Honda civic ek9!

[GTI_Lee]

Hi all! I have been looking at the honda civic type r EK9 model. I was just wondering if anyone on here has got one or know anyone who has one? and there thoughts on them, good/bad points. Also could someone recommend any insurance companys, they are imports so I know that they may be difficult to insure! I'm 18 by the way, but will be going in my dads name. Thanks in advance, Lee.

[andywiddss1]

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/GetDealer.do?did=12545&pageid=3 hear u go mate

[GTI_Lee]

Thanks mate.

[mrtuck16v]

Your best off waiting as insurance will be silly even under your dads name...thats if they will touch you as iirc its a group 18 and import. Imo the ek9 is by far the best type R they have ever made.

[andywiddss1]

they have a big big choice of cars i live 5 mins away from them they are asians but dont let that put u off they have over 150 cars in stock an have been importing cars for over 5 years fella

[Vinny_VSX]

That is illegal mate. It is called fronting and insurance companies are clamping down on it now. If your found out to be the main driver even though the car is insured in your dads name, then I think you can get done for driving with no insurance. Seriously not worth it. A lot of people on here, mainly Vital will use your ass for a jungle drum as it is so stupid.

As for the car, it is fantastic. The only thing to watch out for them is rust around the wheel arches and as they are very quick any sign of over spray or fresh paint should be left alone. As these cars would have seen the wrong side of a hedge a couple of times.

The best thing for you mate at 18 will be to stick with the VTR for another year and then try and insure something like a 172 clio at 19. It is all about getting those valuable no claims :)

[andywiddss1]

rust ha ha ek9 are all jap imports they only rust when they been in england a couple of years but maybe thats not the best way to insure it as ur dad not to happy about that mate think it will come back to bite u in the ass fella ha ha

[kcsaxo]

pros:

great drivers car
great reliability
great noise

cons:

high insurance
too much for such an old car
parts will be costly
too many shafted / ragged versions
lots have high mileage now and you dont know how well theyve been looked after.

[andywiddss1]

u only live once mate

[willsy]

Very good cars, and immensely quick

Insurance will still pull your pants down regardless of whether its in your dads name or not.

Best to wait a few years, but it is a good car to aim for in the long run

[middleweight]

pros:

great drivers car
great reliability
great noise

cons:

high insurance
too much for such an old car
parts will be costly
too many shafted / ragged versions
lots have high mileage now and you dont know how well theyve been looked after.

high mileage doesn't really matter with a honda engine... as long as it's been looked after

[Krys_23]

Good point japanese.. Good point honda.. Looks lovely, Sounds lovely can't fault it ;)

[gazza808]

Your best off waiting as insurance will be silly even under your dads name...thats if they will touch you as iirc its a group 20 and import. Imo the ek9 is by far the best type R they have ever made.


PAH group 20 since when??

more like 15-16,

quite cheap to insure to be honest, i rang a specialist import insurer,
and would you believe it was cheaper to insure a import Type-R than a Uk VTI-S

my quote was 647quid fully comp, thats with one years no claims, 2 years experience, but two claims. not bad i thought and im only 19 not 20 till june.

only problem with them they are still a bit expensive to buy,

have a trawl around the civic sites is best for a bargin, as one im looking at in the new year is a few grand cheaper just because matey is being posted abroad.

nice cars and still the quickest civic you can buy standard :)

[Mochachino]

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/GetDealer.do?did=12545&pageid=3 hear u go mate


check this out that was on that link its gorgeous!

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.jsp?did=12545&pageid=3&originalid=&gid=nogroup&tid=40&start=4&distance=0&adcategory=cars&channel=DEALERPAGE&id=200750300242111

sorry for the thread hi-jack

[MiniGibbo]

have fun even in your dads insurance i have a mate who jsut had to settle at 19 in his dads name on a ek vti and even thats 1500 :panic:


get your self a eg6 if your after a expensive civic thats mental fast :y:


as long as it dont smoke and has full service history should be sound, also rust on the rear arches and boot :oops:

[Roy-VTS]

im not that impressed with civics, my mates got a civic jordan which is obvioulsy a 1.6 vti vtec watever it is thinki its ek9 but dnt no my civic numbers and my saxo is aactually a fair bit faster :oops:

[GTI_Lee]

I am hoping to get on my garages motor trade policy, So if all goes well, will maybe have a civic in a few months! Just got to try and find one but shouldnt be too bad seing as i'm in the motor trade!

[medz_vtrturbo]

I am hoping to get on my garages motor trade policy, So if all goes well, will maybe have a civic in a few months! Just got to try and find one but shouldnt be too bad seing as i'm in the motor trade!

put a turbo on your vtr. coz there is one around here and i put him to bed!!

