Steve's Yellow EK9


Not much of an update.

Bought some blue brake lines, thought they were going to be lighter than they were looking at the image on the hel site.

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Had the bonnet painted yesterday as all the laquer had came off, looks like new, had the car professionally machine polished at the same time and she looks spanking new :D Its pissing down so no time for photos yet. Need a new side "Honda Civic Type R" sticker as he caught it with the polishing machine but he's buying it for me.

Got some new front and rear H badges to order.

Maintenance parts i need a new rear hub and possibly a track rod or a tie rod end.


After having it painted and polish i feel bad taking it to Cadwell Park on the 13th of September just need to remember thats what i bought it for though :D
Was hoping to have some adjustable camber arms on for then but don't think I have the spare funds :(
 
It's got to be said you love the track lol lovely car mate get the bug and start modding lol
 
absolutly love driving at this time of day
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so quiet :)

love these in yellow! got a bit of a track bug have we, do u go through a set of tyres every track day? ever had any problems with cooking brakes etc?
 
It's got to be said you love the track lol lovely car mate get the bug and start modding lol

I love it, it's an expensive hobby though. Always tried to hold back from modding it. I did have coilovers for a week, it looked smart but thought the handling was **** so went back to standard.

love these in yellow! got a bit of a track bug have we, do u go through a set of tyres every track day? ever had any problems with cooking brakes etc?

Had it for a few years now since i first went on a day at Croft in my saxo.
Seems ok on the tyres, used to just go on with my road tyres and they would last a good few 1000 miles and a fair few track days :) Onto my third set of road tyres, i sold the first set when i got the car as it had some Yoko Eco's on from Japan. Then went to Hank V12s or something like that, just a normal road tyre. Used to track it on those haha then went to some Hankook RS2's which tbh i am not that impressed with anymore, they were great when new.

Got some UK DC2 wheels with R888s on, took them to the ring. I didnt have the pressures right on the front so the middles are fairly worn :( but should even out over time i am hoping. Outers have lasted ages and the rears still look new. Did another track day or two on them once i got back from the ring.

Never had a problem with cooking the brakes. I use EBC Yellowstuff pads with standard disc's along with ATE Super Blue Racing brake fluid. I would say i brake fairly hard and late. Still no real issues. The brake stopper certainly helps with pedal feel.

Just spent the day cleaning the inside and outside of the car, well impressed with the paint job on the bonnet and the rest of the cars polish job. Will get my new OEM honda badges this week and take some photos :)
 
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ill be getting some of that brake fluid then,have u tried just a set of tein lowering springs or anything? my mate had spoon coileys on and they were way too hard, but standard shocks and tein springs worked really well for him :)
 
Not looked at them but will have a gander :)

Cheapest place for it is eurocarparts. £12 iirc for a litre. They don't list it online so you'll have to go to the shop.
 
Well following up from this, http://www.ek9.org/forum/general-chat/41628-damaged-ek9-anyone-here-pics.html

I bought this, and took it straight to Cadwell :) Well, had it a week and snapped the flexi on the manifold. So rushed around to find a decent place to get it sorted. Which is AAS in newcastle. Had to take the Manifold off in the dark in the street :( Get it to him, he managed to get it done in a decent time and had it fitted the night before Cadwell :)

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dc5 is very nice but i prefered your ek9 to be honest

some sick video's mate
 
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looks class mate :) sorry to hear about the 9 :( but im sure dc5 in terms of power is much better and nippier round the track
 
Glad to see you out in the DC5 , quality videos with the Suzuki's. You can just hear the vtec coming :D
 
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