While one of our Option staff members was in Macau last he spotted an ultra rare Mugen RR. Only 300 were ever produced. Considered by many to be the ultimate Honda Civic, it featured 2.0 liter that produced 240 hp at 8,000 rpm and 160ft at 7,000 revs. Although the car was pricey it was well worth having such features as body kit designed and made by Dome, Brembo brakes, Recaro buckets seat made from carbon fiber, Rays wheels, and of course a complete package made and tuned by Mugen. It is no wonder why the car sold out within the first 10 minutes it was on sale!!!!

We were fortunate enough to take some pictures of it.

Colors, colors and more colors. It seems that our aftermarket industry hottest trend is bright colors. Green, orange, purple and pink seem to be the hot colors nowadays. A few years back tuners wouldn’t be caught dead with any crazy colored wheel. Perceptions started to change a few years back when a few with visionary eyesight saw how hot a set of Gab Sport Rims (think ….Rota GT3) in red could be. It didn’t take long before the masses caught on. Nowadays it is common to see pink, red, and gold on any given Honda vehicle.

Is the color thing here to stay? We think so.

Coming this spring is the new GP Racing GR-2 in Orange Crush 16×7, 4×100 and 4×114.3. They are hot and coming in limited quantities. Looking to purchase a set? Send us an email to wholesale@optionjdm.com with your city you are located and we will refer you to the nearest dealer.

You race a Honda or Acura? Great, we race too and love racing. If you run any competitive series like GT Sprints, Castrol Canadian Touring Car Champsion, Mobil 1 Solo Sprints, Solo 2, we got your back. We know how expensive it can get and we want to give you a break. We are offering partial sponsorship and discounts on your race parts needs. If you are interested shoot an email to John@optionjdm.com with your race car info and series that you are running in.

Congratulations to Compass360 Racing on their victory at Daytona. If you didn’t know already they won last year’s Championship and locked in a manufacture champion for Honda. A lot of people don’t know they are from up North eh. They are a top notch team with incredible level of professionalism which has given them so much success to date. I hope the best for Ray, Turtle and the rest of the Compass360 team for 2010 season. Bring back another championship!!!

We spend so much time and money on the vehicles from upgrading the suspension to upping the horsepower. We buy these tall spoilers that give us more downforce so we can just take that corner an extra bit faster or in some cases to look like we can. We buy bigger brakes in order to save those tenths of a second. We strip our cars of any excessive weight and replace any heavy items with lighter more exotic items. Essentially we spend big bucks to go faster. One major item that is overlooked by the guys that frequently hit the track is a “Data Logger”. A data basic job is to record lap times, it can also break down the lap into sectors, record entry speeds and exit speeds, record top speed, your breaking and etc etc. It is one of the most powerful tools in going faster. Go look around in any professional racing series and you will see drivers looking over the data after the race and comparing it to fellow drivers. The “Data Logger” can be an amazing tool in making us more consistent, faster drivers. So next time you are thinking of ways to make yourself faster consider a “Data Logger” if you haven’t already. You can purchase a “Data Logger” from Racepak, AIM, Motec and many other respectable brands.

Due to high demand the GR-2 black with anodized red lip is coming back. They come only in 16inch in 4×100/4×114.3 with 42 offset. These wheels are hot. They remind me of the old school JDM Black Racing colour setup. They are limited to just 10 sets. We expect them sometime in March. If you are looking for a set shoot us an email with your location and well give you information to your nearest GP Dealer.

I was never really big fan of the purple color fad but once I saw how nice the new *limited* edition GP Racing LCA SF Edition came out in Anodized Purple it forever changed my mind. Respect to our boys in Winnipeg for such nice pieces of art. They are available for 92-95 Civic, 94-01 Integra non type r and 96-00 Civic.

What happens when you have too much time and a camera and a nice car parked outside? Our buddies from N4E1 had this exact same thing happen to them and voila they made this video. Check out there website at www.n4e1.com for some serious gear.

Don’t get me wrong, Canada is probably the greatest place on earth to live in. We really only have two seasons in Canada, winter and July. It makes feel sad because due to the cold weather we can’t be tracking our cars or racing this time of the year. It does give us sometime to work on our projects so that they can run harder or look better for next season.

I hope these pictures from last years racing season get you back in the mood. See you on the track in a few months!

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