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Hi Everyone, I heel & toe like nobodies business. Correction, actually I use my ball of foot & right side of foot (BOF&RSOF) like nobodies business. Pictured below are the points that touch each pedal.

I wear a size 9.5US mens shoe that are a bit on the slim side (driving shoes). As such, my FG2 is a PITA to drive because the gas pedal is too slim and too far from the brake pedal to BOF&RSOF properly. So through google I found ULTIMATE PEDALS.com where Rob already had a set made for our 8G civics! If you have the same problem as me, I highly recommend this product! Better yet, Rob said he is open to group buys that offer a discount. Please look below to view the install instructions and thanks for viewing.



Step 1: Overview of tools and parts needed.

• Pedal set w/ mounting hardware (to my surprise the screws were very high quality! not like the crap you find from ebay sets! Bolts are also available upon request)
• Drill bits, a drill, and a phillips bit (or phillips screwdriver)
• Instructions are provided, but who reads the instructions anyways?

Step 2: Remove the floor mat and use something (like supermarket bags) to mask off the surrounding area. You will have to drill out the rivets that hold the original pedal cover so this step is helpful to prevent a mess of metal shards in your footwell





Step 3: A close up of the rivets that will need to be drilled out (circled in red)





Step 4: Using a drill bit and drill (forget the size, but it was smaller then the actual head of the rivet), drill out the rivets.






Step 5: Remove the OEM aluminium pedal cover.





Step 6: A side-by-side comparison of the OEM cover and the ultimatepedals.com pedal. (notice how much freaking thicker this one is, you can stomp to your desire without worries of bending)





Step 7: Before moving forward, don't forget to fish out the back end of the rivets (likely to be behind the base of the pedal). Hmmm... there should have be five of those little suckers...





Step 8: Test fitting the pedal. All holes were countersunk and ready to accept a mounting screw, pick 4 holes (mine are circled in red) and mark it with a center punch, or the screw itself. Some people use masking tap and a pen. (BTW fitment is spot on)





Step 9: Pre-drill a hole through each mounting point and test fit the screw.





Step 10: Put it all together and here's your final product! As you can see it does not match the other pedals as well as my strutking deadpedal did, but the difference is barely noticeable. The ultimatepedal.com pedal was a little lighter but had the same exact brushed finish as the OEM pedal.
(update: strutking informed me that the reason it does not match perfectly is due to the different metals used. The OEM pedal uses brushed stainless steel, while the Ultimatepedals.com use brushed aluminium. If you ask me, you can barely tell, but I wanted to note this for you OCD ppl.)




Step 11: As you can see, now I can BOF&RSOF much easier than before!




NOW ENJOY BOF&RSOFing!