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RCAs could potentially correct the RC location issue, but it wouldn't correct the bumpsteer problem, you actually need a coilover with the steering arm mounted lower on the damper body. Even with the RCA you need to actually know how much it moves the arm and location of the RC, if you lower more than the RCA helps then you still have a problem, although not as bad as it would be without the RCA.Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfingers
Ive got BC Racing Coilovers in my car with a 25mm drop, additional front castor and adjustable rear camber arms.
It doesnt bump steer or tram track. The 45 series tyres have enough give in them to soak up most of the bumps on the roads, infact its a softer ride than my old EG CRX on a king spring / KYB combo with 205/40-17 tyres.
Fitting the coilovers and dialling in some front camber tightened up the handling no end and got rid of the stock floatiness and nose diving under brakes. The car is 10x nicer to drive and not at all bumpy bouncy and uncomfortable.
What Im trying to say here is a higher spring rate with rebound tuned to suit your driving style along with a very modest height drop can result in a car thats great to drive with very little undesirable side effects.
Any lower than that and be prepared to kiss your mid pipe goodbye - at 45mm drop mine wanted to scrape on anything that looked even slightly raised. Even At 25mm the supermarket carpark still gets me and there are some Westfield car parks that are just a no go zone.
hey guys! just got my first Ep3 can you add me to the list please?!?!?
isnt that just the best?Quote:
Originally Posted by onecoop
i dont envy those who can fly over speed humps, i pity them
Isnt what just the best? Getting beached on someones driveway after you tried to creep up there on an angle at 2km an hour and then putting foot long scratches in your mid pipe?Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfingers
No thanks, thats why I only have a 25mm drop now.
im not that low man. but i do need to take carpark speed humps slow and angledQuote:
Originally Posted by onecoop
if u guys had the choice to purchase an fn2r over ur ep3r.... would u guys make the change?
no. not unless its an fd2rQuote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
Nope, imo the ep3 is a better looking car. I just about my ep3 and had the option to get a fn2r but decided to go ep3
If on the fn2r is cheap cheap meaning close the 10K mark maybe for me if only it's in a few years down the track, I don't like the exterior look of the fn2r but interior I don't mind only as a daily driver though for the comfort. Given I've driven both cars track car EP3 daily FN2R.Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
so say if u had the chance to purchase either an ep3r or fn2r (assuming you don't already own an ep3r), would you guys go the ep3r hands down?
I assume your in a market for a ep3 or a fn2r?Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
actually im in the market for an s2k mainly, but they are proving almost impossible to find (not totalled/trashed/20"chromies/over-priced). and i am considering getting an ep3r, fn2r, or dc5r/s as a means of learning how to drive manual properly before i take on a RWD manual without a long history of manual experience (dont really want to end up in a pole or upside down as many have)
i would have been happy with either one, but now i have the ep3 knowing its actually faster and the looks have grown on me alot, i wouldnt change to an fn2r as an upgradeQuote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
the one major (probably the only) thing holding me back from an ep3r is the shifter position... just looks so awkward... but from what most people who own one tell me... its in pretty good position in terms of slamming through the gears so i dunno.. might just have to go drive a couple of each and compare
Once you get used to it you can't got back :)Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
Shifter is fine. My previous car was an s2k and I've quickly got used to this
doosra do you regret going to the ep3r from the s2k?
Not at all. The reason I sold my s2k initially was because I needed a hard top as I was going to park the car at the station, however I found out that the fuel consumption is really good on the ep3 as well so now I drive to work. The ep3 has enough power and I've always liked the look of an ep3 and wanted something new to excite me again.
s2k and civic R's are both 2 different types of cars coming from owning a s2k and ep3.
and which one would u rather if u dont mind me asking =P
Like I said before they are both 2 different cars each has it's good and bad points sorry I honestly can't say this is better than the other if that makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
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Originally Posted by black8thgen
Thats flawed thinking. With some years of experience you can drive a FWD or AWD car balls out quite easily and not get into trouble - try that in a RWD car with the same HP and you are likely to end up heading up the road sideways and backwards. Ive had Hondas for over 10 years as my daily drive cars (Modified Mazda RX3 and RX7's my fun cars) and in a FWD car in the dry you can easily get away with stupid stuff like pegging it around roundabouts and corners at 60-70km while the tyres are screaming and trying to climb off the wheels, if you even attempted to do that in a RWD car you would just spin out unless you knew exactly what you were doing and had enough HP for a controlled slide/drift.
A lower powered RWD car would be a far better learning step, either that or some control of the right foot.
Just to add
Easily the easiest cars to drive are FWD based.
Very neutral and controllable and safer limits compared to awd and rwd of the same
Power to weight ratio.
Ep3 is a great car to master - Gl !
word of advice
dont do what onecoop said about 70kph corners rolling on 215/35r18 unless your Tsuchiya. in fact dont run 18s at all.
i wasnt planning on doing such acts dont worry lol
I wasnt suggesting that at all - it requires some real skill to tackle corners fast and safely and those skills you learn on the racetrack not the road.
My point was dont think that learning to drive a FWD Manual will make you a good driver of a RWD Car as they are just not forgiving, especially when the pressure is on or things go a little wrong.
Just get a bicycle! They're RWD!
