Hi gang 
After much procrastination, I finally have gotten around to making an intro thread for myself and my car. My name's Stephen and I've owned this 2001 build DC5R for about 2.5 years now. It's mostly a weekend car (take the train for work) so in this time I've only put on about 7***kms in my ownership and slowly been building up a decent amount of the usual mods during this time. Although I'm modding it, I don't have any intention of tracking the car. I try to attend as many central CITR meets as I can and so far I've meet many friendly fellow enthusiasts. The meets are great because there is always that core group of guys that you're familiar with
The nitty gritty:
Engine
- GruppeM intake (now sold)
- TODA header & cat (now sold)
- Fujitsubo Powergetter catback
- Hardrace engine mounts
- Hondata KPRO V3 tuned to 128.7fwkw by Steve at MSC Performance (now sold)
Suspension
- BC Racing (BR Type) coilovers
- EP3R front sway bar (now sold)
- Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar (now sold)
- Todds tie rods
- Buddyclub P1 rear camber kit
Wheels
- Advan RG (gold)
- 17x8.5 +31 (F)
- 17x7.5 +29 (R)
Previous wheels
- Work CR KAI (bronze)
- 17x8 +32 (F)
- 17x7 +32 (R)
- Honda EP3R (silver resprayed to black)
- 17x7 +45 (all round)
Bling
- JDM OEM Red valve cover
- JDM OEM Silver spark plug cover
- Beaks gold rear tie bar (now sold)
Miscellaneous
- Integra badge delete
- Intergra Type R side decals delete
- Rear wiper delete
- Number plate brackets delete
Pending mods awaiting install
- Exedy Stage 1 sports organic clutch
- Exedy lightweight flywheel (now sold)
- DBA T3 4000 slotted rotors (F)
- Ferodo DS2500 brake pads (F)
- Goodridge stainless steel braided brake lines (now sold)
History of driving
Before I bought the DC5R, I could only drive automatic. Really, the only reason I learnt manual was because I felt that manual sports cars were just more fun to drive than automatics. I remember learning to drive manual for the time and how excited I was especially when I started to get the hang of it. The test mule? Why, none other than this...
I thinks it's DA1? My mate bought this for $600, so it gives you an idea about it's condition LOL. He bought it just as a car to drive to the train station and leave it there, so he could take the train to work. The car was of course bought without reg and roadworthy certificate, and was driven that way throughout our time with it lol. It was pretty beaten up, obviously a reflection of the previous owners neglect. My noob manual skills meant bunny hopping the shit of the car until I got the hang of taking off smoothly
This teg lasted about 4 months before it died. It was in bad shape already before my mate bought it, so it didn't help that my mate would do things like hitting redline when the car was still cold, flat shifting, and mixing engine oils which were probably too thick for the teg
Still, I credit this car for helping me to learn manual. I grew rather fond of it during my drives with it... It had character lol.
Arrival of the DC5R
Having always talked about cars throughout high school, it came to point where my closest mates were buying cars. First came a Nissan S15, then Ford XR6T, followed a VW Mk5 Gti, and lastly a R34 Skyline GTT. After considering my own options I went for the DC5R and loved it ever since. Here she is:
Completely stock. Didn't even have widows tinted. These pics were taken on a day where my mates and I all got ours done, a window-tint-day if you will
I'm sure many of you remember IVTECI, Richard's DC5R. Such contrast between my stock car and his utterly nuts car lol.
I remember Richard taking me for a ride in his car that day. Luckily I got to experience what his car was like because he sold it a few weeks later. His car was so awesome... so planted on the ground with no body roll and the revs built very quick and so responsive. Final drive really is awesome
Stock? We can't have that now can we...
I wanted to change the wheels first as I thought 16" wheels were too small so I decided to go with 17". I didn't know much about offsets back then, so I just went with what I thought looked good and would fit with no modifications. I wanted DC5S rims initially but couldn't find any at the time, so I went with EP3R rims instead, which also looks good IMO.
Here we are at Healesville. We later went on to the Black Spur
The stock 4WD look of a DC5R is definitely not attractive. So first mods I did were to change the suspension and wheels. My budget wasn't too big but I wanted something decent enough, so I opted for BC BR coilovers after some research and firsthand testimonials from other DC5R owners using them, which were positive At the same time, I repaired the gutter rash on the EP3R rims and repainted them myself to matte black...
The card trick lol. Made spraying a breeze!
Etch primer on.
Finished result
Took me just over a week, working on it for a few hours every day. Well worth, they came out quite good if I do say so myself lol
Inhale deeply... Exhale deeply
Some time later, I bought an Injen CAI. After seeing some DIYs, I decided I didn't like the gaping hole it would leave in the engine bay. So I sold the Injen and put that money towards the GruppeM which looks drop dead sexy with an even sexier crossover sound Deciding on the exhaust was straightforward, going for the Fujitsubo Powergetter. The deep bass tone just sounded so nice, plus it's quiet at low revs and opens up when you give WOT.
