The EP3 Honda Civic Si can be the k-series king of your boy racer dreams

[@modehfy1352]

Shhh let's keep this a secret. This and the 8th gen are my favorite.

[@tommynobaka]

Bought one Feb 2022 for $2800 bone stock before gas prices went crazy Modern EG look is right. You either never see these or if you do, they're crazy track builds or bone stock Shifter location is great, stock unbranded recaros great and shares parts with the RSX so mods are endless

[@michaeljordan3932]

The first thing that comes to my mind as a point of comparison is a two door 1996 Honda Odyssey, especially from the front. It has that mini-mini-van look.

[@paulosicne8498]

At 3:10 I'm Fifties Pauly guys, and you are correct, I got caught up in a senseless bidding war. The car was at a decent price at around $12K but at the end some guy bid $15K. I should have walked away, but didn't. I'm never using Bring A Trailer again. When I received this car, it was a rust bucket and had a lot of issues. I paid for transport some big bucks, then a whopping $2000 just to do the out of state registration with the DMV. Mechanically I paid a lot more as the wheels were bald, the suspension was butchered, it had an ugly rear body kit, that didn't look so ugly in the pics, but I removed it. This was an absolute nightmare for me and it hurt my bank book, along with so much time wasted. I recently traded it in to a dealership for just a fraction of what I paid for it. There was going to be other issues in the near future. It really needed new brakes and rotors, the belts were worn, it idled on high for too long, the electronic steering was compromised. And this is just the issues that I was noticing, I'm sure there's going to be more. If this was a car that I was able to go see in person, (I live in California, the car was a dealership in New Jersey), I would have did a 180 degree turn in godspeed because this care was beaten up by the previous owner(s). But with BAT, you pretty much just go by the pictures, and carfax, and how honest the seller is. Again, I sold it back to a dealership here in Santa Ana, after locating a clean 2004 Acura RSX Type S in Milano Red with only 37K miles, one previous owner, stock, and is a west coast car. Very beautiful car and fun to drive, which I'll only take out on the weekends. I have a 2010 Hyundai that I use as a daily driver to and from work. I've closed the book on Bring A Trailer forever, as I'll be closing the account this week. Word of advice to anyone: Stay away from East Coast cars, and pretty much any car that you can't go see in person (should go without saying, but I didn't follow this common sense). I thought Bring A Trailer had a higher standard of what cars they actually allow to be posted on their auctions. Guess I was wrong. Anyway, It's always cool watching these Collector Car Feed videos. Cheers guys!

[@jtotheace1]

I recently put a EP3 Type R transmission in a Toyota MR2 with a turbo K24A2. Just did the first drive. Lots of fun!

[@mario_sw20]

hell yea i jus started my k24 swapped mr2 couple days ago. man of culture right here everyone! 🤝

[@SomeOne_86]

When it comes to 4 cylinders, Honda is king

[@boocrafty]

Doing a k20a2 with my mr-s haha super excited

[@jtotheace1]

@@boocrafty Nice, Good luck!

[@jtotheace1]

@@mario_sw20 Good luck with the build!

[@timeubanks8790]

I’ve owned 3 of these and refuse to sell my current one.

[@BigNerdLandon]

Owning an EP3, its nice to hear some good opinions on them

[@StewPudasoe]

I just bought the white hatchback at time line 13:38! For $1300! On steelies! It is clean! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️no rust either!

[@randyluna8472]

I was lucky enough to purchase an 02, body, interior and motor was well taken care of, got it for 3500, it's not the favorite of the honda family but i think it holds its own

[@Michael-H23]

I have owned 1 EP3s, and it was a fun little car. So much fun my son bought an EP3. His has some body damage but 109,000 miles

[@hedgeclipper418]

The other thing you guys didn't mention abuot the ep3 is that it's insanely practical. The hatch is fantastic and you can put a lot of stuff in it. It's small enough to be fun, but very practical. Owned one for a year. Never shoulda sold.

