For the Love of the Scene DC2 Inside

Editorial by Ryan Jones

The tuning scene has changed over the years and for those of us that have been around we’ve not only seen the changes but we’ve made them to our cars throughout time. As times passes and people change their interests and move in and out of the tuning scene, some of the leaders and innovators of today are people that have been there throughout the years and have stuck with their passion for modifying cars. This week’s feature car does not only belong to a very close friend of mine; he is also our founder of Intuned Online; Ian Yu.

Ian’s Integra DC2 started as a labor of love when he first set eyes on the car back in the day while he was working at Konig wheels; Ian worked on graphics and designing some of the wheels we’ve all learned to love, this 1998 Integra LS was the latest demo car that Konig was going to build to showcase their products. After acquiring the car which already had numerous modifications; Ian set ahead to be different in the car scene and continued with his passion for the JDM lifestyle. Throughout the time I’ve known him, I’ve witnessed changes in paint, engines, interiors, hoods, wheels and more. Unfortunately this story doesn’t have a happy ending. A few months ago this Integra was stolen without a trace by a selfish coward that’s chasing the almighty dollar and has no respect for the time, research and effort that goes into building a car.

Fortunately we had enough photos for this feature as the car appeared last and over the years.

The exterior of the car was painted with a custom bronze color which gave it a stand out look with a low key profile. The most recent exterior included a seibon carbon fiber hatch for weight reduction and a JDM Feel’s carbon fiber hood. The carbon fiber continued through the Integra with a J’s Racing air duct and canards, as well as the Spoon mirrors. All of us JDM fanatics know how hard it is to find certain parts and the body kit was no exception; Ian’s car was equipped with a 1st generation C-West lip kit which set the car out from the crowd.

The interior of the Integra received a full JDM conversion including the door panels, cluster, clock, climate control and handbrake. Over time the seats changed from Integra Type R’s to Bride Zeta’s and Brix 1’s to F1 Spec. kevlar seats. Completing the interior was a pair of Takata belts and Miracle X bar to stiffen up the suspension.

The engine was pulled right out of a Japanese DC2-SI front end before being installed with Spoon engine mounts, and an array of J’s Racing and Feel’s parts. The Samco hoses kept all of the water flowing through the Feel’s aluminum race radiator and the heat wrapped Feel’s headers channeled the exhaust into the Mugen mid pipe and the Trust titanium exhaust.

A car couldn’t be complete without solid suspension and brakes, so for stabilizing Feel’s stress bars were used in conjunction with J-Speed fender braces. The suspension was built around the Ohlins damper kit. The braking was solved with Spoon 4 piston aluminum calipers tucked nicely behind the 16×7 Advan RG’s.

In a tuning scene flooded by copy cats and wannabe’s this car stood out in the crowd and earned respect of many people in the tuning scene whether they were JDM fans or not. It’s a shame that the car was stolen but everything in life has a purpose; we’ll continue to keep everyone posted on when and what the next project will be.

1998 Acura Integra LS

Exterior

• JDM Front end
• JDM side marker
• Custom gunmetal bronze paint
• C-west front lip
• C-west side skirt
• C-west rear bumper
• JDM GSR trunk
• Feel’s Carbon fiber hood
• Spoon side mirror
• Seibon Carbon fiber trunk
• J’s racing carbon canards
• J’s racing carbon airduct
• J-speed fender brace

Interior

• Seats: Bride & F1
• Type R floor mats
• Type R trunk mat
• JDM Climate control
• JDM clock
• JDM handbrake
• JDM cluster
• JDM door panels
• Takata seat belts
• JVC Radio

Engine:

• J’s racing oil cap
• J’s racing valve cover
• J’s racing engine dumper
• Purple radiator hoses
• Cusco catch can
• Wedsport ground wires
• Feel’s header
• Feel’s radiator
• Feel’s radiator cap
• Feel’s stress bar
• Feel’s Oil relocator
• Spoon spark plug cover
• Spoon spark plug wire
• Trust Titanium exhaust
• Mugen mid pipe

Handling

• Spoon Front brakes
• Spoon Front rotors
• Spoon brake lines
• Spoon Rear brakes
• Spoon Rear rotors
• 16×7 advan RG
• Enkei lug nuts
• Ohlins suspension
• Miracle X bar

“Thanks to all the people that help me build this car, Invision Auto Imports as the sponsor, to the Intuned Team and mostly to my fiance Lisette for helping me build the way the integra should look like.” – Rozenre Ian Yu