Flamenco black pearl type r doing jdm front end with Backyard special front bumper, the car is full wire tucked and turboed now that im painting it im debating welding up the factorys theaded holes that are no longer being used and maybe welding close the area where the old harness use to come threw the engine bay.

Or should just leave all oem holes dimples and just cut the firewall studs off


and does anyone have pictures of type r engine bays shaved. i want to see some that dont look like plastic

 

i say leave it dont shave it maybe just fresh paint thats it! if you shave it'll never be able to return to stock

 

Here's what mine looks like.

 

I'm of a mind that posts like these belong in the Appearance forum, regardless of whether it is an ITR or not.

 

I'm with you on that. Besides, you'll get a semi-biased poll out of this forum. "Most" ITR guys don't do much for show, but rather for go....

 

shaved bay = gay

 

^^^^yeah what steve said

 

I say if you decide to shave it, don't go all out...maybe a few here and there.

 

so u end up sellin the oem front u had on there or u gonna keep it around just incase u want to go back to USDM ? It's ur ride and you already started just do what u want to do .It's gonna be dope either way it's a R and u got hella nice **** so eitherway you'll make it look good one way or another !


I agree on a type R. But not on a project toy u just want to have ur own flavor on !

 

#3 most effective way to drop the resale value of any Honda: shave the engine bay.

It's also the #1 best way to make troubleshooting infinitely more difficult

 

hard choice, looks cleaner IMO exp with the hole filled on the driver side but, its true looses resale and valve etc etc

 

this

the itr is one car i enjoy the most totally stock or built for the track. one or the other

 

I disagree. I see an engine bay that is unique to the Type R. However, I don't like filling the extra holes, nor do I like seeing wire tucks on a Type R.

On the Type R, the ABS bracket hides a solid piece of metal. On the other Integras, the ABS bracket hides a hole that is used by the air intake resonator.

I haven't noticed any other differences, on the Type R engine bay...are there others?

 

lol

 

leave it!!