Aero Kit

Now that my blog is up to date I can start writing about the parts I have chosen and ordered, waiting to be fit in the new year. First up on the agenda is the aero kit. I had narrowed it down to three options:

1. Mugen rear Lip kit and the rest kept OEM
2. J's Racing Type-S Aero kit (no relation to Honda Type S!!)
3. J's Racing Type-S Aero kit but with the Mugen rear lip kit

In my opinion, the Mugen rear lip kit provides a fantastic looking rear and should've been the facelift rear by default ;)

Mugen rear lip kit

However, if there is one gripe I have with this lip it's the very nature of what it is, a lip kit. When put on a facelift rear bumper, it doesn't quite sit flush with the rear bumper as it sits on top of the dreaded rear bumper black strip.

The J's kit as mentioned before has always been my favourite kit but the rear hasn't always sat right with me. Functionally you can see why it looks like it does, but there's no getting away from the fact it's a 'marmite' design.

I will hold my hands up and admit I've never really 'loved' the rear and so I was flirting with the idea of combining it with the Mugen rear lip kit. However, as mentioned earlier it's a lip kit and for me would be too chunky for the rest of the J's aero parts. I had also thought about painting the diffuser section of the bumper black to soften the rear design, however as you can see from the below picture, the left and right end diffuser 'fins' (not sure what to call these) are smoothed into the rear bumper, so there is no cut off point for the black paint to end neatly like you have with the Mugen lip kit.

With these conflicting design options in my head, I was at a loss until I came across a time attack DC5 in Australia sponsored by J's.

There was my answer, not far at all from my idea with the diffuser painted black. Just leave the end diffuser fins white!
With just this simple colour coding the J's rear bumper IMO had gone from 'cool but a bit odd' to absolutely stunning! Conundrum over, the J's kit would be the kit.