ok so im on a budget for the time being. So I want to know what i should do first. The car already has aem intake. It also has the windows tinted and stock lips and side skirts painted. It is on the sportline/agx set up as well. Im sitting 97 ex wheels but their paint coated and look like hubcaps when rolling

 

personally, i say performance before looks. having a car that looks like a racer but performs like a grocery getter seems pretty pointless to me.

 

True, true. It's really sad when I can beat a souped up car in my stock Toyota Camry (my family's car). It's like all talk with nothing to prove it. I personally go for the sleeper look anyway, but I'm sure that I can speak for everyone when I say that performance should almost always go before looks.

 

They way i would do it if you wanted both.. Just 50/50 it WHen you buy Something for looks spend the same on performance..

 

Just bring the car to a roadracing track.

You will learn how not to do apperance mod.

get the exhaust, save up for something better than DC header

 

thing is.. get urself some decent rubber on those 17's n the handling of ur car will increase ten folds!!! might i suggest some Yokohamas AVS ES 100's

 

My personal opinion is that performance is more important to me, but that could also reflect my personality, I dont need or want a lot of attention. And when I get my sleeper built there will be an endless supply of laughs.

 

the only reason i want to get the wheels is this, my tire width now is 195 , which i think we all know is way to skinny for an accord much less most cars. Seconldy, is there any good looking, good price 16's out there. And some one said get something better than a dc header, like a greddy or what?

 

Yea, I also think performance is better, why have a fast looking car ... if its not fast, the only things looks will get you on a daily driver (if it is) is to get it stolen car, or a get it keyed by a jealous biznotch...weeeerd

 

i think that it is funny when people mod up their car when they are slow to begin with...a header and exhaust isn't going to do much...just make you look funnier when the stock v6 camry zips by. just get the rims

 

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Yeah I agree, i used to want a body kit, but i grew out of that, then i just wanted to do some body work, get a front lip and have it painted, lower it get some rims, then i was starting to get past that and i went to a roadtrack with my friend and it changed everything, you realize how cosmetics have no precedence over speed.

 

IMO if you have the ex, that header is probably the better design for power over most aftermarket companies. I would save your money on exhaust and IMO a nice 2.5 or 2.25" exhaust from kteller with a magnaflow muffler should yield the same power from most other exhausts

My exhaust cost me 250ish installed IMO you could save money like that and get both .

 

Don't overlook upgrading your suspension to accommodate the increase in horsepower, depending on what you do.

 

well i already have eibach sportlines, with kyb agx's. I just want some different wheels they dont have to be 17's. Just the ones i have are bad. They just dont look good at all and i can only put 195 tread width on there. Where are some good places to buy good 15" and 16" wheels?

 

Performance first

 

Performance before looks.

However, I wouldn't consider upgrading the stock alloys/steelies, with wider rims and better tires an appearance upgrade. Wider and better tires do not only give better handling, but it's also safer.

Between completing the exhaust and driving in better tires, I would choose the tires and rims. Any day.

 

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let Rota wheels be your friend...they come in a wide variety of sizes and styles, (not anything flashy really) and are decently lightweight...and don't cheap out on tires either...get something good and sticky, but something that will last for a while as well...

also, for the same price, you could do something like the jdm f22b dohc motor that puts out a bit more power than your current motor (basically an h23 head on an f22 if you want to do it yourself, or hell even swap an h22 head on there)...but there are much better performance mods for the amount of money that you are looking at spending...