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Day 1 at the dealership. Purchased used with about 46k on it. clean over all car Installed the aFe Takeda intake with their Pro5R Fliter. Cant see here but later also installed their TB Spacer Removed the resonator that sits behind the driver side fog light. Lowered the car on Tein S-Tech springs. Mild drop and overall good ride quality still. Also here i mounted 18 inch wheels on the car 18x7 Full Race downpipe with high flow CAT. Picked this up used from another SI owner Full Race vs Stock HASPORT Upper engine mount U62A HASPORT Lower engine mount U62A 3M Wrapped the interior trim Front OEM Aero Install time Injen Axel Back install. Had to make a cut out for it to fit Ebay universal diffuser BRAUM Racing seats. Used Civic Si 9thgen seat rails to install them on the car. You will be able to hook up the seat belt connector back up but you will get the airbag light. Working on figuring it out to to fool the system. much lower seating postion different wheels, Drag DR69 17x7.5 Ebay door sill inserts Caliper paint job using high temp primer, paint and clear Time for some engine bling lol. Powder coated the valve cover to match the J's racing one. J's racing oil cap and plaque on the valve cover. Painter the oil dipststick black. Picked up a different coil pack cover. Also not able to see here is the Greddy radiator cap. this wasnt the most fun thing to install
No turbo plans. I going to keep this car naturally aspirated. I just purchased an LSD for the car as well as exedy stage 1 clutch. This will really help the car around the track for me.
Back for a little update on the car. So I sold the drag wheels I was running on the car to get these new ones. Wanted to go with a bigger offset and wider wheel. These are 17x8 with 35mm offset. Going to run a 245/40/17 on the car. The plan is to get some TL-S brembo calipers for the front and these wheels will clear the bigger calipers.
Decided to change up the color of the wheels since the finish was looking a little worn down. I had already mounted the new tires which meant more prep work. Also got these sand blasted before painting them which helped me start with a clean slate. 2 can of primer not shown here. 3 cans of paint and 2 clear. Also added the effex clear for a more metalic look. Fresh decals and valve stem covers Incase anyone wonders if I did the inside of the wheel 😉😉
In love with how these wheels look on the car Side aero trim piece. Gloss black Front splitter fit pretty good. No cutting needed.bhard to see in pics but center section is gloss black and sides are matte black.
Must remove wiper arms to remove trim piece Cut out on the trim you need to make for clearance. Same cut out drivers side Need to remove hood liner to have clearance when closing the hood.
Guys i will be posting a video for the installation soon. Please check it out.
A little fun on the the track at Western Michigan Honda Meet. This takes place at Gingermen Raceway, south haven Michigan. If anyone has the opportunity to come try your car out, DO IT. Amazing experience.
A little fun on the the track at Western Michigan Honda Meet. This takes place at Gingermen Raceway, south haven Michigan. If anyone has the opportunity to come try your car out, DO IT. Amazing experience.
ILX is sweet! Just bought one and i'm eager to start installing upgrades. I cant find anywhere online that shows the rear hasport mount to fit the ILX. Please help!
ILX is sweet! Just bought one and i'm eager to start installing upgrades. I cant find anywhere online that shows the rear hasport mount to fit the ILX. Please help!
If you have the same ILX as me, you can get one for a 9thgen civic SI.
If you have the same ILX as me, you can get one for a 9thgen civic SI.
I figured, thanks for clarifying. Also not sure if you tuned yours yet, but I heard you talking about Ktuning it. I went with Hondata. Hondata doesn’t support the 15 ILX ECU, but you can get one from a 13 or 14 (part number 37820-R9B-A03 I got mine used off of eBay) and have your Acura dealer install and program it.
So with the higher bolsters from the new seat, i ran into a small issue with the seat belt latch sitting really low between the center console and the seat. It was also pressing hard against the center console. Went to a local machine shop and had them modify the OEM latch arm to where they created and weld on a longer arm.
Parts are in. Ready for some upgrades and preventative maintenance. Coilovers, new rear swaybar, turnk brace and many more small suspension components.
06-01-2020, 12:38 AM
