Here is the new incarnation of the Toy Civic fresh with a bunch of new goodies. I was deployed to the middle east from Oct 2007 to Oct 2008 and rounded up these parts over the past few months and just installed everything this past month. The full spec list is in the link in my signature. The short list of new additions are:

- Volk CE28N Honda Time Attacks
- Volk Time Attack center caps
- Project Kics R26 Neochro lugnuts
- Spoon calipers
- Powerslot rotors with Hawk HPS pads
- Backyard Special carbon fiber lip
- TYC HID headlights (limited edition real HID's, not converted to HID)
- JDM Stanley yellow fogs
- JDM EP3 Recaro red seats with Wedge rails
- Swapped '00-'03 AP1 S2000 steering wheel ring for the '02-'05 EP3 Civic steering wheel ring with red stitching
- Spoon spark plug wires
- Benen radiator stay
- Mugen oil pan
- Innovative Motor mounts
- Samco hoses
- Spoon radiator cap
- Skunk2 VTEC solenoid cover
- STR fuse box cover
- Skunk2 rear lower control arms
- Skunk2 rear camber kits

 

the car looks pretty clean overall but "Civic Type-S" really, thats pretty stupid.. Where ya K-series swap @ to even attempt to clam that Type-S??

 

Type S badging doesn't just apply to the K20 in the RSX-S. Type S has been or is used on several Honda and Acura models regardless of the engine. I researched Hondas meaning of Type R versus Type S. It basically boils down to Type R means racing and Type S means street. My car fits into the street category.

Therefore I will not further debate about why I used Civic Type S badging for I have already had this debate a long time ago. It is not stupid. Nuff said.

 

Nice parts you have there...I wouldn't have executed it like that overall though.

 

gotta agree....nice car & collection of parts, but that Type S badge has to go so are you saying if i 'race' my car at the track, its worthy of a Type R badge even if it has not even 1 Type R part on it?? if there's a base RSX & an RSX-S, what does that make the base RSX if its not 'street'?? type gutter?

 

You can interpret the Type R and Type S meanings any way you want.

I am referring to what HONDAS meaning was behind the Type R and Type S badging.

Discussion is now closed about Type anything.

 

lol @ type s badging.

car has a few nice parts, lip, rims, interior.. headlights & tails definitely negated all that in my eyes.

hope you like it though.

PS: regardless to your bogus 'explanation' badging a car as something it is not (from manufacturer) is rice. period!

 

Do you say the same thing to the guys who take a regular DC2 or EK9, clone it to ITR or CTR specs, and put the Type R badge on???

 

Any day of the week.. Faking the funk

I mean, I see a lot of effort/thought in your car, its the just the few minor things I see that bother me. I'm not trying to 'own' you or anything at all. And even though my 'post count' makes me look new, I've been here over 4yrs on my prev. name.

 

is your Civic up to Hondas Type-S specs? they must be for you to have the badge, so what exactly are Hondas Type S specs for those that dont know??

 

Understood.

Regarding headlights and taillights, I have already had that debate a long time ago as well. If it is the looks that bother people, then so be it. But if it is the function of them, that is where I differ. My headlights and talilights perform better than the OEM ones.

Retrofitting HID's into the fluted OEM headlights doesn't work properly with the light dispersion. It is best to retrofit HID's into aftermarket clear headlights, but then people will yell rice. Plus HID retrofitting it is not street legal in many states including California. TYC made a limited run of 500 sets of these that were designed specifically for HID operation. They carry a DOT approval and TYC legal certificate.

The Depo LED tails have the same layout of the brake lights, turn signals, and backup lights just like OEM. The difference is the translucent versus fluted lenses. The red LED's light up better and brighter than the OEM ones.

 

dude. what? didn't you know?

5 lug + bseries motor = type S specs. as long as its driven on the street.

 

Cars pretty swt. But headlights/tailights/badging kills it. I like the seats a lot

 

oh! i see what you did there, now everything makes sense.

 

Those seats look fantastic!!

 

i dont like the headlights, taillights, or the side markers in the wrong place, but other than that the car looks really nice

 

nice coupe!

 

car is nice, just not feeling the headlights.

 

clean..

 

If I wanted the car to be 100% JDM correct, then I would agree with you.

But just because I have a ton of JDM parts doesn't mean that I was going for 100% JDM correctness. I am going for the best from all sources, not just JDM.

 

I saw this at HIN in the bay area last year. Actually had a conversation with you about your AP1 steering wheel... Nice upgrades man...I like what I see.... keep it up!!

 

i just want to sell my new MR ej1 wtf. haha props man

 

Nice ride man, you dont have to follow the "rules" set by the community.

 

car looks great man. props for building a car for yourself instead of starting threads like, "what looks better on my car?"

 

lol ,took the words out of my mouth