After enjoying my time with the fabia vrs it was time to move on as the fuel economy was not required any more. After going out in my mates civic type r i was impressed with its immense handling, tried an insurance quote, £200 more expensive then what i was paying on my old vrs! Great, so i went and snapped one up, in Cosmic Grey =]

Current Spec:

JRSC

K100 ECU

Energy insert mounts

Feels Titanium cat back (Was Piper)

Piper Sports Cat

Piper Manifold

Tegiwa Induction Kit

Premier Recaros

Eibach ABP Springs

6000K HID Kit

Eibach Camber Bolts

D2 Camber Arms

FRSU

Pretty good spec for a type r as they come very basic.

Mine has Air con, Fog lights, parking sensors, tinted windows and some additional audio speakers.

I wasnt intending on modding it, but, hit a stroke of luck with the lottery haa!

Tidy win, the amount i won can easily get the car to 240- 250bhp, so the journey begins!

Firstly, handling. I fitted some 30mm ABP Eibach springs, very easy to fit, so much easier than the fabia.

Fitted 4 new hankook v12 tyres, then took a short trip down to R Motion in Usk, to have a fast road set up done. This includes rear camber adjusters and front camber bolts.

Excellent guys down there, very friendly and very good workmanship.

Car handles an absolute dream now!

Now i could concentrate on performance mods, when i first got the car i fitted an uprated panel filter and carried out the Hondata airbox mod.

Ive now bought a Tegiwa Carbon induction kit, quality bit of kit and makes a cracking noise in VTEC :p

Previously i fitted a Spoon N1 exhaust with an unsilenced centre section (b pipe) , it was waaaay too loud, over 100 db's lol. So, went on the hunt for a full Pipe exhaust system. I chose Piper because i was impressed with the quality of the system i had on my Fabia. Plus, they are known to be quite subtle and also have a vast choice of tail pipes.

So, bought a piper mani with sports cat.

Then bartered for ages with some salvage company on ebay for a piper cat back and eventually got him down on price, saved myself 50 quid on the asking price!

Only fitted the cat back for now...

Next i bagged myself some new seats, Premier Edition Recaros.

All i need now is K100/Kpro ecu, undecided on which to go for yet, and a RBC inlet manifold. Then of course the mapping session. Should be good to go then!

Will update more as i go along, progress is going well atm. Love working on the honda, everything has obviously been thought through to make it easy to change parts etc!

Looks lovely mate! Been in one recently and they certainly shift as standard! And sound great on vtec.

It could be you!!! Oh, it was. How much you win?

PM if prefer, I'm dying to know....

they do go mate! my mate lewis has a 300+bhp rotrex super charged one, quality bit of kit!!

It could be you!!! Oh, it was. How much you win?

PM if prefer, I'm dying to know....

Not that much compared to previous wins when i looked it up, but a nice 4 figure sum Best thing about it was they are my EX girlfriends lottery numbers!!! The reason why the fabia was sold because we split up. haha. :D

That looks a lot like my mates K20 CRX in the background, aka 'the special K'....

http://teamturtleuk.com/2012/02/13/mark-blanchi-blanshards-k20-honda-crx/

they do go mate! my mate lewis has a 300+bhp rotrex super charged one, quality bit of kit!!

There's a bloody gorgeous 300bhp Jackson-charged one near me; 04 plate, facelift model (so subtly "nicer" bodywork than earlier models), same seats as yours...the garage seriously need to sell it, cos I keep hanging my nose over it but I KNOW I can't afford it...any insider tips on getting those elusive 5 or 6 numbers?

There's a bloody gorgeous 300bhp Jackson-charged one near me; 04 plate, facelift model (so subtly "nicer" bodywork than earlier models), same seats as yours...the garage seriously need to sell it, cos I keep hanging my nose over it but I KNOW I can't afford it...any insider tips on getting those elusive 5 or 6 numbers?

Wouldn't happen to be red would it? I looked at a red one at parkway in edwinstowe a few months back.

My best Mate had a grey one on a 55 plate and it was a nice thing, plenty of trick bits and went like fook. The single figure mpg when hooning forced him to sell it

I'm just in the process of persuading my little bro to sell me his accord type R.

Edited 21 November, 201213 yr by SNH

No, it's a silver one in Bramcote - http://www.tradecarsalesnottingham.co.uk/used-cars/honda-civic-2-0-i-vtec-type-r-3dr-nottingham-201224475830707

I can imagine it shifts, but I daren't test drive it because I'll probably be hooked straight away (as it'll be such a massive contrast to my Fabia and the various diesel VWs I've driven) and I know I can't afford single-figure MPG

Get it mapped on kpro!

From previous experience thats the one most people go for!

Rbc Manifold is a really nice bit of kit!

Nice car and the best colour!

Gary , tips on getting those numbers are get a missis to chose them, break up and a month later you should win lol. Once you super charge these they go like stink. Kpro helps so much as vtec comes in earlier and carries on past the 8200 limiter to nearly 9k <3 sound is insane haha! R motion currently have a honda NSX they are prepping for a customer, lovely motor! I will go down the kpro/k100 route very soon

Nice, is it faster than a fab .......

Wait, let's not go there !!

Nice, is it faster than a fab .......

Wait, let's not go there !!

Haha i give up on that thread!

Nice ride but we need more pictures!! Poking forward to some more updates, but does anyone recognise this?!?!? (I know it's not your old one, you had a black vRS )

hahaha ffs lol. yeah i remember that sticker. how times change :p I will get more pictures when the weather is abit better =]

Couple of random pictures, one including Tim, 'tdi_vrs' carrying out a brake fluid change! Then the other at a well known location in Wales!

Dan

Tegiwa Induction kit fitted

Looking good Dan, coming along nicely. Bet it sounds nice now with the induction side changed. Hope your well? Have to meet up again once weather improves.

Say hi to Tim for me lol.

Then the other at a well known location in Wales!

Dan

Nice looking car.

Where is the above location??

Looking good Dan, coming along nicely. Bet it sounds nice now with the induction side changed. Hope your well? Have to meet up again once weather improves.

Say hi to Tim for me lol.

Cheers man im good thanks how you been? Yeah was talking to George a while back but need the weather to get better! Pint on me next time! Yeah the noise is phenomenal <3

I'll be seeing him soon im sure so will say hi , maybe try drag him along to the next meet.

The location is Rhayder Dams in Wales =] cracking roads to give your car a blast on

The location is Rhayder Dams in Wales =] cracking roads to give your car a blast on

Cheers.

It makes me miss my EP3 :(

Keeping this standard ithought you said?? Haha! Looks like your making progress mate, we deffinately need to get together for some photos or something once the weather improves :-)

well after winning that money on the lottery, thought i best spend it quickly before it goes into the mortgage saving fund :L yeah m8 weather horrendous here with the floods , bet its horrible by you.

Rob, you can pick a type r up for 2-3k now, even seen some less than 2k. sad times =[ a decent one will set you back 4k i expect.