new dc4 :) Mod suggestions?

Hi guys, first time poster and integra owner. I bought it a few weeks back. DC4 wasn't my first choice of the integra family, but I got it for a great price so I'm pretty happy with it.

It's a 1995 with a few mods from the previous owner, namely some chrome wheels that I'm not sure I'm a fan of, chrome altezza style rear lights and some additions to the sound system.

I've already picked up an s2k antenna which I've just got to put in over the next week or so but obviously I need a bit of a hand with picking some extras to throw on to really give the car a bit of style. I'm also planning on lowering it in the next month or so.

Everything else is stock as a rock and so I was wondering if you guys might have any suggestions as to what else I could do to give it some real style.

I'll post more pics as I go, but this is a photo I took over the weekend, and sorry about the quality.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg40/...pg&res=landing

Cheers!

new wheels, lower it and maybe an si vtec front lip and some fogs, thats what i would do if i had a prefacelift lol

Welcome dude.

Yeah some lighter wheels will make it drive much nicer.Chromies like that are heavy

Congrats. Sorry to hear about the tail lights. You should be able to find a pair of stock tails quite easily and cheaply. A rear-wiper delete is easy, and will work with your S2k antenna and spoiler-less boot for a nice clean look. Maybe colour-match the side bumper strips to clean it up even further. Then you just need some new wheels (16"s or 17"s) and a moderate drop, and you're set.

move the P plate to another location.

Get some amber front corner lights, jdm lip, s2k ant is good, lower it, and then performance wise go the usual I/h/e which is intake headers and exhaust. Then you should be pretty happy with it and also would be awesome to
Drive

Type R conversion

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Originally Posted by grifty

Type R conversion

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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/30mm-x-12...ht_1261wt_1165

DONE!

Gg ftw

budget and goals would help give good advice

i take style as aesthetic changes rather than performance based so:

- wheels
- springs
- lip kit
- cut & polish
- colour code door strips
- slim line number plate

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Originally Posted by 1900-hustler

budget and goals would help give good advice

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Hey man, yes I probably should have included something about budget. Hoping to be able to spend about 3 to 4k on it all up, though I'm pretty new to all this so that could be a rookie estimate.

I'd like to focus more on the aesthetics of the car, but also a little on performance with focus on the exhaust and headers as nate said if that helps?

yeah thats fine

the thing is with the budget and what you want you might need to take some items out

with the integra's they are really difficult to get alot of power out of being a 1.8L NA engine
when i had my ITR i spent my money on more handling / appearance than outright power

so my money went into suspension, rims, tyres, brakes, HIDs and a few dress up features inside the engine bay and cabin
i only changed my intake to a K&N drop in filter and would have done the clutch & flywheel setup

exhaust wise i didnt do a thing because i loved the sound of the engine and i didnt want my exhaust to drown that out

in your case you may need to look at some 2nd hand parts for your exhaust and headers if you want to stick to your budget
there are a number of 2nd hand wheels going around too which would save you alot of cash instead of buying new

I can see what you mean, some stuff will need to be 2nd hand to stay in budget, which I'm more than happy to do. I'd like to lower it soon and maybe have a look at a 2nd hand exhaust and headers after that. Also going to try and pick up some stock tail lights this week I think.

Anyone got any suggestions for new wheels that might suit? I'm keen to switch out the ones on it as soon as possible haha.

Coilovers and wheels/tyres first thing good choice son. Will make a world of difference, heaps of fun on the roads within legal speeds. You can always get DC2 VTiR fat fives or EM1 alloys. Can pick up a set round 200-500 depends on tyres and looks good imo.

Personally i like to keep the car nice and quiet, only make noise when i plant my foot so my vote goes to CAI/SRI and stock headers/exhaust.

Going to go have a look around at Honbits today and see if they have anything of use there. One of the cars I was looking at buying actually had fat fives on it that the owner had picked up from a wrecker or something, so maybe I'll be in luck.

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Going to go have a look around at Honbits today and see if they have anything of use there. One of the cars I was looking at buying actually had fat fives on it that the owner had picked up from a wrecker or something, so maybe I'll be in luck.

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Fat fives would be a great idea, and look nice with a small drop. Good luck.

hontoys is wrecking a dc2r maybe you can go there and see if theres any nice bits left

Yeah I agree, I like the look of the fives. Too bad I was an idiot and went to a wreckers on a sunday haha! Didn't realise what day it was, oh well. Found these online but not sure if they're good as I'm not 100% on what fat fives normally go for: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wiley...eels/341006596

There's also a set of em1's up for $500 with 80% tread, but I'll go check them out in person.