More to come
After much procrastination, I finally have gotten around to making an intro thread for myself and my car. My name's Stephen and I've owned this 2001 build DC5R for about 2.5 years now. It's mostly a weekend car (take the train for work) so in this time I've only put on about 7***kms in my ownership and slowly been building up a decent amount of the usual mods during this time. Although I'm modding it, I don't have any intention of tracking the car. I try to attend as many central CITR meets as I can and so far I've meet many friendly fellow enthusiasts. The meets are great because there is always that core group of guys that you're familiar with
The nitty gritty:
Engine
- GruppeM intake (now sold)
- TODA header & cat (now sold)
- Fujitsubo Powergetter catback
- Hardrace engine mounts
- Hondata KPRO V3 tuned to 128.7fwkw by Steve at MSC Performance (now sold)
Suspension
- BC Racing (BR Type) coilovers
- EP3R front sway bar (now sold)
- Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar (now sold)
- Todds tie rods
- Buddyclub P1 rear camber kit
Wheels
- Advan RG (gold)
- 17x8.5 +31 (F)
- 17x7.5 +29 (R)
Previous wheels
- Work CR KAI (bronze)
- 17x8 +32 (F)
- 17x7 +32 (R)
- Honda EP3R (silver resprayed to black)
- 17x7 +45 (all round)
Bling
- JDM OEM Red valve cover
- JDM OEM Silver spark plug cover
- Beaks gold rear tie bar (now sold)
Miscellaneous
- Integra badge delete
- Intergra Type R side decals delete
- Rear wiper delete
- Number plate brackets delete
Pending mods awaiting install
- Exedy Stage 1 sports organic clutch
- Exedy lightweight flywheel (now sold)
- DBA T3 4000 slotted rotors (F)
- Ferodo DS2500 brake pads (F)
- Goodridge stainless steel braided brake lines (now sold)
History of driving
Before I bought the DC5R, I could only drive automatic. Really, the only reason I learnt manual was because I felt that manual sports cars were just more fun to drive than automatics. I remember learning to drive manual for the time and how excited I was especially when I started to get the hang of it. The test mule? Why, none other than this...
I thinks it's DA1? My mate bought this for $600, so it gives you an idea about it's condition LOL. He bought it just as a car to drive to the train station and leave it there, so he could take the train to work. The car was of course bought without reg and roadworthy certificate, and was driven that way throughout our time with it lol. It was pretty beaten up, obviously a reflection of the previous owners neglect. My noob manual skills meant bunny hopping the shit of the car until I got the hang of taking off smoothly
This teg lasted about 4 months before it died. It was in bad shape already before my mate bought it, so it didn't help that my mate would do things like hitting redline when the car was still cold, flat shifting, and mixing engine oils which were probably too thick for the teg
Still, I credit this car for helping me to learn manual. I grew rather fond of it during my drives with it... It had character lol.
Arrival of the DC5R
Having always talked about cars throughout high school, it came to point where my closest mates were buying cars. First came a Nissan S15, then Ford XR6T, followed a VW Mk5 Gti, and lastly a R34 Skyline GTT. After considering my own options I went for the DC5R and loved it ever since. Here she is:
Completely stock. Didn't even have widows tinted. These pics were taken on a day where my mates and I all got ours done, a window-tint-day if you will
I'm sure many of you remember IVTECI, Richard's DC5R. Such contrast between my stock car and his utterly nuts car lol.I remember Richard taking me for a ride in his car that day. Luckily I got to experience what his car was like because he sold it a few weeks later. His car was so awesome... so planted on the ground with no body roll and the revs built very quick and so responsive. Final drive really is awesome
Stock? We can't have that now can we...
I wanted to change the wheels first as I thought 16" wheels were too small so I decided to go with 17". I didn't know much about offsets back then, so I just went with what I thought looked good and would fit with no modifications. I wanted DC5S rims initially but couldn't find any at the time, so I went with EP3R rims instead, which also looks good IMO.
Here we are at Healesville. We later went on to the Black Spur
The stock 4WD look of a DC5R is definitely not attractive. So first mods I did were to change the suspension and wheels. My budget wasn't too big but I wanted something decent enough, so I opted for BC BR coilovers after some research and firsthand testimonials from other DC5R owners using them, which were positive
At the same time, I repaired the gutter rash on the EP3R rims and repainted them myself to matte black...The card trick lol. Made spraying a breeze!
Etch primer on.
Finished result
Took me just over a week, working on it for a few hours every day. Well worth, they came out quite good if I do say so myself lol
Inhale deeply... Exhale deeply
Some time later, I bought an Injen CAI. After seeing some DIYs, I decided I didn't like the gaping hole it would leave in the engine bay. So I sold the Injen and put that money towards the GruppeM which looks drop dead sexy with an even sexier crossover sound
Deciding on the exhaust was straightforward, going for the Fujitsubo Powergetter. The deep bass tone just sounded so nice, plus it's quiet at low revs and opens up when you give WOT.More to come
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