Well folks I am finally able to be a part of this subforum on h-t! I purchased this caR from shorsh (gspeedcorp.com) and it was finally delivered on thursday night! As soon as she was dropped off I had to wash her up and put her to bed in her new home. Unfortunately I went the cheap route and just purchased the shell... now Im in the hunt for a motor and she will sit for a while. I took out all the seats out and did a full interior detail on friday. The R needs a little TLC on the outside but other than that looks pretty clean. No major dents or anything just some scrapes and in need of some paint. Here are a few pics to hold you guys over.


First Bath:













She has a Momo Corse steering wheel... Im looking to swap this out for hub with removable wheel... anyone interested in a trade or know of one for sale please point me in the direction...


The Type R came with full coilovers! I have no idea what kinda they are.... if anyone could help me figure that out it would greatly appreciated.


Im also a little confused as to why the top and bottom parts of the calipers are resting on the rotors? It looks to be wrong (metal on metal)


A few other things I plan to do are strip the wheels as they were spray painted black and have them powder coated Bronze.
Swap out the steering wheel and hub.
Upgrade the brake pads and use a higher temp brake fluid for road race days.
Im sure there will be more changes to come!

 

That's awesome! Gotta love RHD. I can't wait to see some pics after some TLC! Keep us posted.

 

nicccccce gl with the build. keep heR safe.

 

nice.. that would make a good family car, even tho i know thats not what your getting it for

 

I love 4-dr ITR. Such a fun practical car.

 

x2 big fan of them. The grey one at expo was bad ***. Keep the pics and updates coming.

 

They look awesome in black, keep the pics coming as you fix it up. How many kms on it? Staying with the black seats?

 

Nice pick up?

Suspension kind of looks like Yonaka but I'm not sure. Here's a link https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/yonaka-full-coilovers-2381483/

 

awesome. are the caliper brackets really resting on the rotors? do the rotors spin freely?

 

clean *** db8.... im hoping to do the rhd conversion on my db8 pretty soon keep me posted on the build..

 

i hate you now lolz, i love the DB8Rs. couldnt afford one so i settled with a 95 db8 lol

 

^lol same here. I hope to one day own a real DB8R

 

nice pick up! i envy u!!! .....keep her safe. PM me the price u paid for it plz?

 

congrats!!

 

I have always wanted a GSR 4door and never found a clean one for a good price so I have gone through a few hondas, acuras, etc over the past 6 years. my current daily is a 96 midori ek that will soon be up for sale once I find a heaRt for the R.

There are just over 167K km on the body. Im definitely stayin with the black seats. overall the interior is very clean now after my detail. I plan to get out and road race heR as much as possible!

The caliper brakets ARE resting on the rotor. Not sure if it spins freely, Ill yank the wheel back off and check it out.

A non-registered DB8-R from shorsh isnt too expensive. with motor I could have picked this up for $7000. he had 2 back in june, a white and this black one. I guess the white one was extremely clean because he said it was sold immediately.

The outside will stay the way it is until winter when I strip and powder coat my wheels bronze and the body work begins... my main priority is getting a swap right now!

Welp its sunday.... full exterior detail day!!

 

Haven't seen a black 4dr itr yet. Looks good man, gl with the build.

 

That WAS mine.. just sold 2 days ago : (



Nice pick up with the DB8-R.. very cool cars that are A LOT of fun.

 

why did you sell yours?

 

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee four door black sickkkkkkkkk

 

too sick! congrats

 

Noooooooooooooooo!

 

sick! gotta love a db8 itr

 

personal reasons... Just didnt need it.

I want a more track dedicated car, which I didnt want to make the DB8. I also didnt drive it much and I cant take it everywhere due to theft and me worrying. Just didnt fit what I need.

 

one of my favorite cars of all time. soo jealous

 

nice..where is the motor?