Give him a sheet of raw carbon fibre, and he’ll look cool for a lifetime.’Masato Nitta lives by this philosophy, and he’s built a one-piece carbon front cowl for his EK9 Honda Civic Type R to prove it. Rather than replace the fenders, bonnet and bumper with off-the-shelf parts, Masato-san went down the DIY route and made a one-piece carbon front cowl in his home garage. The interior is pure Civic street fighter spec, a six-point roll cage acting as chassis reinforcer and every ounce of unnecessary weight removed. Honda parts are even more LEGO-like than Subaru parts, it seems. I wish I had more time with Masato-san and his Civic, but I had to leave him at 10:00pm with a four-hour drive home ahead of me.