My 98 UKDM Integra Type R

[corral]

Nice job on the seats and good reading thread this .

 

[murphy2]

thanks flamby for your help i have try sort it out i got a new battery and removed the old perich one and the car seems ok mate good job carried out there on your car but suggest you should underseal your car.

 

[Saint Matt]

Excellent work mate, good to see one being brought back to former glory and improved

As for your engine bay, a nice easy mod to tidy things up is an EK4/EK9 throttle cable. Tidies it up a lot;

No air con on mine though

 

[CAL]

great read. car is looking mint. really like that stearing wheel you have.

 

[Ek_Daniel]

Such a sexy car.. I'm so jealous

 

[Flamby]

ah sorry for not replying to my thread guys, I've only just realised I had unanswered comments apologies, not being arrogant... just ignorant hehe.

corral - thanks matey, yeah I am really happy with the seats! I've actually improved them even more since, will include how in my next update

murphy2 - glad your problem seems to be sorted mate! Happy I was able to help you with my experiences. As for the underseal, well its got the factory UKDM level of undersealing, so its not like its completely open to the elements, I just feel that it could do with a few more coats I will do a write up on how I get on soon enough

Saint Matt - thank you very much Matt! That means a lot coming from such a distinguished teggy owner as yourself Love the look of the EK throttle cable, on ITR-DC2 someone kindly pm'ed me all the part numbers I need to do this mod reminds me I need to head to honda to order the bits Love that look on yours though, very smart!

CAL - Glad you enjoyed the read mate! And thanks for the feedback on the wheel, I love it

EK_Daniel - too kind mate your comment is greatly appreciated!

Cheers guys!

Dan

 

[Flamby]

ahh you quoted the whole thing hehe

cheers for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the write up, I know its a love or hate thing with the UKDMs, but we're pretty much all the same car underneath

 

[sharbel]

the hottest thread iv seen on here !!!!
DAMN !!!

Love the car ..... Love the engine bay. everything is perfect. you got some Detail. I respect that ....
will PM for some advice.... thanks !!!

amazing car....
SD -

 

[Flamby]

haha cheers Sharbel!

Very cool feedback mate happy to hear you love the car and the work I've put into it
I have received your pm, and will reply to you shortly! Will be happy to help!

Reminds me I need to update this, done a lot more to it since my last update

Thanks again!

Dan

 

[mullins-ek9]

That's amazing love it loving the wheels as well! I want a set of the I reakon there better than my ray te37s!!!

 

[Flamby]

thanks buddy They are only the standard teggy wheels done in black, but people do seem to really like them glad to hear it works!

I love TE37's though, used to have them on my old MR2 Turbo

Gorgeous wheels

 

[mullins-ek9]

I dno I sprayed mine black as well the teg wheels will fit on the 9 wouldn't they? They just look so much better in black! Also loving the clean engine bay top marks!

 

[Flamby]

Yeah I believe Teg wheels fit Ek9s, but don't hold me to that as I've never actually seen it done before

Thanks though dude! And yeah the engine bay took ages to clean up, but I'm pleased first car I've owned with a tidy nice to look at engine bay

 

[Flamby]

Well I thought it had been a long time since the last update, so here we go....

Plenty of jobs have been done thanks to this gorgeous weather we're getting in the south at moment, so all my preparation for the June Nurburgring trip is on course and should be all done in time.

So lets start with what I've been up to...

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Tegiwa Rear Lower Tie Bar

The last time I updated I had a go at doing this, but didn't really put my mind to it.

The main problem with this mod for an ABS equipped Integra is the fact that you have to move the ABS lines and their bracket.
On my car the ABS line brackets and their securing bolts were heavily rusted, so armed with this, I set about getting them off.

Here you can see the two bolts removed from the ABS line bracket.

Once this is done you have to remove the bolt from the lower rear control arm, this will then be the bolt that holds the lower tie bar in place once its all back together.

