New Type R (FL5) Owner!

[TolgaTypeR]

@zumbooruk , @Cueyo , @Chilly613
Do you guys know if the steering wheel red H emblem is an easy popout or does the steering wheel need to come out? Would I be able to carefully pry it out?
Mine looks like it has knick at the top, I wonder if they tried removing it before. If it's an easy swap, I'll get a replacement.

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[Chilly613]

@zumbooruk , @Cueyo , @Chilly613
Do you guys know if the steering wheel red H emblem is an easy popout or does the steering wheel need to come out? Would I be able to carefully pry it out?
Mine looks like it has knick at the top, I wonder if they tried removing it before. If it's an easy swap, I'll get a replacement.

Those steering wheel badges are on there pretty permanently and they do not sell them separately from the airbag. I would say, depending how deep it is, you just tape off around it and get a polishing compound and try to rub/polish it out if possible.

 

[TolgaTypeR]

@zumbooruk, @Cueyo , @Chilly613
Need a quick suggestion on the best overall engine oil and filter combo I should use.
Saw @Chilly613 change oil yesterday. Trying to buy all the tools and whatnot to do it myself.
Which ramps did you get? Looks like this kind of (Car Ramps)..

 

[Cueyo]

@zumbooruk, @Cueyo , @Chilly613

Need a quick suggestion on the best overall engine oil and filter combo I should use.

Saw @Chilly613 change oil yesterday. Trying to buy all the tools and whatnot to do it myself.

Which ramps did you get? Looks like this kind of (Car Ramps)..

Those look a little too high profile, I got a set of low profile ramps off Amazon. I bought these:

Also I just stick with OEM filter and mobil 1 EP 0W-20

 

[TolgaTypeR]

Those look a little too high profile, I got a set of low profile ramps off Amazon. I bought these:



Also I just stick with OEM filter and mobil 1 EP 0W-20

Isn't it too low? Are you able to get under the car comfortably?
Here's Chillys:

 

[Chilly613]

Isn't it too low? Are you able to get under the car comfortably?
Here's Chillys:

These are the ramps I use, they work well since I'm at stock height still. https://a.co/d/03fWwBuv

Low profile ramps are more for getting a jack under your car than to use as ramps for doing an oil change.

You do what you want with regards to the oil and a filter... I'm not going down that rabbit hole of discussing what type of oil and filter to use.

 

[Cueyo]

I do what Chilly mentioned about getting a jack under. Depending on your angle of attack, I've had issues with scraping of the ramps on the cars underbody. Purely personal preference.

 

[zumbooruk]

@zumbooruk, @Cueyo , @Chilly613
Need a quick suggestion on the best overall engine oil and filter combo I should use.
Saw @Chilly613 change oil yesterday. Trying to buy all the tools and whatnot to do it myself.
Which ramps did you get? Looks like this kind of (Car Ramps)..

I did a lot of research about oil and filter.

For the oil ended up getting Mobil 1 ESP Full Synthetic Motor Oil 0W-30

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-ESP-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-0W-30-5-Quart/1756386056

For the filter I ended up with Purolator One (not BOSS), but PGI is now ramping up Fram production (Fram Ultra Synthetic and the similar Amsoil both made by First Brand were the best most efficient in filtering sub-20 micron particles), and they might or might not use the original First Brands design. Waiting for someone to cut one of the new Fram filters open. PGI's own filters might also be good, but I was not able to find new/current independent tests, only older test which showed Fram Ultra Synthetic was the best.

I bought ramps, but I ended up just jacking up the car from the center jack point and using jack stands left and right.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFNZJHP

I also use ValvoMax system to drain the oil

https://www.valvomax.com

and have rubber pads for the top of the jack stands and pinchweld pad for the jack

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJPY128Q

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL1X1C83

 

[LogicalCC]

Here is a PIC of my DWS 06+ in 275/30R19…Very happy with them being an all-season tire.

Very nice! Do you have a side pic of the car? - curious how it looks from a few feet away with a wider tire.

 

[TolgaTypeR]

How's this oil change video? Pretty accurate or are there other surprises?
Type R Oil Change

 

[blueroadster]

Very nice! Do you have a side pic of the car? - curious how it looks from a few feet away with a wider tire.

