Hi all, newbie here, im going to get civic on friday:-
Civic ESI Auto, 1 lady owner on private reg (i got that as well) full service history, metallic silver....

Big question now is, where do i start moding, i need some wheels for starters and what about under the bonnet, where do i start for the whooooosh factor..

Thanks for any replies. If possible if anyone suggests owt like wheels, can you give specific information like offset, best size for the car etc etc...

Again many thanks.

spevie

 

welcome to the forum. what year is the civic?

 

for wheels don't go bigger then 17 inch rims. I have seen rims as big as 20 fit on a civic, but that was a show car. Any bigger then 17 and your loosing speed. But I don't know how they measure rim size in the UK.


A good mod for starters would be a good cold air intake. It's easy to install and will give you a little more power. Add that to a header and a catback exhaust and you'll sound much better.

 

Hi there, its a 92 (K). Speaking of induction kits ( seen them on ebay) di i get a left facing one or right facing one. ( i mean when you are looking under the bonnet from the front does it connect to the carb then go off to the right or left) Had a look at a local motorsave shop, 300 gbp for a set of avarage 15" alloys with good tyres ( tyres depend on whats in stock at the time) Bearing in mind its an automatic, is there certain thing NOT to do....

Spevie, raring to go....

 

Hey Spevie,

I just fitted an induction kit to my civic Sport and the filter and hose feed from the same side as your existing air filter. Induction kit seems like the best place to start an it makes the engine sound sweet, especially when you floor-it!, only thing to be careful of is that when you fit it you have to connect a "feeder" hose to supply a direct flow of air into the filter, this goes under the car and I learnt the hard way that if it's too low speed bumps will put a few scratches on it.....!!!!

I used to have 90` civic DX before I got this one and they look the mutts nuts !!!! good luck modding!

 

I live in Great Britain, who can advise me wher to buy an induction kit from, not really into ebay so would like a local or not too far supplier her in England, ill do a search on the web and see what comes up, anyone any suggestions as to any suppliers......

Spevie

 

I also live in Britain, I went on the K&N web-site, checked out the make and model required for my car, took the part number to Halfords and they had it delivered within the week. All for about 100 quid.

if you are unsure about fitting the ripspeed guy at Halfords offered to fit it for 20 quid.

Check it out. Well worth it.