If you love your ’90s Hondas this is going to be a good post for you guys to kick-off your work week. In the final portion of our Kday! C8 Coverage, we look specifically at some of the cars from Japan that helped to really bring an audience to The Chronicles in its early years. One of my longest supporters from years back was Takeshi Kobayashi from Sendai, Japan so I always try to find time to show you guys what he and his friends are doing on the other side of the world. As mentioned in the previous two posts, these shots are actually from a year ago, captured by the one and only Shota Mori. Much has happened since then, with many of these guys either changing their set-ups or starting on completely new builds. Though we are on a constant state of change these days, you could really look at these photos at any period of time and you wouldn’t really know when these were shot due to the timeless quality of these builds. The great thing about ’90s Hondas is that they never go out of style when put together the right way. I guess some would say that this style is dated but for guys/gals like you and I, we’d probably prefer our Hondas frozen in time like the ones you see below. Thank you once again to Shota Mori for providing me with these great photos. Enjoy…

Kday! C8 from September 2018

Photos by Shota Mori

Words by StickyDilJoe

If you’re a true Honda aficionado like myself and most others who follow The Chronicles, you’ve undoubtedly become familiar with the boys from Lowered2Perfection (L2P) Japan over the years. They happen to have a car club comprised completely of mostly 90’s-era Hondas with some early 2000s models mixed-in and they are all executed very well. They have this particular style that represents the golden age of 90’s-era Honda styling using only the best products…

Masanari’s USDM Integra GSR-themed build represents a specific group of Honda enthusiasts in Japan who love North American Honda styling and use many components from U.S. market Hondas including this 98-01 U.S. (Kouki) front face conversion paired with a Special Projects P1 front lip/splitter…

One of the most unique aspects of this Integra build is that it has a custom dashboard using half of an S2000 dash which has been rewrapped with matching door panels and all…

There were no shots of the engine bay taken by Shota Mori but if I remember correctly, this Integra even has a USDM B18C5 swap Type R swap. Talk about dedication to USDM styling and execution…

Takeru Tojo and Noriyuki Ebara are the only ones in L2P that own “newer” Hondas, with Tojo having a real deal Mugen RR and Ebara importing a USDM FA5 Civic SI…

Ebara’s FA5 runs a FD2-style front lip made to fit the US front face and Volk TE37SL “Black Edition” wheels which were acquired from JHPUSA and shipped back to Japan…

For Kday! C8, Takeru Tojo decided to go with Mugen GP wheels for his RR…

Always appreciate the support from the guys from L2P…

Seiya Suzuki’s Mugen DC2 Integra Type R in the classic Phoenix Yellow hue. It’s basically a living Mugen catalog for the Integra minus Mugen Active Gate brakes and the rare Mugen vented hood…

First Molding vented hood which was commissioned by ICB Motorsport for the bug-eye face Integra platform…

These days, Kohei Taguchi is messing around with a rare Lancia Delta Integrale but he still has his Championship White DC2 Integra Type R…

Yanagi’s DB8 Integra running a Spoon Sports-look with the front lip, brakes, and Desmond EVO Brites…

The SKILL-S built USDM LHD Civic build…

I wonder if this is actually an EK9 CTR which has been remade to look like a US-styled Civic with a First Molding front lip and Volk TE37. Looks like it has all the elements of a Type R but the owner has even gone as far as to swap the antenna mount to the opposite pillar…

Touma Kaga’s EF9 Civic SiR hatchback with a Chargespeed carbon front lip, Mugen MF10L paired with Spoon front brakes…

Masaki Fukuda’s EG6 Civic is loved by many all over the world and some might even consider it one of their dream EG builds with his massive collection of parts both OEM and aftermarket. He can switch to an entirely new set-up for every event and still have plenty of parts leftover…

Mitsuhiko Miura’s EJ1 Civic DX-themed build with black moldings, side mirrors, and license plate garnish mixed with a First Molding Flugel Plate and TWS forged wheels…

USDM EM1 Civic SI look for this Civic Coupe sitting nice and low on bronze Mugen MF8…

Kentaro Unuma’s 1994 EG9 Civic Sedan which has been restomoded by Kazu Imai to represent a USDM-styled Civic DX Sedan. No much to the outside of the sedan, other than the addition of an OEM front lip, silver Mugen MF8 wheels, but I believe the color is actually from a U.S.-model Civic…

A B16A engine resides in the remade factory-styled engine bay with various OEM labels from the U.S. market. To the casual enthusiasts who those who aren’t into Hondas, this would simply be “stock” but it is actually purposefully executed this way…

Hideo Shingu’s Integra Type R is actually an original Japanese 98-spec Type R which has been redone and converted to look like a USDM 97-spec ITR…

Silverstone Metallic AP1 S2000 with an OEM hard top and white Regamaster EVO wheels…

USDM-imported Accord Coupe bagged and planted to the pavement on rare Desmond Promoda Verse wheels…

Yoshiyuki Kubo’s EK4 Civic SiR with Spoon Sports front lip, black Volk TEs, Spoon mirrors, and some love for Battlecraft on the rear quarter glass…

Shunichi Satou’s ’02 Civic Type R on black Volk Racing SE37K…

A trio of 92-95 Civics featuring an EG6, EJ1, and EG9 respectively…

And one final closing shot of Hideo Shingu’s USDM 97 ITR-look Type R parked at Type_K Autosource. Thanks for looking folks!…