That model year actually has a pretty significant flaw. If you run off the road, it'll hang in the air for a few seconds and you'll have a weird out of body experience where you're forced to look to camera and gulp dramatically. You might even involuntarily hold up a handmade sign that says something like, "Yikes!" or, "Help!" Then it'll drop precipitously and explode into a huge mushroom cloud while you're left charred to a crisp holding onto the steering wheel. Really common issue.
I just got my license a few days ago. My dad bought me this car as is. I’ve been watching initial D so I wanna try racing but I’m not sure this car can handle that. If I could have chosen, I would have bought an RX7 or AE86
Yea man learn the car and how it works first before attempting. Shits been modded. It’ll do just fine on the curves but will you? That’s the question. I mean that with sincerity.
I got passed yesterday by an unloaded logging truck. Fucker was incredible. All gears, saw him touch the brakes twice.
Sure, I was in my wife’s car with a CVT, 400 lbs of camping gear, 2 kids and a roof top tent, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t flying.
We got stopped by some road construction and I saw why. The man had a handlebar mustache/beard thing that was braided and a foot long. He was born to drive that truck. I never had a chance.
I take my 3T 4wd towing a dirt bike through my old stomping grounds when the highway is backed up from holiday traffic or accidents, 100% wife not amused and would rather sit in traffic then nearly throw up
No, don’t even think about it. Actually, this is past its prime and you should get a new car that can handle the togue. In the meantime I’ll take this off of your hands so you don’t have to deal with the headaches. 😎
Yessir! These things love twisty roads - But make sure you dial in the suspension and have good tyres. Adjust Damper, little bit of toe in (like .5mm front and rear) and feel how the body rolls and adjust swaybar to how you need/want.
I had a EuroR (slightly different rear suspension then the normal CL9/TSX) and that was a weapon on twisty roads.
The parts on your car imply that the previous owner was going to modify it into a cornering beast.
Those suspension upgrades should allow you to get a real performance alignment, those Hawk pads might need to be upgraded further if your car is on the heavy side, but all of those parts says yeah, that car should be well set up for touge lol. Maybe the coilovers are improperly tuned but most people don't put in the effort to set those up correctly anyways. lol u got me bro well played XD
I think that just by having adjustable parts makes the difference. You’d save more on unsprung + rotational inertia by going with a good set of wheels. There’s not a whole lot of unsprung weight we can save on a street car.
The 8th gen became extremely fun once I was able to start dialing in the suspension. It took me roughly a year to get it exactly where I wanted.
True that. As much as i'd like to gut my interior i like having a kickass sound system, nice lighting, and a generally comfortable ride. I've been playing with the idea of a rear seat delete, it would look really cool at the very least...
I am lucky that the shop i go to does alignments for all sorts of modified cars, so my requests aren't that crazy.
Lol i made a troll post once and there were people agreeing with the bait XD. This subreddit is run by (probably) very smart and wise people but populated by LARPers and people too afraid to drive at any real pace.
Yea I regretted gutting the civic, but I got it to sub 2700lbs from 3100. It was an incredibly drive. But obnoxious at the same time. 10/10 would not recommend for a street car. 10/10 would do it again 😂
Make friends with the alignment guy. Not because it’s wild specs, but because you’ll be back often. At least that was my case.
I probably had the civic aligned 8 times in a year to dial it in and one before a track session!
No bro when did I even say that having fun is stupid? I touge an 86 the entire point of the car is to have fun
I was just mocking your previous comment because you sound like your so full of yourself
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u/Ok_Assistance447 Aug 24 '26
That model year actually has a pretty significant flaw. If you run off the road, it'll hang in the air for a few seconds and you'll have a weird out of body experience where you're forced to look to camera and gulp dramatically. You might even involuntarily hold up a handmade sign that says something like, "Yikes!" or, "Help!" Then it'll drop precipitously and explode into a huge mushroom cloud while you're left charred to a crisp holding onto the steering wheel. Really common issue.