ek9 owners- are you happy?

EP824U

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This isnt a silly honda hater threadd, infact much the opposite so mods please dont throw this to the cookie monster.
I was just wanting to know how much ek9 owners rate their type r's and if they like them alot more than their starlets.
1) whats the handling like?
2) how hard are they to work on?
3) how much did u lads pay 4 urs and what grade r they?

As many of you know I sold my gt and bought a passat until next year when im 21 so that I can just runabout and stack sum cash for a serious jap car. An ek9, jordan, eg6 sir2 and silvia r at the top of my list.
thanks guys n girls
(PLEASE NO NEGATIVE INPUT FROM HONDA HATERS UNLESS DUE TO BAD EXPERIENCES WITH OWNERSHIP ):)
 
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Iain@CRD

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EP824U said:
(PLEASE NO NEGATIVE INPUT FROM HONDA HATERS):)
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Come on buddy ... what you expecting posting it on a TOYOTA forum? :confused:

Again depends what you want.

Most folk from what i read who have an EK9 say they handle better and going from what Dan says, aftermarket parts aint cheap either.
 
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EP824U

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beatz said:
Come on buddy ... what you expecting posting it on a TOYOTA forum? :confused:
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lol! its just everytime a ek9 is mentioned people start throwin their wepr kits at each other :slap:. I'm just curious about ek9's as the ek9 owners on here have or still do own a gt or micra which will help me relate.
 
KrissyB

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my mates only had his ek9 for 3 months selling it and getting a teg matey more for your money

however it handled like its on rails and went very very well.

looks and sounded awesome too an all round great car
 
EP824U

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KrissyB said:
my mates only had his ek9 for 3 months selling it and getting a teg matey more for your money

however it handled like its on rails and went very very well.

looks and sounded awesome too an all round great car
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rep added for positive feedback, thanks
 
munday

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Surely you dont just want the positives, you want to hear if anybody has any negative comment/doesnt like them...but then you call them honda haters and disregard what they say?
 
EP824U

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beatz said:
Come on buddy ... what you expecting posting it on a TOYOTA forum? :confused:

Again depends what you want.

Most folk from what i read who have an EK9 say they handle better and going from what Dan says, aftermarket parts aint cheap either.
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I wudnt mod it to the tits as wudnt b able to insure, just lower it with sum nice shoes n maybe a vtec controller. cheers beatz
 
EP824U

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munday said:
Surely you dont just want the positives, you want to hear if anybody has any negative comment/doesnt like them...but then you call them honda haters and disregard what they say?
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true, I do want to hear negatives too. but negatives from experience with the cars. I didnt call every1 on here honda haters did I. I changed the post now dude
 
Cornish-Glanza

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my mate had an ek9 and simply put .. it was awesome!!

it handled like nothing else, my 200bhp glanza was on coilovers, quite low, lots of braces etc but his ek9 was just in another league, it was on cusco coilovers and cusco braced though! Build quality was far better as well, just felt so sturdy and 'together' .... if i didnt love the sound of boost so much i would have one for sure!

buy one mate, they look miles better than a teg imo too!
 
EP824U

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Dub-Se7en said:
why not go to a honda forum and ask them?
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because I was wondering how owners on here rate them as most ek9 owners on here own or used to own a starlet. Therefore they can tell me the pros and cons compared to their starlet if u get me
 
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i was only joking m8 iv had a shot of 1 i liked it and i love them, stunning cars! i was thinking of getting 1 before the starlet but they were just out of my price range
 
EP824U

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Cornish-Glanza said:
my mate had an ek9 and simply put .. it was awesome!!

it handled like nothing else, my 200bhp glanza was on coilovers, quite low, lots of braces etc but his ek9 was just in another league, it was on cusco coilovers and cusco braced though! Build quality was far better as well, just felt so sturdy and 'together' .... if i didnt love the sound of boost so much i would have one for sure!

buy one mate, they look miles better than a teg imo too!
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thanks dude, gud input, rep added. btw I wudnt sell ur glanza 4 an ek9 anyways, its one of the cleanest glanzas on here.:rockon:
 
gv1.3

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EP824U said:
because I was wondering how owners on here rate them as most ek9 owners on here own or used to own a starlet. Therefore they can tell me the pros and cons compared to their starlet if u get me
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I have never driven one but have driven an ITR which from what I have seen and heard are similar but if I give you my opinion I will be a honda hater so Ill let the lovers fill your thread with pros :)
 
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bucketep91 said:
i was only joking m8 iv had a shot of 1 i liked it and i love them, stunning cars! i was thinking of getting 1 before the starlet but they were just out of my price range
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yeh they r outa mine atm lol. but as Im moving back in with my dad due to landlords wanting my house back:shoot::shoot::shoot:, so will be able to save up agud 2 or 3 grand if I dnt piss too much cash up the wall lol. I'm 21 this time next year so am starting to save now.
Tbh, Ive wanted 1 since I was like 12 years old. I do love starlets but I'd like to have an ek9 b4 I start saving for a house
 
EP824U

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gv1.3 said:
I have never driven one but have driven an ITR which from what I have seen and heard are similar but if I give you my opinion I will be a honda hater so Ill let the lovers fill your thread with pros :)
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lol u make my laugh dylan! sis u like the teggy?
 
KrissyB

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OKAY MY MATES NEGATIVES:

1. Have to rev the tits off it to get it going
2. Expensive to modify
3. Hard to extract power out of as from the factory already highly tuned.
4. Rear calipers tend to need refurbs.
5. Unless driven to the redline the vtec will drop off when changing gear.

POSITIVES:

1. Rare
2. Pure porn
3. Everyone loves V-TEC
4. A host of aftermarket parts
5. Handles so so nice
6. Good on fuel
7. Reliable

Hope that helps and now everyone may stop moaning

get your butt on an ek9 forum they are top fellas on there and will be happy to help regardless of the make model, year , colour, reg of your car
 
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