Honda FK8 Civic Type R Front Lower Engine Cover 74114-TGH-A00

Genuine Honda Aluminum Lower Engine Cover (74114-TGH-A00) - 2017-2021 FK8 Civic Type R

If you're here, there's a good chance yours is bent, scraped, dragging, or gone entirely. The aluminum lower engine cover on the FK8 Civic Type R is one of the most commonly damaged parts on these cars, and it's not hard to see why. The FK8 is low and gets driven hard, and that cover is the lowest, most forward panel under the nose. A steep driveway, a parking block, a track kerb, or road debris at speed catches an edge, and from there it bends, tears at the mounts, or peels away until you hear it dragging. This is the genuine Honda replacement, part number 74114-TGH-A00.

You'll Also Need Bolts, They're Sold Separately

Get this right before you check out, because the cover ships on its own. The bolts that hold it to the underside of the car are part number OHA-90105-TBA-A00, and you'll need four of them. Add those to your order or you'll have a new cover and no way to mount it.

One more honest heads-up: if yours came off violently, whether it caught something at speed or got torn away over a kerb, there's a decent chance you also ripped out clips or other fasteners along the way. Get under the car with a flashlight and look at every mounting point before you order. It's a lot easier to buy an extra clip now than to discover a missing one with the new cover held up over your head.

What This Cover Actually Does

You'll see this part called a few different things, lower engine cover, undertray, splash shield, skid plate, and each name points at part of its job. It closes off the underside of the engine bay, and on a car like this it earns its place three ways. It keeps road spray, water, and debris from being thrown up onto the engine and components that would rather stay clean. It smooths airflow under the front of the car, which matters more on a Type R than on an ordinary commuter, since the underbody is part of how these cars manage air. And it takes the first hit from whatever you drive over, which is exactly why it's the panel that ends up sacrificed.

Driving without one isn't immediately catastrophic, but you're leaving the underside of your engine bay exposed to everything the road throws at it, and you give up the aero and noise benefits Honda engineered in. On a performance car, that underbody airflow is worth putting back.

Why It Gets Damaged So Easily

The FK8 uses a thin aluminum panel here. Aluminum keeps the weight down low and handles underhood heat better than plastic, but thin is the operative word. This is a light cover, not a skid plate, and that's a big part of why it ends up wrecked. Catch it on a kerb or a parking block and it creases and bends rather than shrugging it off, and a hard enough hit tears it right at the mounting points. None of that is a knock on the part, it's simply what the panel is, and it's why a clean genuine replacement is something so many of these owners end up needing.

Get The Genuine Panel

This is a shaped panel with specific mounting points, so fit is the whole story. The genuine Honda piece lines up at every fastener location and sits flush the way it's supposed to, instead of leaving you flexing a universal panel into position and hoping it holds at speed. Given that these come loose or tear away in the first place, starting with a panel that mounts correctly at every point is how you avoid doing this again next season.

Fitment

This aluminum lower engine cover fits the 2017-2021 Honda Civic Type R (FK8). It is specific to the Type R and uses this thin aluminum panel.

Have an FL5 Type R or DE5 Type S? This cover is shaped for the FK8 only. If you're driving the newer 2023-2027 Civic Type R (FL5) or 2024-2027 Integra Type S (DE5), you want the Honda FL5 Type R / DE5 Type S Lower Engine Cover 74114-T60-A00 instead.

Who Needs This Cover

This is for the FK8 Type R owner whose cover got scraped, bent, cracked, or torn off, and for anyone who found theirs half-hanging after a kerb, a steep driveway, or a track day. It's a straightforward fix once you've got the panel and the right hardware. Order the cover, grab four bolts, check your clips while you're under there, and put your car back the way it should be.

Fits: 2017-2021 Honda Civic Type R (FK8). Part number: 74114-TGH-A00. Material: thin aluminum. Also known as: lower engine cover, undertray, splash shield, or skid plate. Hardware: sold separately, requires four bolts, part number OHA-90105-TBA-A00. Sold: individually.