[@SirTsar]

I put a full sized dresser in mine lmao, I LOVE IT

[@spicytuna62]

Every time I see a car with goofy tow hooks out the ass, I immediately assume the closest that person has ever been to a track is playing Gran Turismo.

[@langstenebanks]

Lol as a honda guy i love when yall post these lol i got a rsx same chassis as the ep3

[@KRBBDC]

Well guys I got one 2002 ep3 got it in 2006 no paint lol suspension sucks but no modifications it has 290000 miles on it, original engine ,I only changed clutch ones and some sensors alternator twice, radiator one time still running just don’t know how much more it’ll run

[@XCALLYCOOX]

Crazy prices for an si, can get a type r ep3 here in the uk for the equivalent of $6-7k

[@gearhead3500]

uk type r ep3 in America is probably worth a lot those where never sold here

[@toxicmasculinity7870]

@@gearhead3500 A shame we never got the Type R Civics till the FK model. 😔

[@mazdafy1428]

I paid $2500 for my ep3 si

[@onlysilv]

Pre inflation

[@JakeKaminskisRacing]

I used to own an EP3. Made it look good with the JDM Type R bumpers and sideskirts, Mugen front lip, and so on. Miss that car as it was the best daily!

[@ericksonmoreno6029]

Insane shafts 😭😭 dude was proud to have that sticker

[@SpinachLeaf]

MOM mom they finally posted mine! Get the camera!

[@DreamcastSoupYT]

This generation always looked cool, my dad had an 01.

[@OEM1]

Interesting cuz the ep3 came out in 02

[@DreamcastSoupYT]

@@OEM1 oh mb, probably was an 02 then.

[@user-xn2rn4xy3v]

Just bought one for $2,000! Runs and drives good, ac heat work. It's dope!

[@titaniumcoated]

had my EP3 since i was 15...im 22 now!

[@lilcrazart4162]

this video was genuinely the reason i even learned about this car and got one and i love it

[@natedostalik3538]

Cant wait for the 8th gen si vid, the market on those is ridiculous, especially the Sedans

[@wallacengineering8096]

I LOVE my 2020 Civic Si, Stage 1.5 Tune from Pherable plus some bolt-ons equals nearly 300 HP at the crank from a tiny 1.5L Turbo and I still get 40 MPG on the highway even after the mods (2-Door Coupe version, lightweight and aerodynamic). Im usually a GTI guy but I genuinely like this thing a lot. I like my "Rallye Red" color but I have seen 10th gens in White and I agree its one of the best colors. Factory stock other than power mods, it has those optional extra wheels from Honda with the Black/Silver Spokes and the Red Stripe on the outer lip of the wheel, they look fantastic and Im never gonna change them. I love the 10th Gen 2-Door Coupe on looks, its aggressive but not too aggressive - a great balance for a little sports car. I don't like that 11th gen is now 4-Door sedan only. It looks nice but nothing special so I think my car looks way better than the new 11th gen.

[@treepard]

damn crazy timing on this vid I just bought one of these like 3 days ago

[@rnt45t1]

I had a friend briefly after college who had one of these, he used to make me get out in the middle of the street before he would parallel park it. I never understood why at the time, but now I realize it was because he had it lowered or air suspension or SOMETHING that made it go up and down and the door would hit the curb. Somehow this weeb found a woman willing to not only marry him but also reproduce with this man. I am still single.

[@thekrimsonchin6023]

skill issue

[@P60B40]

​@@thekrimsonchin6023 dam that's brutal 😂

[@kyrem1281]

Skill issue

[@zenxen7668]

Relatable

[@Kdubz_Auto_HVAC]

I bought my 160k mile 8th gen civic si for 3400 bucks about 3 years ago. Has 215k miles now and never given me one problem. Ive replaced a ton of stuff though pre emptively. Id say about 75 percent of the cars original parts outside of the block have been taken out at this point. Its insane how much these appraise for now.

