Just Bought an ITR...

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 25th, 2006, 9:46 pm

I am getting an ITR on Sat., its a 2001, 33k miles, bone stock, I haven't seen the car because its coming from a different state (I know...its kind of unnerving but the dealer in Cali thought it looked good) and I'm pretty excited. Anything I should know about now that its too late? Anything I should look forward to? I will be racing the car in Solo2 in the stock class, so does anyone have any suggestions for shocks? (I know there is a separate section for questions like that...)

SleeperR13 · Post by **SleeperR13** » January 25th, 2006, 9:51 pm

Do you know the Color yet??? Congrats! I'm quite happy with the stock set-up. You'll be quite impressed with what stock has to offer.

Tristan
00-0503

JUN.R · Post by **JUN.R** » January 25th, 2006, 9:57 pm

sweet, welcome to the CLUB!! you'll love your new car, and as the shock department goes personally i'm running these... a bit on the expensive side but they're pretty dialed, 99 Spec Apex-i N1 Dampers

JUN.R · Post by **JUN.R** » January 25th, 2006, 9:58 pm

there are cheaper alternatives for around the same performance...

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 25th, 2006, 11:16 pm

The car is black, with the shocks, I need just shocks, I can't do coilovers or struts because it takes me out of the stock class...unfortunatly...

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » January 25th, 2006, 11:48 pm

If just shocks...id say Koni yellows.

StatGSR · Post by **StatGSR** » January 25th, 2006, 11:49 pm

if u can only get shocks id get like koni yellows or something.

JUN.R · Post by **JUN.R** » January 26th, 2006, 12:08 am

naDC2R wrote:If just shocks...id say Koni yellows.

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » January 26th, 2006, 12:36 am

Whats wrong with the stock shocks?
You'll run in DS. The ITR owns DS in my area.

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 26th, 2006, 2:50 am

I don't know if anything is wrong with the stock shocks, I haven't driven the car yet, but I'm trying to compete on a national level and the national level DS cars all have other shocks... I drove an HS civic before this and really wasn't competitive at all, so I am looking forward to actually placing (maybe...) at natl. this year.

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » January 26th, 2006, 2:15 pm

Oh, if you are gonna compete in Nationals then I understand. Looks like alot of people like Koni Yellows for their price and its ability to be rebuilt.
GL.

bbqman · Post by **bbqman** » January 26th, 2006, 3:33 pm

SaraITR wrote:I am getting an ITR on Sat., its a 2001, 33k miles, bone stock, I haven't seen the car because its coming from a different state (I know...its kind of unnerving but the dealer in Cali thought it looked good) and I'm pretty excited. Anything I should know about now that its too late? Anything I should look forward to? I will be racing the car in Solo2 in the stock class, so does anyone have any suggestions for shocks? (I know there is a separate section for questions like that...)

If you plan to run regional DS with ITR, your OE shocks will do the trick.
If you plan to run SCCA DS National level autocross, anything less than the Koni double adjustable revalved shocks won't cut it. The Penske's and Ohlins seem to be a good choice too.

The most important things to do is stagger the tires with 225/45 up front.

I hope to see you at the Nationals!

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 30th, 2006, 12:08 am

Well the car came and its amazing!! Its in perfect condition inside and out. I love it so much!

fluxdc2 · Post by **fluxdc2** » January 30th, 2006, 3:59 am

SaraITR wrote:Well the car came and its amazing!! Its in perfect condition inside and out. I love it so much!

congrats on your itr..

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » January 30th, 2006, 9:41 am

Well thats good to hear! i bet you were a little worried before u actually saw it in person huh!

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » January 30th, 2006, 1:02 pm

When I bought my ITR, it was nearly a blind sale. Not seeing the car while asking questions can be a bit tedious. Its always better peace of mind when you can see it.

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 30th, 2006, 1:33 pm

I couldn't drive to Cali to get the car, so the owner offered to drive it here. Before I agreed to buy it, I had 2 Acura dealerships do a prepurchase inspection and call me personally with the results. They said everything looked great. So I wired him half the money as security, but then I spent all night worrying that he wasn't going to show up, or that he had gotten in an accident and the car would be trashed when I saw it. I was very surprised when he showed up, the car was beautiful.

jetydosa · Post by **jetydosa** » January 30th, 2006, 11:27 pm

Thats awesome! Welcome and lets see some pics!

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 31st, 2006, 2:25 am

Here is the car!!

Erik95LS · Post by **Erik95LS** » January 31st, 2006, 4:52 am

what car? I don't see a car in the first picture.

Looks nice. Congrats

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » January 31st, 2006, 9:49 am

nice ride!

Is that snow i see there? in Cali? yikessss!! you must live in the mountains or something! Id suggest good winter tires for ur new car, keep her safe on the roads

gsrjigga · Post by **gsrjigga** » January 31st, 2006, 9:56 am

woulndt it be nice to have a girl that likes type r's and acutally owns one?

... hehe.. nice car!!

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 31st, 2006, 1:44 pm

The car is from So. Cali, but he drove it all the way to Utah for me. The day I got it was the first time the car had seen snow... Now it won't stop snowing and I really don't want to buy snow tires that I'll need for a month, so I'm getting anxious, I just want to drive it and racing doesn't start for 2 more months... Its torture

black itr guy · Post by **black itr guy** » January 31st, 2006, 8:05 pm

looks like we now have a black itr girl

SaraITR · Post by **SaraITR** » January 31st, 2006, 8:07 pm

So I'm part of the cool club now?!

Yea!!!!

ITRCA

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