[Vinny_VSX]

rust ha ha ek9 are all jap imports they only rust when they been in england a couple of years but maybe thats not the best way to insure it as ur dad not to happy about that mate think it will come back to bite u in the ass fella ha ha

No that is not true. In Japan their is a lot more moisture in the air than over here. It is very humid, so any exposed metal will rust much faster than over here. So stick your ha ha up your pipe and smoke it :p

[Danr]

They look great and have a very decent following so they must do something right.

Your best bet is to phone up companies in the back of magazines for insurance matey :)

[Krys_23]

put a turbo on your vtr. coz there is one around here and i put him to bed!!

Was just looking at how ridiculous the insurance is for pug 106 gti and vts they are like group 14 insurance.. :panic: .. How much did it cost you to turbo the vtr man would love to get it done would sound the tool aswell :P

[GTI_Lee]

Thanks for all replies guys! Will just have a shop around and find cheapest quote! Cheapest I have had so far is £2500, which is a bit high, but if I pay it monthly shouldnt be too bad.

[medz_vtrturbo]

Was just looking at how ridiculous the insurance is for pug 106 gti and vts they are like group 14 insurance.. :panic: .. How much did it cost you to turbo the vtr man would love to get it done would sound the tool aswell :P

its cost me bout 1600 quid all in all. still need to spend a bit more on suspension and shit like that. costs 400 quid more to insure, i found that bit steep like, but she's worth it

[Krys_23]

its cost me bout 1600 quid all in all. still need to spend a bit more on suspension and shit like that. costs 400 quid more to insure, i found that bit steep like, but she's worth it

Hmm doesnt sound that bad tbh.. Considering i was planning paying 4k for a 106 GTi in sundance Yellow then about 2k insurance next year :y:

.. I have a mk2 vtr but planning selling her early next year, Get myself a mk1 vtr with about 50k hopefully then get it turbo'd would be great! Never seen a turbo saxo before :P

[Mr_suv]

one of my mates just parted with his hes quite big on the old jap scene he loved it it did seem to have a bit of rust on the rear arches and i remember him having 1 or two really minor electrical faults with it but all got sorted pretty cheap he loved it was sexi lookin and fast and loadsa room to get ur bone dance on whereas theres hardly any room in the sax but i love it :) i have a friend who is selling a vti civic for 1300 thats pretty quick too but has a bit of rust on the rear arches too lovely cars

[medz_vtrturbo]

Hmm doesnt sound that bad tbh.. Considering i was planning paying 4k for a 106 GTi in sundance Yellow then about 2k insurance next year :y:

.. I have a mk2 vtr but planning selling her early next year, Get myself a mk1 vtr with about 50k hopefully then get it turbo'd would be great! Never seen a turbo saxo before :P


have a look in the progress thread section. there's a few ppl done it. u can turbo a mk2 aswell

[GTI_Lee]

Does anyone know any good forums for civic ek9 owners? I have been on www.ek9.org and that is pretty good, just wanted to know if there are any more so I can get a bit more info on these cars.

[Saxy1]

they do look quite nice.

[joemcevoy]

My girlfriends brother went over to england to pick one of these up. Looks mint as fuck. Dont know much details about it but it looks and sounds mint as feck. Hes 21 though so i dont think his insurance is too bad

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598640l.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598600l.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598458l.jpg

[kenny]

i personally love the ek9s but.. at your age your really gonna struggle on insurance dude as im 22 with 4 years ncb and im paying £950 on my mr2 turbo fully comp and thats group 16

[gazza808]

shop around find a decent import insurer!

my quote was 647quid fully comp, thats with one years no claims, 2 years experience, but two claims. not bad i thought and im only 19 not 20 till june.
just shows if you shop around!

[Maxwell]

My girlfriends brother went over to england to pick one of these up. Looks mint as fuck. Dont know much details about it but it looks and sounds mint as feck. Hes 21 though so i dont think his insurance is too bad

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598640l.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598600l.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/joemcevoy28/15978457a6376598458l.jpg


who owns this car??? i seen it on reallymeansounds and is he from bangor mate? grahams a good photographer!

[Maxwell]

actually found the thread!! its niall spence ya call him:y:

http://www.reallymeansounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65764

[JoshG]

whatever you do dont buy from that lot of ho bags in keighley. they dont have a good reputation I'll tell you that for free.

[joemcevoy]

actually found the thread!! its niall spence ya call him:y:

http://www.reallymeansounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65764


yes mate thats him. gfs bro. Changes cars nearly as much as i change my underwear

[GTI_Lee]

shop around find a decent import insurer!

my quote was 647quid fully comp, thats with one years no claims, 2 years experience, but two claims. not bad i thought and im only 19 not 20 till june.
just shows if you shop around!

