Hello everyone,

Been posting for a bit and wanted to say hello.

I’m a very proud owner of one of the 240 US units 10th Anniversary Special edition. It’s like a dream. It’s my DD and only car. Before the purchase, I had test driven a 2015 and a 2020 RC F, both with stock exhausts. I’m partial to gray but first time owning a Matte finish. I won’t lie, doing some research and after reading that Lexus matte pamphlet, I was scared of matte. But I meticulously hand wash at least biweekly all my cars so this was a non issue and the matte nebula gray was a perfect color for me. Not sure what mods, if any, I may want to add since it already had some of the most essential mods on it at time of purchase. The anti gravity lithium battery does sound like a neat mod I may want to add later.


Specs:

-10th Anniversary Special edition

-Apexi exhaust (love the sound and personally like the look better than Invidia. It makes the car alive at lower RPMs compared to my test drive experiences with stock exhausts. Test drive experiences with stock exhaust made the car sound tame and normal at lower RPMs.)

-Takeda CAI





Previous owner changed oil every 5k miles based on Carfax, but I may drop that to every 3-4k considering I want to keep this as long as the powers that be allow and I frequently drive short trips so the oil doesn’t get a chance to get fully warm. Fun fact, previous owner traded this 10th edition for a pristine Fuji Speedway edition. Tells you how he feels about the RC F!

Wheels I traded in for the RC F (dealer sold it within a week) was a Hyundai Genesis Coupe (3.8L V6, naturally aspirated 348HP, automatic with Torsen LSD).


Just as the RC F, Genesis Coupes are equally rare to see on the road and equally received many compliments/stares. Fun fact, when Hyundai separated the Genesis brand as standalone a la Toyota/Lexus, it discontinued the Genesis Coupe so they are even rarer now. Lots of folks ask “what car is that?” and confuse it with Aston Martin to Mini Cooper because of the Genesis wings badge LOL. Great car, great bang for your buck performance wise. Never had issues with the car, Hyundai has come a long ways. Only gripes with the Genesis Coupe were the fake hood vents and it was direct injection only. At about 50k miles I did a fuel/air induction service at the dealership to clean carbon buildup, and it wasn’t cheap. With the RC F being direct and port injection, it was one of many things that sold me on the RC F. Will miss the Genesis Coupe for sure but I’m on a whole another level with this V8

 

As far as my driving experience with the RC F, I’ll say it again it’s like a dream. It also blows my mind it can imperceptibly switch between the Atkinson/Otto cycle. I know I’m in something special every time I’m in it. I just need more practice with MANUAL mode and SLALOM TVD mode. The RC F is worth every penny.

As many of you can relate, my better half was very supportive in me getting the RC F and I truly thank her for that. Certainly there are cheaper, less thrilling alternatives that will get you from point A to B. My better half does freak out when I accelerate too hard LOL. I tell her this car is capable of much, much more but it doesn’t help LOL. I read the story on here about the guy who bought a new 10th edition and didn’t tell his wife, and stored it in a garage and drove it when she wasn’t around, what a crazy story!…Cheers!



“With no money down, this thing is practically free” LOL

 

Congrats on the car! Looks great with the wheel and caliper color too.

 

Nice writeup. Thanks for sharing. I agree with the wife part. I sometimes take our small kids and wife for drives in the RCF. Anytime I downshift and accelerate in a meaningful way, she starts freaking out especially as I have quite a few mods on making it more dramatic. Even leaving off the line fast from a traffic light, she complained 'can you please take it easy on the throttle. My neck is really getting tired from all of the whiplashing' LOL

p.s. Wondering if the previous owner is a member here?

 

^^^^^ I bet if your friend takes her for a drive in the Porshe, she would love it ( hypothetical joke) cheers.

 

By that you mean, 'hate' because only constant speed seems to make my wife feel easy LOL

 

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

Rolla, I haven’t gotten a whiplash complaint…yet, but that is hilarious lol.

Not sure if he’s a member here. I only know he traded it in for a Fuji because the salesperson told me so and also in the weeks prior to my purchase when I was looking I had seen the ad for the Fuji at that dealership. The timing of it all worked great for the both of us

 

Stock SPORT+ was fine. It is snappy without being harsh. It mostly started after I added a few things that have an exaggerated effect on how snappy everything feels. The throttle controller, RR Racing ECU tune and crank damper pulley. All of these together make the car feel quite brutal in SPORT+.

 

Sweet fancy Moses. I think you’ve said you are in SPORT+ most of the time you drive, but have any of those mods affected how the other modes feel? As in, does NORMAL/ECO feel “normal”?

Also, I believe you are at +500HP with your mods, have you been able to know exactly or guesstimate what torque numbers you are at?

 

To be quite honest with you, I have never used anything other than SPORT+ in a very long time. I like the steering's heavy, direct feel in SPORT+ mode so never try any other mode, but I am going to guess the SPORT/NORMAL feel more lively. I am going to guess ECO mode is not much different since it is supposed to detune the engine down quite a bit. I read it becomes effectively a 4.2 Liter V8 in ECO mode.


Yeah, around 510 - 515 HP crank equivalent, Torque must be in the low-400s, I assume.

 

Great stuff

 

Beatiful ride, congrats on the upgrade! If you are paranoid about the paint you may look into matte paint protection film. It will give you an extra layer of security.

 

Thanks appreciate it.

Approximately how much would a full protection film around the whole car cost? Any particular brand of film that would be best? Maybe 3M?

 

XPEL STEALTH for matte paint. and depending on location it would cost about 6-7k to do the whole car. Probably around 3k to do the hood, fenders, bumper and rockers.

 

Good stuff I’ll look into it later, I would probably want to do the whole car. Rain is my worst enemy.