I just bought a 2001 Honda Civic EX and I kind of fucked up when I decided to by the automatic. I thought hell I'm gonna be commuting 30 miles in traffic might as well get the an automatic. Anyway bad mistake on my part....but the question that i have is what kind of power upgrades are available soon, for around $5K, but the trick is I want to keep this car low pro so that the peeps in my neighborhood don't jack my ****. So the real question is high performance very reliable for around $5000 bolt-ons perffered.

 

AEM offers an intake
Dc Sports offers a header and in exaust
Ground Control offers Coilovers
VIS, Wings West, and some other companys make body kits
There are also fiberglass and carbon fiber hoods out there.

 

i'm not trying to flame here but, you bought the wrong car to try to go fast with. if you want to go fast with 5k you should buy either a 4g or 5g HB or a CRX. i bought a 5g hatchback for 1000 (with no motor) and with 4k into it will be a pretty fun car. you might want to think about getting a second car. the new civics just haven't been around long enough to have real go fast parts. had you bought a 6th gen or earlier 5k could have gotten you a fairly nice turbo setup. you could've gotten an EX and went with a greddy turbo kit and got some motorwork done. thats all i can really say.