First swiss EK9 (TypeRx) and modding story


So you might remember that recently i found out about my EK9 being a Type-Rx special edition? When i found out, i also realized that my Rx edition Pedals and the footrest were a bit dirty.
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So i thought it wace about time to give them a bit of a cleanup with some interieur cleaner:


After soaking it a bit, i brushed it all off with a brush


And, while not perfect, the pedals look much cleaner.
While at it anyway, i decided to take photos of all the Rx special features to update my Rx-spec post.
Rx Pedals:


Electric folding morrors:


"Keyless entry" Remote transmitter:


Uprated Pioneer audio system (rear speakers are still in the car and not pictured, plus the anenna is the same as the standard EK9, so nothing special):


And last but not least, that iconic red stitched shifter boot, which is nowadays also found in many EK9 replicas, because it fits so well with those red recaros:


Oh and also got some reads:
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That's it for now. Oh and i'm invited by Honda switzerland to show my car at their 50 years anniversary in september. this is going to be fun.
 
Nicely done! If you ever want to change the brake and clutch ones I have brand new spares here :D
 
After i realized my EK9 is not a regular Ek9 Civic TypeR, but a special EK9 TypeRX edition, the hunt for the rare RX-spec documentation began, because I didn't really have a lot in my collection.
And while hunting documents online, I came across a few aftermarket documents that were cheap and missing in my collection, so I decided to put together a small lot and fill some gaps in my archives:


First, the most important one. I've been looking for this TypeRX specific EK9 brochure for quite some months now, and finally it popped up recently for sale. I'm super excited about this one, as it is the correct sales brochure for my Car.

It shows all the RX specific details and features, which is super neat:


Maybe I miss one here, but I think I have now all official Civic EK9 brochures which I'm aware of:


Along with it, i got one missing Mugen EK9 catalogue, so i have now both Pre- and facelift versions for my Mugen period collect catalogue collection.


Same with the Spoon sports collection:


And Top fuel. I bought the left one specifically, because the car on the cover, is the reason I started to gather interest in EK's when I was young. Damn, time flies...


Last but not least, i got the "number 6" final edition Civic 3-door hatchback parts catalogue from Japan.


Before, I only had number five, which stopped at the regular GF-EK9-110-xxxxx chassis numbers. But the RX has actually GF-EK9-120xxxx, so when this one popped up for sale, it was the right time to get the correct parts manual for mine.

And while shopping for RX catalogues, i also came across those original RX pedals. Since these are prone to wear, I thought i better secure a set as long as they're still available and affordable, so here we go.


It looks like some useless parts, but for me, it really fills some gaps in my collection and that always is something nice :-)

And then, I've always been searching for original EK9 typeR press releases from Japan, but they're hard to find. Well I will continue to search but at least last week i found some other cool Honda Press release folders:


The coolest one is this September 1995 press release from the Civic EK / EJ / MB introduction, which was handed out in March 1996 at the Geneva Motor show:


Aside from the usual pages of Marketing information and technical details and specs


It also included about 20 A4 press photo prints:


Which also are included as standard 4:3 photo prints and Dia's:


The second folder was the same, but from the previous year Motor show in March 1995 and included the whole new Honda range from that year, which was only the NSX-T and the Honda Odyssey.
A bit of a comical combination, if you ask me. One is the bulky family van and the other one is one of the best sports car the world has ever seen.


The third press folder is from Honda Motorsport 1997, a few pages of ADAC super touring car cup information that the drivers Heger and Werner will join the Team Linder.
It also includes a proper CV and race history sheet of all drivers and background information. Quite cool.
 
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