Honda's Racing Arm Will Sell You Forged Wheels and Exhausts Starting March 2027
The first HRC Performance Parts are lighter forged wheels for the Type R and Integra Type S, plus wheels and a Borla exhaust for the Passport and Pilot.
Honda's racing division will start selling parts for Honda and Acura road cars in March 2027, and it is keeping the first catalog short: two sets of forged wheels and one exhaust. Honda Racing Corporation USA says the parts will be sold only through Honda and Acura dealers and Honda's DreamShop online store, after they debut at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 3–6.
The piece most owners will notice is a 19x10-inch forged aluminum wheel for the 2023-and-later Civic Type R and the 2024-and-later Acura Integra Type S. HRC puts each wheel at 20.8 pounds, 5.5 pounds less than the factory wheel. That is 22 pounds of unsprung weight off a hatchback that now costs $49,990 in refreshed 2027 Civic Type R form.
HRC developed the wheel with Italy's 2elle-engineering, which makes the wheels for Acura's ARX-06 prototype racer. It is half an inch wider than stock and uses a 55 mm offset, which Honda says widens the track at both ends. Buyers choose between a gray finish taken from the ARX-06 and a bronze one that references the RA272, the first Honda to win a Formula 1 race.
Passport and Pilot get the off-road side
The second wheel is an 18x8-inch forged design for the 2026-and-later Passport and the 2023-and-later Pilot. Its supplier is Titan 7, which builds wheels for HRC's Pikes Peak program. HRC hasn't published a weight for this one. It says instead that the wheel carries 100 kg (about 220 pounds) more load than the factory wheel. Offset is 40 mm, and the finishes are Machine Black and Techna Bronze.
The exhaust is a stainless cat-back made with Borla for the same two SUVs, and it bolts to the factory hangers. HRC claims up to 6 percent more flow from the 3.5-liter V6, plus tuning meant to cut highway drone. Honda says the tighter layout adds up to 1.9 inches of ground clearance under the exhaust. That number describes the pipes tucking higher, not the SUV sitting taller.
Ride height was already handled. Honda lifted the 2027 Passport TrailSport 1.38 inches, to 9.65 inches of ground clearance, with a largely new suspension. That TrailSport now starts within $5 of Toyota's 4Runner TRD Off-Road, a matchup we covered in our Passport TrailSport vs. 4Runner comparison.
Two years from promise to parts counter
HRC US, called Honda Performance Development until January 2024, first said it would sell parts to retail customers at SEMA in 2024. There it showed an Integra Type S HRC prototype and a Pilot HRC prototype, according to the 2024 announcement. The first production lineup, two and a half years later, is deliberately narrow.
The chassis hardware isn't ready yet. At this year's show, HRC will display adjustable coilovers with camber plates, a Brembo brake kit with six-piston calipers, and a short-throw shifter. All three are prototypes, and HRC hasn't said when, or whether, they will go on sale. The wheels and exhaust are finishing durability testing, which Honda says included laps of the Nürburgring.
Two things are still missing. HRC hasn't announced prices for any of the parts, and it hasn't said how installing them affects the factory warranty. Both matter more than usual here, since the same dealers that sell the parts handle warranty claims. We expect pricing at SEMA or when DreamShop listings go live.