[@allanrodriguez7526]

What did you have to change? Got my civic si 8th gen 106k miles want it to last me a while

[@Kdubz_Auto_HVAC]

@@allanrodriguez7526 I've got a entire file devoted to maintenance of the car and what I've replaced but it was all preventative. The only things to actually wear in the past 3 years or so were all wear items for the most part. Things like suspension parts, brakes, tires, that type of stuff. You might need to do a clutch and if it's over 150k miles you will NEED to do your timing chain, tensioner, and guide components. No wiggle room on that one. Honestly the only things that actually have failed on me are all electronic things. Air fuel ratio sensor, vtc solenoid, and vtec spool solenoid have all failed on me as well as a cracked water outlet [thats what your thermostat bolts into]. VTC Sprocket also like to rattle on cold start sometimes that's a known problem but it's not bad for the car mine did that for 2 years until I replaced it when I did my cams. Transmissions are a known bad spot too. I rebuilt mine last year for about 1900 [700 for the kit and 1200 for my boy to do it] The car has never left me stranded or has ever been completely undriveable though

[@SR22VET-S15]

Owned a facelift jdm ep3 type r, probably my favourite honda ive ever owned. And yes, have had a k swapped em1 coupe and fn2 type r. The ep3r just ticked all the right boxes for me, looked nice outside, roomy and modern interior, not too heavy of a chassis, came with the jdm k20 and gearbox and the chassis was rowdy and fun to drive. The k swap em1 was just too old and rattly inside for me and the chassis felt odd, i liked the shorter wheel base of the ep3r perhaps if i had an ek instead of the em1 coupe i would have enjoyed the k swap more but the interior was just too old and rattled too much regardless. Fn2r is somewhat similar to the american market 8th gen civic si, its nice outside and very modern inside, but just too heavy. So for me the ep3r is a good balance of modern look, modern interior, not too heavy and good chassis, its a shame the US market never actually got the type r versions of the ep3, it seems the ones you got were heavily watered down and seems like they never really got popular over there becausd of how watered down they were

[@yodhanhunter]

Bought mine this week. 02, 225k on the body, 110k on the engine. Yeah, it’s got some rust, but it’s gonna be a track car. Interior is stripped out, it’s a riot to drive. And I am going to put a Fit badge on the back for the lolz.

[@sldncs]

just traded a 2000 accord with over 360k miles for an 03 ep3 with 250, needs some work but runs and drives. best trade up ive done

[@zaucy_]

I've had a 97 civic coupe with a single jingle, single cam wam bam thank ya ma'am as my first car, then I bought an 8th gen si, 2007 sedan, with the k20z3 in it which was paired with the lsd trans and I was extremely lucky to have one of the ONLY 8TH GENS IN THE WORLD to not have issues with the paint. Ran the absolute piss outta that thing until 220k miles and it threw the notorious cam/crank correlation timing chain code one day and I cleared it and sold it the same day lmao. Now I have another 97 sedan with a Honda Domani front and rear end swap on it with a b20vtec in it (b20 block, b18c1 gsr head) that's an all motor build. Love my Honda's man they're so easy to build and so easy to embarrass every douchebag in a modern v8 with bolt ons that thinks they're the bees knees 😂

[@GiannisZax]

These things are pretty stout... A friend of mine owned a Type R EP3 (Europe so we got the Type Rs), he got it with about 200.000km, he turboed the stock engine and it lasted until about 460.000 before spitting a rod out the block. Swapped a fresh one in a weekend and kept going strong.

[@richardchuang4761]

Did he do a K20A swap? If so i would like to ask him a few questions about a swap. I’m about to swap my EP3 and i wanna get some advice

[@GiannisZax]

@@richardchuang4761 Type R EP3s came from factory with a K20A. He just swapped the blown one with a low mileage one. ☺

[@richardchuang4761]

@@GiannisZax yeah. Come with a K20A3 (si/sir) or K20A2 (type r). I was wondering if he did it with a JDM K20A (non type r)

[@SR22VET-S15]

@richardchuang4681 just go straight to a k24a3, change to a type r oil pump, 50 degree vtc gear and a set of cams.

