Hey everyone, I've been on these forums for a little while now, occasionally posting here and there and I thought it's time I created one of these threads 
Bought my '06 Type S from an old fellow who bought the car due to a mid-life crisis, lol. Bought it with 59,000km on the clock September 2010 and now I'm at 76500km. Car was babied a lot with the previous owner ... now it's pushed the way it should be (on the street, within legal limits heh)
Currently studying dentistry at Griffith University ... hence as a poor student I've been slowly adding some bits and pieces over the past year. Also, I get to put a lot of extra mileage as I drive back and forth from Gold Coast/Brisbane every week
For the time being, it's orientated towards being a nice daily street machine. Taking it to the track is something I'd definitely like to do in the future, but just not right now.
Mod List
Engine
GruppeM Intake
Fujitsubo Powergetter
Toda headers w/ high flow cat
Hardrace Engine Mounts
Suspension
Tein Basic coilovers
Work Emotion XD9 (17x8.5 +32)
Dunlop Direzza Star Specs 235/40/17
Hardrace Rear Camber Arms
Interior
Skunk2 gearknob
Exterior
HID retrofit - H1 Mini projectors w/ 5000k H1 HID bulbs and Digital ballasts
Bought but haven't installed yet!
Nothing at the moment and not for a while ... going to be heaps poor after my trip to Japan
Planned mods for the future
Kpro/Haltech - Not sure which one I'll go for. I've just started to do some research on them and there seems to be pros and cons for both ...
New coilovers - I haven't really been in any other DC5 before, but from driving my friend's s2000, it feels like my car is far too ... bouncy and soft. I'd really like to have a more rigid ride. HSD and BC Racing coilovers seem to be some decently priced coilovers suitable for my use.
Swaybar/Strut bar - Stiffen up the car for taking some corners with aggression, hehe
Flywheel and clutch - So far it seems that a JDM Type R flywheel is a good choice to retain some driveability on the street. After driving the same friends s2000 that has an ACT clutch kit with a super aggressive bite, I felt like it's time for me to look at something similar-ish!
Forced induction - Not even sure if I'll even get to doing this. If so, it'll probably be one of the last things I'll do. Turbocharging seems to be very, very costly to do reliably. Supercharging seems more suitable for me ... costs less, but less power ... still I think it would be sufficient for me. But yeah, like I said ... who knows if I'll progress this far.
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This car has certainly cost me a tonne of money since getting it. I've gotten a few comments from people who think I'm wasting time/money with this given that I don't even track it competitively/casually ... but whatever; haters gonna hate, skaters gonna skate, potatoes gonna potate; my money would otherwise be sitting around doing nothing and thus far I've really enjoyed my car's slow transformation from bone stock to what it is now.
I guess it would've been nicer to have created this thread from the moment I got my car, then I could have commented with every single mod that I did over the course of a year. But not really much to say other than that each mod I've done was worth the money and really changed the car into something I love
I think I've rofflewaffled a bit too much now, thanks for reading thus far. I guess I'll update with pictures later (I only created this thread to procrastinate sleep after a big night out, lawl), as well as other mods as I have them installed. At this stage, I still consider myself a noob to all this, so any comments/constructive criticism/suggestions relating to my future planned mods is very much welcome!
Oh yeah, shout-out to etheralfall ... my dentistry/type s/starcraft buddy, haha! And to stevan, who I don't know if he remembers, has answered a fair few of my noob questions in great detail - great guy I hope to meet the QLD ClubITR people sometime soon (even the interstate people if I get the chance), I don't really have many car buddies to talk and chill with!
... jesus christ I waffle on a lot
Pics for the masses! (credits to my mate Paul for taking the photos!)
Hard parking at market square with two of my mates, lol
Bought my '06 Type S from an old fellow who bought the car due to a mid-life crisis, lol. Bought it with 59,000km on the clock September 2010 and now I'm at 76500km. Car was babied a lot with the previous owner ... now it's pushed the way it should be (on the street, within legal limits heh)
Currently studying dentistry at Griffith University ... hence as a poor student I've been slowly adding some bits and pieces over the past year. Also, I get to put a lot of extra mileage as I drive back and forth from Gold Coast/Brisbane every week
For the time being, it's orientated towards being a nice daily street machine. Taking it to the track is something I'd definitely like to do in the future, but just not right now.Mod List
Engine
GruppeM Intake
Fujitsubo Powergetter
Toda headers w/ high flow cat
Hardrace Engine Mounts
Suspension
Tein Basic coilovers
Work Emotion XD9 (17x8.5 +32)
Dunlop Direzza Star Specs 235/40/17
Hardrace Rear Camber Arms
Interior
Skunk2 gearknob
Exterior
HID retrofit - H1 Mini projectors w/ 5000k H1 HID bulbs and Digital ballasts
Bought but haven't installed yet!
Nothing at the moment and not for a while ... going to be heaps poor after my trip to Japan
Planned mods for the future
Kpro/Haltech - Not sure which one I'll go for. I've just started to do some research on them and there seems to be pros and cons for both ...
New coilovers - I haven't really been in any other DC5 before, but from driving my friend's s2000, it feels like my car is far too ... bouncy and soft. I'd really like to have a more rigid ride. HSD and BC Racing coilovers seem to be some decently priced coilovers suitable for my use.
Swaybar/Strut bar - Stiffen up the car for taking some corners with aggression, hehe
Flywheel and clutch - So far it seems that a JDM Type R flywheel is a good choice to retain some driveability on the street. After driving the same friends s2000 that has an ACT clutch kit with a super aggressive bite, I felt like it's time for me to look at something similar-ish!
Forced induction - Not even sure if I'll even get to doing this. If so, it'll probably be one of the last things I'll do. Turbocharging seems to be very, very costly to do reliably. Supercharging seems more suitable for me ... costs less, but less power ... still I think it would be sufficient for me. But yeah, like I said ... who knows if I'll progress this far.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This car has certainly cost me a tonne of money since getting it. I've gotten a few comments from people who think I'm wasting time/money with this given that I don't even track it competitively/casually ... but whatever; haters gonna hate, skaters gonna skate, potatoes gonna potate; my money would otherwise be sitting around doing nothing and thus far I've really enjoyed my car's slow transformation from bone stock to what it is now.
I guess it would've been nicer to have created this thread from the moment I got my car, then I could have commented with every single mod that I did over the course of a year. But not really much to say other than that each mod I've done was worth the money and really changed the car into something I love
I think I've rofflewaffled a bit too much now, thanks for reading thus far. I guess I'll update with pictures later (I only created this thread to procrastinate sleep after a big night out, lawl), as well as other mods as I have them installed. At this stage, I still consider myself a noob to all this, so any comments/constructive criticism/suggestions relating to my future planned mods is very much welcome!
Oh yeah, shout-out to etheralfall ... my dentistry/type s/starcraft buddy, haha! And to stevan, who I don't know if he remembers, has answered a fair few of my noob questions in great detail - great guy
I hope to meet the QLD ClubITR people sometime soon (even the interstate people if I get the chance), I don't really have many car buddies to talk and chill with!... jesus christ I waffle on a lot
Pics for the masses! (credits to my mate Paul for taking the photos!)
Hard parking at market square with two of my mates, lol
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