ItsMeNickG’s Black Beauty FL5 Build

[ItsMeNickG]

Hello all! Got my ‘23 Type-R a few weeks ago and this is the progress so far. It’s just my weekender/track car with the first track day coming up on 12/10 .

Currently installed:
- APR GTC-250
- Enkei TS-7 w/ Hankook Ventus R-S4
- Muteki Lug Nuts
- Hybrid Racing Short Shifter
- Hybrid Racing Shift Knob
- Ceramic Tint

Have, but not installed yet:
- Swift Spec-R Lowering Springs

On order:
- PRL Stage 1 Intake

How it started:

How it’s going:

 

[Cornercarver]

Hands down the sharpest looking FL5 build I have seen yet. Kudos.

 

[mbaapk]

I want to like it. The car is a masculine elegant and the wing is transformers. Like james bond with a chainsaw. It just doesn’t fit like the fk8.

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Hands down the sharpest looking FL5 build I have seen yet. Kudos.

Thanks!

I want to like it. The car is a masculine elegant and the wing is transformers. Like james bond with a chainsaw. It just doesn’t fit like the fk8.

Hehe, maybe it’ll grow on you like it did with me .

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Added the trunk tray and back seat protectors .

 

[blayed]

Added the trunk tray and back seat protectors .

Where did you get your trunk tray/seat protectors? I ordered a genuine honda 2023 type R trunk tray from PRL and it fit like garbage, was heavily warped.

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Where did you get your trunk tray/seat protectors? I ordered a genuine honda 2023 type R trunk tray from PRL and it fit like garbage, was heavily warped.

That’s actually where I got it from .

 

[blayed]

First photo doesnt capture it well but the entire front does not sit flat. just sticks up like 4-5 inches above the carpet. Build quality feels cheap.

Thinking about getting these: https://www.tuxmat.com/products/864...tom-mat?bis_id=V3rPZXr&variant=40667058536508

sorry for hijacking your thread to complain. Your FL5 looks really nice in the all black

 

[mbaapk]

Thats really weird, mine fits perfectly from the dealer. Man, sorry to see this.

 

[Clark_Kent]

First photo doesnt capture it well but the entire front does not sit flat. just sticks up like 4-5 inches above the carpet. Build quality feels cheap.

Thinking about getting these: https://www.tuxmat.com/products/864...tom-mat?bis_id=V3rPZXr&variant=40667058536508

sorry for hijacking your thread to complain. Your FL5 looks really nice in the all black

No fitment issues on my cargo tray and it was shipped rolled up from Colorado. It appeared a little warped initially, but after leaving it in the sun for a couple hours the tray returned to its normal shape. Depending on where you are in the country, if you're still seeing 70+ degree weather, lay the tray out in the heat for several hours and you should see an improvement.

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Put on my Rallyarmor Mud Flaps . Getting the car ceramic coated this weekend as well.

 

[Doskiller]

Those Muteki Lug Nuts look so good ........ I had to get some for mine ........ ;-)

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Those Muteki Lug Nuts look so good ........ I had to get some for mine ........ ;-)

They look clean !

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Got my car ceramic coated last weekend:

 

[ItsMeNickG]

Just received my PRL Stage 1 Intake and installed it as soon as it got here. I can’t really tell the difference off the butt dyno but the intake/spooling noise is definitely louder vs. stock. So, there is an increase in smiles per gallon .