So I just bought a 2003 6MT sedan and it has 165k on the stock clutch and flywheel! I bought it off the original owner and he said he never replaced it. That being said I am definitely going to do a replacement because in just the few day's I've had it I've driven it harder than it probably ever has been.<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->omegle discord xender

I can't decided whether to do an OEM spec or stage 1 clutch, either with a DMF or SMF. I've seen videos (I'll link one on YouTube below) of the chatter caused by SMFs and I'm not sure if I want it to make that much noise. And since I'm daily driving should I bother to do stage 1?

 

If you want to keep the luxury car feel get a DMFW with the stock clutch friction. A lightweight flywheel will be noisy but is a pretty substantial performance improvement, stage 1 clutch if you plan on doing bolt on stuff like spacer+hfc+exhaust+tune. If you're not going to mod the car just stick with the OEM setup because it quickly loses the luxury car feel and goes straight to sports car.

 

OEM rebuild kits for the CMC/CSC are under $50 for the pair, I recommend going that route rather than buying non-oem replacements.