I'm just about to do a massive write up on exactly this!
There are countless options for everything to do with the euro, but first of all congratulations on the purchase! Looks nice a nice clean car and good colour too!
People will just tell you to "SEARCH THE FORUM!!! THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SEARCH BUTTON!!!", but my theory is that if you have no idea what to search, it's not much use!
Here is just a very very brief overview of modding the euro for looks and noise (with a little bit of performance thrown into the mix)
The first question you need to ask yourself is how do you want your car to look? I categorise the looks into three mains sections:
1. V.I.P. - Means you get exterior parts for mainly looks. This can include shiney wheels, crazy body kits, and lowering your car with a set of springs such as eibach springs which are apparently very good (try to stay away from pedders or king springs), with some good shock absorbers such as bilstein or koni yellows.
2. Race - This means you get parts that not only look the part, but have some useful functions
. This can include lightweight wheels such as 'Work cr Kai' or 'Buddyclub p1'. You may want an aftermarket lip kit or full body kit by 'Mugen', I think they both look pretty good. And you get a good set of coilover suspension such as 'Buddyclub n+' or 'Tein SS', for this suspension you can adjust height and damping settings; or 'Tein Basic' which can only adjust height.
3. Honda OEM - This is basically for all the people who want a CL7 Euro-R, but obviously cannot have one since they never came to our shores. This can involve getting the lip kit, grille and rims which are basically the same as the 2006-2008 euro sport rims, grille and body kit. Another popular choice is to use the wheels from the newest Civic Type R (FN2R). Once again, you will want to lower your car, otherwise you will look like you are driving a CRV. Either of the before mentioned suspension setups in 1 or 2 are very good.
With all three of these options, I would highly recommend getting an upgraded 'Whiteline rear sway bar', as it reduced body roll, and makes the car much more enjoyable to drive around corners. Definitely worth the money IMO.
In terms of sound, there are really only intake and exhaust options.
Intake: 'Injen Cold Air Intake' is very good and can be made to either sit in the engine bay ('short ram', very loud, but less power) or behind the bumper ('CAI', softer, but more power), and by no means is the CAI route quiet. There are other intakes such as K&N and Fujita, but I have the Injen and everyone else I know who have it, Love IT!
Exhaust: Once again, there are a few exhaust options. The 'Buddyclub' exhaust is apparently very loud and droney due to its lack of mid mufflers I believe (plz correct me if I am wrong). 'Skunk2' is also apparently very loud too. If you looking for something that adds a little bit of sounds when you are cruising and a lot of sound when you floor it, the 'fujitsubo legallis R' seems to be the way to go.
Modding the Euro isn't cheap, but I can't stress this next point enough... "Mod ONCE, Mod RIGHT".
In regards to where to buy everything, I will leave that for another post... but you should check out this website:
http://www.heeltoeauto.com/ . It's good for wasting hours and hours just browsing.
Once again, just in case anyone kills me for anything I've written, this is all just my opinion.
Enjoy!
Originally Posted by npcan2
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