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Originally Posted by KaZe86
thanx for the fast reply!!
was going to get the gruppeM too,but it was too expensive around the $1,300 shipped.
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Originally Posted by KaZe86
thanx for the fast reply!!
was going to get the gruppeM too,but it was too expensive around the $1,300 shipped.
Yeah, I went to IMG today and there was 3 EP3's. 2 JDM and 1 UKDM the UKDM might be selling around 23K Gavin said...
Had both gruppem and cai. Not as much difference as you think!
Theres about 2 or so kw mid range less with cai but theres about 2kw above 8K so realistically, CAI is good for top end power without losing much in the mid area.
And yes, thats on the dyno!
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Originally Posted by Nepolian
yeh i heard that from you about it they are not much diff some time than im rite on the Fujita CAI $350> gruppeM $1,300!!
the gruppeM always a step ahead CAI style but just is like 4 time the price hehe:wave:
Which one for 23k?Quote:
Originally Posted by denrie
UKDM i'd assume.
lol im getting the JDM one for 24 :p rip off for the ukdm one imo
details?Quote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
u're buying from IMG too?
i dunno mate. i love both for different reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
yep from gavin at IMG, Great place although the r35's there look awful tempting
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Originally Posted by denrie
Wouldnt buy a golf due to the price of parts and service and i couldnt afford it neway. and turbo isnt as fuel economicalQuote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Yeah, I can't understand paying that much money for an intake and you also have to slice up your car which you can't put back to standard :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by EP3EVA
you buy performance cars and fuel economy is a major concern???
re mods, spend around $1k for a ECU reflash and you get 40ps & 50nm (at fly). $1k can't even get you a Gruppe M CAI for EP3 at the current exchange rate....
service cost might be more expensive but interval is longer (15000 km vs 10000km).
anyway the mk5 GTI might be over your budget by around $5k but it's a great car. not saying EP3 isn't great. as i said i love both for different reasons.
cf bling man. that's the price you have to pay :pQuote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
anyway Super Taikyu DC5R runs the stock airbox (possibably due to the rules) so i guess it's good enough for me. i just can't justify spending so much for minimal gain. although i must admit the sound is awesome.
hhahaa soo true, gruppeM is just a big bandwagonQuote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
(but still I wish I had one.....sob...sob)
that is pretty much why I want to get one.....so I can hear this "sound" that everybody keeps talking aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Philip, I'm with you on that one...Super Autobacs is heaavveeennn!!!...hahaha :D
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Originally Posted by Philip Lee
haha Super Autobacs is ok. the car park and the small dealer next door are even better!!
I know...no need to tell me...sometimes I wished I lived there..LoL
Wish our $AUD was better... :(
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Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Oooooohhh mannnn!...I feeeeeel your painnnnn.....why why why do these people do this???......
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Originally Posted by Nepolian
Yeah, the UKDM one is going for around 23K and JDM ones are going for 25-26K from IMG.
yeah true i did hear that there isnt much difference with the 2 but in the end its about personal preference depends on what you want really i want the gruppeM full stop. lol thats just me i had a cai in the past so this is a change also with refrences to dynos and such for gains and no gains its hard to compare also unless its been dynoed within the day short periord because remember that every dyno is different every day is different taking into account the outside temp, oils, tyre pressures, tyre tread left so on so on but yeah if i were you wait up and get a gruppeM *to EP3EVA *Quote:
Originally Posted by Nepolian
thats my 2 cents on it
Steven.
I'm gonna go with Mugen intake hehehehe :p
yeah mugen one good also i was thinking about getting a mugen replica grille any thoughts?
can you in 5th gear when the car is off?
if u were trying to say "can you get in 5th gear" then nope i cantQuote:
Originally Posted by EP3EVA
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Originally Posted by SuperSteve
yeh i mean that a bit sleepy,.....just wondering why it couldnt!?!
i was a bit worry..
And who hear got aftermarket exhaust back fire when de-gas/down shift??
thanx
gonna get full mugen package adwin?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
i have your mind at 1st about the gruppeM,...just come to the point i should spend my money wisely on mods, yeh it just feel better about myself....in the past spend to much money on mods!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by KaZe86
yep, and im 23 aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
anyone heard any info on ARC intakes on the ep3?
The ARC looks great, thats all I know about it. SorryQuote:
Originally Posted by Mugen_B16B
anyway heard info abot the Password JDM ones aswell?
http://passwordjdm.com/PasswordJDM-D...P1899C456.aspx
I have heard that aren't "loud" enough, but I have never compared them so I wouldn't personally knowQuote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
Define performance car ! :p i understand what your saying, but compare an EP3 to a ferrari or r35 GTR and its a shopping car :) but im getting 13-15 litres per hundred (boost, what do u expect) so fuel is a major consideration in the buying process and unless your doing "spirited driving" above 5500rpm the fuel consumption is good :) but i guess you could call it a sliding scale more performance more fuel etc on which the EP3 is in the good side of the scaleQuote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
As for the Golf, most of my past time is working on cars (i grew up in a servo, and past experiences have detered me from the Vw's BMW's and Audi's of the world which is comming from a servicing/fixing part of view cause they go like a bat hot of hell, its just little things that i think about that turn me off that other people dont really think about. That and i will never buy a turbo again....too many things that can go wrong
OOOOO i like that, thanks for the reply, there quote system is down atm so ill ring them up and c what they give me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugen_B16B
pw JDM one looks hot. i thought about 1 but i'm not so sure about a smaller battery so i gave up.Quote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
i'd think EP3 and GTI are in the same market. similar size, hatchback, around 40k (3dr) etc etc. so we're comparing apple with apple here.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
13-15L/100km?? that's higher than what i get from the GTI (average 11L/100km). but i'm on about 9-10L/100km on the EP3 so i guess you have more fun than me :p
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Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Yeah I rekcon it looks awesome and for the price, it is cheap! But I just want to hear some reviews on it. Noise wise and performance
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Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Yeah EP3s are very fuel efficient, thanks to the K20A :thumbsup: Just don't go vtec'ing too often :p
Yep fuel economy sux... boost comes on low and strong so fuel is there to back it up = crap fuel consumptionQuote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Yeah i like the look of the golf but the turbo is what wrecked it... Would deffinately buy an R32 golf if it were in the price range :p
yeah, but they look good and look "stock". that's what I want. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
nah...I have plans but not gonna go as crazy as I was to my EK thoQuote:
Originally Posted by kongfu
well most ppl on clubrsx seems to think it's crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
never seen them in person so i dunno.
