Operation : RHD

My journey for Right Hand Drive Conversion towards Civic Type R EK9.

[@Wolf-or6ws]

Only thing left to do now is the rear subframe to make it a true ek9 I love your dedication.

[@aarestorations7867]

Damm I can’t believe you still have interest in this car u have had it for a while and this is a big job also I love your attention to detail i wanna go fix my hatch now 😂👍

[@matthewaceves3716]

That was awesome! The amount of time, dedication and effort which went into the lhd to rhd is something else. Your build is an inspiration. Keep up the great work.

[@JdmCd7]

Wow I haven't seen your channel since your side marker video, you've come such a long way. Good work!

[@khansok5893]

Sick ass EK9 RHD always feels right I had a JDM EG6 SiR-II that was fun to drive Good luck on your project

[@eniopereira8007]

sensational! what a perfect project! Congratulations!!

[@galognu]

Well I'm glad it was not robbed. Pretty intense project.

[@Thrivetribe47]

Great job on the work, video everything. Well done Clean👌🏼

[@benjamindizon3050]

That's a major operation sir. And you did a great job. Respect..

[@raspymender4]

Can’t stop watching this vid man. Just like workout motivation, this is my dream motivation😔.

[@H3BLTM]

Passion! And true dedication! Props to ya! 🤙

[@fourdoormafia]

I did the exact same thing to my Integra GSR. It's a heck of a project. I ended up getting the JDM doors to make it easier. Owned it 5 years and sold it. I recently just bought a real deal 96 spec Integra type R and it's on its way from Japan. I really miss driving rhd

[@shuexiong2620]

That was awesome. You’ve come a long ways with your EK.

[@eli25jk70]

shift linkage gives it away. its a B series. on another note i miss my EK 😭

[@flip2jdm]

This video made my day. 😍😍😍

[@eddiebreelz4226]

Now thats built.... amazing work..

[@itzcoatl1037]

Your a beast. Mad respect

[@michaelpaterson8086]

Mike you got maaaad skills bro, even know how to weld? 😲😲👍🏻👍🏻. You should open a shop bro 👊😎

[@drivenlowkey2437]

Gives me motivation to keep moving on my hatch! 👌🏽

[@KASP3Rv]

Damn dude this is crazy how i stumbled across your channel, was watching you mess with cars since i was a kid lol. You dont age aha.

[@MichaelFlare]

Disliker - OMG! I remember your profile picture! LOL!! Thank you!

[@sandramiguel1231]

Michael flare do you know how to wire ek9 power folding mirrors with relay is already inside switch ?i have a 00 civic em1

[@MichaelFlare]

@@sandramiguel1231 - Yes! I know exactly how to do it. I'm working on my mirrors in 2 days so I'll let you know exactly how to do it. I have the exact built in facelift mirror switch too. Power folding is perfectly okay but highly discourage you from hooking up the POWER ADJUST. These mirrors are for RHD cars. They are NOT symmetrical. If you look at the car from the front, you can see that the mirrors lean towards the right side of the car. When putting them in LHD, you'll try to max out the adjust by hand all the way left but you'll realize that you can't do anything about it so you leave it there because it's best as possible. No point in power adjust and how often do you adjust mirrors in a car anyways? Almost never after the initial adjust.

[@sandramiguel1231]

Michael flare thank you sir I’ve been looking online for a while but no one has the built in relay.I just want my mirrors to fold I don’t really care about adjusting my mirrors.

[@sandramiguel1231]

Subscribed to your Chanel sir

[@sincerewhite1933]

Wow, first time seeing this. Great job. Could this be done on a 93 accord? I have a project idea. Not sure if this site is used anymore. I tried to find you on FB but there's lots of pages with the same name. I could use all the advice and help

[@heman_s]

I almost crying, so beautiful bro😍

[@circuitsevenautotech7488]

Wow amazing work buddy!

[@circuitsevenautotech7488]

I also subscribe n when is the next video coming?

[@Ek9luis]

Dam you did a great job keep vloging

[@hectorlopez6278]

Made it look easy. Cool stuff man

[@kingnaengine_realtv186]

Michael you are great!!!!!!

[@Highway94]

That was beautiful. Dope editing 👌

[@mikeymike2552]

I love his dedication to keeping his engine a secret

[@StephenBrewer89]

B swap.

[@DJAdrenaline]

glad to see you working on the civic again :)

[@roadworthy6901]

Very nice, keeping my motivated to finsh my car... On a side note, what's a man gotta do to get a haircut in the Buford area?!

