hey everyone, im getting a dc5-s in the near future and i want to know what are the first mods i should get for it. i was thinking intake and exhaust, but i dont know which is the best to get on a limited budget. any other advice will be greatly appreciated. thanks

 

02-04
CAI
Coilovers/Springs
A-Spec Lip Kit
05-06 Type-S Wheels
05-06 Type-S Exhaust
New Tires

05-06
CAI
Coilovers/Springs
New Tires

 

yeah sorry it wil be 02-04

 

I/RH/E Coilovers KPro

 

for motor mods i would get cai, a full length race header (bc, ssr, comptech, etc), a catback, and k-pro. dont buy cheap **** tho. its one thing to get a good deal but cheap parts only set you back farther! i know from 1st hand. look for used parts on clubrsx.com and this forum. you can get catbacks for 350-400, a raceheader for 700-1000, k-pro is pretty much a standard 850 without tune, and intake for 150-200.

 

Where did you find Kpro for 850?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WhiteOnRice &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Where did you find Kpro for 850?</TD></TR></TABLE> You can get them either used or maybe from a warehouse clearance for$700-$850.

 

or if you know someone. I got mine for $825.

 

are there any drawbacks to a cai than a ram? and instead of kpro i was thinking of just getting a chip like reflashes. what companies are recommended (and not a arc box) for exhaust and intake.

 

when you mean ram.. you referring to SRI (short ram intake)? If that's what you mean then, i'd prefer a SRI over a CAI. CAI's have a tendency to hydrolock your car if it rains a lot in your area plus i don't like the idea of having a filter sit near the ground for a chance of it to suck ANY sort of liquid into my motor. SRI's perform just as efficiently as a CAI but are safer. Don't let anyone talk you into "heat soak" or some other kind of garbage. On brand, just buy any intake from ebay, autozone wherever.. cuz all an intake is, is a mandrel bent tube fitted specificly to your car. Don't need a namebrand on a piece of mandrel bent tube. As for exhaust, i'd go with the OEM exhaust like the 05-06 for the typeS (unless you have an 05-06 typeS). If you want that extra whopping 1-2 top end hp and like to spend 400-500+ bucks then you could go buy some namebrand exhaust. For the reflashes you could go with reflash and then upgrade to K-pro later.

 

thanks, best piece of advice so far. i think ill go with sri since i thought cai would be a problem with wet weather here. im going to look for a used injen or buddyclub exhaust tho

 

well depend wut would u like to do 1st?? lower ur car or performance 1st??

 

ill have about 1k left over after i get the car so i was thinking injen mega ram, buddyclub pro spec and maybe eibach springs. how much should i lower it if i plan to get 17's and dont want it really low?