FK8 Type-R Owners
Discussion
Seeing as the 2021 review thread is quite busy, there are enough owners on here to have a thread dedicated to our car.
Here is mine:
I bloody love it, the only two issues I have are little niggles.
1) The dash vibrates at 4500rpm, and I can't pin it down as to where it's coming from, does anybody else have this
2) When off the throttle there is a sound from the front right wheel that sounds like something is dragging on the disc, again, can't pin it down, but it's an annoying note.
Otherwise I love it, but we don't have a thread on here for owners to share tips and generally live in an echo chamber about how much we love these things!!
Feel free to post at will without the typical "I wouldn't drive something that looks like that..." comments in every 3rd post
Here is mine:
I bloody love it, the only two issues I have are little niggles.
1) The dash vibrates at 4500rpm, and I can't pin it down as to where it's coming from, does anybody else have this
2) When off the throttle there is a sound from the front right wheel that sounds like something is dragging on the disc, again, can't pin it down, but it's an annoying note.
Otherwise I love it, but we don't have a thread on here for owners to share tips and generally live in an echo chamber about how much we love these things!!
Feel free to post at will without the typical "I wouldn't drive something that looks like that..." comments in every 3rd post
Haltamer said:
I quite like the 2021 thread, Gives an opportunity to rub pictures in the faces of the boring people :P
With regards to the rattle, I've dealt with a few; Did It myself rather than take it to Honda. There's a few places to check:
- The A pillar where it meets the screen
- The Center speaker
- The part of the center console just above / left of the dead pedal (Reach as far in as you can!)
Those would be my suspects for the 4.5K rattle :P
As for the sound from the wheel, Probably a stone - My trick for stones on this is find a double lane road, and do 0 - 40 - 0 whilst swerving hard side to side (VSA light should be on!) - Do that for 200m and you'll clear the stones - It's far more fun than faffing with tools or pressure washers too.
Thanks, I'll have a look. It's a bit tricky as I have to do it whilst driving due to the soft limiter!With regards to the rattle, I've dealt with a few; Did It myself rather than take it to Honda. There's a few places to check:
- The A pillar where it meets the screen
- The Center speaker
- The part of the center console just above / left of the dead pedal (Reach as far in as you can!)
Those would be my suspects for the 4.5K rattle :P
As for the sound from the wheel, Probably a stone - My trick for stones on this is find a double lane road, and do 0 - 40 - 0 whilst swerving hard side to side (VSA light should be on!) - Do that for 200m and you'll clear the stones - It's far more fun than faffing with tools or pressure washers too.
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Still looking at getting one. Some dealers are playing on the fact it's done and think people will pay £40k for a blue one. Do love that new blue though. As much as I want the face lift I'm not sure budget will stretch to one yet. May get a 2019 one instead unless I can work out the man maths.
Have you tried using CarWow to get a quote and then you can go to your local dealer with a number that you know you can get elsewhere?Zero7 said:
There are about 120 of them for sale on Autotrader right now, which is a hell of a lot more than when I was looking back in march... about twice as many and all more expensive back then due to the chip shortage etc. however that is a lot of cars for sale currently, not sure they are shifting.
I sold mine to Honda in Swansea about 5 weeks ago and it's still there (they are asking £4k more than I sold it to them for) I don't think they are moving as quickly as people thought, I think I moved mine at the right time. Gassing Station | Honda | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff