Goatwidcoat
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Hello all,
Picked up my first Integra DC5 Type R (and first Honda) on Saturday after always wanting one for a while. Unforunately I have bought at peak prices but we are always told they will only continue to go up... It was imported Nov 2019 by DCY Europe and the previous owner wanted it kept as authentic as possible so both the speedo and odometer read in KM and the factory limter is still in place. I suppose I could get used to converting to KM/H on the fly but it is obviously much better to have it read in MPH when speed cameras are about.
Still getting used to all the different sounds and working out what should be normal or if something is wrong. As with any new car it takes a while to know if this is how they sound, not that anything sounds off at all!
Loving it so far and it is in great condition. It has just done 59k miles, only 800 in the UK, rust free and incredibly clean inside. 100% stock including the exhaust and intake from what I can tell so far. Champ white with the white wheels and red interior. Flare, Japanese sat nav (with reversing camera) and toll reader all still connected up but I will most likely change the head unit for a Pioneer with Car Play/Android Auto.
First things to do are get the tracking looked to start with and get a Cat 1 alarm/immobilser system fitted. The steering wheel needs to be turned to the left slightly to stay straight so will start with tracking first to see if that fixes it. I can worry about suspension issues if that does not fix it.
Previous owner (no idea if they are on this forum) did not use the car much but changed all of the fluids etc themselves according to DCY (no paperwork to back this up) but unsure of when valve clearences were last checked. How critical is this? The oil looks brand new so I'm inclined to believe them that all was changed and cosmetically the car looks brand new (other than sightly clouded headlights) and he throughly cleaned every single cm of it including the engine bay. It really is immaculate including the bolsters, mats, badges and stickers. Wheels have all been refurbed so are fresh too.
Car appears to function completely fine, not that I have much to compare it to, but is it overkill if I book in with Honda to do their major service that covers all your fluids, valve clearences, chain check etc. It will be a big old chunk of change but for peace of mind would you do the same? I have the budget but don't want to spend up to £1k changing and checking everything on it if there is no need. DCY recommended I just enjoy the car as it has all been done and the engine is relatively young. I plan to keep the car for a good few years and down the line I am sure the next owner would like to see a fresh baseline of knowing what has been done and start to build some history.
She will only be used as a weekend and warm/dry weather car and kept in a garage so hoping to keep in the same condition. I have attached a few pictures. Down the line I want to get a parcel shelf and the wind deflectors to complete it. I understand they are like gold dust but I will keep an eye out for them on here and ebay. The push button start would also be nice and I see this can be retrofitted but I am in no rush to do this.
Also if anybody wants the MX5 in the picture it will be up for sale in a couple of weeks as I can't have 3 cars but didn't have chance to sell before this came up. I now have the joy of an awesome front wheel drive naturally aspirated car for B road blasts in the Teg and a twin turbo rear wheel drive straight line sprinter and motorway cruiser in the Kia Stinger. Best of both driving worlds!
Apologies for the long post, I have lots of questions as a newbie No offence will be taken if you spot anything wrong in the pictures and want to trash my dream haha.
Thanks,
Alex
Picked up my first Integra DC5 Type R (and first Honda) on Saturday after always wanting one for a while. Unforunately I have bought at peak prices but we are always told they will only continue to go up... It was imported Nov 2019 by DCY Europe and the previous owner wanted it kept as authentic as possible so both the speedo and odometer read in KM and the factory limter is still in place. I suppose I could get used to converting to KM/H on the fly but it is obviously much better to have it read in MPH when speed cameras are about.
- Has anybody kept the speedo reading in KM/H but removed the limiter? What would happen once it goes past 180 KM/H or is it not possible to do the limiter without also converting to MPH?
- There is an option to have a heads up display of MPH but then this costs nearly triple what the MPH converter would. https://www.torque-gt.co.uk/can-heads-up-display-speedometer-unit.html Has anybody used this?
- Has anybody ever had an issue having it converted to mph? I figure most people out there have this done so there cannot be many issues.
- On the motorway in 6th it is just under 4k rpm but would you shift as low at 1.5k rpm like you would in a "normal" car at city speeds (30/40mph) or would this labour the engine as they rev so high? I have changed my MX5 mk3 for this and that doesn't like to be lower than 1800rpm but my daily is a 3.3L Kia Stinger and that is happy to cruise along as low as 1100rpm at city speeds.
Still getting used to all the different sounds and working out what should be normal or if something is wrong. As with any new car it takes a while to know if this is how they sound, not that anything sounds off at all!
Loving it so far and it is in great condition. It has just done 59k miles, only 800 in the UK, rust free and incredibly clean inside. 100% stock including the exhaust and intake from what I can tell so far. Champ white with the white wheels and red interior. Flare, Japanese sat nav (with reversing camera) and toll reader all still connected up but I will most likely change the head unit for a Pioneer with Car Play/Android Auto.
First things to do are get the tracking looked to start with and get a Cat 1 alarm/immobilser system fitted. The steering wheel needs to be turned to the left slightly to stay straight so will start with tracking first to see if that fixes it. I can worry about suspension issues if that does not fix it.
Previous owner (no idea if they are on this forum) did not use the car much but changed all of the fluids etc themselves according to DCY (no paperwork to back this up) but unsure of when valve clearences were last checked. How critical is this? The oil looks brand new so I'm inclined to believe them that all was changed and cosmetically the car looks brand new (other than sightly clouded headlights) and he throughly cleaned every single cm of it including the engine bay. It really is immaculate including the bolsters, mats, badges and stickers. Wheels have all been refurbed so are fresh too.
Car appears to function completely fine, not that I have much to compare it to, but is it overkill if I book in with Honda to do their major service that covers all your fluids, valve clearences, chain check etc. It will be a big old chunk of change but for peace of mind would you do the same? I have the budget but don't want to spend up to £1k changing and checking everything on it if there is no need. DCY recommended I just enjoy the car as it has all been done and the engine is relatively young. I plan to keep the car for a good few years and down the line I am sure the next owner would like to see a fresh baseline of knowing what has been done and start to build some history.
She will only be used as a weekend and warm/dry weather car and kept in a garage so hoping to keep in the same condition. I have attached a few pictures. Down the line I want to get a parcel shelf and the wind deflectors to complete it. I understand they are like gold dust but I will keep an eye out for them on here and ebay. The push button start would also be nice and I see this can be retrofitted but I am in no rush to do this.
Also if anybody wants the MX5 in the picture it will be up for sale in a couple of weeks as I can't have 3 cars but didn't have chance to sell before this came up. I now have the joy of an awesome front wheel drive naturally aspirated car for B road blasts in the Teg and a twin turbo rear wheel drive straight line sprinter and motorway cruiser in the Kia Stinger. Best of both driving worlds!
Apologies for the long post, I have lots of questions as a newbie No offence will be taken if you spot anything wrong in the pictures and want to trash my dream haha.
Thanks,
Alex
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