500 bucks to spend

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

ok.....well all that has been stated above were all great ideas...

im not going to venture far from these suggestions

i say coilovers/suspension mods,save for b16 (you'd be a 1/3 of the way) but if you have enough after the suspension mods id say bigger brakes (brakes and suspension go in hand my friend)

if i were you id go for the coilovers

[minix33]

save up til you can afford coilovers.
if you are desperate to spend the money get sway bars.

[steve88]

boost the mother****er!

[jeffske]

pay for causeraybay's fine

[beeza]

Money money moeny.Ya need more

[tekung89]

save that money and turbo ur car =)

[Limbo]

Cat back exhaust is a nice mod. Then when you got the rest you can do the cat & headers

[EK1.6LCIV]

Get some iginition leads and a 2nd hand msn ignition module

[EK1.6LCIV]

or Spoon front and rear top strut braces

[thebob]

Save the money and buy coilovers. Dont waste any money on the D series.

[teh_mechanic]

Get some iginition leads and a 2nd hand msn ignition module

thats not good advice...hed be better of spending the money on $500 worth of spoon and mugen stickers then that....explanation:

electricity is lazy,it will choose the easiest path it can to get to ground. This is why the electricity from your coil travels through your leads and jumps the gap at the bottom of the spark plug to make a spark instead of jumping through the rubber surround of your leads or anywhere else. If it only needs 10000 volts to jump the spark plug gap,but your super mad sik bro drift msd ignition can put out 20000 volts, it will still only use 10000 volts to jump the gap. The main reason people upgrade ignition components (besides wank factor,which is what you have recommended him) is because they have increased compression in the cylinder (through internal modifications or very high rpm),which makes it harder for the spark to jump the gap in the spark plug,therefore they need upgraded ignition to make a stronger spark........so as you can see,its a waste of money on a basically stock d series engine

IMO if your just using your car for the street, you dont need coilovers, do your research and get a shock and spring setup with the spring rate matched to the shock (which you will work out through research). Theres no use spending $1500 on coilovers that have 32 damping adjustments when your basically never going to adjust them

[beeza]

Speaking from experience,my MSD Ignition System on a lightly modified d-series (Intake + exhaust) was a great mod.It made the car run,feel so much smoother.It made it a much more pleasing car to drive.No real power gains as such but SMOOOOOOTH
After I put Headers and re-done the whole exhaust I'm sure there was more benefit.
It's not a power adder and that's where people misunderstand the MSD set up.I bought it when I was a noob thinking I will get some nice power from it.That wasn't the case but what I got from it made it one of the best if not the best mod I have done to my car.