Vehicle Owner

Member ID: MiraiZ

Location: Yokohama, JP

Vehicle Info

1998 Honda Integra

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile12.2 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-604.8sec
  • Top Speed0mph
  • HP300
  • Weight1100lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

Exterior Styling

  • Custom Body Kit 
  • Bridgstone Tires 

Car Audio & Video

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Mirai’s Honda Integra

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Update- Not a big deal though.

Last week I went to got and get my tires rotated and balanced because I have been feeling a slight vibration from the rear. It had been about 5 years since I got the Potenza RE711 and so I thought it was about time that they get checked.

To my surpise, the guy at the tire shop told be that one of the tires had warped due to extreme heat. I didn't quite understand how Z-rated tires could warp with just moderate driving, but seeing the tires wobble and flutter on the balancing machine explained the vibration, and convinced me that it was about time to get a set of new ones.

MiraiZ's 1998 Honda Integra

I liked the RE711's, but I thought it'd be nice to try something new. Maybe a set of Azenis, or Potenza S03's. I then came across a forum with a bunch of Integra owners in Japan. ALL of them unanimously agreed that the Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R's were the current best on the market. At $900 a set, they were actually cheaper than the 711's but said to be superior in every way.

So for me it was a no brainer decsion, I decided to go for the RE-01R's. MiraiZ's 1998 Honda Integra When I ordered the tires, the shop told me that they didn't have the size I needed and that it needed to be special ordered. Apparently only two cars in the world use the 215/45 16" size: The Integra Type R and the NSX (front wheels), so they're pretty unusual.

After waiting about 5 days, they finally came in and I immedialy went back to the shop to have them mounted. They were a bit heavier than the RE711's and the side walls were extremely stiff. With my RE711's, I could squeeze the walls and there would be some elasticity, but with the RE-01R's, it fet like solid rubber. MiraiZ's 1998 Honda Integra The tread design looked identical to the RE01, RE010, and the RE711's so I was a bit suspicious that maybe these are all the same tire with different badging.

After the tires were mounted (which took an hour with 3 people working on them -apparent these tires aren't easy to mount) I drove my car out of the shop and felt an immediate difference! A night and day different. The RE-01R's are amazing! I took it up to 135km/hr on the expressway around the bends and the tires barely made a peep. This biggest difference was the steering response. The steering feel very heavy now as if I didn't have any power steering at all, but the steering is VERY precise now. I now understand what those drivers meant in the Best Motoring videos when they say, "the car goes wherever I point it", because that's exactly what it does.

Anyways, here are some unflattering pics of the tires on my car.

MiraiZ's 1998 Honda Integra

MiraiZ's 1998 Honda Integra

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rplecky  

Posted by: rplecky

07/30/2009 11:25AM

that is tight im going under changes with my civic right now ill wait until im done to post picks but you deserve to be on honda tuning mag's cover page 5*'s all the way definately a prize winner

SupaSqueegie  

Posted by: SupaSqueegie

07/05/2009 04:16PM

one of the sickest teggy's on cardomain. I love all the small details you made sure to add and make it that much better. you have any videos of ur car? let me know!

hongsuiling  

Posted by: hongsuiling

06/19/2009 12:53PM

your integra came out sick, I see the effort you put in.

bobbynator  

Posted by: bobbynator

02/15/2009 03:21AM

nice integra brotha!!!

TOP_END_TUNER  

Posted by: TOP_END_TUNER

01/20/2009 12:34PM

really nice richt hand drive teggy .. i just gotta love that turbo ...i bet it sounds like a killer !!!..5*'s man ... check out my teggy ;)

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Member ID: MiraiZ

Location: Yokohama, JP