[@StephenBrewer89]

This car is phenomenal

[@tengxiong2661]

nice work done man, seen this car in person once. seen you a couple of time at gold gym late at night and saw u at a spartan race ahha

[@MichaelFlare]

Teng Xiong - hey!! I definitely remember you! What a small world!

[@tengxiong2661]

@@MichaelFlare haha yup, seen you playing vball at toccoa too lol once a good time to go spartan race again. lets go

[@MichaelFlare]

@@tengxiong2661 - I completely stopped doing obstacle course races every since I became an American Ninja Warrior competitor. This is my third year being a chosen competitor. I have so many hobbies, I can't fit OCR at the moment. I hope you're doing well!

[@hondamatt1557]

Keep the videos coming 🔥

[@That_Guy_Izzy]

Just subscribed can’t wait for the next video!

[@miguelhaffizulla4804]

Nice work man , how the hell do you know how the do all that stuff ??

[@maxbet3997]

Great work! I also did my EK RHD conversion myself. Did it the right way as you did. A lot of people just cut the firewall out and swap them. The right way is removing the spot welds and pull a complete firewall.

[@DomkeBoy]

Dang, you wild bro... Sub-D fo sho! Keep it up.

[@jimmyyking]

Beautiful. 💯👍

[@SYUASA-zc6ig]

good morning! 😊 wow JDM REAL EK9 RHD metal parts and dashboard,radiator coresupport🤔 find shop is Ebay?

[@jonathanchung7209]

I have a question, is the ctr front clip much more structurally sound versus a usdm front clip? Hella impressive work. Thumbs up!

[@marvingalindo3424]

Damn fire 🔥. I need your help with my lol

[@AndresReal1998]

Now this is the right way to do it. I'm about to do my conversion I have 2 EK9 front clips one clip is pretty rusted out from the floor board it made its way up slightly into the firewall so I'm going to do it an easier way just cut out the firewall and weld it in place instead of busting all the spot welds off I already busted all the spot welds off on my other clip everything came out 100% perfect but I'll safe that for a different EK. Good shit man how's the paint holding up on the arm rest and dash? I remember I spray painted my interior years ago and I remember it began chipping off about a year later I want to spray paint it again but I'm not sure if there is a better option or better paint out there

[@MichaelFlare]

I only had these parts in my car for like 5 months because it was only a temporary thing. I had all parts replaced with all black panels. The parts does get scuffed up white easily and can be rubbed away with water. It's kind of like scratching your skin with your fingernail; the skin scuffs up white but when you wipe with water it goes away.

[@Blakerzahn]

All this time, still won’t show the motor 😂🤣

[@paul94o92]

It's so sad that you can show what engine you have....why not like

[@petethecarfreak3486]

It's definitely a B series VTEC engine! Haha

[@paul94o92]

If it was b series he would show..its a d series can see if one of the videos from underneath very small sump pan clearly see it's only a d series

[@petethecarfreak3486]

@@paul94o92 look at the valve cover size on 0:12 Also I have a factory B18C Type R in my DC2 it looks just like that

[@danielreynolds2913]

Hey Michael glad I checked up on your channel again love the progress. I want to know what welder did you use for this project? Thanks! 🙏🏼🙌🏻

[@MichaelFlare]

Daniel Reynolds - my friend let me borrow his Northern Tools MIG welder. People say to not use TIG for this.

[@dogfight396]

How is the spray painted red inserts of the door panels holding up? I did something similar, changed the vinyl on the inserts, but they don't look like the real deal. The CTR manual door panels are impossible to find.

[@MichaelFlare]

DogFight - I don’t have that door panel anymore because all the stuff you saw me spray paint was only temporary until the real EK9 parts came in. (Door sills, door handles, E-Brake handle, E-Brake cover, door panels, etc). It’s all real EK9 black panels now. I bought an automatic EK9 door panel and replaced the insert with a manual insert from the junkyard and wrapped the insert in Jersey pineapple red fabric. It looks absolutely amazing.

[@amonbeatbox9541]

Hey there Michael, I'm trying to build an ek9 RHD and I wanted help. Would you recommend the RHD build or is it more of a show room thing due to the danger of cutting into the cars frame. Also where did you get most of the parts, and what would you recommend buying? If possible is there any way i could contact you 1 on 1 like insta or discord? I would appreciate it a ton and it would help me on my build in general, since I am slowly losing hope in my build, but this video gave me a ton of inspiration to keep going and just build my dream car, thank you a ton man, and keep doing what you are doing!