i prefer performance over noise if im spending 1k on a partQuote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
but thats just me
You will go crazy after a while, I noticed compared to a ek there isnt much we could do to the EP3 for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
Hoe much do u have to cut with the group m Kit?
thats true about limited mods for the ep3....Quote:
Originally Posted by Perry
but isnt that a good thing? lol
save heapppss of $$$$
Hey guys/girls might be getting an EP3R at the end of the year. Just a question for you guys/girls, importers cant import the Facelift model for us?
Just got a reply back from Carizma in Melbourne today and they said can't import them. I've seen facelifts here before though....unless they are private imports....
thats bullshit my friend got facelifted model EP3R.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingChicken
no issue with compliance. talk to GTA on spencer st city.
Get one! Do it! you will never regret it. They are great cars haha. And you can chill on this thread with us :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingChicken
No you can definitely import the facelift. If I was to live in japan as if you wouldn't bring back the FD2 :D
I would like to know this aswell from all the GruppeM owners out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
I heard on the DC5 you don't have to cut anything and it is pretty much the same design.
only thing u gotta cut, from memory, is the rubber that goes across the black plastic (the crowl) on the bottom of ur windscreen.
Cheers mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by kongfu
Haha! If I can afford one yeah why not? Can just go back and work in HK leave the FD2 in the carpark for a year ship it to Aus...yeah why not? ahaha. Mugen RR anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
you need HK rego,fuel receipt and insurance paper to be eligible for private import not just lock in the garage stuff like that..:wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingChicken
wait so if you paid for the rego and stuff and did leave it in a garage over there for a year you could bring it over? Oh you need regular fuel receipts? Just say it was your car that you drove every EVEN year. lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by kongfu
you need insurance paper,petrol receipts and probably some parking permits ..Quote:
Originally Posted by stoj19
custom is strict for the private import application evaluation as one of my friend did import ek9 from HK to melb.
ahhhhh fuel receipt........2 Buck petrol in HK when i was back a month ago -_-! So lads what are the recommended importers of facelift EP3R's besides GTA?
no one dare to import facelifted EP3 nowadays, due to too expensive will set you 35k plus.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingChicken
So whats with the UKDM EP3's being cheaper than the JDM's? How much would an 04 CTR EP3 in Grey be worth here from the UKDM? Cant be many grey ones in the country?!
UKDM is cheaper cos it doesn't come with recaros, momos, and different engine tuning and I believe different ECU tuning as well. (JDM is quicker at top end and higher revving, while UKDM is good on low end power)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegiwa
whereabout are you from? i'd suggest speaking to IMG if you're in sydney...it's definitely BS that you can't import the FL one (maybe they can't themselves, but who knows)...Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingChicken
but yeah...like kongu said...it's probably going be too expensive to get a FL one nowadays thanks to the horrible exchange rate...i was just lucky enough to get mine while the dollar was strong
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Originally Posted by kongfu
Isn't it the other way around?Quote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
Theres a grey one at IMG importers, no price as yetQuote:
Originally Posted by Tegiwa
the jdm one has over 8k redline as the ukdm has just at 8k redline,do that explain it??
think the Ecu mapping is different, plus cams etc, theres a fair bit difference, and the jdm came out with white, nowhere else did.Quote:
Originally Posted by EP3EVA
I'm talking about low end torqueQuote:
Originally Posted by EP3EVA
Anyone replaced their oem lights? or know where i can order one?
Doesnt matter where in the rev range, the JDM K20 is superior!
ebay?
virtual hi5 hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by sai_ANN
u want just the bulb or the whole thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by n5920787
u talking about what lights? headlights? tail lights? interior lights?
can u buy the headlights "bulbs" from honda?
u talking about HID bulb or normal helogen?
HID's
LOL...high5 back! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Don't even go there with the UKDM EP3. They are inferior!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegiwa
JDM EP3 Championship White wins. (in my opinion)
No matter how few silver etc there are in the country, Championship White is the colour Type-R's are renowned for and will be worth more than the other colours.
PS. (Sorry if this offends anyone, but it is a fact the CW is the unique Type-R colour)
this is a good question.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpm boy
i dun think any local Honda has non projector oem HIDs. i believe the bulb is different to projector ones.
TRUE THAT YO!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Nepolian
i was thinking of blacking out my headlights i like the shadow chrome headlights but black does look good what do you guys think?
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Originally Posted by Philip Lee
Yeah need whole new headlights. Too many scratches on mine left by the previous owner. One of the downsides of getting a used car.
dun think u can buy the whole type r headlight here. will need to be imported i guess.
Will the 2005 projector headlights fit in ours? Because if I had to change my headlights in my 02 EP3 I would put in FL ones I guess
IF it helps for the headlights, doubt they will fit properly like any other aftermarket ones though :p
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...hts&category0=