Recent picture of my Honda Integra Type R DC2
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Hello everyone, thought I'd update you all on the 'teg.
The past few months have been busy, I've spent pretty much every Saturday with the car. This saturday is no differenct as I'll be hammeriting something or hopefully fitting a new engine mount if it arrives.
The things I've done so far:
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My favourite pic of recent:
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Let me know what you think!
Dan
The past few months have been busy, I've spent pretty much every Saturday with the car. This saturday is no differenct as I'll be hammeriting something or hopefully fitting a new engine mount if it arrives.
The things I've done so far:
- Fitted Tanabe Pro S Coilovers
- Rustproofed the inner arches
- Undersealed the full car & arches
- Painted calipers blaaaaaaack front and rear
- JDM Manifold, DC Sports decat & centre section with a Janspeed backbox (also have the DC sports backbox)
- 96 Spec JDM rear bumper
- Resprayed rocker cover & engine bits
- Changed the front bumper to a UK spec without the front fog lights
- Serviced (done the oil twice)
071.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
049.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
052.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
069.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
082.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
081.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
094.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
057.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
102.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
097.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
My favourite pic of recent:
100.jpg by DanielJames., on Flickr
Let me know what you think!
Dan
Out of interest, why did you go for the Janspeed back box, does it sound better than the DC Sports Item, quieter, a looks thing etc?
I remember reading about the DC sports systems on one of the Type R owners website, a few guys saying they'd had them and they sounded alright but the mild steel construction meant they didn't last like a stainless steel system does. That said, I believe HKS made an exhaust system for the EP3 that had a stainless steel centre section with a mild steel backbox, a sure sign that a decent brand name doesn't always mean you can trust the product.
I remember reading about the DC sports systems on one of the Type R owners website, a few guys saying they'd had them and they sounded alright but the mild steel construction meant they didn't last like a stainless steel system does. That said, I believe HKS made an exhaust system for the EP3 that had a stainless steel centre section with a mild steel backbox, a sure sign that a decent brand name doesn't always mean you can trust the product.
obob said:
Nice. A lot of the same mods I had on mine although mine was a JDM. Best car I ever had.
I would've loved a JDM, but insurance said no! Tbh I'm starting to like UKDMs more and more, especially mine of course 
RossB_eg4 said:
Well done on swapping the bumper; UK ones are a massive letdown when compared with 96/98 spec ones, Wire your foglight into one of the reverse lights with a red bulb and it'll look spot on 
Funny you should mention that as I was looking into doing it at the weekend! It's happening 
The Dirty Bubble said:
What happened to tbe drivers side and rear type r decal? Tegiwa will sell you a cheap replacement set.
They were scabby so I removed them. I will get a replacement set but I want to have a full paint correction done first so no point having stickers on before that TotalControl said:
Lovely looking car. Was an itch I wanted to scratch but I feel I will never be able to.
Out of curiosity, what is the difference between the 96 spec and 98 spec rear bumpers?
The 98 spec has a diffuser at the bottom, the same as a UKDM.Out of curiosity, what is the difference between the 96 spec and 98 spec rear bumpers?
If you look at this picture, of before and after on my car, you should see what I mean.
98 spec/ukdm above, 96 spec below.
Mastodon2 said:
Out of interest, why did you go for the Janspeed back box, does it sound better than the DC Sports Item, quieter, a looks thing etc?
I remember reading about the DC sports systems on one of the Type R owners website, a few guys saying they'd had them and they sounded alright but the mild steel construction meant they didn't last like a stainless steel system does. That said, I believe HKS made an exhaust system for the EP3 that had a stainless steel centre section with a mild steel backbox, a sure sign that a decent brand name doesn't always mean you can trust the product.
Without sounding chavvy, the DC Sport was a bit quiet for me. I'm still using the DC sports centre section with the Janspeed backbox, it sounds great IMO. A nice little rasp at around 3k RPM, great VTEC crossover and a nice rasp on over run.I remember reading about the DC sports systems on one of the Type R owners website, a few guys saying they'd had them and they sounded alright but the mild steel construction meant they didn't last like a stainless steel system does. That said, I believe HKS made an exhaust system for the EP3 that had a stainless steel centre section with a mild steel backbox, a sure sign that a decent brand name doesn't always mean you can trust the product.
The Janspeed backbox was a bargain too, I paid £30 and it's near enough brand new.
I'll get a video done of my current exhaust, but this was the previous DC Sports setup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkV0O6_qRbM
RS404 said:
Looking good, and personally I love the wheels. Gonna get it on the track?
Definitely! One of the reasons I bought the car was to do the 'ring. Going to have my first trackday at Blyton asap.Pumajay said:
Want want want want!
Stunning looking car, did I mention I want it?
Haha, thanks!Stunning looking car, did I mention I want it?
Mastodon2 said:
The car looks great, I love the DC2s. Bwarrrrp.
Stoatman said:
awesome, it a great looking car. Dont kick me in the balls but I think for me it looks too low . But then i'm probably boring. Good work on your other threads looking after it.
Funny you should say that as I raised it up a tad yesterday, I was thinking the same I finished my rocker cover refurbishment yesterday.
Apologies for the "instagram'ed" picture but you get the idea
C2james said:
id have the original wheels on it but this does look really nice, is it me or have the prices of these crept up over the past 18 months kind of period?
Original wheels are a bit small IMO, I'm going for the JDM Spec 98 ones similar design but 16".AllyBee said:
That looks awesome. If you've only had it a few months I think I was tempted by that in the classifieds a few months back. Looks WAY better now mind. Oh and the wheels look great too.
Yep I got it off the Classifieds a few months back Here are a few more pics I took the other day. Why not!
I went out yesterday and got a few more now I have USDM style front lights
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Need to sort that bumper sag out, I think I might take the rear bumper support bar out and bend it.
And here's a video of the exhaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8N69pLT-4
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