like the topic says, do they have the same ground clearance or does the JDM 4-1 sit lower? thanks

 

jdm sits lower. the jdm dc sits even lower than that!!

 

As far as i kno all 4-1 will sit a little lower. My solution for you go to http://www.heeltoeauto.com and buy this

with your jdm 4-1 together at a good price from a fellow member of h-t!

Getting Good Price =
Supporting fellow HT member =
Satisfaction of driving a teg = priceless!


[Modified by pdcdragon, 12:11 AM 1/16/2003]

 

Whoa. Something I might want to look into when I get my header.

 

finally some one thought of a shield of some sort!!!! That'll be a hot seller

 

I think Honda thought of the shield first...

 

uh thats a heat shield. whats shown above is a skid plate. big difference.

heat shield keeps the engine bay cooler.
skid plate protects the header from getting dented.

 

can the heat shield and skid plate be used together? I'm all about keeping the car low key, even under the hood.

 

The lower heat shield (silver) cannot be used with the skid plate, but the upper heat shield (black) can be used with it. I have actually see a picture of this...but I do not remember where I saw it. I will attempt to find it...but I have about a 1% chance of finding it.

I have future plans of getting the JDM 4-1 header and using the upper heat shield to keep the stock/sleeper look .

 

will that header skid plate only work for the JDM ITR header? or do they make them for the JDM DC also?

 

too late for old DC.

 

could someone explain the difference between the JDM ITR and the JDM DC ?

and what did u mean by "too late for old DC." ?

 

The JDM 4-1 is the actual OEM japanese header made by honda used on the ITR's overseas. The JDM DC 4-1 is a replica of the JDM 4-1 that sells for cheaper. It is made by, DC. The JDM 4-1 hangs lower than stock, but the DC JDM hangs the lowest of all.

Also, does anyone know who makes a skid plate for the stock header on GSR's?

 

only with the JDM ITR header....the JDM DC header doesnt have the places to bolt heatshields onto it.

 

is there any benefit with using one over the other? which one's better?

 

DC JDM, makes more power but hangs WAY too low. most people usually bust them up or open.
As for clearance on the JDM ITR 4-1, i heard that it doesn't hang any lower than the oil pan.

 

sweet.. i figured that the 4-1 would sit lower. i remember someone that compared the ground clearance between many headers. does anyone remember what im talking about? there were pictures and everything. the only thing i remember was that the motor was on a stand and the oilpan was on. thanks again guys

 

here's some more pics of the skid plate since people seem interested in them. i plan on picking one up asap.





also, a pic of how low the JDM 4-1 hangs

as you can see.. it hangs lower than the oil pan.

and one using the stock top heat shield because people want to keep it on the low low.




[Modified by p r ! m o, 12:40 PM 1/16/2003]

 

ic ur gettin the skid plate... cool. What is the coating on those headers there?

 

oh, my mistake, i was just going by what i heard. at least it sits higher than DC JDM. my friend had the DC on his 99 integra, dropped on H&R sports and a bolt in the road at night TORE open his header, that thing hangs way too low.

 

the one right in those pics look like a jdm 4-1 that was custom polished. looks really nice..

 

can't be sure but i dont think they coulda brought out that kind of finish from the stock material without first puttin on some sort of coating on there.

 

i had the dc jdm 4 to 1 on my car for about 6 months...when i took it off it was in perfect condition. i remember bottoming out pretty badly as well. (pothole.) (this is w/ a 2.25 inch drop up front.)

 

they can polish rims to look like that.. i've seen people get the lip of their rim polished(Rota SS's black with polished lip), so i assume its probably done the same way. does anyone out there know?

peace


[Modified by p r ! m o, 1:29 PM 1/16/2003]

 

Wow thats pretty good considering that kind of drop. I think alot of us have seen the pictures of torn up 4-1's from road debris. So why did you take it off??