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Hey should have really started this a while back, when I picked up the car but oh well I am going to do so now…
Anyway this is my Nighthawk Black Facelift Honda Civic Type R.
After previously owning a 106 Quicksilver with a GTi engine in, I wanted something more reliable and a nicer car to be in and obviously a little bit more power
I picked the car up in June and this is how it looked the day I picked it up…
I picked the car up with 43,700 miles on it which I was chuffed about as I was looking for a low mileage one. As you can see it came with a carbon replica Mugen grill (at least that’s what I think it was) I wasn’t really a fan of it if I’m honest. It also has a HKS mushroom filter on, which makes a cool sound but it will be coming off very soon..
So straight away I wanted to find someone who was willing to do a swap for a standard Type R grill luckily a guy wanted a straight swap.
The previous owner must have stuck the carbon grill on with sticky pads which was a pain to get off and unfortunately ripped a little bit of paint off, but personally I think the standard grill looks a lot cleaner.
Once that was off it was time to give it a good clean so I went down to Elite Car Care in Maidenhead and picked up a load of cleaning products and pressure washer.
After a good 6 hour cleaning session and a good tidy up inside (sorry no pictures on interior as of yet) the car looked a bit more presentable.
& for all you Instagram fans
Next on my list was to give the car a good service once I had it in my possession, I booked it into JDmodified in Basingstoke who did a really good job, changed all the fluids for me and put new pads and discs on all round! It is now running perfectly and stopping very well.
Now I’m part of the Honda club, few mates of mine wanted me to come to JAE, at first I wasn’t too sure seeming as I had a standard car, but after a bit of persuading I decided to go and was a fantastic weekend, gave me loads of ideas.
So after another massively detailed clean here are a few shots from JAE..
& this I’m pretty chuffed about aswell, all that cleaning paid off!
Once the service and JAE was out of the way I needed to get some new rubber, this took me a while to research into what tyres were good to get, I brought the car with Parada Spec 2’s on and personally they are terrible I used to run Uniroyal Rainsport 2’s on my 106 and asked a few people on here if they could recommend them and everyone said they were good on the Civic so I purchased 4 new Rainsport 2’s from Camskill..
Great boot filler as well
They are all fitted now so just wearing them in.
Cleaned the inside of my car today so here are some Interior pictures
That’s it for the time being, waiting to get paid again so I can start properly modding it, near future plans are:-
Anyway that’s it any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated, will keep the updates coming from now on! Cheers!
Anyway this is my Nighthawk Black Facelift Honda Civic Type R.
After previously owning a 106 Quicksilver with a GTi engine in, I wanted something more reliable and a nicer car to be in and obviously a little bit more power
I picked the car up in June and this is how it looked the day I picked it up…
I picked the car up with 43,700 miles on it which I was chuffed about as I was looking for a low mileage one. As you can see it came with a carbon replica Mugen grill (at least that’s what I think it was) I wasn’t really a fan of it if I’m honest. It also has a HKS mushroom filter on, which makes a cool sound but it will be coming off very soon..
So straight away I wanted to find someone who was willing to do a swap for a standard Type R grill luckily a guy wanted a straight swap.
The previous owner must have stuck the carbon grill on with sticky pads which was a pain to get off and unfortunately ripped a little bit of paint off, but personally I think the standard grill looks a lot cleaner.
Once that was off it was time to give it a good clean so I went down to Elite Car Care in Maidenhead and picked up a load of cleaning products and pressure washer.
After a good 6 hour cleaning session and a good tidy up inside (sorry no pictures on interior as of yet) the car looked a bit more presentable.
& for all you Instagram fans
Next on my list was to give the car a good service once I had it in my possession, I booked it into JDmodified in Basingstoke who did a really good job, changed all the fluids for me and put new pads and discs on all round! It is now running perfectly and stopping very well.
Now I’m part of the Honda club, few mates of mine wanted me to come to JAE, at first I wasn’t too sure seeming as I had a standard car, but after a bit of persuading I decided to go and was a fantastic weekend, gave me loads of ideas.
So after another massively detailed clean here are a few shots from JAE..
& this I’m pretty chuffed about aswell, all that cleaning paid off!
Once the service and JAE was out of the way I needed to get some new rubber, this took me a while to research into what tyres were good to get, I brought the car with Parada Spec 2’s on and personally they are terrible
I used to run Uniroyal Rainsport 2’s on my 106 and asked a few people on here if they could recommend them and everyone said they were good on the Civic so I purchased 4 new Rainsport 2’s from Camskill..
Great boot filler as well
They are all fitted now so just wearing them in.
Cleaned the inside of my car today so here are some Interior pictures
That’s it for the time being, waiting to get paid again so I can start properly modding it, near future plans are:-
- Tegiwa Gruppe M Carbon Induction
- Supersprint 2” Stainless Steel B-Pipe
- 40-50mm Drop
- Spray front bumper
- Get wheels refurbished in a dark bronze colour
Anyway that’s it any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated, will keep the updates coming from now on! Cheers!
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