Bought An EJ9 , What you guys think ?

[Greg-Tec]

Hi Guys , just new on the scene
Bought My Civic on Saturday , And started work on it sunday by fittin Coilovers , Wheels , Grill And De-wiped . Am Looking for a bit of help on what would be best to do to it , so comments are welcome , Hope you Like . haha

 

[IntermaN]

Hello and Welcome! Get your car colour coded and change your wheels then you should be set I would recommend the max size you go for is 16".

 

[kaks_EK9Rx]

Nice colour

Car has potential, colour code most things, minus the wheels

 

[Greg-Tec]

Thanks For Yur Comments Guys , I Was Wondering , Are 17"s ok on civics , for handling etc ? and am powder coating them gunmetal grey , For when i Get the spoon spoiler and wing mirrors

 

[pateras_vtec]

Hate the colour personally, rest is easy:lowering,grill,headlights... the usual lol! But please don`t make this car a chavy one!

 

[stop35]

looks good

 

[kevtegra]

Thanks For Yur Comments Guys , I Was Wondering , Are 17"s ok on civics , for handling etc ? and am powder coating them gunmetal grey , For when i Get the spoon spoiler and wing mirrors

16" wheels max! 17 inch will put excessive wear on your wheelbearings, cv joints etc.. 15 would be idea, 16 max, 17 no no!

 

[|Johnny|]

congrats with a nice car

 

[k_hatche3]

Nice c0lor ufff moonroof is the **** 2 rared 2 find 1 any where in the w0rld and SLAMMED SLAMMED that ek____lolz

 

[tama666]

 

[_JT]

Nice car! 17's is really bad for excessive wear as said, but it's also very bad for handling and it makes your car slower in a straight line. I would go with 15's for performance but if you find that too small, get 16's. I think it would be nice to put a black set of wheels under it.

I'd replace the headlights for black houding ones (EK9) and put a set of lips on the front and rear bumper, or get C-West bumpers. Or maybe even get a Backyard Special replica front bumper.

Performance wise there is so much you can do, but seeing that it's an EJ I wouldn't spend too much on it as with the current engine you will get relatively low gains. Maybe put a VTEC head on it from another d-series, that would probably be the best performance mod you can do. Then add a header, decat/high flow cat, nice sounding exhaust and a good intake.

On your suspension setup I'd go for a nice set of swaybars, like from an EK9 or something else. And get a subframe brace if you do that; AFAIK you run the risk of tearing your subframe if you attach bigger than 16mm swaybars to it.

 

[Jordan]

Love the color!

 

[Hikaru]

15" wheels works he best.

 

[mld22]

congrats, looks like a good buy. Yeh i'm not too keen on putting 17"s on a civic. I think they just look a bit too big. Other than that you car looks in good nick

Where abouts in Scotland are you from?

 

[Greg-Tec]

Thanks for yur comments guys , Am just getting the wheels refurbed and using them for a bit until av got some more money for Wheels , Av been working on the car 2 Night Again , Painted the boot Again as paint was flaking and colour coded the Number plate area , Also fitted mesh and cold air 2 Front , what you guys think ?

 

[_JT]

Numberplate area looks nice, but imho the mesh looks DIY chav...

 

[4d_ek9]

oh gosh that mesh is enough to make sweet baby jesus cry. i think your failing. stop before this gets out of hand.

 

[Michael Flare]

oh gosh that mesh is enough to make sweet baby jesus cry. i think your failing. stop before this gets out of hand.[/QLOUOTE]

LOL! That's sounds so funny, "make sweet baby jesus cry" LOL But yeah, the mesh looks scary to me. lol

 

[tama666]

...i love that color.

 

[Michael Flare]

btw, is this a stock factory color?