[@rjaybruhh]

*_A couple of people in my city have this K swapped, and damn it's quick 🥹_*

[@47Mufasa]

“looks lifted and slammed at the same time”🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ModifiedImportsandDomestics]

I sold mine 8 years ago. back when I had it.. NOBODY liked the ep3's everyone shit talked them lol but definitely my favorite civic and one of my favorite shifters. I would like another one someday but everyone is asking too much for them in my opinion. 7k for a 200k mile one? no thank you. I paid 8500 for mine in 2012 with 90k miles on it. I'll just wait for the type R version to be legal and get that instead. and if you want a really good laugh look up the Good Charlotte EP3 lol.

[@OEM1]

For anyone considering, just know you could get an 8th gen Si for damn near the same price which comes with closest engine to the jdm K20A, the K20Z3. Way more tunability on the 8th gen too.

[@barebonesjones]

Clean EM1! Just got one myself, needs a new head but still has the original b16 :)

[@OEM1]

@@barebonesjones Never sell it 👍🏽

[@gearhead3500]

wrong you can get a ep3 for 5k or less 8gen si ppl are asking 8k or up to 15k also you can swap any K20A K20Z3 K20A2 K24A2 in a ep3

[@OEM1]

@@gearhead3500 Wrong. I’ve found 8th gen coupes for as low as 4k. Dont speak for everyone, we dont live where you live 😂

[@gearhead3500]

@@OEM1 everyone knows the coupes are ugly due to the rear end you probably live where they rust california cars are double the price

[@ShanerTheGrey]

Finally, some Honda content

[@CollectorCarFeed]

Apparently this is what you guys want, we'll do more

[@cwbetb]

EF, EG, EK, golden era

[@ghostwerks]

Bought my Ep3 in May of this year and it's been an absolute gem!

[@SuperDimeguy]

I have a 2002 I picked up at a repo auction. I absolutely love it. I only added coil overs and wheels but that’s it.

[@Isemaidn]

I have a 2005 SI that my daughter has been trying to get me to sell. It’s my fun car. I’ve been close to selling but may keep now. It’s really nice and love driving it.

[@musskeeterbump]

the K20A3 is very underpowered but it's very reliable for a daily

[@bobbybandz9194]

I bought a complete EP3 Si for $300 no joke,runs and drives 😅(bought it for harness and trans going into an MR2 project)

[@C0untersignal]

not sure if youre interested, but Prelude Prices are spiking like a motherfucker on marketplace

[@titaniumcoated]

EP3 owner here I love mines i cant wait to start upgrading it 🫡

[@codereddew1539]

I have a 2004 Si 102K miles. Owned it since 2006. Great car.

[@KennyZoobs]

K20a2 swapped my 04. 😊

[@Fryrice3]

05 clean 110k miles bone stock owner here in tx i absolutely love it

[@TRUENOGTAPEX1600]

Let me find out, Netgear! Threw out the Area 88 reference! I dig it 😂 Last thing I expected to hear while talking about the slowest K series in existence.

[@tomosarmy]

My uncle has ep,70horsepower and it is slow as hell but unbreakable

[@wr1ght939]

I definitely prefer an EK, but these sorta sacrifice looks for price imo. Edit: K series is a pretty plentiful engine that’s really reliable aswell.

[@CollectorCarFeed]

8th gen is the bargain Civic Si right now best I can tell. More availability and basically the same price as the EP3, but you get forty more horsepower and a limited slip diff right out the box. Just have to worry about your paint falling off

[@jonathangutierrez9879]

Don’t forget you could get one in a sedan and imo look much better than the coupes

[@thai6670]

ep3 is definetly the first of the modern civics. ek9 was the last 90s

[@timscheuermann2554]

I got mine for 3k with some minor issues during the covid price spikes. Mine is sadly that stupid silver color. But its getting a a2 headswap in a month so the no real vtec issue will be resolved.

