I bought this car from my friend Leighton. I helped him source this car over 2.5 years ago as he was looking for a very good JDM 98Spec.
Fortunately I managed to point him in the right direction of Mark Gunn, who had lovingly cherished this car and originally imported the car into the UK.
Mark is a member on the DC2 forum (Magic-R)
The car was originally imported into the Uk by Private Imports and sold to Mark in June 2007 when she was first UK registered.
Since my friend and myself have owned the car, she has always been garaged overnight and not seen a winter road.
I bought the car in May 2013 and has been an absolute joy to own.
I took the car off the road in September 2013 and garaged her over winter.
My build thread is here and should hopefully give you an idea of how much I love this car.
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/non-lud ... t7887.html
Here are a few of the details:
1998 JDM 98-Spec Honda Integra:
Mileage: 74,980 miles (converted by Private Imports to miles)
Full Japanese Service History
Documented Service History while in the UK
Last Service at 69,560 miles including New NGK Irridium Plugs, ADL Blueprint Oil & Fuel Filters and Mobil 1 5w40 Fully synthetic oil
MOT End of May 2015
Tax End of May 2015
Standard Specifications:
ABS
Passenger & Drivers Side Airbags
16” Enkei OEM wheels
Non-rear wash wipe
Tinted Rear and rear Quarter Windows
Front Wind Deflectors
Front & Rear Honda Strut Braces
New Parts/Modifications From Factory
Exterior:
S2000 Bee-Sting Aerial
Neo-form Front Wiper Blades (fitted Summer 2013)
Brand New Genuine Honda Red Badges (fitted Summer 2013)
Tegiwa Air Intake Scoop (fitted Spring 2014)
Interior/Security
Capital Seating Black Recaros (As new Condition)
Capital Seating Black ‘Integra’ Recaro Seat Covers
Very Good Condition Honda Integra Mats
New JVC Rear speakers in rear speaker pods (fitted Spring 2014)
UK fitment Head-unit with remote control operation
Clifford Concept Cat 1 alarm with 2 fobs and 2 keys present
Fitment of Seat Leon Two-tone horns… (Now a manly horn..LOL)
Wheels/Tyres/Suspension/Brakes
OEM 16” wheels in very good condition, some small marks on the wheels and one small kerb rash touched up with Championship white paint on nearside wheel
X4 Brand new Kumho KU36 Tyres (fitted May 2014)
Brand New Meister-R Zeta-R Coilovers with 12Kg Front & 10Kg rear springs (fitted Spring 2014)
Full Polybush with Supflex bushes and New Honda Rear Trailing Arm Bushes (fitted 2010)
HEL Black Braided Brake Lines (fitted Spring 2014)
Bremtec Grooved Front Discs (fitted Spring 2014)
Tegiwa Brake Master Cylinder Stopper (Fitted Summer 2013)
Hawk HP+ Front Brake Pads (fitted Spring 2014)
Hawk HPS Rear Brake Pads (fitted Spring 2014)
Motul RBF600 Brake Fluid
Engine/Transmission
Fidanza 8lb Flywheel (fitted Spring 2014)
OEM Honda Clutch (Fitted apparently around 55,000 miles, Apparently Magic-R confirmed this, but no receipt present. However when I changed the flywheel, there was plenty of life left in the clutch and this matches up with his account)
Amsoil MTF Gearbox Fluid (fitted Spring 2014)
Energy Suspension gearbox and engine mount inserts (fitted Spring 2014)
Energy Suspension polyeurethane Shifter linkage bushes (fitted Spring 2014)
Clutch Fluid changed with Motul RBF600 (Spring 2014)
Original JDM B18C engine with low mileage and doesn’t burn a drop of oil.
Repainted VHT wrinkle red rocker Cover (fitted Spring 2014)
Magnecor KV85 Ignition Leads
NGK Irridium Tipped Plugs (fitted Summer 2013)
K&N Replacement Filter fitted with custom air-feed from Intake Scoop (fitted Winter/Spring 2014)
Tegiwa (Toda Copy) 4-2-1 Exhaust Manifold (fitted Summer 2013)
Pro-speed Custom 2.5” Exhaust (Decat’d) with Mandrel Bends mated to a Skunk 2 Mega-power Back box (fitted Summer 2013)
Energy Suspension Polyeurethane Rear Engine Mount insert (fitted Spring 2014)
New Air-con and Power Steering Gates Belts
Additional Info:
This car has been an absolute joy to own and is a very clean example of a JDM 98 Spec
It really pains me to sell the car, as I have got it to just how I want it and have spent a considerable amount of man hours on her.
Engine and transmission wise, the car doesn’t burn a drop of oil and is very healthy. She pulls very hard in all gears and made 212bhp on the dyno in Summer before the manifold was fitted, so I expect a little more now. There is a slight rattle at idle coming from the back box. This could either be repaired or an alternative backbox fitted as the exhaust is a small work of art.
The car is always run on Vpower or Tesco 99 fuel
The gearbox engages all gears with no crunching even at high rpm. There is a small noise from the clutch release bearing, but disappears when the clutch is depressed. This is not uncommon on a lot of DC2’s and was like this on my old DC2 and doesn’t bother me at all and does not affect gear engagement or clutch use.
The brakes and the suspension on the car are superb. I drive the car regularly on B roads to travel back and forth from work. The suspension is very compliant with these spring rates and very stable. The brakes are sharp and crisp with good pedal feel.
I do believe the car has never seen a track day and so is a non-abused example.
Bodywork, the car has no rust present or evident that I can observe.
The car was fully undersealed upon arrival in the UK including behind the bumper and under the sills.
I have also filled the arches with Bilts Hamber Dynax S50 sealant which is a flexible sealant that doesn’t crack or split and flex’s with the body work of the car, and should provide many years protection from the typical rear arch rot that can occur on a lot of DC2’s
There are a couple of stone chips on the bonnet but these have been touched up.
There is some paint missing on the front lip approximately 6” long by 1” wide. This was due to previous owner clipping a pheasant. I have been quoted £150 to sort, but will take into account this cost in the price.
But overall a very good clean example of a DC2. The car is ready to go as is and should provide many years trouble free motoring.
Price Wise is £6,250 ovno
People can contact me via my mobile 07449 975651 or via PM for any more information
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Hope she goes to a good home
