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Just bought 97 civic lx sedan (manual)

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Old Jul 10, 2023 | 08:35 PM
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Default Just bought 97 civic lx sedan (manual)

Looking to do some mods that are either OEM+ or reliable. What recommendations do you all have that would improve the car? This will be a daily driver so not looking to upgrade the engine. I want to upgrade the sound, handling and overall enjoyability of the car

So far i was thinking..
Yonaka exhaust
AEM cold air intake

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Old Jul 11, 2023 | 01:36 AM
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Default Re: Just bought 97 civic lx sedan (manual)

Originally Posted by tonycivicboi
Looking to do some mods that are either OEM+ or reliable. What recommendations do you all have that would improve the car?

So far i was thinking..
Yonaka exhaust
AEM cold air intake



What you looking to do? Is it going to be a street fighter or a decent daily?
Street fighter? Talk to someone else. Daily driver, you will want to replace the struts/coil springs, refresh the brakes, GOOD tune up (plugs/cap/wires/valve adjustment) clean your ground connections. new belts and hoses, new thermostat. New timing belt/waterpump Im too lazy to get off my butt and go to the parts shop, so I buy a whole bunch off amazon, The Struts/spring combo I bought for $200 (front and rear) have lasted 30k miles without a problem, the Spec D exhaust with Thrush muffler sounds a lot better that the coffee can muffler (maybe $175 plus welding), basically I just replaced anything on the car that moves. At 430k miles it still runs perfect and will get 52 mpg on the highway and I get mad when it gets less that 40 in the city, The only time I have to pop the hood is to check the oil
Honda is a very dependable brand, they just run, but you have to work at it first to keep it that way
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