What insurance company are you with mate?

[gazza808]

just picked up a jap mag and rang all the insurers in the back,

cant remember the name off hand as quotes are all written down at work :|

thats not with my current insurer as they wouldnt touch imports.

[AliC]

who owns this car??? i seen it on reallymeansounds and is he from bangor mate? grahams a good photographer!

John have you seen my m8 Garry's civic around Bangor? Its white with the carbon fibre? Love those civic's!

[GTI_Lee]

just picked up a jap mag and rang all the insurers in the back,

cant remember the name off hand as quotes are all written down at work :|

thats not with my current insurer as they wouldnt touch imports.

Ah right ok mate. If its possible, could you try and find out what company its with? Dont worry if you cant, Thanks for the info though!

[Hanuman]

stupidly expensive but with people paying the price for them they aint gonna drop, that white one looks the dogs doo lallies like but to expensive for any sane person who isnt loaded

[Certi]

im not that impressed with civics, my mates got a civic jordan which is obvioulsy a 1.6 vti vtec watever it is thinki its ek9 but dnt no my civic numbers and my saxo is aactually a fair bit faster :oops:

The Jordan is not an EK9. The Jordan only has approx 160bhp IIRC whereas the EK9 has 185bhp as standard. I very much doubt that your sax is faster than either car unless you've spent a fair bit on mods.

[rushy_23]

That one above looks amazing. Really wouldnt mind selling the GTI for one of
these still.

Proper drivers car, but will cripple you initially to get your hands on a decent
one fully insured at such a young age. Then you have to consider things like
storage as people who know there stuff will have their eyes on it, security,
even a tracker?

Maintenance wont be cheap, the list goes on. TBH that most of the reasons that
really put me off getting one. Would be a lot easier getting a Jordan and
chucking money at that. Even get the newer Type R and go wild!

If you afford it mate and get a decent one go for it. Such a machine, need to
sit in one at one point to physically see what the fuss is about :p

[Certi]

I had looked at getting one but wanted a newer car so ended up getting the EP3 instead.

[rushy_23]

EP3 could easily match its performance with a few bits and bobs here and there.
Only thing is it wont have the wow factor of a reak EK9.. But then again
most people would assume an EK9 is just another old Civic.

Its a shame they dont produce cars like that.


Why not look into a DC2 mate? Much easier to come by.

[Certi]

The EP3 is pretty much equal to the EK9 in a straight line, it's in the corners where the EK9 would shoot off as it handles alot better.

[Hanuman]

if there was no such thing as speed limits and it was a legal race to work every morning on public roads then the ek9 would be worth the money it is, but considering they are around £5500 - 9000k for a 10year old car with mileage on it, your far better off spending an extra say grand if not less just to get an 03 type r

[rushy_23]

Dont actually know that for sure but I agree with the statement Mr Certi!

Me personally Hanuman, if it was no hassle I would definatly go for the EK9
just to use on track/road, and due to the fact that its such a amazing engine (for
a 1.6 16v).

But for ease of life the EP3 wins. Can pick them up everywhere and in great nick
for unbeatable prices!

[PRICEY-VTS]

they have a big big choice of cars i live 5 mins away from them they are asians but dont let that put u off they have over 150 cars in stock an have been importing cars for over 5 years fella

keighly trade canter stay well clear mate a know a few ppl what have bought cars from there and found that they take most of they cars back to standard me brothers mate got a evo 6 from them had it a few month saw the same car in a maginze same reg the lot and it was 520bhp but when he bought it, it was only 300bhp a would stay well clear mate try www.japaneseimportspecialists.co.uk
am getting my car off them in a few weeks really gud ppl as well best of luck mate

[hellonpluto]

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/GetDealer.do?did=12545&pageid=3 hear u go mate

Dont go to Keighley! I've heard many things about them and all been bad...steer well clear :y:

[Hanuman]

snap...

[GTI_Lee]

Thing is if I get an ek9 it has to be on a W plate as I have a private registration and its on a W. Also a Integra DC2 is a 1.8, which will be even more to insure.

[andywiddss1]

Hi all! I have been looking at the honda civic type r EK9 model. I was just wondering if anyone on here has got one or know anyone who has one? and there thoughts on them, good/bad points. Also could someone recommend any insurance companys, they are imports so I know that they may be difficult to insure! I'm 18 by the way, but will be going in my dads name. Thanks in advance, Lee.
i said keighley trade fella as its close to me an i know they have plenty in stock i didnt say buy one from there an yes iv heard a few bad things about them :panic: