The Dapper Driver's 2025 Satin Black Civic Type R Build

[TheDapperDriver]

Hey everyone,

Collected my 2025 Black Civic Type R back in March. This is my first JDM, I went through most of the forum to get an idea of what I want to do to the car. I will take this project slowly, and learning along the way.

My plan is Te37s, springs, carbon bits inside and out, cooling, intake, exhaust, and mods that increase the enjoyment of driving. Not looking to add much more power, as I have another car for that.


First time seeing the car prior to collection

Some photos of collection day, with my friend's CTR that matches

First step was adding heat blocking tint, and Xpel Stealth that gives it a satin look, my 992 is also black. So wanted something a bit different than gloss black, I kept all the original gloss parts (non paint) in gloss, really happy with the outcome

Lucky to have a local group of 20 friends that all picked up CTRs, a few photos with a friends CTRs

There are 2 Satin Black CTRs in this photo lol

In her garage spot

Some of the parts that have arrived for the car

Aeroflow Dynamics Overlays Headlight tint, CTR Logos, and a few other bits

A knee pad

Red Carbon Mirror Caps, and Hood Vent from Create Carbon

Will update the thread when new parts come in and get installed

 

[NeRO_CTR]

Love the satin Black R’s! Congrats and welcome!

 

[chopsuey34]

Nice, are you planning on doing any heat management mods? Oil cooler, intercooler, etc?

Edit: I read your post. What kinds of cooling have you run in your other cars previously? Wondering how you beat the SA heat.

 

[TheDapperDriver]

Love the satin Black R’s! Congrats and welcome!

Thanks!

Nice, are you planning on doing any heat management mods? Oil cooler, intercooler, etc?

Edit: I read your post. What kinds of cooling have you run in your other cars previously? Wondering how you beat the SA heat.

Haven't done any cooling mods on my other cars as there was no issue, except for my F80 M3 that I did heat exchanger/ intercooler. Other than that, the other cars didn't have heating issues.

 

[JDMFTW]

Never thought they would have the CTR in the KSA. What city are you in?

 

[TheDapperDriver]

Never thought they would have the CTR in the KSA. What city are you in?

I live in Jeddah, therers a bunch of them all over the country. Car culture here is quite big.

 

[JDMFTW]

I live in Jeddah, therers a bunch of them all over the country. Car culture here is quite big.

Nice! I used to live in Dhahran some 20 years ago when I was in High School. Car culture has always been big there. Glad to see they have the FL5 there

 

[TheDapperDriver]

Nice! I used to live in Dhahran some 20 years ago when I was in High School. Car culture has always been big there. Glad to see they have the FL5 there

The Eastern Region has the best and biggest car community for sure.

 

[TheDapperDriver]

Last photo of it stock, goes in for some cosmetic parts first

Some more parts

 

[Nostracs]

I don't think it gets much better than this. That satin black is absolutely perfect. do you have more pictures of those aeroflow headlight overlays?

 

[TheDapperDriver]

I don't think it gets much better than this. That satin black is absolutely perfect. do you have more pictures of those aeroflow headlight overlays?

Thanks for the kind words! in that photo its actually not installed, thats just the yellow light when locking the car, anyway they have been installed, please see below post.

 

[TheDapperDriver]

Quick update on the car after the first round of cosmetic mods:
-DRL Yellow overlay
-Rear Reflector black out
-Red CF Hood vent
-Red CF Mirrors
-Red CF Front Seat Backs
-Red CF Center Console
-Red Type R stickers on steering wheel and seat backs

With its stable mate