Fatherpain’s 2018 Type R

[adoong]

The car looks amazing!
I plan on getting the hood as well. Did you ever ended up installing hood pins for the jsracing hood? Is it needed or the factory latch should be good enough?

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[WF19]

It’s been awhile since I’ve wrenched on the car… but I do suggest removing the airbox to get clear access to it.

The clip is stubborn for sure, but the prybar + crescent wrench trick made easy work of it.

From what I recall, wedged the tip of the prybar between the engine and the clip. With a corner of the prybar tip under the passenger side edge of the clip.

I then used the wrench to rotate the prybar counter clockwise and that lifted the clip just enough to loosen it and finish it with a flat head screwdriver.

Kroil is a good idea.

Had the prybar method failed or don’t have one available, my next go to would have been inserting a couple small bronze wedges under the clip if that were possible to pry it loose.

I just (finally - been sitting on the parts for months) did this install. Great tips. Couple of things - I never did get the far clip off, just lifted it up a bit. Maybe it's because I have hydraulic struts, but I couldn't get a good angle on that clip. I purchased some silicone O-ring lube, but forgot to put it on the first bushing lol. I did put it on the larger bushing and it seemed to help. I wasn't able to push the C-clips back down by hand so I used a long socket extension par and hit it with a hammer and that worked great.

As for the mod itself, I love it! I'd already switched over to the CTR shifter and added the Acuity upgrades, so it was pretty good before this mod but now it's even better. Highly recommended.