror was off I removed the glass from the plastic piece that holds it to the housing. All I used was floss and another smaller plastic removal tool to lightly pry the edges. Once it was off it I just slapped the new one on there with the 3M provided by Spoon (ooh wow fancy).
And here is the final result, it took more work than the more basic way however I feel this way makes it less cheap feeling than the way I have seen it completed previously.
I will include anything else I'm doing in posts below this one as I am constantly working on projects or getting projects ready.
So far this is everything I have done to my car minus a few things I never took photos of, here is a full list of what I've done:
Perrin Shift Collar
Takeda Air Intake
Type R Wide Grille
Titan 7 T-S5
Civic Type R Caps 58mm
Hondata
RV6 Downpipe
PTP Turbo Blanket & Downpipe Wrap
Gold Wrap Inlet Pipe
27Won Solid Rear Mount
Spoon Side View Mirrors
Skunk 2 Shift Knob
Spoon Radiator Cap
Spoon Oil Cap
Mishimoto Catch Can
I purchase mine about 10months ago. I bought the vehicle for $34,127 + $196 Doc Fee + Taxes and Plates, I also purchased a Tire and Wheel Coverage for $500 which I did end up using when I blasted over a rock in the middle of the road at 35mph the day before I switched to my current wheels. Quite the send off if I do say so myself.
My Type R is a 2019 currently clocked at around 13k miles. I love the car as you can see from my mileage. Unfortunately I have yet to get a chance to take it to a track but that is my goal for next summer since I live in the freezing winters of Wisconsin.
My goal with this vehicle is to sit in the mid-high 300 HP range and have a reliable fun vehicle. We'll see how long I can keep the power creep needs off, don't really wanna blow $3000 on a fuel system and then rods and then pistons and then big turbo and then block and now I'm 30k into the thing. So we'll see.
The first thing I did to my vehicle was an Air Intake like a true ricer, I really wanted the nice turbo sound and in oem form it just didn't happen. I did quite a bit of research and the best option I saw for price was stock box, K&N Filter and PRL tubing. So of course, I went with the Takeda Intake, I just got a really good deal on the classified page for about $200. Had to pick it up. The install was super easy took about 30 minutes I did end up re-using one of the stock hoses (the rubber one with two larger tension circles) I did this because it literally melted & ripped after my car got too hot one day, sad days. The picture shown will not show the new hose but will be seen in later pictures.
After installation I just went for a quick pull so here is also a video of that. Traction control kicked in a few times so you can hear it a few times instead of just one big nice (Woooosh).
My next addition was a set of Titan 7 T-S5's 18x9.5. I loved the weight savings with the look and cost. I wasn't going to spend almost $4k on a set of Volk's, I love the look but the cost just didn't make sense to me. For tires I went with another cost effective with performance option in the form of Firehawk Indy 500's 265/35/18. The whole set (Wheel and Tire) cost around $3k and another $150 for install. Overall the OEM Wheel and tire combo weigh about 50lbs and with this setup it saved about 7lbs per wheel which a much meatier tire. I absolutely love the look and am waiting till next summer to get some coils.
And here is the final look after install, I did recently get center caps, I actually love the look without but don't want to risk corrosion.
The next thing I did was put a RV6 Downpipe on my car, a 27Won Rear Trans Mount and wrapped my Inlet Pipe to try and help with the overheating issue. The whole project took about a day in total. This includes about a 7 hour soaking of the turbo studs in Liquid Wrench for headache avoiding.
I first started with removing the Air Intake, Cooling Shroud and Inlet Pipe and wrapped the Pipe in the Gold Wrap. I am by no means good at this and it was my first time ever wrapping anything so it looks rough. I'll end up re-wrapping the Intake side when I take it apart again. Here is how it turned out:
Again the Wrap job is tragic so ya, just do better than I did and you'll be good. Next came the 7 hour soak. I was told the studs are known to snap and I just don't have time for that. Everything came off very smoothly barely had to use any force it was truly a spectacle. Whole tear down took forever, I didn't look at any instructions in the beginning and didn't see the small brackets that hold the Downpipe in to stop it from shaking. Also didn't understand that the Turbo Heat Shield is attached to the front as well as the sides. Otherwise everything else was easy and didn't take much to get it off.
While I had the Downpipe out I did the Rear Mount as I could move the whole motor back and forth where I needed it. Made the install literally easier than the intake, it probably took 15 minutes max to pull out the stock one and put the 27Won Mount in. The noise is much more grumbly which I love and is really not annoying after 1k miles.
Lastly I wrapped the Downpipe, dropped that bad boy back in and screwed everything back in. I do have Hondata with the car but unfortunately my system was not working so I'm waiting for it to be shipped back to me
After that fun stuff I went full hot boy and decided I wanted some nice Spoon Sports Mirror Glass' I really wanted some Spoon things but didn't really know what I wanted so I went the basic b**** route and this is where it brought me.
However I didn't want to go the way of over laying the glass over the oem because it will just crack if I ever want or need to take it off. It also eliminates the possibility of making a mistake and having to re-do it. I started off using a plastic removal tool and a cloth to remove the glass from the mirror housing.
Once the mirror was off I removed the glass from the plastic piece that holds it to the housing. All I used was floss and another smaller plastic removal tool to lightly pry the edges. Once it was off it I just slapped the new one on there with the 3M provided by Spoon (ooh wow fancy).
And here is the final result, it took more work than the more basic way however I feel this way makes it less cheap feeling than the way I have seen it completed previously.
I will include anything else I'm doing in posts below this one as I am constantly working on projects or getting projects ready.
So far this is everything I have done to my car minus a few things I never took photos of, here is a full list of what I've done:
Perrin Shift Collar
Takeda Air Intake
Type R Wide Grille
Titan 7 T-S5
Civic Type R Caps 58mm
Hondata
RV6 Downpipe
PTP Turbo Blanket & Downpipe Wrap
Gold Wrap Inlet Pipe
27Won Solid Rear Mount
Spoon Side View Mirrors
Skunk 2 Shift Knob
Spoon Radiator Cap
Spoon Oil Cap
Mishimoto Catch Can
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