Well, I am new to HCF, but not so new to Civics. My fiance has a 2004 Civic LX stock - bought brand new. I loved it so much, and knowing I had to drive 100 miles roundtrip every day for my job, I figured another Civic was a good choice. And, so far, it hasn't dissapointed me yet. I bought a used 02 Civic DX with 53k miles on it in August '05. Since I have put on 22k miles and with regularly scheduled maintanance, it's been a great 22k miles..

I've recently started getting into putting in performance parts, not necessarily for "racing" but more for better performance/better gas mileage, seeing regular is almost $3/gal. So far I have done small, semi-inexpensive upgrades - a new short ram intake (2.5" aluminum pipe with a stupid stock filter for now, soon to be upgraded to a K&N filter), friend let me borrow some Seafoam and cleaned out my throttle body, an upgrade to the ground line to a 4 gauge wire, and some Silver Star headlights. As for interior, I installed a Monster iCruze factory stereo integration for my iPod with the LCD screen.

I'm looking to do a couple more upgrades (ANY IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS WELCOMED).. I've heard/read that new spark plugs will help a little, so I am thinking of getting some new ones; a new header and exhaust (magnaflow probably), and some alpine speakers for the inside..

Let me hear your suggestions/comments/etc.. Thanks guys (and gals)!

-- Kevin

 

new plugs and wires on my car made an amazing difference, i have a 97 ex pushing 14 pounds of boost, when i first got the car i just did little odds and ends stuff. my advise is get an exhaust, header, intake manifold, upgraded throtle body, distributor, ignition coil, plugs wires, and if i were you get a small turbo......but hey thats just me

 

welcome to the forum! ..is it just upgrades for matnance?

check out the rest of the forum for lots of ideas

 

Most of the stuff I was looking to do I wanted for better gas milage; performance was just a good side effect. Thanks for the suggestions.. I'll see what happens with money (I'm a recent college grad with 40k worth of loans to repay) and will post any other upgrades..

 

hello and welcome a good exhaust will help a little with gas milage post some pics of your civics and a good tune up will help too

 

welcome to hfc

kisses B x

 

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