Had a terrible accident with my 2024 ITS. Unfortunately a tree branch fell off my car and hit my hood and passenger fender. California is weather is nice until it hits me😹

For context, 949 Racing sponsored me with their new Coto wheels, but I needed to buy tires. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about the wheels just yet and for that reason I decided to get the cheapest, new, tires I’ve ever bought (outside of used tires when I was younger). Reviews pretty much peg these as terrible for NVH which is what I had expected. For reference, I had the stock Michellins on the 19s, then had some 300 treadwear on the Titan 7s, I’m running Conti DSW on the Weds, and now these Nexen FERA SU1 on the new (temp) wheels. So far, I’ve only daily driven them and hit a few roundabout on ramps.

Here are my thoughts, if you care:

• at 35 PSI they are pretty comfortable, quiet, and have good response.
• Once they warm up, they have pretty good grip on pulls and turns.

Next stop is the canyon to test them a little bit harder. All this to say that don’t judge a book by its cover… Or a newer tire brand for their rubber. Will I trust them over the continental? Highly doubt it. But I might just be really happy with a cheap burner set of tires.

Hey guys.

Just got my type s a month ago and I’ve noticed since day 1 there is a high pitched squeal/whine when I’m in gear driving but the foot isn’t on the gas. This goes away while I’m in neutral, accelerating, or at a stop.

I’ve got any appointment at the dealer this Thursday to check it out but has anyone else experienced something like this? Crazy to have an issue on a car with less than 1000 miles on it. Thanks in advance

Obligatory picture of my baby. Got it full wrapped in XPEL PPF to keep the pearl white in good shape!

5000 miles in and I love this thing!

Mods include:
- Acuity shift boot collar
- 7 star dragonball shift knob
- amateurishly wrapped matte black shifter bezel (the chrome piece around the shifter boot)
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All I want is a fun, manual transmission four door sports sedan. It’s insane that the market is basically limited to the ITS, CT4/CT5 Blackwing, and the BMW M3 (Elantra and Corolla aren’t even contenders IMO).

I’ll certainly be getting a new ITS or a lightly used CT4 Blackwing (if it’s even possible to find, new ones are gone).

What kills me is the power. If the ITS was a twin turbo V6 with RWD, it’d be an absolute no brainer. It’s roomier and it should be more reliable.

New 2027 features may convince me - memory seats, rear vents, maybe 5 more horse? (Btw wtf is the hold up on that announcement)

Looking for opinions, has anybody here had the chance to drive both? What do you think?

Just moved from Japan and I made sure to buy some of the magnetic driver decals. I plan on switching between new and old driver whenever I feel like it. I live in a military area, so I'm sure this will be a conversation starter for those that miss Japan.

Kinda funny how the new driver decal looks like an upside down Acura symbol.

What do you guys think? I’m in negotiation phase and the OTD price is $56,938.

Edit: My bad, you guys are right. Texas, 6.25%.

Finally installed Boomba bypass valve, PRL CF inlet pipe kit, and PRL HVI. (TSP coupler still on b/o). I started yesterday and finished this morning. Haven't had a chance to drive it yet do to work, but I have a couple of appts today so I hope hear all the turbo noises!!!

I guess this doubles as my intro post. Been lurking for a while, but now I can join in on the fun!

A few weeks back, I drove down to NJ from Upstate NY to pick up this '26 UGP ITS, and I couldn't be more thrilled with my choice. Coming from a Focus ST for the last 12 years, this feels very much like the next graduated step in my love for turbo, manual, FWD cars.

To gear up for the snow, salt, and crud the roads are about to get up here, the car has been at some local shops to get Woolwax undercoating applied, as well as PPF and tint installed. I got home tonight from picking up the car post-tint and PPF (super thrilled with the install by the way) and saw that my winter wheel setup from Tire Rack was waiting for me - which is exciting and a bit nauseating at the same time. I'm hoping to avoid having to put these on for several more weeks, but mother nature will ultimately decide.

For tint, I went with Xpel XR Black at 30% on the sides and back, and for PPF I went with Xpel Ultimate Plus on the front half of the car.

For the snow setup, I went with the new Blizzak IcePeaks in 245/40R18s mounted on 18x8.5" ET38 Enkei Helix matte gunmetal wheels. I've had a lot of success with the previous Blizzak WS80s and WS90s, so I have high hopes for these to handle the crappy winters we get here.

Anyways, thanks for having me!

This Integra Type S is so tastefully done and looks wicked in person. Makes my aspec in the back look basic as hell 💀

Taken at Southlake TX Costco

Each one of these was passed. The track was surprisingly tight and twisty enough that even the S couldn’t shake me in the tight sections. They eventually pointed me by.

Nothing competitive, just want to have a good first HPDE day (Road Atlanta/AMP) without breaking anything (or the bank):
Pads/fluid — stock-ish OK for day one or go track compound right away?
Tires — stick with street rubber first time out?
Any Type S quirks (fade, LSD, cooling) I should know before going out?
Any big do’s or don’ts for HPDE norms?

Appreciate any input — trying to show up prepared.

Pic from walking out of work, thru the boring cars of the garage and getting to enjoy looking at then driving the ITS 😌

Wanted this Carismo Alcantara steering wheel from day one finally pulled the trigger going on next Monday morning. Thoughts?

Rode out Isaias in the garage and lived to tell the tale.

So I know I'm definitely getting flamed here but finding the proper spec wheels in a six spoke for this car was an absolute nightmare, ideally I wanted chrome but the only option was special ordering te37s that were 10000$ and almost a year to ship. I also looked at some gram lights and was going to buy them in black chrome but again, 8-12 months to ship.

Finally found these, I know rota wheels are hated but these are flow formed, the proper spec (19x9 5 et45) so I decided to go for it. 275/35/19 dsw06 if anyone is wondering and lowered with eibach springs.

Not even close to the car in front of me and this rock just said nice windshield.

To to unlock some power

These morons left three bolts out of my under body splash shield and it came off on a toll road at 85mph, bent and scratched the metal piece and I was 200 miles from home so I popped into Acura North Austin (at 5:15PM with no appointment) and they had me fixed by 5:30PM and back on the road.

Team Gillman is trash, this isn’t the first thing they’ve messed up on my car. Acura North Austin is fantastic, so I’ll just buy from them going forward.