Thought i should start a thread as i've carried out a couple of mods in the first few months of ownership and i plan on making a few more.
I bought the car back in May and it already had a couple of modifications, a Fujitsubo cat-back exhaust system, eibach springs on standard shocks, adjustable rear camber bolts and a K&N drop in air filter.
Its a 2001 CW DC5 Type R with the C-pack.
Apologies in advance for some of the photos.... the DSLR only comes out for shows and photoshoots and not outside my front door
this is where the phone cameras have their uses:
Every car i have ever owned has been modified to some extent, so i just couldnt live with the OEM look of the car and the fact that i see many others around Norwich and at shows, i just wanted to be a little bit different.
This may not be to everyone's taste, and i appreciate that everyone is different.... So first up i decided to replace the spoiler. I always keep all the original parts, so i have no problem in returning the car to standard if i wish.
First up was a genuine carbon fibre Mugen rear spoiler..... so the transformation from OEM, to spoiler-less to new:
Then i needed some more black up front to balance out the look, so i went on the search for a carbon fibre bonnet, i'm not a fan of the Mugen bodykit, and i dont really like all the vents in their bonnet, so i went for the buddyclub bonnet which has just the 1 single vent/opening above the exhaust manifold, it looks a bit cleaner and maintains the lines across the front of the car:
I have also replaced the front badge as the silver areas started to de-laminate.... i was a bit shocked to find that replacing this badge was a bumper off job, none the less, the bumper came off to get the job done, and whilst it was off it gave me a chance to clean up all the areas hidden behind the bumper.
Next up will be a complete renewal of the waxoil on the chassis in readiness for winter, and then i will begin to save up for some performance modifications.
I want to stay N/A as my last car was turbocharged, so i plan to carry out a few breathing mods on the engine and see if i can achieve a better power to weight ratio than my old Impreza, i have worked out that i need about 40bhp increase to do this - which i think is easily achievable.
So it will have to be:
RRC Manifold
Larger throttle body
Decat
Induction kit
(maybe cams)
K-Pro
All comments welcome
I bought the car back in May and it already had a couple of modifications, a Fujitsubo cat-back exhaust system, eibach springs on standard shocks, adjustable rear camber bolts and a K&N drop in air filter.
Its a 2001 CW DC5 Type R with the C-pack.
Apologies in advance for some of the photos.... the DSLR only comes out for shows and photoshoots and not outside my front door
this is where the phone cameras have their uses:
Every car i have ever owned has been modified to some extent, so i just couldnt live with the OEM look of the car and the fact that i see many others around Norwich and at shows, i just wanted to be a little bit different.
This may not be to everyone's taste, and i appreciate that everyone is different.... So first up i decided to replace the spoiler. I always keep all the original parts, so i have no problem in returning the car to standard if i wish.
First up was a genuine carbon fibre Mugen rear spoiler..... so the transformation from OEM, to spoiler-less to new:
Then i needed some more black up front to balance out the look, so i went on the search for a carbon fibre bonnet, i'm not a fan of the Mugen bodykit, and i dont really like all the vents in their bonnet, so i went for the buddyclub bonnet which has just the 1 single vent/opening above the exhaust manifold, it looks a bit cleaner and maintains the lines across the front of the car:
I have also replaced the front badge as the silver areas started to de-laminate.... i was a bit shocked to find that replacing this badge was a bumper off job, none the less, the bumper came off to get the job done, and whilst it was off it gave me a chance to clean up all the areas hidden behind the bumper.
Next up will be a complete renewal of the waxoil on the chassis in readiness for winter, and then i will begin to save up for some performance modifications.
I want to stay N/A as my last car was turbocharged, so i plan to carry out a few breathing mods on the engine and see if i can achieve a better power to weight ratio than my old Impreza, i have worked out that i need about 40bhp increase to do this - which i think is easily achievable.
So it will have to be:
RRC Manifold
Larger throttle body
Decat
Induction kit
(maybe cams)
K-Pro
All comments welcome
