JDM DC2 Type R ( Mugen Parts with Pics)

[pablo]

Good to hear she's putting a smile on your face

[Mr Windscreen]

Managed to fix the sticking radio aerial after taking it out the car and taking the whole thing apart and greasing it up. New brake discs for front and rear have arrived as the current one,s are getting worn, so this will be the next job to be done.

[Stuart]

How are you enjoying the driving experience of the DC2 though? The feel of the steering, the throttle response, snick-snick of the gearchange??

[Mr Windscreen]

How are you enjoying the driving experience of the DC2 though? The feel of the steering, the throttle response, snick-snick of the gearchange??

Simply the best car I,ve owned mate I really don,t know what I could replace it with.

[RX7]

Although I know my Civic isn't quite the same as your DC2 I can agree with you on a number of things though. Throttle response and gear change is superb (once the gearbox warms up....on cold its like ramming it through a brick wall so I don't use 2nd gear, Integra like this ?) and its a great feeling the VTEC although the temptation to push in 3rd gear goes up to silly speeds.

Can see the appeal of Hondas

[Mr Windscreen]

I was a bit unsure to go with the arc airbox due to a lot of negative comments on various Honda forums but once fitted it made the car rev easier and quicker, better throttle response and V-tec sounds amazing!

[RX7]

Yep I was the same with the Mugen airbox as everyone said the gruppe m one was the best for performance but as I just wanted something a bit better than the stock. Similar results to you, deeper noise and vtec sounds great

[Mr Windscreen]

So the teg continues to put a smile on my face but had trouble with our other Honda recently. I went to service the wife,s Jazz and while laying under the car to change the oil noticed the sump plug had been rounded off so badly that not any socket or spanner would fit it. Luckily my dad works at a local garage so off I went to get some help. 3 days, a big hammer, various drill bits and finally a tool called an "easy out" and the old sump plug was out . Turned out some ace mechanic had used an air gun to tighten it up! . A helicoil had to be fitted so that I didn,t have to buy a new sump and also found out that the Halfords oil filter had started to fall apart internally so wasn,t doing much filtering. All sorted now and it,s running great.

[Mr Windscreen]

Just been given the opportunity to buy a genuine mugen front bumper, do I or don,t I? Another little job done today:-

[Mr Windscreen]

So another good days work on the DC2, moved the gauges to a pod that fits where the clock used to be, looks so much better than before :-



I then tackled the brakes as the discs on the car were tired and my calipers needed tidying up. This is the first car that I have actually changed the brakes myself on, so armed with too many tools to possibly need and a good youtube guide I got stuck in:-



Front brakes first and apart from needing a breaker bar to undo the nuts on the caliper no real issues. Had to push the piston back a bit to get it to fit back on with the new discs.

Rears were a little more fun as these were possibly the original discs and the bolts had seized up, so plenty of WD40 and some force and they were off:-



Had a little test drive and the front discs are rubbing the caliper very slightly so had to file a small amount of metal away so they clear properly. Took me about 5 hours in the end which for a first time I didn,t think was too bad