Ok, unfortunately, I'm now needing a car to commute in, which means the Civic will have to go to free up some money. Only recently bought it from my good mate Andy (Haribo on here) as I was gambling on the law of averages giving me a company car, however, out of the 4 jobs I was in the final stages of interview for.. the one I got was the only job which came with sod all, meaning that I'll have to use my own car to commute.
This has presented me with a wee bit of a problem, I kind of stretched myself to buy this EK9 from Haribo, leaving me with minimal money to buy, tax and insure a runaround.. so unfortunately, I have to let the 9 go to buy something more sensible to do the mileage in.
This car isn't like a stock EK9 to drive, which have occasionally been criticised for their long gearing, with the MFactory Gearkit the car has a long 1st gear, c55mph, then goes quickly through 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear, then a longer 5th gear to aid cruising slightly. The gearkit and Quaife LSD both come with a full warranty on them should you have a problem, however, there are mega powered Hondas using these bits without any hassle so I doubt their working anywhere near their capacity on this car, however this should give a fair amount of peace of mind for any potential buyer.
The standard power output for these is 185bhp @ Flywheel and with the above mods, my car is making 211bhp @ Wheels..
This is a short video of the performance on this link: Click Here
General:
2000 EK9 Civic Type Rx
Starlight Black Metallic
Red Recaro Interior
MOT until Jan 2010
Tax until Feb 2010
Folder of receipts for north of £20,000
Imported just over 2 years ago by Dunc @ FastJapCars as a completely standard example with 49k miles on it, currently stands at 53,750 miles, with all the mechanical work being completed within the past couple of thousand miles.
Engine:
Spoon 1.8 Stroker Kit - 81.25
Spoon 2pc High Comp Head Gasket
Skunk2 High Comp Valves
Cylinder Head Ported , Polished And Gas Flowed
Skunk2 Stage II Cams
Skunk2 Titanium Valve Springs And Retainers
Skunk2 Adjust Cam Gears
Skunk2 70mm Tb
Skunk2 IM Machined To Match 70mm - Polished And Gas Flowed
Skunk2 Carbon Composite Fuel Rail
Walbro Fuel Pump
RC 440cc Injectors
AEM Cold Air Intake
Hytech custom 4-2-1 Manifold
Custom De-Cat
Spoon N1 and Spoon B-Pipe
Spoon Engine Mounts
Hondata S300 with Launch Control ...of course!
211bhp @ Wheels = very strong engine!
Transmission:
MFactory Straight Cut Gearkit
Quaife LSD
Exedy Clutch And Fidanza 7lbs Flywheel
Chassis:
Full Adjustable Tein Superstreet Coilovers
Stock 15" EK9 Wheels in Black/Red
Black RAYS Lightweight Wheel Nuts
Fast Road Geometry Setup
Interior:
Obviously Recaros, Electrics etc etc
Kenwood MP3 Player
Uprated Front Component Speakers
Uprated Rear 6x9 Speakers
AEM Wideband AFR Gauge
Water Temp Gauge
Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge
Oil Temp Gauge (Stopped working, suspect sender)
Oil Pressure Gauge
Exterior:
Full Type R Bodykit
Modified Front Bumper to give cold air to AEM Intake
Seibon OEM Carbon Bonnet
Seibon OEM Carbon Boot
Stock 15" Alloys refurbed in Black/Red Lip
Price:
Its difficult to price something like this, as I suppose it is for any high spec model regardless of make etc... obviously you'll never get back the true value of a car like this and I suppose thats why people tend to break high spec cars like this rather than sell complete, I really don't want to go down that route though. Firstly because I wont have time to do it and secondly because the car looks and performs brilliantly it would be ridiculous to pull it apart.
Using Pistonheads as a reasonably reliable indicator, looking at EK9 Type R that are listed/sold, the price for a facelift EK9 (with c70k miles) with minimal mods is around £7,000, so for this car, with the mileage, condition, modifications, I wouldn't think it was out of this world to ask £8,750 for it as it stands.