Might drop by hontoys and honbits tomorrow and see what I can find.

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Yeah I agree, I like the look of the fives. Too bad I was an idiot and went to a wreckers on a sunday haha! Didn't realise what day it was, oh well. Found these online but not sure if they're good as I'm not 100% on what fat fives normally go for: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wiley...eels/341006596

There's also a set of em1's up for $500 with 80% tread, but I'll go check them out in person.

Might drop by hontoys and honbits tomorrow and see what I can find.

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Those are CRX fat fives. You don't want those ones, haha. I mean, you could get them, but what you really want are Integra fat fives, which were fitted to pre-facelift DC2s. They look much better.

http://images.mautofied.com/adphotos...8752034251.JPG
http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/kjc...385dgf_20.jpeg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0178_large.jpg

Should be looking at $300-400 a set, no more.

Haha yes they do look much better, cheers Indie! I'm hoping for some luck over at the two smithfield honda wreckers tomorrow, might spend the day hunting for bits and pieces. I think I've pretty much got my heart set on the fat fives now, they just look so clean! Also hoping to pick up stock tail lights tomorrow, realised after washing my car today that some moisture is sitting in one of the tail lights and has turned the inside a gunky black. The chrome lights don't look great to start with, so they have to go haha.

Try and get the facelift tails without the amber in them too

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Originally Posted by EKVTIR-T

Try and get the facelift tails without the amber in them too

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but preface tails are more JDM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3355704_n.jpg

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Originally Posted by charliebrown

but preface tails are more JDM

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true.

IMO

For handling
- Wheels/tyres
- Lower with springs (for daily driving)
- Larger RSB + SFB

For looks
- Wheels
- JDM front or ITR lip/skirts/pods

Speed
- I/H/E
- ITR 4.7 FD tranny with LSD

4.7fd for a B18 notec? Pointless imo,that would have it working at the rpm its not designed for

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Originally Posted by Pr3Z

Haha yes they do look much better, cheers Indie! I'm hoping for some luck over at the two smithfield honda wreckers tomorrow, might spend the day hunting for bits and pieces. I think I've pretty much got my heart set on the fat fives now, they just look so clean! Also hoping to pick up stock tail lights tomorrow, realised after washing my car today that some moisture is sitting in one of the tail lights and has turned the inside a gunky black. The chrome lights don't look great to start with, so they have to go haha.

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No worries. I would put fat fives on mine, but my car is silver, so I'm getting black wheels for contrast. They'll look much better on yours. think the Teg looks great in red, it really suits it, and I don't normally like red cars. Good luck with the wreckers, hopefully you don't come back empty-handed.

Integra tail lights are notorious for getting moisture in them, from what I've heard. Mine are certainly a bit misty. Good time to track down some stock ones, then. I'd go for pre-face if possible, to keep it consistent across the car, but that's just me.

I like the red as well, just gotta make sure it doesn't get faded haha! I've got a few little bits of touching up to do on the paint here and there, namely just up near the sunroof and in the head light cavities, but from what I've seen they're the most common areas for problems.

Also, just on springs, I've been having a read around and the consensus is to just go springs since it's a daily, right? Not keen on sinking a lot of money into coil overs. Hopefully today I'll turn up lucky and find some nice wheels, then I'll sell off the chromes for money for the springs.

as others suggested , colour code your side moulds, skirts,
look for an 98+ Facelift front bar, ITR lip (go optional skirts and rear pods if you can find), blinkers, headlights and rear bar would pretty much set off the car in terms of looks

Instead of fat fives, look for some sexy 98+ Blades

This could be your car

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1228/5...43fb016b_b.jpg

New wheels = 15-16's
The stock suspension on these things are crap
Front lip from jdmyard or order on ebay
Intake while your at it.
exhaust system for moarr powarr!

Hm, how come no ones a fan of pre-face? I love mine and IMO, money can go to something better

dat ozhonda love

Picking up some stock tail lights tonight for a good price!

Made it to the wreckers today and saw a few sets of fat fives, all gutter bashed like crazy or ruined sadly. Wasn't expecting too much from that though. Went to have a look at the dcr2 over at yennora but didn't find much useful stuff for what I want to do in the near future. Anyone know where I can pick up the amber front indicators? They look a lot better than the clears do with the red paint.

