After years of driving my 2007 Civic Si around stock, I've decided to change it up a little bit. My previous car was a 1999 Si that i sold when my son was born. This won't be anything drastic, just making the car more fun to drive as well as better to look at. Here's how the car has looked for the past 3 years.





Just a stock Civic like we've all seen. I picked up an eibach prokit



Then found some wheels, they're MR BBS 17x8+38.



Everything installed







I'm on the look out for either HFP or mugen struts to replace the oem. I then moved my attention inside to the CD player. After driving my wife's car with Bluetooth I had to have it. So after talking with crutchfield for awhile I picked up this



I know most people upgrade to a double din in 8ths, but I didn't have the need to watch DVDs or for a GPS. So justifying an extra $250 for the same capabilities was hard to do. I wanted to try something different and instead of using the cd slot piece that comes with single dins I was gonna use a oem Honda block off.



It fit good but was a little too big, so I had to do some trimming.

Before

After

Before

After


I like the way it looks, this car has enough cubby spaces so another one wasn't needed in the dash. I can't tell you how my I love not having to take my phone out of my pocket to make calls or listen to music. I don't know how I got by before

I have a headlight retrofit in the works as well as a few other things.

 

Good start man, would look better with a lower drop. How much did you pick up the BBS' for, if you don't mind me asking...

 

Thanks, as far as going lower it's unlikely, this is low enough for stock struts. I paid 450 for the rims shipped to my door.

 

Maybe in the future you can get some coilovers. Looks good, nice find on the BBS'

 

sweet, hopefully i can pick up one this weekend.
how do you like the eibach?

 

The ride is very similar to stock without the body roll. They offer a nice drop for a daily.

 

Small update:
Got my strutking dead pedal

I had to do some cleaning first, and switch from winter mats to my summer
Before:

After:

 

Pics of my retrofit in progress



Ill post pics of the finished product in a day or two. As soon as I have time to finish them.

 

Nice upgrades so far.

 

SEXY

 

In for this since I just picked up a 09 FA5

 

Thanks guys. I'm in the process of buying a new home so funds aren't great for modding right now but I'm doing what I can. I just ordered some koni shocks and will be upgrading the brakes to tsx fronts soon too.


They're great cars, what color did you get?

 

NBP!

 

I think they stopped using nbp in 08, 09+ are all crystal black pearl. It's a lot shinier while the nbp is kinda flat.

Congrats though, it was down to black and gray when I got this. Plans for it or keeping it stock? I remember your hatch build, very nice

 

car looks mint, where did you find the wheels for such deals?

 

Thanks! I found the wheels for sale over on evom.

 

I've got a few updates coming soon, until then here's some pics from today's snow.



Somehow despite how nasty my car looked, my wheels stayed looking perfect.



After multiple issues with the parts I bought from the retrofit source for my headlight retrofit I finally got it completed. The next time I'm out at night I'll get some good pics of them. Despite the frustration they are a great upgrade to have.