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Hi all,
I briefly introduced myself in the following thread as being the new owner of this car:
https://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?100228-Civic-Type-R-2-Fn2-GT-)
My first Type R was a DC5 and I absolutely loved it. As far as I was concerned, I was never going to get rid of it and so a lot of the work I did was dead money in terms of resale value but longevity was my primary goal. Full build thread here if you’re registered on the DC5 forum:
http://www.itr-dc5.club/forum/index...rogress-thread-march-2012-onwards/?hl=yv04fvl
Best pic I have but its before I did most of the visual work:
Couple others:
Then the unexpected arrival of my 2nd daughter meant some big financial changes. Wife was to become a full-time mum and I had to cut costs wherever possible. Sadly, the DC5 had to go and to say I was gutted was an understatement.
The last 4 years have been a bit of a dry spell for nice cars having just one car in the household focused on practicality and cheap running costs.
However I’m happy to say more recently things with work have picked up a bit and I could get myself something of my own.
I’d love something properly JDM again but a decent DC5 isn’t cheap now and it would have felt a little like starting again after everything I did to mine. An FD2 would be perfect but not wanting to over commit financially, an FN2 seemed like a great compromise. 99% of my miles is commuting so a big plus was the more modern interior compared with the DC5.
Like so many others I wasn’t sure I could put up with the stigma of not owning a “True Type R” in others people’s eyes but actually it’s a lot more capable that I anticipated.
Its on eibach springs which I’m told are in improvement but its still so bobby you can feel it can’t quite put its power down like the OEM dampers and Spoon springs on my DC5 did. Perhaps it’s a stiffer chassis than the DC5 but I’d be surprised with all the extra braces that the DC5 came with as standard!
It’s also massively noticeable not having the LSD but all that aside its growing on me a lot.
I have a few plans with it but nothing drastic. Mostly just tidying it up a bit which - credit to the previous owner - it doesn’t need a great deal of.
More immediate plans:
End of the month - MOT, oil change, clutch fluid and resolve a heatshield rattle that’s driving me crazy!
Hopefully the month after that - Clutch change (its very heavy and needs to be held right to the floor to avoid gear crunching), new MTF fluid obviously, lightweight flywheel and if I can stretch to it an LSD too. Might go 2nd hand OEM to keep costs down. Either way, a helical is for me over the plate type.
I’ll be doing some detailing too which I was quite into with my DC5 but all that stopped on our everyday runners so I need to refresh what I have as a lot of my stuff I gave away.
I did still have enough stuff to give it a nice wash yesterday and given that time is limited with family life I tend to focus on a couple panels at the end of each wash so I clayed the bonnet and applied a hard wax to bonnet and wings.
Having taken very few decent photos of my DC5 (as you can tell from above!) I thought I’d make more of an effort with this car. Hope you like them
I briefly introduced myself in the following thread as being the new owner of this car:
https://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?100228-Civic-Type-R-2-Fn2-GT-)
My first Type R was a DC5 and I absolutely loved it. As far as I was concerned, I was never going to get rid of it and so a lot of the work I did was dead money in terms of resale value but longevity was my primary goal. Full build thread here if you’re registered on the DC5 forum:
http://www.itr-dc5.club/forum/index...rogress-thread-march-2012-onwards/?hl=yv04fvl
Best pic I have but its before I did most of the visual work:
Couple others:
Then the unexpected arrival of my 2nd daughter meant some big financial changes. Wife was to become a full-time mum and I had to cut costs wherever possible. Sadly, the DC5 had to go and to say I was gutted was an understatement.
The last 4 years have been a bit of a dry spell for nice cars having just one car in the household focused on practicality and cheap running costs.
However I’m happy to say more recently things with work have picked up a bit and I could get myself something of my own.
I’d love something properly JDM again but a decent DC5 isn’t cheap now and it would have felt a little like starting again after everything I did to mine. An FD2 would be perfect but not wanting to over commit financially, an FN2 seemed like a great compromise. 99% of my miles is commuting so a big plus was the more modern interior compared with the DC5.
Like so many others I wasn’t sure I could put up with the stigma of not owning a “True Type R” in others people’s eyes but actually it’s a lot more capable that I anticipated.
Its on eibach springs which I’m told are in improvement but its still so bobby you can feel it can’t quite put its power down like the OEM dampers and Spoon springs on my DC5 did. Perhaps it’s a stiffer chassis than the DC5 but I’d be surprised with all the extra braces that the DC5 came with as standard!
It’s also massively noticeable not having the LSD but all that aside its growing on me a lot.
I have a few plans with it but nothing drastic. Mostly just tidying it up a bit which - credit to the previous owner - it doesn’t need a great deal of.
More immediate plans:
End of the month - MOT, oil change, clutch fluid and resolve a heatshield rattle that’s driving me crazy!
Hopefully the month after that - Clutch change (its very heavy and needs to be held right to the floor to avoid gear crunching), new MTF fluid obviously, lightweight flywheel and if I can stretch to it an LSD too. Might go 2nd hand OEM to keep costs down. Either way, a helical is for me over the plate type.
I’ll be doing some detailing too which I was quite into with my DC5 but all that stopped on our everyday runners so I need to refresh what I have as a lot of my stuff I gave away.
I did still have enough stuff to give it a nice wash yesterday and given that time is limited with family life I tend to focus on a couple panels at the end of each wash so I clayed the bonnet and applied a hard wax to bonnet and wings.
Having taken very few decent photos of my DC5 (as you can tell from above!) I thought I’d make more of an effort with this car. Hope you like them