Is It Worth spending money modifying a VTIR?

[DUST]

My friend with a Type R told me to not waste money modifying my VTIR. He told me to just get another car like a SR20... Turbo to me is lame, i like my NA vt@kking sound. Its the sound of a real race car that makes me really love it.

I told him that you have lost faith in your DC2s, he replied back saying, "no just your dc2". I was like wtf...

I have added new 17" rims, rays lug nuts, front strut bar, lower arm bar, and 32 way adjustable coilovers. You guys should see how my car handles around corners. Real responsive and fast around corners. My aim is to make a JDM integra, only modifying parts with JDM parts.

So what do you guys think? Am i wasting my money?

[DLO01]

You do whatever makes you happy. The end. Simple. Don't even give a crap what other think or say.

[SirEk1]

You do whatever makes you happy. The end. Simple. Don't even give a crap what other think or say.

yep NICE choice of words.! .. like he sed "simple" .!

[e240]

So what do you guys think? Am i wasting my money?

Its never worth the money. All mods are sunk costs.
Do it because you want it. Passion!

But ask yourself what are you after ultimately...and then work on how you're gonna get there. Whether its modifying your current car or getting another one.

[DUST]

Im mature enough to know what im doing and mature enough to know what advice to take in and throw out whats rubbish. But having a friend who diss you're own car pisses me off lol... My friend doesn't even know much about cars as much as me. I ask him if he wanna track his car later on this year with me and the boys.

He responded back "what for?"
I said "for fun?" "Type R is built for tracking, you should join us"
"I don't find it fun, you're just wasting you're money, just get a new car"

DL001 hows your turbo Teg going? take me for a ride in a vt@kking turbo? :D

[m3ntAL_l2]

You do whatever makes you happy. The end. Simple. Don't even give a crap what other think or say.


Im mature enough to know what im doing and mature enough to know what advice to take in and throw out whats rubbish.

then wdf is the point of this thread.... if u already know

[DUST]

Thats very true mental_I2

How do you delete a thread?

This was a stupid idea in the first place...

[Jamezy]

at the end of the day its your car, your money and you are the one driving it and as u said the sound of vtec makes you happy .. so do wateva makes you happy .. :thumbsup:

[DUST]

As said im modifying my car for tracking later on this year...

Can i make a VTIR faster than a Type R?

[scyt7e]

haha i dont see why not just need money :D

[DUST]

My 17" are for everyday driving, its rays style rims...

I have realise i am contradicting myself on this thread.

Mods can you please delete this thread, i can see all these f@gs behind their computer laughing at me now...

[95civic]

lol...

[SiReal]

I have a slow car, everyone on Ozhonda, and Australia knows that. but i still put in nice suspension. fast in the corners ;) welll not really.

be proud of what you have. not everyone gets to own a nice honda like an integra VTiR.

[DUST]

VTIR are now so affordable... you can pick up a good one for around 10k easy.

Anyways the mods will continue, i aint into straight line racing, im into lap times.

[Limbo]

i've seen some dc2s with minor bolt-ons beat dc2rs. Don't let your friend discourage you.

[NightKids]

Post a pic of your VTi-R then we'll decide whether you should keep it or not?

[hinezz]

ur friend is a nissan fan.
let him be
just do wat u feel is rite!
its ur car after all. dnt let any1 tell u what u should be doing with ur car.
lol

[Chuckz]

whether it is a waste of money is only an opinion, different person gives u different answer. he may think its a waste but u treasure ur car so stf every1 else

[EK1.6LCIV]

Continue your project, say no to NISMO!

[DUST]

He owns a Type R guys. The impression that i get from him is that he thinks VTIR are a POS, probaly thinks VTIR are try hard Type R.

[G-Stick]

ive got a vtir and ive probably spend 4-5k on it already, actually this is my second vtir that ive owned. and iam pumping 110kw atw on a low reading dyno

but if ur planing to get recaros/itr cluster 5stud etc. u might as well save up and get a type r

[yourfather]

go VTi-R because if you're going to build the motor at any stage, you're going to replace all the ITR stuff anyway

[TheFranchise]

at the end of the day there's always gonna be another person with a faster car than you, whether down the strip or around a track.
you can spend thousands of dollars only to be beaten by somebody else....
so...modify it to how YOU want it...if your mate thinks its a POS, good on him...it's not his car....if you love it to bits...then thats all that matters!

