I have a 98 Civic EK Coupe. It's a turbo'd drag car. I have done everything to the car except for anything cosmetically. It's a total sleeper. However over the winter I will be overhauling the look of the car. I have a few ideas of what I'm going to do, but I would like to see what you guys can come up with. I only want clean cosmetic upgrades. I like subtle things.

Do you know of any good JDM cosmetic mods? Bumpers/lip kits?

Any other oem stuff?

Any cosmetic upgrades you can point me to?

Post pictures of your civic or any civic's you know of that look good.

 

may not be your thing but i prefer 99-00 ek fronts to 96-98 ek fronts

you can get the overhaul

front lip
rear lip
fogs
fender signals
thin side moldings

 

Check out the appearance thread, look at pictures of similar cars and see what you like.

 

Standard operating procedure. Start with that and go from there. The 99-00 EK Front would be bad *** too.

 

Personally, I like the 96-98 front end a lot better. It's just more angular and mean looking. It's all an opinion thing. Don't do the front end swap just because everyone says it's better. But if you like it more, then by all means...

 

You know what. A few years back I liked the 99-00 front end better and I was going to do the swap. However I'm happy I never did because I like the shape of the 96-98 better now.

Thin side mouldings? I've never seen these. Where do you get them? As well are there any headlamp/tail light oem upgrades? Maybe from the JDM vehicles? I'm going to look for that.

And thanks for the tip on checking the appearance thread. I will do that now.

I just looked and can't find the "appearance thread". Can you link it?

 

black housing headlights are the classic.

 

Sir bumpers, thin moldings, maybe a carbon fiber hood and trunk?
I really like back yard special bumpers but they are quite expensive.

Different headlights, i dont know, its your car put on what you like and what you think looks better.

 

altezza lights, ftw!

 

x2, best advise in this thread!

 

I'd probably keep the 96-98 bumper you have now.

OEM SiR front lip
OEM SiR head lights

That would settle it for me. Other than that, everything is up to you lol.

 

check craigslist

 

check passwordJDM just for information then look for the parts elsewhere they tend to be on the high side price wise but get good stock in from time to time and you can get a good idea of what's available from the OEM Honda JDM division


NEW JDM parts and JDM spec (sweet full JDM kit for Coupe)
http://passwordjdm.com/Exterior-C164.aspx


USED parts JDM

http://passwordjdm.com/Exterior-C167.aspx

 

I have a new set of blacked out 99-00 headlamps for sale for 75+ PM me if interested.

 

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-acura-28/

^^ Honda/Acura appearance threads.