Hi Everyone,
My name is Philip, and I've been on and off forums for a while. But recently only started visiting CITR again a few months ago, after being inactive for a very long time. And mainly joined to share photos from a few meets a long long time ago, on behalf of Felix's request. Since I hadn't owned a ITR at the time.
I've owned a 1990 Honda Civic Gli Hatchback, 1993 Honda Civic Vti Hatchback, 2006 Vti-S Honda Jazz and a Mitsubishi EVO 7 which I had only owned for 3 months after growing tired of it, and went back to purchase my current ITR.
My 1993 Honda Civic Vti H/Back
My 2006 Honda Jazz Vti-s
After the ownership of the Jazz, I was on the search for a DC2R. Like many I had a look at a handful and most of them were in really bad shape. Discouraged after many months of searching and near misses, I put a deposit down on a 2004 EP3R which was due to arrive from Japan. A month later I had received a call from the dealers notifying me the car was ready to preview. After looking at many pictures of the EP3R I had my hopes set high, as this car had everything I had ever wanted, and being a late 2004 model meant it had all the bells and whistles. But it was not meant to be. The car was in a bad state, and for the price I was not willing to put down my hard earned cash for a poor example. Demotivated by what was on the market at the time, I turned my gaze onto something else. I had always loved R32 GTR's and saw a nice silver vspec model, but the price was out of my range, and had a look at a EVO 7. I had fallen in love with EVO's early on after watching Jackie Chan's Who Am I, and still vividly remember the scene where he drives a EVO IV and pulls the handbrake and does a 360 into a parking spot. There weren't many EVO IV's for sale or V's and being cautious of the examples out there, and not totally trusting a high mileage import turbo car, I had a look at a EVO 7 and purchased one within a couple of days. Long story short, the power was amazing, but it didn't do it for me, and something was missing which I had longed for, ever since the purchase of my EG Civic. The interior was awful, and the styling dulled on me after a few months. I then had a look at a 2006-2007 S2000, with 150,000km. After talking to the owner for a week, we had arranged for a date for me to inspect the car with a friend of mine who had owned 2 S2000's in the past. Upon inspection the car was in a previous accident which the owners tried to cover up, and with every second passing by and panel pulled out to inspect, the owners had become tiresome and irritated. To which they told me if I wasn't going to buy the car, they had to leave in 10 mins. With my hopes dashed and folding my newly made bank cheque back into my wallet, we didn't want to waste anymore time, and so the search continued for something else.
A few months had passed by and I received a call from a friend who notified me about a DC2R I had looked at in the past, but hadn't had much thought about it. Since there was a lot to fix, and I would have rather spent money on a mint DC2R for not much more. The car on topic was the DC2R owned by Grant, which was then purchased by Justin Fox, and then Zi from JDMyard.
http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/show...Integra-Type-R
After the ownership from Justin, there were dings and cracks on the bumpers from a parking lot incident which needed to be replaced, along with a scratched boot from the Honda Monkey he had purchased and shoved into the boot. The car looked amazing prior in Grants ownership, and somewhere after that, the DC2 was neglected. I had made an appointment to have a second look at the car, and thought, why not. There were things I could fix and replace, to bring it back to my standards. Prior to purchasing the car, I had already made a list of what I wanted and had ordered parts long before buying the car, as I knew no matter what, I was going to buy a DC2R now or sometime later down the track. And after owning 3 Honda's previously, I knew what I wanted, and how I wanted it.
A inspiration of mine was the Route KS Widebody NSX.
I had made a list of what I wanted and a theme I wanted reflect in my build, which mainly consisted of Spoon Sports parts, Rays Engineering Ce28n's, a simple outer aesthetic and a focus on handling rather than power. As I think this was more important, especially after owning the EVO 7, which felt unexciting.
