[Desert Driver]

I think: Yes.

 

[Xhilr8n!]

Use resources to improve the loose nut behind the wheel.

Seriously, real track time even in the beginning levels can totally change the experience. Make it safer, more fun, and temper the urge to push your limits on public roads.

Going faster because you have more motor can be fun but not nearly as rewarding as just taking a better line and out manuvering someone. And so fun leaving someone through the twisties because you have a strategy for the turns and a commitment.

EDIT: thinking further about this today, the idea that investing in your driving skills as the best mod makes so much sense. For one thing, you take it from car to car.

There is a risk of improving skill though. You might find you enjoy a lower powered car all the more, as we can actually use skills more than in a really fast car. We’ve had them including two McLarens, sooo fast, and get fast very quickly. But in real life gee when do you get a chance to use it for more than a fraction of a minute?

If I want a faster car I get those keys. But for real life getting across town or to the next town, this Integra power and handling level may be the most satisfying at any price. Why mess with it?

Heck, I might actually prefer this initial model to a Type S or R. Our Gen 9 Si fills my specific performance needs in a daily, and we get 30 mpg around town. Really useful fun.

 

[Slowcarfast]

Driver improvement is always #1, but with specifics to the car, the only thing I know I’ll want to do is change the tires, but I’ll wait until the factory-equipped tires wear out (hopefully at a HPDE school or track day).
Everything else depends on how it drives and if there is something where I feel it needs improvement. Maybe less rev hang?
Judging from my previous cars, though, I won’t be surprised if I eventually add some chassis braces or stiffer bushings to improve feel.
The boy racer in me might do the intake resonator delete if i find it too quiet.

 

[lauren01]

Not exactly a mod in my book but I plan on getting a K&N washable air filter and their silicone wiper blades. Their air filter lets my CR-Z run more smoothly and powerfully than an OEM paper filter. And wiper blades - well, there’s none as good as silicone blades. I might order the shorter blade slightly longer for better coverage.

Anyone heard from Acura or via gossip as to why there is no rear wiper? We are gonna be wiping the hatch glass by hand daily if we want decent visibility.

 

[Integra23]

Not exactly a mod in my book but I plan on getting a K&N washable air filter and their silicone wiper blades. Their air filter lets my CR-Z run more smoothly and powerfully than an OEM paper filter. And wiper blades - well, there’s none as good as silicone blades. I might order the shorter blade slightly longer for better coverage.

Anyone heard from Acura or via gossip as to why there is no rear wiper? We are gonna be wiping the hatch glass by hand daily if we want decent visibility.

It's modeled after a sedan..
Also I hate the wiper on my current car and was almost going to do a delete on it. I have never used it.

 

[lauren01]

It's modeled after a sedan..
Also I hate the wiper on my current car and was almost going to do a delete on it. I have never used it.

What car do you have?
Seems like lots of folks on the CR-Z forum have done the rear wiper delete. I’m using K&N 20” blades vs. the 16” stock spec. Cleans well between washings.

 

[Slowcarfast]

Anyone heard from Acura or via gossip as to why there is no rear wiper? We are gonna be wiping the hatch glass by hand daily if we want decent visibility.

I imagine it isn’t that necessary since the glass is so sloped, like a coupe, or maybe the deck lid keeps the spray from reaching the back window. I’ve used the wipers on my wagons and hatchbacks since the water collects there at highway speeds, but the rear glass on other cars I’ve owned didn’t have that issue. Do you use it on your CR-Z? I would think the tiny vertical tinted window would collect water spray but the top glass would remain clear. Also, I think Japan requires rear wipers on any hatch/lift backs (and maybe some sedans, since the Mitsubishi Evo has one?) so they often have them even when not really necessary.

 

[lauren01]

I imagine it isn’t that necessary since the glass is so sloped, like a coupe, or maybe the deck lid keeps the spray from reaching the back window. I’ve used the wipers on my wagons and hatchbacks since the water collects there at highway speeds, but the rear glass on other cars I’ve owned didn’t have that issue. Do you use it on your CR-Z? I would think the tiny vertical tinted window would collect water spray but the top glass would remain clear. Also, I think Japan requires rear wipers on any hatch/lift backs (and maybe some sedans, since the Mitsubishi Evo has one?) so they often have them even when not really necessary.

The tiny vertical glass gets dirty first but the top hatch catches right up. Yes, I use front and rear wipers at least twice daily. It’s very dusty in my 93001 ZIP Code plus I drive through construction and fog a lot so then it sticks. My plan is to keep the lil Z for my long commute through a 40-mile crap zone between 93001 and 93117. I’ll enjoy the Integra locally and on road trips that are not on my way to work . Soon my workplace is opening an office 6 miles from my home. Be happy to drive the Integra to the local office once it opens and use the CR-Z for the slog to our main office once a week.