I bought a 95 honda civic dx 4 door 73,000 miles for 3200..
its running good and all.. but i need help..

where should i start from on the car?
i dont know what todo to it..

body kit? i want a black carbon fiber hood because its red.. and get some black 18` rims... do my interior black and red inside the car.. change the steering wheel out, put yellow lights in the front.. air bags.. the tail lights done.. tinted windows.. the new gauges inside.. umm automatics dont use the other gauges.. like the ones on the side u of ur car. the ones you put in ur self..?

and what about my exhaust?.. mann.. someone pleae just help me out...

 

honda-tech is going to hate this thread, yikes.

from personal experience, bodykits are a horrible idea if you plan on driving the care at all ever.

carbon fiber hoods, love em.

18" rims on honda ha.

interior paints, imo yuck.

steering wheel, indifferent. i would prefer a different honda wheel rather than a aftermarket one.

underbody neons, ew.

air bags, ew

tail lights, ew.

tint, ok.

gauges on a stock automatic car, useless.

exhaust on a automatic, mistake in my opinion. just lets everyone know ahead of time you are slow and can't drive stick (even if you really can, people won't care they will judge.)

i would start with lowering a little, getting some 16" wheels. then engine swap.

 

.. alright so just lower it.. 16s? thats small lol. what about 17 lol..

also i just wanna the interior red and black instead of boring grey lol...

i wanna get a new engine to..

 

well the bigger the wheel, the uglier imo on a honda. anything larger than a 16 looks ridiculous to me, but if thats your taste go for 18s, just don't expect many people on this forum to like your choice. and you could just buy black replacement parts for your interior rather than painting the ones you have, but a can of paint will be cheaper than replacing pieces.

 

Meh I think 17s are ok ive got a silver as of now Ek hatch and 5 spoke gunmetal colored 17s they look pretty good. My freind had a Teal EG with 7 spoke 17 inch rims that were white i thought that looked pretty good as well..
anything higher looks really really REALLLYY ricey IMO

BODY KIT AND NEONS
ALTEZZAS INDIGLOWS
ALL USELESS

CF Hood looks OK should look wicked on a red civic if you take car of the car and keep it shiny

Get an Integra Type R steering wheel made by MOMO other than that unless its a track car and your stering wheel gets in the way of escaping the car dont bother with any other.

NO exhaust unless you swap to manual

NO AIRBAGS if you want to go fast your endangering yourself and others with airbags they have handling problems


IMO
TINT

CF HOOD

17" rims OK or smaller they may be small but your driving a SMALL car

GO ahead turn your interior black cause black on black interiors are sexy
or make it a type R interior black and red what you wanted
but no plastic red ew

lower it like tops 2 inchs or youll have rubbing problems
and just go wit some Eibach coilovers and koni yellows
there youll have an adjustable height that is much cheaper

later on go manual swap or just keep it auto and get an engine swap and start tuning it

if you want an exhaust try finding a chanbered high flow or twin loop as long as its still automatic or its horrible to the ears especially while cruising down the highway


Just my opinion

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by snoopiie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">.. alright so just lower it.. 16s? thats small lol. what about 17 lol..

also i just wanna the interior red and black instead of boring grey lol...

i wanna get a new engine to..</TD></TR></TABLE>

As far as the interior is concerned... swap out for black pieces... I'm not a fan of painting interior pieces... Coz in the long run, you'll have to deal with cracking, chipping, fading. And if you really wanted to care for the paint, you'll find yourself waxing and buffing the interior paint like you would the exterior paint...

Anything bigger than a 16" rim looks like you're 4x4ing in a honda IMO... 92-95 have slightly smaller fender arches than a 96-00, so some will say you can get away with a 17" rim on a 96-00 civic...

Here's a random pic of a del sol hatch with 17"s



and another of a 96-00 hatch on 17"s



They'll look about the same if not bigger on a 92-95 civic... So you can only imagine what 18's would look like... IMO

 

Better yet, invest in alarm, autoloc, and install other forms of theft deterents before you do any mods that scream "steal me"...

 

Thank you everyone for ur opinions..

would it cost much to do a manual swap?.. nah i dont even think ill waste my time its a 4 door. but shiit i should just for looks with it..

also.. would it be possible to put power windows? and for the interior are there any guides on how to it good?

 

i have an alarm... already.. but im gonna get more secure very soon

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by snoopiie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thank you everyone for ur opinions..

would it cost much to do a manual swap?.. nah i dont even think ill waste my time its a 4 door. but shiit i should just for looks with it..

also.. would it be possible to put power windows? and for the interior are there any guides on how to it good?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it doesn't cost much... Just look through the stickies up top for the how-to...

As for power windows, easiest way to do it is get doors from an EX 4-door. Then you can wire in power locks and power mirrors while you're at it...

 

power windows for 4dr.. i shoud be alot easier to find.. compare to the 2dr.. http://repo.jackmoves.com/v/er....html
this guy has good step by step... i did my 2dr conversion following this... not the easiest diy for a noob

 

envee say it all..........
free bump

 

This is a question you shouldn't ask anyone but yourself. If you like bodykits get a bodykit, if you like 17"s get 17"s, your car is supposed to express you. Me personally I would get a tranny and motor swap first off then a nice drop and go from there.

 

nooooooooooooooo!

 

IMO ditch it..
For 3200 you could have found something much more "mod ready".