After having an eye out for another R, I came across this on Autotrader and made some moves to pick her up that very day. She needs work but for the most part i think it was a good buy. Its got a clean tittle with 66k miles on the original motor. My plan is to return it as close to stock as possible and just enjoy her as is. let me know what you guys think, all comments welcome...

 

congrats! you're living the Honda fan boy dream!!

any plans on a FBP?

 

It does need some work, but good pickup.

Hmm, another person I could 'hang' with in Miami when I move next summer.

 

Thanks! Drop me a pm when you're in town.

 

Nice pick up.... bump for another 98 in South Florida.

 

I remember this car at towers a bunch of times erick has the original seats from this car

 

if is possible to know how much you paid for it?? Looks good, in my opinion, first part that you need are the stock seats!! very clean engine bay.

keep it safe because I know in south FL is not easy to have a good Honda safe.

 

You sir are correct. Lol

I paid $8300 for it as you see it

As for the seats it was the first thing I did when I got home. Don't have pics yet but I'll post the progress as I go...

Thanks for All the comments

 

damn! though in my opinion the previous owner ruined it with the CF parts, especially the fuel tank cover thingy

 

Nice

 

No worries it'll have oem parts soon enough. Ive already sourced skirts and valances, as well as front and rear seats. Still need hood, front lip, gas door, trunk, and wing.

 

Is that a North Carolina caR?

I remember seeing it on autotrader a while back....

$8300 seems like a pretty decent deal to me....Most of that **** is just bolt-ons anyways....

 

def needs some lovin....

i see gouge in driver door?

and is passenger door a different color??

back to stock for ASAP!!!

great pick up ....when someone buys 2 of the same car, that says something...

 

this ^

i'd like to see someone own 2 EVO's or 2 STi's or 2 RX8's. Type R lovers are some of the most dedicated car people in the world.

 

So True. I'd love to get my hands on a '97/'98 CW Type R.

You can call me a Honda fanboy

 

Holy carbon! Good price though, and a good project.

 

i remember seeing this car on auto trader. It was there for a long time glad to see someone bought it thats going to restore it to its orginal beauty, good luck

bump for a SFL ITR

 

I would just paint over the carbon fiber ,I wonder how many people here have more then one R

 

Quite a few, actually. Obviously not a lot, but more than you think.

 

THANK YOU!! i dont own 2 R's but ive had enough of people making fun of me for the thought already..

OP: Awesome caR's .. Return that poor car back to stock =D .. shouldnt be too hard with all that CF hype nowadays.. just sell them and get OEM ;D

Edit: uh oh.. i noticed garage is only big enough for 1 R... Time for a Tire/wheel Boot? =D

 

I can't wait to see her returned to stock Nice pick up!

 

Good observation on the one car garage lol. one stays at a friends shop.


Thanks again for all the comments everyone

 

Congrats man. Looking forward to owning a R one day. I'm also in Miami btw.

 

Thanks, you're on jdms right?

 

omg that thing needs work. nice find tho for the price.