Here you go might wanna scroll down abit.
-the one your after is , pre face lift

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...Headlights-Fog
gies-Clear-Side-Markers-Tail-lights

Glad you got some tails. And I don't understand all the hatred for pre-face that people have around here. There's barely a difference. I can understand why people would do a JDM swap, even though I prefer the AUDM front by far, but a facelift? Trivial. It's not like an S14/S14a situation.

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as others suggested , colour code your side moulds, skirts,
look for an 98+ Facelift front bar, ITR lip (go optional skirts and rear pods if you can find), blinkers, headlights and rear bar would pretty much set off the car in terms of looks

Instead of fat fives, look for some sexy 98+ Blades

This could be your car

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1228/5...43fb016b_b.jpg

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Wow. That paint. This thing looks great.

As for blades, though, I don't like them. I hate any asymmetrical wheel, because one side of the car will have the blades chopping the right way, while on the other side, they will be chopping in the wrong direction. This car looks good on this side, but the wheels look stupid from the left.

IMO with prefacelift integra's the front looks squished, where as the facelift has a stylish flowing appeal.

Like you, I too couldnt tell the difference betweeen the two when i got my first integra but as soon as i parked it next to my cousins 98+ teg i fell inlove and was quite jelous ..
so my first mod was to find a facelifted front end

kswap time!

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Originally Posted by JayTea18

Here you go might wanna scroll down abit.
-the one your after is , pre face lift

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...Headlights-Fog
gies-Clear-Side-Markers-Tail-lights

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Cheers man, I've book marked it so I can buy them soon :)

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Originally Posted by Indie

This car looks good on this side, but the wheels look stupid from the left.

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Didn't even think about that, good looking out man! That seriously wouldn't have even entered my mind *facepalm*.

Gonna install the rear lights tomorrow hopefully. Had a quick look in the back of mine because the indicator bulbs looked a little smaller than usual. Turns out they're voltage limited little 15w jobs...

I'm thinking the previous owner must have put in the limiters so that the indicators didn't flash too fast, but the aftermarket light sockets for the indicators weren't large enough to let in the standard 12v globes. Anyway, the problem I'm seeing is that when I do the switch the 15w globes might not be bright enough in the stock lights...If that's the case I'll just wire out the limiters, but seriously, why even bother getting aftermarket lights if they wouldn't fit a standard globe? Seems a little stupid. Any thoughts?

You cant go wrong with jdm yard.

Its like a honda wonderland

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Originally Posted by GSi_PSi

IMO with prefacelift integra's the front looks squished, where as the facelift has a stylish flowing appeal.

Like you, I too couldnt tell the difference betweeen the two when i got my first integra but as soon as i parked it next to my cousins 98+ teg i fell inlove and was quite jelous ..
so my first mod was to find a facelifted front end

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I'm not saying that there's not an obvious difference, and I do prefer the facelift front, but I don't personally think there's enough of a difference to justify a swap. Although it is a pretty straightforward swap, I guess.

Just out of interest, how much do the facelift fronts tend to go for in good nick?

If you know were to go, which is a wrecker thats like wrecking a 98 GSi , it can be picked up for as little as $150 for the front bar, $150 for the headlights and blinkers, so say $300 which is all thats needed to complete the conversion
If you go to a wrecker that wrecking a Type R , be prepared to pay some Type R tax lol

Then pay another 150-200 for paint...ain't worth it IMO
Better off getting a really nice set of wheels, give the car a better look.

Just crack your front bumper in half then cable tie it for some jdm-ness

Mmm I'm not too fussed either. I can see the difference, and sure it does look a bit nicer, but I'm not sure it's an integral (see what I did thar) thing...yet. Eventually maybe, but I think you're right, focusing on the wheels and lowering it now should probably be the priority. Also keeping an eye out for exhausts, not sure how much a good one should set me back. I've seen a few on here but not too sure of them.

Omg dude, forgot to tell you . bad mistake i made and awfully regret .