List of current modifications (from what I can remember)
-16" Rays CE28N in Titanium Silver 16x7 +33
-Bridgestone RE11 205/45/16 Tyres
-Ferrodo DS2500 front and rear brake pads
-Recaro Pole Position Driver and Passenger fixed back bucket seats
-Type RX Foot Pedals
-DBA 4000 series front slotted rotors
-Dixcel rear rotors
-Philips 4300k HID kit
-K&N Air Filter
-Spoon Sports Full Spec Coilover Kit 18kg/16kg
-Spoon Sports Twin-Block Caliper set
-Spoon Sports Reinforced Brake Line set
-Spoon Sports Street Tail Silencer
-Spoon Sports High Tension Spark plug leads
-Spoon Sports Valve Cover
-Spoon Sports Carbon Kevlar Spark Plug cover
-Spoon Sports Radiator Hose set
-Spoon Sports Front and Rear Strut Tower Bars
-Spoon Sports Oil and Radiator cap
-Spoon Sports radiator support bracket
-Misc OEM Honda replacement parts
Mods to come
-Craftsquare side mirrors
-Spoon B-pipe
-Spoon/ Toda 4-2-1 Headers
-High Flow Catalytic Converter
The car was purchased with 176,XXXkms and just after over 2 years of ownership the car has now clocked 194,XXXkm on the odometer. And runs pefectly fine for the mileage represented on the clock. The DC2R resides in the garage for most of its life now, and is taken out on a sunny weekend here and there, just to remind me what an amazing car this is and how grateful I am to have finally owned one after an extensive search!
The car is still a work in progress with many more parts to come, new faces to meet, great conversations to be had, new friendships made, and the next yearly CITR Annual BBQ to attend and hopefully many more wonderful years to come!
The car as it sits today.
Image thanks to Jon
I'm still yet to take out my camera and do a proper shoot of my car, but hopefully one day I'll take her out and capture some wonderful memories to share with everyone here, and if anyone would like to follow along on the journey with me, I'll make sure to keep this post updated here and there. Sorry I don't have more photos during the build process of the car, as everything happened so fast, along with the commitments at work. It never crossed my mind to document the process from start to current, as I never really thought about making a thread for my car or any of my previous cars which I had owned. But many have asked me to make a thread, and here it is!
Thanks for taking the time to read through this lengthy post if you've made it this far.
Many Thanks,
Phil
My name is Philip, and I've been on and off forums for a while. But recently only started visiting CITR again a few months ago, after being inactive for a very long time. And mainly joined to share photos from a few meets a long long time ago, on behalf of Felix's request. Since I hadn't owned a ITR at the time.
I've owned a 1990 Honda Civic Gli Hatchback, 1993 Honda Civic Vti Hatchback, 2006 Vti-S Honda Jazz and a Mitsubishi EVO 7 which I had only owned for 3 months after growing tired of it, and went back to purchase my current ITR.
My 1993 Honda Civic Vti H/Back
My 2006 Honda Jazz Vti-s
After the ownership of the Jazz, I was on the search for a DC2R. Like many I had a look at a handful and most of them were in really bad shape. Discouraged after many months of searching and near misses, I put a deposit down on a 2004 EP3R which was due to arrive from Japan. A month later I had received a call from the dealers notifying me the car was ready to preview. After looking at many pictures of the EP3R I had my hopes set high, as this car had everything I had ever wanted, and being a late 2004 model meant it had all the bells and whistles. But it was not meant to be. The car was in a bad state, and for the price I was not willing to put down my hard earned cash for a poor example. Demotivated by what was on the market at the time, I turned my gaze onto something else. I had always loved R32 GTR's and saw a nice silver vspec model, but the price was out of my range, and had a look at a EVO 7. I had fallen in love with EVO's early on after watching Jackie Chan's Who Am I, and still vividly remember the scene where he drives a EVO IV and pulls the handbrake and does a 360 into a parking spot. There weren't many EVO IV's for sale or V's and being cautious of the examples out there, and not totally trusting a high mileage import turbo car, I had a look at a EVO 7 and purchased one within a couple of days. Long story short, the power was amazing, but it didn't do it for me, and something was missing which I had longed for, ever since the purchase of my EG Civic. The interior was awful, and the styling dulled on me after a few months. I then had a look at a 2006-2007 S2000, with 150,000km. After talking to the owner for a week, we had arranged for a date for me to inspect the car with a friend of mine who had owned 2 S2000's in the past. Upon inspection the car was in a previous accident which the owners tried to cover up, and with every second passing by and panel pulled out to inspect, the owners had become tiresome and irritated. To which they told me if I wasn't going to buy the car, they had to leave in 10 mins. With my hopes dashed and folding my newly made bank cheque back into my wallet, we didn't want to waste anymore time, and so the search continued for something else.
