Mr. O’ Hara’s EP3 Import Hobby
26 Oct, 2009
Photos and Article by: Jason Hoang
Ryan O’ Hara’s import hobby began 8 years ago. His first car was a 1988 Honda CRX DX. After he blew the headgasket, he swapped a ZC into it and did an auto to manual conversion. Since then, he’s moved on to this 2004 Honda Civic SiR you see now. It started off like everyone else’s project car with rims and suspension. The craving didn’t stop there though, it eventually led to a lip kit and the infamous carbon fiber pieces with the occasional engine mod here and there.
3 years ago, Ryan felt the car was completed but it was far from that. He wasn’t happy with the usual. At that point over the winter Ryan put together the whole JDM front-end conversion, JDM Recaros, and his first taste of Volks – CE28 White with Red lip limited edition. At that point he felt it was done again, unfortunately for his wallet this was not the case. He eventually added a new DC race header and the shiny new Greddy Spectrum Elite exhaust, a new hood, a bigger more aggressive Mugen wing to replace his CTR wing and a fresh new set of Volk RE30’s in the limited edition formula silver.
Is he done now? Not so fast, his future plans are to finish up his new suspension set up with the CTR rear swaybar, new endlinks, beaks car and skunk2 lower control arms. The greatest thing about Ryan’s car? It has been a daily driver that sees Calgary winters each year and rolls hard during the summer. Now he’s got a Honda Element to take the place of his beautiful EP3.
Exterior:
- JDM CTR front bumper & bumper support
- JDM CTR projector headlights
- Air Walker front lip
- JDM CTR side skirts
- JDM CTR rear lip
- Mugen style carbon fiber wing
- Mugen style carbon fiber hood (not in pics)
- JDM window visors
- Golden Eagle polished tow hook
- Tinted tail lights
Engine:
- HKS super power flow intake
- DC Sports race header
- Greddy Spectrum Elite catback exhaust
- O2 sim
- Spoon Sports engine torque
- T1R purple oil cap
- T1R reservoir socks
- J’s Racing rad cap
- Custom candy-teal valve cover
Suspension and Wheels:
- 17×7.5+43 Volk RE-30 in limited edition Formula Silver
- 215/45/16 Falken Azenis RT-615
- Muteki lug nuts
- Tein Basic coilover
- SPC camber kit
- J’s Racing front strut bar
Brakes:
- Powerslot front rotors
- Hawk HPS front pads
- Hawk HPS rear pads
- SS brake lines
- Motul fluid
Interior:
- JDM EP3 CTR Recaro seats
- Takata harness
- Alex titanium shift knob
- JDM CTR shift boot
- Pioneer deck