[@MichaelFlare]

I've been racing my car since 2014 both circuit racing and autocross racing. I just did my first circuit race with RHD recently. You can watch the video on my channel (3 weeks ago). I tried to weld as much as I could when putting everything back together. Some spots I even welded as many seams possible when OEM there wasn't any just to be sure. I won first place in my group with this car at a track that i have NEVER been to in my life while other's already have. I know I'm not a pro but I feel like the car is very sturdy to my knowledge. I raced it as hard as I could too and felt confident and the body felt strong and rigid. I don't suggest you take my word for it though because I'm not a professional or expert. I'm just a backyard mechanic and do motorsports race since 2008. I'm probably one of the only KZbinrs that don't have instagram but I don't care about popularity like that at all. I built this channel mainly to help people work on cars. I hate discord LOL, my friends always ask me to join when we play games. My name is Michael Flare and you can message me on facebook. I'm very active on there so I'll help you for sure when you need it. Here's the answer to your other question: eBay is the best place to find parts and here is why. eBay is probably the biggest and most diverse market in the world. eBay sells all kinds of stuff from private sellers to business sellers. They sell both FAKE and REAL parts. Here are some tips to distinguish the two when you buy parts from eBay. Either way, you can buy fake or real, it is up to your preference. 1. Observe the seller ratings and feedbacks 2. Do research on the internet about parts you want to buy. 3. FAKE parts are BRAND NEW AND LOW PRICE for Civic EKs, most of the time. 4. REAL parts are USED AND HIGH PRICE for Civic EKs, most of the time. 5. Read item description very carefully before you buy. Good luck on your project. God save the 9, forever.

[@Wolf-or6ws]

Look at 3:06 red valve cover of a b series, b16b confirmed! XD

[@jlopez0710]

The FBI doesn’t even know what motor Michael has in this beast

[@sincerewhite1933]

Found you on FB

[@huktuned]

Why did you change front slam panel aswell out of interest ?

[@pabloeg6]

When are you going to show us the b16b

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen752]

All that for a drop of blood - Thanos

[@wtcvang3745]

amazing!

[@los365diasdelano]

Wow, I wish I could do that, but I will have to be reborn 😞 and that’s not possible ether 🤪.

[@TheEthan1005]

Bro! I got a question. How’s the interior paint holding up? Been wanting a black interior for my bootleg EK but legit black interior bits are stoopid expensive.

[@MichaelFlare]

I only had these parts in my car for like 5 months because it was only a temporary thing. I had all parts replaced with all black panels. The parts does get scuffed up white easily and can be rubbed away with water. It's kind of like scratching your skin with your fingernail; the skin scuffs up white but when you wipe with water it goes away.

[@aksakalercan]

Your crayz man.

[@zairulazfar88]

Is it legal in your country? How about the chassis number?

[@Thrivetribe47]

Did you film a tutorial for this. I don’t blame you if you didn’t. This was a really difficult project. Like better than most professional mechanics can’t do this. Ever think of the 99 front end

[@MichaelFlare]

I did not do a tutorial video. I'm sorry. I have thought about the facelift front end many times through the past 10 years but I always chose to stick with this one mainly because it's very special knowing that only Japan had this front end; it's literally the original first version of CTR that even modern video games are starting to use this front end over the facelift.

[@Chynna357]

Looking nice, April fools

[@kingnaengine_realtv186]

ek9 Michael broken silvia style!

[@tksoillest9235]

Dope af

[@tangedal9983]

@michaelflare was your old civic a manual or auto

[@MichaelFlare]

Tangedal - manual

[@bseries8826]

Give us an update!

[@gilbertsotelo7463]

Where do you get your ctr parts?

[@MichaelFlare]

eBay is the best place to find parts and here is why. eBay is probably the biggest and most diverse market in the world. eBay sells all kinds of stuff from private sellers to business sellers. They sell both FAKE and REAL parts. Here are some tips to distinguish the two when you buy parts from eBay. Either way, you can buy fake or real, it is up to your preference. 1. Observe the seller ratings and feedbacks 2. Do research on the internet about parts you want to buy. 3. FAKE parts are BRAND NEW AND LOW PRICE for Civic EKs, most of the time. 4. REAL parts are USED AND HIGH PRICE for Civic EKs, most of the time. 5. Read item description very carefully before you buy.

[@gilbertsotelo7463]

Thanks man! Looks good. Good thing you didn’t sell it. Keep going!

[@rodneycameron2804]

Hey brother where could I locate a clip?

[@MichaelFlare]

JSH Motors, JDM Ohio DIrect, eBay, J Spec Auto, etc.

[@Lisawrrr1029]

!!!

[@nelc2399]

Love your work but too bad is not a legit Ek9 JDM model.

[@zy5385]

im turning the real rhd ek9 to lhd ek9 LOL