I used a jack to support the rear lower control arm, so that it didn't fall too much out of place of alignment for when the bolt goes back in.

Bolt removed.

I used some copper grease on this bolt, so it would get back in nice and easily and help me if I ever need to take it out again.

Ok then I set about fitting the lower tie bar in place, and moving the abs line bracket so that the tie bar could fit.

So now the bracket looks awkwardly bent in place, but its absolutely fine and has the same amount of play in the actual abs wire (held within the bracket) as it did before.

Just to be sure I cable tied the abs bracket to the original lower brace, this isn't really needed, but I just wanted to be sure.

Here are a few of it in place.

I personally love the look, and how much its on show, but as I've said, this is very much a show mod as far as I can tell, but I'm still happy it is finally on.

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VAX session on the seats....

After the massive restoration attempt I did on the OEM recaros, my friend wanted to make sure I had got the best result by giving them another going over with his VAX machine.

For those that don't know, its basically a hoover with a water jet, fantastic bit of kit and really does tidy up old tatty looking interiors.

So the 1001 comes out again...

Can't recommend that stuff enough, its incredible for the price.

So we set about VAXing down the seats.

Then once they'd had a good going over we left them to dry in the sun.

 

[Flamby]

So pretty pleased with what we'd achieved, they went back in the car.

However I've now become paranoid with getting them dirty... so seat covers were sourced from the forum and now atleast I feel they are protected.

Definitely worth all the effort!

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New air freshner!!!! yay!!! cherry flavoured... ooooh yeh!!!

these things are potent... I warn you now hehe.

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With the seats looking all fresh in the car, I had to lay the harnesses on them for a trial fit, and to see if they are going to look as good as they will be functional.

Works for me!
Need to get them attached in permanently soon pictures will follow of them fully fitted once I do.

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Replacing of front and rear brake pads and discs.

I sourced all my new parts from Cambridge Motorsport, very helpful and ordered over the phone for them to arrive 2 days later. Definitely recommend them.

After doing hours of reading on the forums, I decided on the Hawk HP+ pads on the front, and the Hawk HPS pads on the rear with OEM blank discs all round.

Off with the old brakes.

When removing the two phillips screws that hold the disc to the hub, be very careful not to round them! If you have an impact screw driver then that would be ideal, and even if you round them with a standard phillips then don't panic (I did this) as an electric impact screw driver will still remove them.

Heres a picture of a really ghetto way of removing them though.

anyway on with the new front discs.

When putting it all back together and inserting the new pads, make sure to grease up the back of the pad with a thin even coat of grease, anywhere where the pad makes contact with the calliper, this will stop any squeal issues and should make the pads less noisy.

1000 miles later and mine are really not that squeaky, so it definitely paid off.

Now the rears

I had an issue with my rear discs, the old and the new were exactly the same size and width, however the mounting screw holes were not in the same place. As shown here.

I used the new discs all the same, as I didn't see a massive problem by not having the guidance screws in place once its all back together.

This is such an easy job to do though, but if you are going to do it make sure to give yourself plenty of time to get the job done.

My original brake setup was OEM discs, with EBC red stuff fronts, and OEM pads rear, so this is a MASSIVE improvement! I love it!

The car bites very hard now when braking and has made me feel much more confident in its braking ability! I would recommend this setup to any Integra driver.

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[Flamby]

New wheel bolts... yep that's right... wheel bolts hehe.

Sometimes its the little things that make the biggest improvement, my old black wheel nuts were looking a tad tired...

So a quick call to Julian at Rarerims and these were ordered along with the spacers required to fit them.

and here they are on the car.

Not every ones cup of tea but I am very pleased with them.

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New Tyres.

Whilst ordering those wheel bolts, I was also sorted out with 4 brand new Hankook RS2s.

Thanks Rarerims!

Mobile tyre fitter came out, and the next day they were on.

New tread... yummy!