[@mikeemail1101]

I thought I was the only one who wasn’t a fan of the silver..😤

[@Operator-fq2fn]

I've Owen 2 of these had everything k20A swapped with a 6speed Trans it ripped built it my self have some vids of it as I was building it

[@FormOverFunction]

This is my DREAM daily…get this fresh blue paint, full type r style lip kit (budget daily) type r wheels intake, stock exhaust, and some BC coilovers and your done 💯🔥 perfect daily

[@nathanbrown6091]

Y’all must not know ep3 if you didn’t know the front side markers are always missing😂 I def don’t have them 😂

[@Carl_JohnsonOGF]

I bought an EP3 Si for 2k from my cousin a few years ago. Got a fiesta st in 2018 but i didn't sell the EP3.

[@nathanchildress5596]

Funny enough, I don’t hate the ghost flame one. Reminds me of this civic near my high school that was painted like a Soviet MIG-15

[@ItsBuster]

feel sorry for usdm I wouldn't even call the ep3. shadow of the uk spec ones.

[@FR0Z0NEkeys]

Maybe for a bone stock one. A modified USDM EP3 is a monster.

[@titaniumcoated]

the one with the flames on the hood had me react instantly like HOLY FUCK🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@calebmurphy7536]

The black lagoon opening ❤❤❤

[@izzu4743]

just got a beater of this car and i am sooo excited

[@musskeeterbump]

still got mine 400,000 miles on the ticker have replaced engine and transmission . original engine left the chat at about 280,000 chain tensioner 😢 the bottom end was solid

[@Term808_]

that black lagoon style intro , CHECK

[@johnconnorstopskynet]

my buddy has an ep3 with a jackson racing sc and k24. it's decent, but he's selling the sc and putting the money into finishing his rsx w/ k24 turbo

[@D_MELT777]

I have a 8th gen and I wanna get a ep3 an swap the z3 and 6 speed into it

[@duck7322]

I have one but I need sooooo much bodywork it’s unfunny, mechanically it is sound as a concrete wall but there is dents and chips, scrapes, some rust. I love the car to death though and am in the process of restoring it to its former glory💪

[@ISKLEMMI]

As an 8th gen Civic owner, the paint absolutely does fall off these things. I eventually got so fed up with it that I had it properly repainted.

[@matinirudolph8420]

I own a jdm ep3 type R, pretty stock, intake and exhaust mods. Only upgrades are Mugen, cos it’s basically Honda. And here in New Zealand they’re only worth about $20,000. And mine has less than 100,000miles. With the k20a it redlines at 8,400rpm. Unfortunately the k20a motor is becoming increasingly rare 😢

[@SR22VET-S15]

Bought my 05 ep3r for 10k here in aus back in 2017, but prices have sky-rocketed to 20-25k for pre facelift and 25-30k for face lift models. I think the prices will steadily keep increasing too as not many people are that fond of the newer turbo type Rs and many people would prefer the ep3 over the fn2

[@jamesmustin7289]

I will keep my 1997 Honda Del Sol Si

[@nhilist5774]

I have an 02 i love my little odyssey coupe ❤

[@Tlloyd56]

2003 si was my first new car I bought, fucking loved that car. Might just buy another.

[@HondaFit4Adventure]

An EP3 is a 2 door Honda Fit. #ChangeMyMind

[@ccalkin]

I have a completely stock 05 one in silver that I'm about to try and sell with 240k miles. I've owned it since it had 16k miles. It is in reasonable condition, it was my daily driver... How much do you think I could get?