Thanks...Regarding the 275/30R19 DWS 06+ tire, they look a very small amount wider than the OEM 265/30R19 tire. Reason being is that the DWS 06+ tire is known to run narrow and has a softer sidewall in comparison. That said, if you are looking to upgrade to an all season tire with more sidewall, I would recommend going with the 275/35R19 DWS 06+ tire.

 

[blueroadster]

How's this oil change video? Pretty accurate or are there other surprises?
Type R Oil Change

Different topic but here is my response.

Accurate however, that is a traditional way of doing an oil change in your driveway (i.e., it teaches one fundamental). Additional fundamentals are also learned after changing out other fluids (e.g., brake, transmission, and coolant). After doing those, you will learn to work smarter rather than harder to acquire new tool friends and save money along the way.

For an oil change, your first new tool friend may be a manual pump PELA PL-650 oil extractor originally used in the marine industry. It is a workhorse that I still use today to extract various fluids that are dirty.

For the same or other fluids, you then graduate to use different pneumatic extractors/dispensers (i.e., Mityvac is your next new tool friend supplier). Two or three Mityvacs are good to cover most areas.

For a routine oil change, I usually use the PELA PL-650 to siphon out the dirty oil, jack up the passenger side of the car to remove/replace the oil filter and then lower, add oil checking the dipstick, start the engine for a few, stop the engine for a few and add more oil if needed.

Here is a PIC of my well used PELA PL-650 that I use for dirty fluids and Mityvac MV7110 that I mainly use for dispensing certain new fluids:

 

[Xmetal]

Different topic but here is my response.

Accurate however, that is a traditional way of doing an oil change in your driveway (i.e., it teaches one fundamental). Additional fundamentals are also learned after changing out other fluids (e.g., brake, transmission, and coolant). After doing those, you will learn to work smarter rather than harder to acquire new tool friends and save money along the way.

For an oil change, your first new tool friend may be a manual pump PELA PL-650 oil extractor originally used in the marine industry. It is a workhorse that I still use today to extract various fluids that are dirty.

For the same or other fluids, you then graduate to use different pneumatic extractors/dispensers (i.e., Mityvac is your next new tool friend supplier). Two or three Mityvacs are good to cover most areas.

For a routine oil change, I usually use the PELA PL-650 to siphon out the dirty oil, jack up the passenger side of the car to remove/replace the oil filter and then lower, add oil checking the dipstick, start the engine for a few, stop the engine for a few and add more oil if needed.

Here is a PIC of my well used PELA PL-650 that I use for dirty fluids and Mityvac MV7110 that I mainly use for dispensing certain new fluids:

What's the point of using an extraction pump when you still have to get under the car to change out the filter? I do use this extraction pump on my wife's Audi S3 because the oil filter is right up top, which doesn't require me to get underneath the car at all. But the FL5's filter is under the car, so using this tool is somewhat pointless.

 

[TolgaTypeR]

Different topic but here is my response.

Accurate however, that is a traditional way of doing an oil change in your driveway (i.e., it teaches one fundamental). Additional fundamentals are also learned after changing out other fluids (e.g., brake, transmission, and coolant). After doing those, you will learn to work smarter rather than harder to acquire new tool friends and save money along the way.

For an oil change, your first new tool friend may be a manual pump PELA PL-650 oil extractor originally used in the marine industry. It is a workhorse that I still use today to extract various fluids that are dirty.

For the same or other fluids, you then graduate to use different pneumatic extractors/dispensers (i.e., Mityvac is your next new tool friend supplier). Two or three Mityvacs are good to cover most areas.

For a routine oil change, I usually use the PELA PL-650 to siphon out the dirty oil, jack up the passenger side of the car to remove/replace the oil filter and then lower, add oil checking the dipstick, start the engine for a few, stop the engine for a few and add more oil if needed.

Here is a PIC of my well used PELA PL-650 that I use for dirty fluids and Mityvac MV7110 that I mainly use for dispensing certain new fluids:

Thanks for sharing this method. It would be a great option to go with if I actually maintained those aspects myself. I don't even want to do the oil change but I just do not trust any place. Horror reviews just scare me.
I will do my own oil change but the rest I wish I could.

 

[TolgaTypeR]

What's the point of using an extraction pump when you still have to get under the car to change out the filter? I do use this extraction pump on my wife's Audi S3 because the oil filter is right up top, which doesn't require me to get underneath the car at all. But the FL5's filter is under the car, so using this tool is somewhat pointless.

I wish the filter was in the engine bay like the S3 lol.
I hope my first oil change doing it myself goes well.

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