Type R Club of America

Dave7CDMTYPER wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 2:57 pm I received bride rails today that were ordered from rhdjapan.

Right on!

DC2Iggy wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 7:46 pm Got my Mugen bushings the other day. took about 5 business days to get here from Japan. Sat at customs for a couple of days it looks like. ended up being something like $180 CAD for them after all the fees, conversion, and duty.

Awesome!

Stin1 wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 3:07 pm My package accepted on 4-1 arrived in the states today. It has not been delivered or cleared customs yet .

Man that sucks. I'm sure they'll arrive soon though.

Klasse wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 4:47 pm

Dave7CDMTYPER wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 11:19 am

00DC2R wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 7:12 pm These bushings and some of the other parts in the catalogue are the last real "racing" parts as Mugen seems to have shifted to gross looking body kits and over-sized heavy wheels instead of staying true to it's roots. It seems like they market more merch and stickers than hard parts these days.

Yes, what's up with this? Mugen used to be so awesome.

When do you think that change happened? Sorry not sure which catalogue you're referring too.

I broke out my 1999 Mugen catalogue that was full of race parts for Integras and Civics recently and remembered how unattainable they all seemed. I wish I was in a better position back then to buy more. I never saw the later catalogues but I'm sure the DC5 and EP3 era was probably the last of the good stuff. In my opinion, I think Honda went through a dark, uninspired phase where it almost didn't acknowledge the following it amassed for fans that wanted to emulate its race cars, at least in America. I guess Mugen followed suit and started churning out "Fast and Furious"-type crap. Hoodies, T-shirts and stickers are all cheap to produce and very profitable. They've definitely shifted to all show and no go.

The DC5 and EP3 had some pretty cool Mugen intakes, but I am curious how their suspension is and how they dealt with the issues that chassis has...But to me the 7th gen civic was the start of the uninspired phase. God I hate everything about that car. Ironic b/c those were my first forays into honda since my parents bought two of them for my sister and I for college.