A few months had passed by and I received a call from a friend who notified me about a DC2R I had looked at in the past, but hadn't had much thought about it. Since there was a lot to fix, and I would have rather spent money on a mint DC2R for not much more. The car on topic was the DC2R owned by Grant, which was then purchased by Justin Fox, and then Zi from JDMyard.
http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/show...Integra-Type-R
After the ownership from Justin, there were dings and cracks on the bumpers from a parking lot incident which needed to be replaced, along with a scratched boot from the Honda Monkey he had purchased and shoved into the boot. The car looked amazing prior in Grants ownership, and somewhere after that, the DC2 was neglected. I had made an appointment to have a second look at the car, and thought, why not. There were things I could fix and replace, to bring it back to my standards. Prior to purchasing the car, I had already made a list of what I wanted and had ordered parts long before buying the car, as I knew no matter what, I was going to buy a DC2R now or sometime later down the track. And after owning 3 Honda's previously, I knew what I wanted, and how I wanted it.
A inspiration of mine was the Route KS Widebody NSX.
I had made a list of what I wanted and a theme I wanted reflect in my build, which mainly consisted of Spoon Sports parts, Rays Engineering Ce28n's, a simple outer aesthetic and a focus on handling rather than power. As I think this was more important, especially after owning the EVO 7, which felt unexciting.
List of current modifications (from what I can remember)
-16" Rays CE28N in Titanium Silver 16x7 +33
-Bridgestone RE11 205/45/16 Tyres
-Ferrodo DS2500 front and rear brake pads
-Recaro Pole Position Driver and Passenger fixed back bucket seats
-Type RX Foot Pedals
-DBA 4000 series front slotted rotors
-Dixcel rear rotors
-Philips 4300k HID kit
-K&N Air Filter
-Spoon Sports Full Spec Coilover Kit 18kg/16kg
-Spoon Sports Twin-Block Caliper set
-Spoon Sports Reinforced Brake Line set
-Spoon Sports Street Tail Silencer
-Spoon Sports High Tension Spark plug leads
-Spoon Sports Valve Cover
-Spoon Sports Carbon Kevlar Spark Plug cover
-Spoon Sports Radiator Hose set
-Spoon Sports Front and Rear Strut Tower Bars
-Spoon Sports Oil and Radiator cap
-Spoon Sports radiator support bracket
-Misc OEM Honda replacement parts
Mods to come
-Craftsquare side mirrors
-Spoon B-pipe
-Spoon/ Toda 4-2-1 Headers
-High Flow Catalytic Converter
The car was purchased with 176,XXXkms and just after over 2 years of ownership the car has now clocked 194,XXXkm on the odometer. And runs pefectly fine for the mileage represented on the clock. The DC2R resides in the garage for most of its life now, and is taken out on a sunny weekend here and there, just to remind me what an amazing car this is and how grateful I am to have finally owned one after an extensive search!
The car is still a work in progress with many more parts to come, new faces to meet, great conversations to be had, new friendships made, and the next yearly CITR Annual BBQ to attend and hopefully many more wonderful years to come!
The car as it sits today.
Image thanks to Jon
I'm still yet to take out my camera and do a proper shoot of my car, but hopefully one day I'll take her out and capture some wonderful memories to share with everyone here, and if anyone would like to follow along on the journey with me, I'll make sure to keep this post updated here and there. Sorry I don't have more photos during the build process of the car, as everything happened so fast, along with the commitments at work. It never crossed my mind to document the process from start to current, as I never really thought about making a thread for my car or any of my previous cars which I had owned. But many have asked me to make a thread, and here it is!
Thanks for taking the time to read through this lengthy post if you've made it this far.
Many Thanks,
Phil
but the yen was good at the time of purchase and I got a good deal on them lol.
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