This rear-center exhaust exit is only supplanted by the flurry of JDM products spotlighting the exterior. The body consists of an EK4 Si-R JDM front lip, bumper covers with moldings, side moldings, fenders, mud guards and door visors. Fred added on a Seibon carbon-fiber hood and hatch with FAL rear Lexan glass. In the rear sits a Seibon carbon fiber duckbill rear wing, looking down on a set of EK4 Si-R JDM taillights which match perfectly with the Si-R headlamps and side markers on the front side. The EK chassis was painted a Nimbus Grey Pearl which was taken from the '01 Audi TT roadster.
In his hometown of Hayward, CA, Fred dips through the streets using a set of Function & Form Type II coilovers, dropping the Civic three inches on all four corners. The Cusco six-point roll cage and Function & Form rear lower control arms help the chassis stay stiff around the bends, while BLOX Racing antiroll bars with adjustable end links keep the Civic stable. Under the JDM-inspired chassis rolls a set of Watanabe RS-8 wheels, measuring 16 inches in diameter and seven inches wide. They're surrounded by sticky Yokohama Parada Spec II tires and stopped by front and rear Powerstop cross-drilled rotors with OEM brakes.
Naturally, the EK's interior also serves to please the JDM gods with a Key's Racing leather 350mm deep dish steering wheel and complementary shifter knob. This hard-to-find steering wheel sits in front of a JDM Honda EK4 Si-R gauge cluster, attached to a very rare JDM steering column light. Among the other rare parts a JDM fanatic would drool for is the JDM-optional large roof console EDM center clock, and if you haven't already noticed, a set of Recaro SRD seats with confetti print.
All of which, from the K-series swap to the JDM exterior and interior, were primary reasons why we immediately noticed Fred's EK at the 2007 Nisei Week Showoff in Los Angeles, the car show known for bringing in the best from all of California. Despite owning a car known for having been modified a thousands times over, a car that everyone in the industry flooded with every aftermarket part possible, Fred managed to rise above it all and made an EK Civic so unique that we had to take a closer look. And if something like that catches our eyes, we have no choice but to drop dimes.