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Spoon N1

I took a gamble on this one, I'd heard all the stories from many DC2 owners that these exhausts were awesome, but hard to live with... but thought well I want the car to sound good... so I bought one from a member on the forum from Greece, waited a while for it to be ready, then the ash cloud came along and delayed it some more... and then it arrived....

Possibly the oddest shaped parcel ever! The guy who delivered it was really worried by its shape and thought they may have broken it hehe.

I opted for the axle back for a few reasons, money was the first as I didn't see the point in spending a crazy amount on the exhaust and also it was the fact that my standard B pipe would fit fine.

So I unwrapped it fully and examined it.

It was in pretty good condition really, a few burnt plastic marks here and there, and a slightly dull finish, but nothing that the polisher couldn't fix... so on with the polishing!

Not bad for 30mns of polishing! So pleased with that, out with the old....

and on with the new...

and all I can see is WOW, the car sounds amazing now, yes it is very droney between 3-4k, but at motorway speeds 60 - 80 it really is not bad at all, my dad even said how surprised he was, and a conversation can easily be had at those speeds, as well as music being heard on the standard speakers, so I can easily live with it.

It is loud though to everyone outside, you will get a few nasty looks, but most people appreciate the fact its not just a nasty Big bore sound, its got that Honda noise that a lot of people crave.

Oh but I've still bought the Spoon silencer though... just in case.

 

[Flamby]

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Tegiwa VTEC solenoid cover...

Went to Japfest with money in my wallet... came back a bit lighter...

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Tegiwa intake silicone hose.

Was hoping to have this to fit on day 1 with my Mugen Replica air intake, but sadly it was not available then, anyway happy to have it all in place now!

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Benen front two hook.

I was slightly concerned by the placement of the Integras front tow hook, I know that if and when I do come off in the Kitty Litter the bumper is most likely going to take one hell of a punch, but I didn't want to make it worse by having it all pulled off if the original tow position was used... so I found some tow hook bling...

My plan was to fit it to the slam panel and have it poking through the front bumper, a much easier location to be towed from.

To do this I marked up where I wanted the tow hook, then removed the front bumper, and then the slam panel, so as to drill the holes.

I then had to cut away some the black plastic from the middle of the front bumper itself, so as to allow the tow hook to exit cleanly at the front and not be blocked by anything.

And there we have it, fitted.

Once it was on, me and a friend tested it out, and pulled it along my drive, worked a treat.

Hopefully won't have to use it... too often, but at least I feel a bit better about being towed from this point on the car now, oh and I like the look.

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So it's been a pretty busy time with the car since the last update. Got a few other things ready to be done soon also.

New gauges have arrived also, I damaged the previous two during fitting, and sold them on, so I have replaced them with some very simple Swoosh gauges. Will do a write up of how they fit shortly.

Another job being done is the fitting of my HEL brake lines and MOTUL RBF600 brake fluid, sadly I won't be undertaking these jobs myself, didn't feel up for it as the old brake lines looked a state and I didn't want to strip anything.

So, Tom at TGM is doing it for me very shortly! Looking forward to it getting done, always love taking my car there as I know its in great hands!

Last time I updated a few people wanted to see pictures of the whole car, so here are a few shots of the car take on the drive over the last month or so.

Next jobs on the list before my June Nur trip are:

By me:
change gearbox oil.
Fit gauges.
Oil and filter change.

By TGM:

Brake fluid change.
HEL braided hoses.
Polyurethane engine mount inserts.

Right thats it for now, thank you for looking! And I hope you enjoyed another update!

If you have any questions about what I've done, or how I've done it, then feel free to ask and I'll try and help you if I can!

Dan

 

[Mattharvey12]

Always love reading this even though i know its been done already lol

 

[Flamby]

cheers Matt yeah its quite nice to write it all out also, makes you realise what I've actually been up to

Dropped it off at TGM this morning... I miss it already

 

[halszaj]

Doin' it right...

Keep up the good work!