Well since I've had my V for a couple months now and since I've done a few things to it in that time I figured I'd share what I've got so far with the community . This is my 2001 CR-V EX that I bought in February 2013 after I got tired of paying for gas in my 16 mpg Silverado. I brought it home with 118,000 miles on the clock.





First thing I did was pick up a set of rims and a hood bra..



..painted the rims black..





..and a close-up of the bra..

 

After driving it like this for a little while, I decided it was too quiet but I wasn't about to shell out for an OBX or a custom exhaust and I couldn't seem to find any mufflers I liked so I made my own.....seriously. I started with some scrap perforated steel from work..







Wrapped it in steel wool and fiberglass..





Stuffed it all inside a piece of 4" conduit..



and capped it off with a 3" angled tip..



Painted black and mounted up..



Then I got tired of how quiet the inside was so I put in a new head unit and speakers..

 

With that all done, it was time to close up the wheel gap a little so I dropped in a set of H&R coils.



They don't give a massive drop but it is noticeable, especially when next to a stock V..





Of course being like a lot of car enthusiasts, I got bored of my rims so I bought new ones, Drag DR-23s to be specific, wrapped in Uniroyal TigerPaw Toruings (215/55/17)





My latest upgrade is the short-shift mod which I'll probably do a detailed write-up for since everything else I found was pretty basic.



Plus my shortened boot and '81 civic shift ****

 

And one more of the **** for the sake of pic-whoring



I got bored one day so I threw this little guy on the back..



Being a taller guy (6'3") and being used to working under the hood of a Silverado, I got a little tired of ducking under the hood of the V, so I fixed it.

From this..



To this..



All I did was pick a spot on the edge of the hood frame and cut a little square out for the prop rod.

 

Nice work but I have to ask. Were they Accord coils and how low do you have them set?

 

theyre lowering springs....not coil overs...and theyre probably for a CRV.

 

They're just H&R lowering springs for the 97-01 CR-V mounted on stock struts. Theyre good for about a 2"-ish drop

 

It looked just like mine when I got my 01 5-Speed!

Even in the snow!


I did the short throw shifter not too long ago also. Is that a Fit short shifter? Mine looks different.

 

It's for a 2006+ civic which uses the same shifter as a Fit except this one was $25 shipped

 

Great job on the muffler - how does it sound? Have a clip / youtube listen?

 

It sounds pretty good actually, not too raspy especially after it broke in a little. I have a couple clips I'll post up soon.

 

Interesting. I never heard of anyone using a Civic shifter. I got my Skunk2 Fit shifter for $14.39 + $10.76 shipping so about $25 as well. Althought the Civic cup was just a as much... Small piece of plastic to pay for

 

I looked up the Skunk part # for the Fit and its the same for a 2006 civic. I got the cup from TWM Performance

 

twm ftw. Used their SS / bushings / .45 **** on my other car. Quality stuff.

 

Here's a couple vids of the muffler from when I first installed it. It sounds much better in person and has since broken in to sound a little deeper.

 

videos are private.

 

how do I fix that? lol

 

Probably in your settings somewhere on youtube.
Go to your account / videos, and see where the privacy settings are.

 

Videos should work now, I guess they were private since I uploaded them from my phone.

 

well that sounds about 100x better than I thought it would. sounds like a old 80's t100 with the muffler rusted off.

 

Thanx, I gotta get a newer video with a better camera soon.

 

Nice start to your build.

 

Thanks. Currently I'm waiting on rear mudflaps ( I took the originals off and they accidentally gpt thrown out) and window visors

 

it doesnt matter what you do to any 90-01 honda, they all sound the same with an aftermarket/custom muffler haha. good start.

 

Major thumbs up for your build so far