I can reduce the price slightly by removing parts like the Carbon Bonnet, Carbon Boot, Coilovers etc... however, the mechanical specification will be staying as it is because thats what really makes this car IMO.
Car is SOLD, SOLD, SOLD now!!
Cheers,
Grant
This has presented me with a wee bit of a problem, I kind of stretched myself to buy this EK9 from Haribo, leaving me with minimal money to buy, tax and insure a runaround.. so unfortunately, I have to let the 9 go to buy something more sensible to do the mileage in.
This car isn't like a stock EK9 to drive, which have occasionally been criticised for their long gearing, with the MFactory Gearkit the car has a long 1st gear, c55mph, then goes quickly through 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear, then a longer 5th gear to aid cruising slightly. The gearkit and Quaife LSD both come with a full warranty on them should you have a problem, however, there are mega powered Hondas using these bits without any hassle so I doubt their working anywhere near their capacity on this car, however this should give a fair amount of peace of mind for any potential buyer.
The standard power output for these is 185bhp @ Flywheel and with the above mods, my car is making 211bhp @ Wheels..
This is a short video of the performance on this link: Click Here
General:
2000 EK9 Civic Type Rx
Starlight Black Metallic
Red Recaro Interior
MOT until Jan 2010
Tax until Feb 2010
Folder of receipts for north of £20,000
Imported just over 2 years ago by Dunc @ FastJapCars as a completely standard example with 49k miles on it, currently stands at 53,750 miles, with all the mechanical work being completed within the past couple of thousand miles.
Engine:
Spoon 1.8 Stroker Kit - 81.25
Spoon 2pc High Comp Head Gasket
Skunk2 High Comp Valves
Cylinder Head Ported , Polished And Gas Flowed
Skunk2 Stage II Cams
Skunk2 Titanium Valve Springs And Retainers
Skunk2 Adjust Cam Gears
Skunk2 70mm Tb
Skunk2 IM Machined To Match 70mm - Polished And Gas Flowed
Skunk2 Carbon Composite Fuel Rail
Walbro Fuel Pump
RC 440cc Injectors
AEM Cold Air Intake
Hytech custom 4-2-1 Manifold
Custom De-Cat
Spoon N1 and Spoon B-Pipe
Spoon Engine Mounts
Hondata S300 with Launch Control ...of course!
211bhp @ Wheels = very strong engine!
Transmission:
MFactory Straight Cut Gearkit
Quaife LSD
Exedy Clutch And Fidanza 7lbs Flywheel
Chassis:
Full Adjustable Tein Superstreet Coilovers
Stock 15" EK9 Wheels in Black/Red
Black RAYS Lightweight Wheel Nuts
Fast Road Geometry Setup
Interior:
Obviously Recaros, Electrics etc etc
Kenwood MP3 Player
Uprated Front Component Speakers
Uprated Rear 6x9 Speakers
AEM Wideband AFR Gauge
Water Temp Gauge
Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge
Oil Temp Gauge (Stopped working, suspect sender)
Oil Pressure Gauge
Exterior:
Full Type R Bodykit
Modified Front Bumper to give cold air to AEM Intake
Seibon OEM Carbon Bonnet
Seibon OEM Carbon Boot
Stock 15" Alloys refurbed in Black/Red Lip
Price:
Its difficult to price something like this, as I suppose it is for any high spec model regardless of make etc... obviously you'll never get back the true value of a car like this and I suppose thats why people tend to break high spec cars like this rather than sell complete, I really don't want to go down that route though. Firstly because I wont have time to do it and secondly because the car looks and performs brilliantly it would be ridiculous to pull it apart.
Using Pistonheads as a reasonably reliable indicator, looking at EK9 Type R that are listed/sold, the price for a facelift EK9 (with c70k miles) with minimal mods is around £7,000, so for this car, with the mileage, condition, modifications, I wouldn't think it was out of this world to ask £8,750 for it as it stands.
I can reduce the price slightly by removing parts like the Carbon Bonnet, Carbon Boot, Coilovers etc... however, the mechanical specification will be staying as it is because thats what really makes this car IMO.
Car is SOLD, SOLD, SOLD now!!
Cheers,
Grant
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