No compromise Supercharged ek9 build

[Firas]

was kind of getting bored of the gear extension and heavy weighted ek9 gear knob so i decided it was time to fit the spoon one. Other than looking nice, its made from hollow titanium, making it silly light, which gives gear changes more feel because you dont have the throw of the weighted stock ek9 one. made a small difference but was noticeable.

Also picked up a genuine spoon b pipe off cartney, which needed abit of tidying up. The baffles were needing replaces as bits of it were smashed up in the silencer but instead of rebaffeling the silencer i will either getting the silencer taken out completely or just get the baffles removed. Looking forward to fitting this and the decat, which should make for an interesting noise lol

The b pipe was not in too bad a condition but i wanted to get it cleaned up and polished to bring it back to its former glory.

gave it a rinse down

Then washed with a bucket of shampoo and a sponge

Then let it drain for a while and took it inside to get cracking on with the polishing.

 

[Firas]

used the 3 stage polishing get i got in the summer and After about 3 hours i got through about 2/3 of it and decided to do the rest at a later date. had inhaled enough polish dust for one day. It came out nicely as you can see the difference between the lower 1/3(unpolished) and upper 2/3(polished)

 

[Firas]

I was going to order some arb drop links from honda but was advised by a mate who works at the honda branch in edinburgh not to buy honda ones as they tend to fail and i was best going with an aftermarket set. so thats what i did and it also worked out alot cheaper so cant complain.

Been looking to upgrade my front brakes for some time now and when these came up for sale i snapped them up immediatly. They are only about 1 month old so are as good as new and even off the car they look stunning imo. The anodised blue colour really does set them off. Going to be using yellow stuff pads with them and got a set of hel braided lines on order so once they arrive i will get them fitted. Although costing a fortune to buy, you save a decent amount of money in the long term as you can use oem pads and discs with spoon calipers. Will also rebuild the rear calipers when i come to fit these as the left one is sticking slightly and obviously bleed the brakes when its all back on the car.

 

[Firas]

Also got 5mm spacers as you need extra clearance to fit the spoon calipers

As good as they were i decided it was time to part with the standard ek9 recaros for something more special and with abit more support so bit the bullet and bought a recaro spg pro racer seat. This seat feels awesome to sit in and certainly does hold you in place. Im not sure if i want a seat in the passenger side but think that might be abit unsociable on a road legal car lol so i will probably replace it with a recaro of some sort. Wont be anything as hardcore as the recaro pro racer that i got for the drivers side but more along the lines of a red recaro from a jdm ep3 or dc5. Also ordered a recaro aluminium side mount for the spg which should be here early next week.

Removed my old recaros for preparation for when the side mount comes.

Firas

 

[BL!TZ]

Bloody hell mate everytime I read your thread I feel so inadequate lol!

Funny though, the part number's you've got for your rear lights is different to the one I got when I ordered mine, are your's VTi rears? cos the number I got when I gave the Honda dealer my chassis No. ended in 901 not E51 like yours...

 

[Alex_8]

That's a cool 9
where you from would love to see think!!
Spg pro racer is soo cool!!

 

[Alex_8]

That's a cool 9
where you from would love to see think!!
Spg pro racer is soo cool!!

 

[alan168]

love this build
always a pleasure to read!

those calipers are brand new lol, where did you get them from?

 

[Championship White]

Have you found a way of turning lead into gold?! Some great parts there Are you running extended studs with the spacers?

If I was you I'd borrow a compressor and a schultz gun to spray the Waxoyl around the fuel tank and box sections, you'll find that the sprayer isn't man enough for the job

 

[CAL]

Have you found a way of turning lead into gold?! :

thats what i was thinking!

that seat is mint.
love the supercharged sticker under the civic type r.

 

[Firas]

Bloody hell mate everytime I read your thread I feel so inadequate lol!

Funny though, the part number's you've got for your rear lights is different to the one I got when I ordered mine, are your's VTi rears? cos the number I got when I gave the Honda dealer my chassis No. ended in 901 not E51 like yours...

cheers mate. erm couldnt tell you if they were vti ones because it was my mate who works for honda parts dept that ordered them for me. they light up exactly the same as k9 ones obviously as i used the original bulb holders. only difference is that i wired my fog into the rear right tail light.

That's a cool 9
where you from would love to see think!!
Spg pro racer is soo cool!!

cheers mate. im from dundee but stay in edinburgh most of the time now.

love this build
always a pleasure to read!

those calipers are brand new lol, where did you get them from?

cheers mate. Calipers are only a month or two old. i was pretty lucky to get hold of them as i have been looking for a set for about 5 months now. couldnt be happier with them tbh.

Have you found a way of turning lead into gold?! Some great parts there Are you running extended studs with the spacers?

haha i wish i could. cheers man since they are only 5mm im gonna see how i get on without longer studs but if it turns out i need bigger spacers ie 10mm then a set of arp longer studs will be on order. only thing that puts me off getting them now is i hate the way they stick out.

If I was you I'd borrow a compressor and a schultz gun to spray the Waxoyl around the fuel tank and box sections, you'll find that the sprayer isn't man enough for the job

thanks for the heads up man. wont be till around christmas before that gets done but will keep that in mind when i come to do it

thats what i was thinking!

that seat is mint.
love the supercharged sticker under the civic type r.

haha cheers mate, the crappy camera phone pics dont do the seat justice imo and looks much nicer in the flesh. The charger sticker is actually the one vw used for the g40 supercharged polo's iirc.

 

[Firas]

update:

Got the subframes through the door today. They are the aluminium Recaro subframes, which will bolt onto my old ek9 recaro runners. Pretty surprised at how light they are compared to subframes i have had in the past.

Old ek9 recaro runners. will split them during the week and bolt up the whole lot properly to the seat ready to be fitted

Mock fitted the subframe.

Firas

 

[Alex_8]

seriously, thats a gangsta seat! do want!

you should come through to the west side one night!

b16a terbo vs b16b S/C hmmmm

 

[Firas]

cheers man. Would love to come through at some point and meet up with some of you guys hopefully when the 9 is back on the road after winter. should have it mapped on new managment by then as well. haha your right alex would be interesting but you always get more power being tc'd. Having a sc just makes your car feel as if it has more displacement rather than boost.

 

[Gav-EK9]

thats my tug target sorted for tonight

seat and subframe combo is unreal mate !!!

 

[Firas]

lol gav. Cant believe i haven't been to an ek9 meet yet. will need to get myself to one to meet up with some of you guys.

 

[ramboteamjon]

WOW! I love your attention to detail on EVERYTHING!! You do love your brands but honestly mate they are class parts you have and your car is my fav on the forum!

Get yourself to Henry Roy in Irvine to get it mapped! He is the man!

 

[Sean276]

Amazin Firas, Still not been took out in this yet? miby next time your home.

 

[Cartney_265]

Epic updates as usual, my computer ages to load all them pics lol, good reading though!!

 

[Alex_8]

i dont have a turbo b16, i was talkin about you and wishy