Humza's 2025 Civic Type R FL5

This isn't Unity's first FL5. A friend's CW car was loaned to the shop early on for product testing before it sold in 2024, and there's an ongoing "RR" FL5 build for another friend that's been showing up on our socials. This one, finally, is Humza's own.

The timing worked out in a funny way — Humza became a human dad and an FL5 dad within a couple weeks of each other, so car content went on pause for a bit right out of the gate. That timing set the tone for the whole build: this car has to split the difference between shop development platform, fun toy, and something the family can ride along in.

Compared to his FK8 — which ran Ohlins and pretty much every suspension part in RV6's catalog — Humza's deliberately kept this one more restrained. The plan has been OEM++: test upgrades one at a time, live with each change long enough to actually form an opinion on it, and share what's genuinely worth running versus what isn't.

Eleven-ish months in, that restraint has loosened up a bit. What started as subtle wheel and interior touches has grown into a full wrap, a one-off custom interior wheel, a wheel and tire upgrade, a genuinely game-changing active suspension controller, and — most recently — real turbo and induction hardware with dyno numbers to back it up.

TLDR: OEM++ turned into a proper build. Wrapped in KPMF Blue Black Iridescent, riding on an active damper controller most FL5/DE5 owners have never heard of, and now picking up real airflow and cooling upgrades as the power creeps up. Same as every Unity build — nothing goes on until it's been lived with and tested first.

We'll start off with Engine and Drivetrain Performance Mods:

• COBB Intercooler Kit
• Infinity Design Carbon Intake
• Infinity Design Carbon Inlet
• 27WON Intake Snorkel
• WOT Performance Cooling Plate
• PRL Coolant Overflow Tank
• APR Carbon Engine Cover
• ARK DT-S Exhaust — current
• MXP Comp RS Exhaust — before
• Hybrid Racing Formula Exhaust — before
• COBB Rear Motor Mount (RMM) — current
• Wunderladen Rear Motor Mount (RMM), Street Bushing — before
• Wunderladen Passenger Motor Mount (PMM) prototype, Street Bushing — before, paired with the RMM

Exterior

• OLM Honda Access-Style Wing (Carbon) — since discontinued
• Cusco High Position Rear Wing Brackets
• APR Rear Diffuser
• KPMF Blue Black Iridescent Full Wrap, with blacked-out side markers

Interior

• Dream Automotive Front Seat Covers
• BlackVue DR970X-2CH IR Plus Dash Cam — non-LTE, hardwired
• Acuity Adjustable Short Shifter
• Hybrid Racing Maxim Shift Boot Collar
• Unity Performance Flat-Bottom Steering Wheel — one-off Sweidit leather/alcantara retrim with blue accents
• Honda OEM S2000 Aluminum Shift Knob — current
• ALPLUS Formula Shift Knob (titanium) — before
• Dream Automotive Teardrop Shift Knob — before
• Skunk2 Billet Shift Knob (440g) — before

Chassis & Suspension

• H&R Lowering Springs — 20mm drop
• Progress Tech Adjustable 22mm Rear Sway Bar Kit — paired with OEM Accord end links
• Ultra Racing Rear Torsion Bar
• SDI E-Clik Active Pro — active suspension controller

Brakes

• Second set of Brembo calipers, powdercoated Titanium Matte Grey with 5-axis CNC-engraved logo in Mag Blue

Wheels & Tires

• RAYS Volk Racing ZE40 M-Spec — 19x10 +40, current
• Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 — 265/35R19, current
• Superspeed Wheels 76RR — 18x10.5 +47, Matte Black, before
• Continental DWS06+ — 285/35R18, before