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After owning a few hondas over the years i always said i'd import my own fd2 when the time was right. Since 2008 i have been putting it off as other cars on my list kept coming up and i had to have them, dc5's ek9's dc2's jdm ep3's evo's etc but after selling my last and final evo ix MR FQ 360 (HKS) it was finally time to buy a FD2. After months ringing importers and specialists i managed to source one fairly local in the end. He told me he had one that had just come off the boat from japan and once it was registered i could come to view it. So August this year i bought my first FD2 and after worrying if i would be disappointed with it after owning similar cars i couldn't of been more wrong. its such a good car to drive and always puts a smile on my face. I was very lucky to find it as its in very good condition, very clean and was the write spec for me. its a pre facelift with red interior, privacy glass and it had a few goodies, it came from japan with a HKS intake and a J'S racing titanium cat back exhaust.
After driving it home with a Massive grin on my face I knew the first thing to do was to get it cleaned up, and it being summer time in wales the weather could change at anytime. A quick call to one of my mates who details cars it went straight to him to get it sorted.
So finally after a busy day (for my mate) I took car the next day for a service and a geo set up to make sure everything was how it should be, which of course everything was bang on. After owning the car for a few weeks i made the decision that i was going to put my own little touch on the car, i always told myself if i was going to own a FD2 it was going to stay OEM and only OEM parts would be fitted.. but after signing up to nengun and RHD JAPAN for years and had never bought anything i was finally going to put them both to good use. I didn't want to go over the top, plus as we all know running our cars is very expensive. After a few weeks of deciding what i wanted to buy i put a few orders in. I couldn't believe the difference in price direct from japan compared to parts here.. so that had a affect on what i wanted in the end. After a few weeks parts started turning up thick and fast, not all my parts where sourced from japan but 90% i would say was.
Once all the parts from my first order had all come i had run out of time, september came and it has rained pretty much everyday since. The car was cleaned inside and out and was put away for the winter, and with xmas coming i haven't had a lot of time to do anything.
My time has been made up of work and mountain biking since the car went away, but i was itching to make some progress with the parts, but with a small garage and the weather being rubbish there wasn't a lot i could do apart from fit the personal steering wheel and spoon boss and MUGEN wind deflectors, So in the mean time i had the FEEL'S diffuser sprayed and got the tyres put on the wheels ready for when the weather turned ok to make a start. Xmas eve the weather was ok so out the car came to get the wheels on and hope i ordered the right wheel width and offset, but being on standard suspension i had faith the wheels would fit no problem, which in fact they did with loads of room to spare. My next order will be for cusco coilovers, GRUPPE M intake, J's racing head cover, feel's wide arches and over fender kit and carbon wide side skirts. Ill post all that up when it arrives and is fitted.
I was lucky enough today to have a dry day, and after some advice on how to fit the mugen grill from a few people and using google translate to translate the mugen instructions i managed to fit the grill and lip. If the weather holds out tomorrow ill try my best to get the diffuser on. Ill update the progress of the FD2 when i get the time.. i have still have a few things i want to do until i can say its finished.
After driving it home with a Massive grin on my face I knew the first thing to do was to get it cleaned up, and it being summer time in wales the weather could change at anytime. A quick call to one of my mates who details cars it went straight to him to get it sorted.
So finally after a busy day (for my mate) I took car the next day for a service and a geo set up to make sure everything was how it should be, which of course everything was bang on. After owning the car for a few weeks i made the decision that i was going to put my own little touch on the car, i always told myself if i was going to own a FD2 it was going to stay OEM and only OEM parts would be fitted.. but after signing up to nengun and RHD JAPAN for years and had never bought anything i was finally going to put them both to good use. I didn't want to go over the top, plus as we all know running our cars is very expensive. After a few weeks of deciding what i wanted to buy i put a few orders in. I couldn't believe the difference in price direct from japan compared to parts here.. so that had a affect on what i wanted in the end. After a few weeks parts started turning up thick and fast, not all my parts where sourced from japan but 90% i would say was.
Once all the parts from my first order had all come i had run out of time, september came and it has rained pretty much everyday since. The car was cleaned inside and out and was put away for the winter, and with xmas coming i haven't had a lot of time to do anything.
My time has been made up of work and mountain biking since the car went away, but i was itching to make some progress with the parts, but with a small garage and the weather being rubbish there wasn't a lot i could do apart from fit the personal steering wheel and spoon boss and MUGEN wind deflectors, So in the mean time i had the FEEL'S diffuser sprayed and got the tyres put on the wheels ready for when the weather turned ok to make a start. Xmas eve the weather was ok so out the car came to get the wheels on and hope i ordered the right wheel width and offset, but being on standard suspension i had faith the wheels would fit no problem, which in fact they did with loads of room to spare. My next order will be for cusco coilovers, GRUPPE M intake, J's racing head cover, feel's wide arches and over fender kit and carbon wide side skirts. Ill post all that up when it arrives and is fitted.
I was lucky enough today to have a dry day, and after some advice on how to fit the mugen grill from a few people and using google translate to translate the mugen instructions i managed to fit the grill and lip. If the weather holds out tomorrow ill try my best to get the diffuser on. Ill update the progress of the FD2 when i get the time.. i have still have a few things i want to do until i can say its finished.