[[ricer]]

ur mates just scared he's going to be beaten by a vtir...

rather be beaten by a nissan and say shiet like it was turbo....

[xenonkuraz]

haha yeah. When a 33 rolls up beside me, revving hard, 10+ bar, I'm like:

"how the fork do you compare my N/A vt@k to your t04z under there?"

but it's still exhilarating to show them you'll try :D

[T-onedc2]

I'm like, " It's my hot body I do what I want!" (aka South Park)

you should do the same :p

[steve88]

dw about the nissan fags, im starting to convert all my mates into buying honda (1 being nissan fanboy) ;) so far my tally is 3. hey my mates can kick the shit out of my EK1 civic, like i care anyway. im at uni, i got 2 jobs and i need my cash $$ once i get a full time job, a $3-$5k engine swap will mean peanuts to me, rather than now which would engulf most my savings and leave me as one poor 19 uni student! and im not including the sorta money they throw at finance major post graduates which is like $80k-$120k per year not including bonus's, and thats like starting salary (assuming i can get my honours ;D).
with that kinda money i can probably get an NSX! for me im more in the long haul. tbh i wouldnt buy an NSX, id rather spend about $20k on buying a EK (my fav body shape) that needs some panel work, do it ALL myself, spray myself, engine swap myself (something insane like a boosted k24) and strip that car clean. exactly the same way that guy with the gold EG k20 did here. thats my aspirations.

i honestly forgot the point of my post, im too self involved but i think i was trying 2 say we all got different goals and just focus on your own project :D

[DUST]

My new goal is to beat a Type R now. LOL

[xenonkuraz]

Type-R: track tuned
Vti-R: street tuneable

Not to say that one can't be the other. But that's how I see it basically.

[EK1.6LCIV]

^^^ X2 Same, lol.

[bungsai]

ive got a vtir and ive probably spend 4-5k on it already, actually this is my second vtir that ive owned. and iam pumping 110kw atw on a low reading dyno

but if ur planing to get recaros/itr cluster 5stud etc. u might as well save up and get a type r

no you arent.

You are only pumping out 109.9kw atw on a low reading dyno. Dont tell fibs.

[CB7_OWNER]

Imma Noob, but this is my two cents

If your goner mod your dc2 like you say you are, then you might as well save the money and get a dc2r, cause the parts your goner swap into your dc2 will most likely be dc2r parts if you really want to keep it all JDM. And do you want your Vti R to be original or just another one of those dc2r replicas?

[G-Stick]

no you arent.

You are only pumping out 109.9kw atw on a low reading dyno. Dont tell fibs.

damn u mattt.

if ur gonna replace ur parts with jdm parts, why dont u just get a real jdm vtir? comes with all the goodies like folding mirrors, no side moudlings, climate control etc. and it maybe the same price :thumbsup:

[DUST]

Its not gonna be a lookalike type R or a JDM Teg, its still gonna be a AUD VTIR. Its gonna have modified parts only made from japan.

Although i already broke that rule by having K&N CAI and replacing my hoses for either SAMCO or Zenracing ones, was gonna get SPOON hoses but i can't justify the cost in that. I guess APEXI aint japanese anymore, but they originated from Japan lol

[xenonkuraz]

damn u mattt.

if ur gonna replace ur parts with jdm parts, why dont u just get a real jdm vtir? comes with all the goodies like folding mirrors, no side moudlings, climate control etc. and it maybe the same price :thumbsup:

Folding mirrors :unlove: I wish I had those. People always seem to 'accidently' bump into mine at car parks. What they don't know beforehand is that I'm still sitting there :thumbsup:

"oi mofo!"

"soz"

"evin eyes"

":confused: i didn't do anything wrong..."

[EK1.6LCIV]

They also make one phat supercharger kit from CAPA for these cars as well

[Vinnie]

jdm = folding mirrors. well that settles it :p

and spoon parts are some of the most overpriced ive ever seen...

anyway, u seem happy with ur vti-r and since u prob wont be at the track enough to justify the increased spending for a dc2r, i rekon jus stick with ur dc2 and do whateva u want to it :)

[kraiye]

tell ur friend to go NISMO so you can buy his ITR and use it like it was designed & built to be used!!
what a toss :mad:

[leech]

ur friend is a nissan fan.
let him be
just do wat u feel is rite!
its ur car after all. dnt let any1 tell u what u should be doing with ur car.
lol

nothing wrong with nissans.......... sr20det power. who needs to corner fast when you can slide :)