Hey add me in just purchased one yesterday
Congrats on the purchase and welcome to the forums mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by adam_jdmHEAD
Hey all, got my EP3 about 3 weeks ago. Haven't registered on here earlier, been enjoying driving it too much! It's white(suprised??) needs a cv, can't be bothered with warranty etc for something i can do myself. Any pointers as to where I can get a new one or if reconditioning it would be the go??
Cheers!!!
If you are looking for genuine parts Amayama.com supplies direct from Japan at about 1/2 the cost of Honda locally.
You can also look up parts numbers on there using your chassis number via the epc-data online.
thanks bluey will do mate
So did you manage to buy any stuff from them?Quote:
Originally Posted by onecoop
I've looked at them before but have't bought from them yet.
Hi there,
Yep I have bought 3 lots of stuff off them and wouldnt even consider buying locally now unless its something I need urgently or less than $50 all up.
Even including postage cost my parts were over 50% cheaper and when I replaced a door rubber which was damaged Honda locally quoted me $130 and it cost less than $60 from Japan.
They stuffed up once and sent me the wrong part which I was a bit worried about but they were very apologetic and sent the right part at their cost a couple of days later with instructions just to throw the incorrect part out.
That cemented it for me, its the way that people handle things when it goes wrong that makes you keep going back. Stuff Honda AU and their hyperinflated prices, its no wonder they arent doing so well against the likes of Mazda these days.
Thanks onecoop for the feedback of their service.
Not use to the 180km speedo >_>
Can always get a UKDM/EDM cluster. They have 260kmh as their limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by cuppa
Watching my car on the dyno sucksQuote:
Originally Posted by cuppa
Can't tell what my cars doing but the needles off the chart hahah
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Originally Posted by Poeter
How do you reprogram it though so that the kms are correct? Or can you just swap out a part of the cluster easily?
Good question. Not 100% sure on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by onecoop
Having to see the dc5 guys put jdm cluster on their audm dc5, so I would had thought it is possible with the ep3 as well.
Perhaps the time when you need to reprogram is if one was to convert from miles to kmh. An owner from Perth had once looked into this.
http://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/sh...ster+downunder
Hey guys i bought an ep3 a couple of weeks ago add me!
"Type R" licence plate, driving on concord road down to strathfield on Saturday night around 11pm.
I was the one in the silver dc5 type s.
Nice to spot ya! =P
Dat was Perry u Hoon !Quote:
Originally Posted by flubbar
Lol! I thought it looked familiar when I drove by! So many ep3's nowadays. Don't know who is who!Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSteve
Except Super"hoonking"Steve of course. Hard not to spot you around lidcombe! =P
yo yo so that was you =), ANd I wasnt hooning steve heheheQuote:
Originally Posted by flubbar
Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the day for the meet!
http://forum.clubitr.com.au/showthread.php?t=12144
Anyone else see the ep3 in the side of a truck this morning on woodville rd?
I hope its no one from here.
Me too. From what my eye caught as I drove past it was a PFL white one, oem wheels.
Hey, new to the forums but ive just imported a 2005 ep3 in CW. :)
Congrats. Is this your first EP3? I have a 2005 in Silver.
Nice! I've been a lurker here but I also recently got one of the same...'05 CW ep3 =)
Where did u get urs?
I got mine from Xtreme MotorsportsQuote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
so which sexy lad I spotted this morning on Victoria rd city bound it's rather icebox or Wingrys old breast?
You spotted me, i was gonna catch up and say hi, but the flow of traffic was just to damn slow..... lol but man the mugen exhaust you replaced really gives it a good note!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perry
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Originally Posted by Icebox
:) Thanks dude i guess I need to sit another car to hear it.
You were in my car last time :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perry
need to be behind another ep3 with the exhaust, sitting in your car is like driving it can't hear the difference =).Quote:
Originally Posted by bluey45
I got mine from IMG in silverwater & yes first ep3 / Honda. vtec, is so not overrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
exchanged nods with silver fl ep3 on cumbo hwy this arvo
Spotted a FL CW next to mine this morning on silverwater road. Anyone here? lol
Nice! Me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfganger
What's FL? I was on silverwater rd today, probably about 11ishQuote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
FL is face lift model. So ones from 2004 to 2005. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by doosra
Gotcha. Wasn't me then
probably was me? did you see me turn into the m4 going parra way?Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
Nope ...turned off past m4 into newington area? Was around 845 in the morning
Red custom plates...didn't seem interested in my car at all =( lol
Lol saw him again at lidcombe station. Probably thinks I'm stalking.
Pretty exciting seeing someone else with ur car.
I guess its always like this at the start..
i get jealous when i see thems have foglights and i dont =(Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
I got fogs lol. But I haven't wired it up yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfingers
what exactly is the difference between c-package? other than the fog lights?
looks like an Australian delivered eu3 front bumper. Though are the FL ones 2 piece? So you may just be missing the lower lip part.Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
Both are facelift one has the lip and other doesnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
FL ep3 users the same FL front bumper just without the lip and grill.
So does that mean my one is missing the lip?
And the bumper is in fact two pieces?
Yes it's just missing a lip.Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
Awesome.
Does anyone want to part with their FL front lip? lol
LOL how come you didnt get one?
Luke was that you I saw this arvo?
No idea =(
Just how it came...
i just had a look at the picture you posted, lol its not the front lip you need to replace its a the whole front bar~~~Quote:
Originally Posted by uniqlo
EU models surprising dont come as a twice piece at the front from what i remember.
i hope you find a FL bumper soon, good luck! lol