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In aftermarket parts you get what you paid for.
Lets start with a good exhaust / catback system, depending on your budget you can get a good exhaust at a good price, try to get exhausts from good brand, for example, mugen, spoon, 5zigen etc.
My recommendation for the B16B/B16A is the Mugen Twinloop exhaust, it gives you good torque gains.
Next step, get a header, depending on your budget you can get one new, or a second hand one, spoon, mugen, vibran and 5zigen are good headers. Stay away from cheap ones.
Get a Intake, in my opinion the best intake is the Mugen one, but you can get other brands with the same designs for a better price (comptech). If you're going to get a intake that doesn't have a heat isolation box, just buy a K&N filter and use your OEM honda intake box.
Get some lighter wheels, you're going to loose like 20 pounds of unsprung weight with lighter wheels, (if you use 15 inch size). SSR Type C are the lightest, but you can use also a set of volk te37, desmond regamaster evo, or some imitations like Rota, some Rota wheels are like 11 - 13 pounds each, so is a good option if your budget is not that high, keep in mind that oem ek9 wheels, weight like 15 pounds each.
Next, get a good set of tires. You have a lot of options, advan, kumho, toyo, are good tire brands.
I recomend, the ventus RS2, they got a lot of grip, they grip even better than the advan RE01.
If tire "mileage" is a issue, you can get the kumho ecsta mx, they will last forever hehehe.
And if you want serios GRIP get the advan neova a048
Anyways the purpose of this guide is to help new users who doesn't know how to start to mod their car, with this mods you'll enjoy your car, I consider you should get a ecu remap + tune if you want to take full advantage of your mods.
Keep in mind, that its your car, and you can do whatever you want to it, this guide is for reference only
Lets start with a good exhaust / catback system, depending on your budget you can get a good exhaust at a good price, try to get exhausts from good brand, for example, mugen, spoon, 5zigen etc.
My recommendation for the B16B/B16A is the Mugen Twinloop exhaust, it gives you good torque gains.
Next step, get a header, depending on your budget you can get one new, or a second hand one, spoon, mugen, vibran and 5zigen are good headers. Stay away from cheap ones.
Get a Intake, in my opinion the best intake is the Mugen one, but you can get other brands with the same designs for a better price (comptech). If you're going to get a intake that doesn't have a heat isolation box, just buy a K&N filter and use your OEM honda intake box.
Get some lighter wheels, you're going to loose like 20 pounds of unsprung weight with lighter wheels, (if you use 15 inch size). SSR Type C are the lightest, but you can use also a set of volk te37, desmond regamaster evo, or some imitations like Rota, some Rota wheels are like 11 - 13 pounds each, so is a good option if your budget is not that high, keep in mind that oem ek9 wheels, weight like 15 pounds each.
Next, get a good set of tires. You have a lot of options, advan, kumho, toyo, are good tire brands.
I recomend, the ventus RS2, they got a lot of grip, they grip even better than the advan RE01.
If tire "mileage" is a issue, you can get the kumho ecsta mx, they will last forever hehehe.
And if you want serios GRIP get the advan neova a048
Anyways the purpose of this guide is to help new users who doesn't know how to start to mod their car, with this mods you'll enjoy your car, I consider you should get a ecu remap + tune if you want to take full advantage of your mods.
Keep in mind, that its your car, and you can do whatever you want to it, this guide is for reference only