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Great looking wheel! Could you please do me one favor when you're installing the new wheel? Could you please take a picture of the old wheel superimpose on top of the new wheel? Everyone keep saying that a flat bottom wheel provides added space, but I'm having trouble understanding how a flat bottom wheel will be able provide that added clearance when it's reusing the same OE bottom trim piece? Thanks :thumbsup:
They don't. A proper D wheel isn't much shorter and won't work with the OEM parts.
 

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Somebody hit me while i was parked and left. luckily it was ppfed so the only damage was to the film and a cracked headlight tab. Unfortunately, after calling around to try to have the ppf redone everyone wants $1k just to redo the bumper! seems crazy seeing you can buy a new painted bumper from honda for $700. Decided to just live with it for now and just redo or just remove the ppf in a few years.
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Also, wanted to change it up and threw on a rep varis lip and was pretty happy with how it turned out!
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Somebody hit me while i was parked and left. luckily it was ppfed so the only damage was to the film and a cracked headlight tab. Unfortunately, after calling around to try to have the ppf redone everyone wants $1k just to redo the bumper! seems crazy seeing you can buy a new painted bumper from honda for $700. Decided to just live with it for now and just redo or just remove the ppf in a few years.
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Also, wanted to change it up and threw on a rep varis lip and was pretty happy with how it turned out!
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People SUCKS! Why not just remove the ppf yourself now? If the bumper chip up, then you can replace your bumper in the future?
 


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Somebody hit me while i was parked and left. luckily it was ppfed so the only damage was to the film and a cracked headlight tab. Unfortunately, after calling around to try to have the ppf redone everyone wants $1k just to redo the bumper! seems crazy seeing you can buy a new painted bumper from honda for $700. Decided to just live with it for now and just redo or just remove the ppf in a few years.
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Also, wanted to change it up and threw on a rep varis lip and was pretty happy with how it turned out!
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Who makes the lip?
 

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Had a set of Continental 275/35/r19 Extreme Contact Sport 2's mounted. The extra sidewall helps with the ride and I can't detect any noticeable drop in performance - granted, I haven't tracked it or done any autocross. This seems like a nice alternative to the stock rubber band tires for owners that mostly street their Type Rs.

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Looks good and definitely fills it up more. Are you on stock Springs?
 


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Today I opened the box for my FL5 :)
Thanks again to @Two Step Performance for their
lightning fast shipping !
Beautiful PRL CF steering wheel the Leather with red stitched perforated leather and CF is perfection I can not find a flaw anywhere. I’m second guessing myself now though kind of wishing I went with the partial suede . The leather feels surprisingly slick. When you grip it tight it feels good though and the grooves they have in it kind of lock you in so will see when it’s on the car. The CF feels like it has more traction even though it’s smoother then a baby’s butt 😆
Any imperfections that appear are just reflections it looks really good!
Can’t wait to have it installed next week!

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Today I opened the box for my FL5 :)
Thanks again to @Two Step Performance for their
lightning fast shipping !
Beautiful PRL CF steering wheel the Leather with red stitched perforated leather and CF is perfection I can not find a flaw anywhere. I’m second guessing myself now though kind of wishing I went with the partial suede . The leather feels surprisingly slick. When you grip it tight it feels good though and the grooves they have in it kind of lock you in so will see when it’s on the car. The CF feels like it has more traction even though it’s smoother then a baby’s butt 😆
Any imperfections that appear are just reflections of looks really good!
Can’t wait to have it installed next week!

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We have one coming for a customers FK8 as well to replace the crusty old one thats flaking off the red (unfortunately common).
 

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We have one coming for a customers FK8 as well to replace the crusty old one thats flaking off the red (unfortunately common).
I’ll be sure to keep my hand off the top dead center red stripe then 😆
Thanks for the heads up 👍🏻👊🏻
I can imagine what the suede would of looked like after a few years lol so now I’m glad I went with the perforated leather instead 🙌
Crazy to hear this since it’s clear coated with really thick layers it appears over the red stripe and CF.
 

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I’ll be sure to keep my hand off the top dead center red stripe then 😆
Thanks for the heads up 👍🏻👊🏻
I can imagine what the suede would of looked like after a few years lol so now I’m glad I went with the perforated leather instead 🙌

Oh sorry I meant the bottom red on the stock FK8 wheel. Hopefully the PRL will last years and years!

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