When you get your coils or whatever suspension,
Get the type r eyelet LCA's
Then you can bolt up a DC2R Rear sway bar

Second hand exhaust would set you back around $400-700 depending what brand you want

This fellar has a few parts :

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ht=circuit+dc5

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This fellar has a few parts :

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ht=circuit+dc5

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Cheers dude, I'll take a squizz now :)

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When you get your coils or whatever suspension,
Get the type r eyelet LCA's
Then you can bolt up a DC2R Rear sway bar

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Why do you regret it so much? I'm still a huge noob when it comes to cars, slowly learning as I go about different bits and pieces so I figure there's no harm in asking and getting a good answer haha. What does getting the eyelet LCA's do exactly? (I suck with acronyms) I know the sway bar will help stability, so I'll be sure to keep it in mind :)

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What does getting the eyelet LCA's do exactly? (I suck with acronyms) I know the sway bar will help stability, so I'll be sure to keep it in mind :)

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this is the dc2r rear lower control arm.

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/im...besPvK_d_rLelQ

It will take the dc2r coilovers.
Pictured is the rear dc2r cusco coilover. The bottom of the shock will go inside the LCA.

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/im...ODf1cjMKQriwTghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ck/Zero2eg.jpg



Your integra has this type rear LCA

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...1/DSC_0130.jpg



and yes, as mentioned, you will be able to utilise dc2r rear sway bar.

Ahhh, I see now, I'll be sure to get them then! Will finally be installing the rear lights and the shark fin antenna this week if this rain holds off :D

do a facelift conversion, add a lip, amber indicators, lower it and get rims.
heres a pic of my dc4 just to give u a rough idea. just have fun :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/10wn0b8.jpg

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do a facelift conversion, add a lip, amber indicators, lower it and get rims.
heres a pic of my dc4 just to give u a rough idea. just have fun :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/10wn0b8.jpg

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please dont do that.

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please dont do that.

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Amen.

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Originally Posted by charliebrown

but preface tails are more JDM

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No they not :p, jdm have darker rear amber. I haven't seen any DC2's with the jdm dc2r tail lights, so its something really different compared to the dc2r audm and vtir/gsi tail lights.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2434/3...5b2660e1_o.jpg

for a gsi I'd concentrate on handling parts,
suspension
bushings
wheels
tires

maybe better intake, exhaust is your choice but i would never spend big bucks on a gsi for exhaust.

it'll be different than the most vtir owners, most commonly the vtir owners bypass handling parts and do performance parts first. which i did too. so it'll be great seeing a different equipped gsi. Then maybe if you plan to keep the car you'll have a great advantage in the future with more money saved up from not buying performance parts, maybe a b18c7 or b18cr to upgrade, if your lucky a kseries.

good luck and make sure try to diy, its really fun (sometimes) and you'll learn a lot.

header +exhaust+intake+tune

The best mod on my car which impacted eye appeal:
: tint your windows

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Originally Posted by spn.fed

do a facelift conversion, add a lip, amber indicators, lower it and get rims.
heres a pic of my dc4 just to give u a rough idea. just have fun :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/10wn0b8.jpg

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don't do that.

typical nontec P plater running around fobville

Haha, whoa, not a chance of that happening, sorry bud.

Going to have another hunt around for fat fives, hopefully pick some up on the weekend if it doesn't get rained out! Very keen to get rid of these rims, christ, if any one will buy them that is haha.

Give you a pack of 6 Crown's for them so i can roll them on my daewoo nibura :)

Yeah dc2r forks just give you the option of plug and play a dc2r rear sway bar = cheaper and good handling and easy to find

How about this pre-facelift?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...49593622_o.jpg ;)

^that looks amazing, major envy right now. The rims actually suit it too I think haha :P

Also I'd take the sixer if I was sure I couldn't any more for them man haha ;) Speaking of which, I should probably identify what brand they are so I can work out value (any ideas anyone?) and sell them!

Wheels price really depend on tread left on tyres and condition of rim.....and how long you can wait till sell them

Cash converters for instant $?

Haha can definitely wait a bit. I'd say about 75-80% tread and condition is all A+ except for one rim having a little bit of gutterbash. I'm sure that on the central coast where I used to live there's some kid with a daewoo lanos who just can't wait to put rims on it haha

Haha!, nah its just my daily...good for petrol but damn slow... Korean cars :(

Haha I know the feeling, got stuck driving one for a little bit at one stage, was not fun at all. :(

Also, got this done this afternoon:

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg716...pg&res=landing

Finally got rid of the horrible chrome tail lights, so happy to have it looking a bit nicer now :)

Nice! Looks good,

Daewoo is more fun now since i put a massive k&n pod on it...loving induction noise for the lol's

you mean tail lights right?

Yeah that's the one man. Switched out the horrible chrome ones and rewired the lights because the previous owners put voltage limiters in so that the indicators they had in wouldn't flash fast. Such a mess.