[@dho]

nah they're too old and too close in price to an 8th gen. my rule is now that if i'm going to spend a crapton of time trying to find a good example, it might as well just be a good car. helped my friend find an 8th gen si with an hfp kit, rpf1's, kw v3's and helical gear swapped transmission for 8.5 (paint was also perfect and ceramic coated). really not too far off from an ep3 deal unless you're finding a mint one for like 5k. I think I kinda see the ep3 appeal but I think the honda fits are gonna be less abused and a bit newer.

[@stuartingram7327]

I love the body style, but the k20a3 is garbage. I really thought about getting a ep3 cuz i was going to eventually buy a built engine. Then i found a fa5 ( 8th gen ) and man that was one sexy looking sedan and then i drove it and that k20z3 had me sold on it

[@rebalwitnocauze]

EM1 blue is pretty dope too next to all white

[@BubbaDice]

I love the vids. Keep it up 👍

[@middleagedbaldguy6774]

I test drove one of these new. The steering was like a shopping cart.

[@IamTehFreak]

The RSX is the best all around EP3 handling was just off in comparison and didn't stand up in body style. I still own an RSX type s a-spec and its a dream to drive.

[@jsti_ttv4426]

My front neighbor has one sitting in his driveway for the past 2 years he is currently making it turbo

[@hoodietazed9397]

Somebody commented on a post in the RSX community that is just a base RSX in a different body and I never saw it the same again 😭😭

[@AlejandroSuntay]

Sheesh Netgear was on one about that airplane tail reference 😂

[@grdn2607]

The Type R’s are shitboxes in the U.K. and you can pick them up for a few grand but recently they’ve been getting closer and closer to the 10k mark for nice ones and I don’t see the point when a few grand more gets you an Integra or an EK.

[@carfriendsimulator9981]

ok.

[@_Professor_Oak]

The prices of EK/DC2's is just classic JDM tax, they're slower cars overall, that's why people K-swap them. In the UK we live on an island that gets rain for more than half the year, and every damn road is salted in the winter, so basically any old JDM car will rot away like nothing if it's not looked after. I think there's less than half of the production EP3R's left on the roads now. Unless it's garaged its whole life and only taken out in the summer it WILL be rusty somewhere.

[@alexsartor63]

An Area 88 reference??! Let's go!

[@Mr.WarwickBot]

I just got myself an SI… going through all the beat to hell/modded riced out cars was hell. Went to look at an 8th gen from a dealer who said it was stock… got there and saw that it had a 2.4 swapped in there… like wtf.

[@FrankieLamberty]

What’s the website yall first went to with the silver ep3?

[@SyntaxError119]

LOL i own one for 9 years now, and its an EU type R EP3, so K20A2. I see every day one haha

[@vintageludwig]

Always loved this body style.

[@MadMan_123]

There are a few things I'd buy at 200k miles, a ford straight 6, Most diesels, or a 22r toyota truck. As long as rhe body and interior is acceptable.

[@Kilantro_]

I just got one of these for $3k CAD, has high milage but is in really good condition, no rust. They are really fun to drive but the alternator placement is horrible. also those blinkers like to fall off at a moments notice.

[@Silentjustin06]

I'm a honda person but this was hilarious

[@CollectorCarFeed]

*person of Honda, please

[@dan-othemando7958]

Ah I remember My neighbor had one.....Bought new Riced it out and always woke me up at 5am.........

[@Carvino]

blue ep3 needed a main relay or could be ignition switch

[@RustyHondas]

I've been looking for one of these

[@fpmclovin2014]

Ep3 type rs are king in Europe I didn’t know you guys got them in us

[@ItsBuster]

they are Si spec. shadow of the Type R we know and love in UK

[@spb1232]

i just bought a 2002 honda civic sir and it’s only got 13,500 miles on it and it’s in perfect condition. guess how much i got it for

[@deepblue7110]

I have one and it has only 73,000 miles

[@TheWorst-]

I keep pausing the video by accident trying to hit the facebook market "next image" arrow.

[@AKK5I]

5:33 netgear's schizo weeb ramblings

[@r3dtig3r]

Really puts the 3 in K20A3