Type R Club of America

Do they salt in Europe as much as they do in the Northeast in the US? Well Europe is a lot of countries :) with wildly different climates(and local authorities) so it varies. From what I recall they salt the roads in Germany, but not nearly so much in places like Italy and Spain, mostly because the...

I've long wondered why American buyers didn't look at European market ITR's. They're cheaper, they look like the USDM examples and if they're from mainland Europe and not the UK/Ireland the steering wheel is on the wrong/right :P side too. And they're better specced than the USDM examples with Recar...

Ah right. That makes sense in the US context alright. FWIW the two 95's I saw were both the basic option delete models. So no ABS, no Aircon, no radio. I know one of them was crashed and written off, I've no idea where the other one went. Probably rusted away/parted out/scrapped.

I saw two examples of 95's imported into Ireland in the early 00's. Both CW. The other thing I noticed looking at original Japanese sale dates was it seems they weren't so concerned about the year. In the sense that a car built in early December could be sold/registered in December. Mine was origina...

Rust in the rear quarters is very common on these in wet climates/salted roads. Here in Ireland - which is basically a giant teddy bear shaped sponge :o :) - It was very rare to see an R without rust in the rear quarters and sills, or repairs to those areas. Same in the UK. JDM's didn't come with re...

Good info. I had assumed the seat mountings were the same for both lowers, though that said the backs mountings are slightly different between the JDM and the European spec. Years ago I found a set in a scrapyard that were less faded than my JDM ones, but they wouldn't fit. Apparently some have gott...

MINTY FRESH wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:51 am At present the fibreglass hood has no stickers on it, but still has the remnants of what appears to be sponsorship decals. The biggest of which was for recycling!!! I do love the irony.

Hello, What’s a Race Base? That’s a hard question to answer. But from my understanding the Race Base/Motorsport Edition/N1/Lightweight (and other names) included/deleted the following: - no abs - regular seats (not red) - clear back side widows - steelies - wind up windows - modified transmission -...

Great job on the brakes.

This thread is not in chronological order. A few weeks after purchasing the car the ac tensioner pulley bearing failed and began making nasty noises. I purchased a new one from Acura and it was of course not zinc. I kept it thinking I can press another Japanese bearing at a later date. I had the sa...