Civic Type R EK9 Build

[Dunsy]

Cool update, I just bought a spoon TB too! Good mod

 

[FormulaRon]

Wow.. this is very interesting!! nice work

 

[ijwhiteman]

Cool update, I just bought a spoon TB too! Good mod

Yeah its a nice touch for sure

Wow.. this is very interesting!! nice work

Thanks matey

 

[ijwhiteman]

Been doing some work on the car today and while i was there i added some pics of some parts i've recently fitted!

Enjoy

Cusco oil catch tank

Spoon calipers fitted and finally bled properly!

EBC yellows to rear aswell! Over killed the copper slip!

Removed the carpet and while i was there i did some electical work that was much needed!

Some Spoon and Advan decals to continue the Spoon EK9 theme

This was an arse to fit! Getting it all lined up, spoon sports central and so many bloody air bubbles! Took about 2hrs in total to get it right...

Brackets removed ready to be powdercoated in black

Cam cover removed, it was always felt when i got the yellow cover that if i liked it i would get it repainted later on. If not then i move it on...

So all parts ready to be stripped of paint, this is one of those jobs you wish you never started!

Fitted my Red cam cover so its covered up and protected. I hate the look now!

So applied paint stripper to cam cover

And brackets

Man i forgot how much this stuff stings when you get it on your hands!

After much time of paint striping, scraping, wet and dry paper and washing, it finally looked like this.

Next job was to mask the areas up for that OEM look.

If you lay masking tape over the top then carefully cut arround the holes it works quite well!

Eventually with a bit of patience you end up with this

So then just plugs your M6 holes i used some old screws i had

Here

And here

And finally where the seals bolt down too.

I found that M12 washers fit in the groove perfectly only i can't show this fitted as i need to get some bolts tomorrow from work to hold the washers in place. The washers cover this area up

That is all for now, painting is happening this week so i'll post finished result.

 

[Cartney_265]

Car looks great, the interior especially black/white theme very tidy! What colour you putting the cam cover or is it a secret!

 

[EK9dan]

oh my god Ian your interior is perfect. I am sitting here

 

[Vtec6000]

Looks great. Nice work

 

[ijwhiteman]

Car looks great, the interior especially black/white theme very tidy! What colour you putting the cam cover or is it a secret!

Thanks matey its going yellow again but being done properly and hopefully if it goes well with the OEM paint ripple effect.

oh my god Ian your interior is perfect. I am sitting here

Thanks buddy, and as longs its oral dribble i have no objections

Looks great. Nice work

Thank you very much, i try!

 

[Dunsy]

Interior looks pretty serious man...did you have sound deadening stuff under your drivers carpet?

i Do

 

[ijwhiteman]

Interior looks pretty serious man...did you have sound deadening stuff under your drivers carpet?

i Do

Cheers mate i like it!

Nope no sound deadining at all! Thats odd though you sure yours isn't a EK4???

 

[shaneek9]

love this car lad

were did u get the spoon visor anybody have a link to them on ebay or anything?

 

[ijwhiteman]

love this car lad

were did u get the spoon visor anybody have a link to them on ebay or anything?

Thank you

The guy no longer does the sunstrips.

 

[shaneek9]

Thank you

The guy no longer does the sunstrips.

ah no wanted one for my yellow 9

 

[ijwhiteman]

ah no wanted one for my yellow 9

You can buy them full price but they're like £50 geniune something silly like that.

 

[stevenEK9]

 

[ijwhiteman]

Lol very good matey!

 

[NeilVtec]

haha \m/ \m/

Mate, I absolutely love this car. Its just perfect IMO, Ultimate EK9 Right there!!!!!

Get that Rocker painted and back on! (not keen on the rear window spoon sticker but the rest look awesome!!!) and thats the ONLY thing i would change if it was mine haha

Keep up the good work, Stunning car

Are they genuine spoons or slipstreams ?? im guessing slips as they look identical to my old ones!

 

[ijwhiteman]

haha \m/ \m/

Mate, I absolutely love this car. Its just perfect IMO, Ultimate EK9 Right there!!!!!

Get that Rocker painted and back on! (not keen on the rear window spoon sticker but the rest look awesome!!!) and thats the ONLY thing i would change if it was mine haha

Keep up the good work, Stunning car

Are they genuine spoons or slipstreams ?? im guessing slips as they look identical to my old ones!

Thanks dude. I 've had such a mixed reactions to all the stickers some love some of them and some hate the others, its crazy! I'm

Slipstreams, i've herd Spoons in 15's don't fit over Spoon caliper....

Update

Cam cover and parts back from paint, and some reinforced pipe

The fitted photos don't do it justice the colour is more like the above photos. Just i'm a crap photograhper!

Carbon bonnet ordered... May be here monday....

 

[ramboteamjon]

Looks amazing mate! very clean!

Is that a B18 airbox you have as I am looking to sell my j's intake and put my OEM B16B airbox back on? can I modify my B16B airbox like you have or can you only do that to a B18 airbox?

 

[matt o]

cam cover is looking good mr whiteman carbon hood- boooo!!! get me some of that piping in exchange for me doing that blanking cover for ya