Before and after pics of my LsVTEC coupe

[brookliner7]

Anyone else have before and after pics? It's nice to watch the slow evolution of maturity and taste. I thought I would start a thread to invite people to post any before and after pics of their car. (and partially because handlebarsfsr deleted the wrong thread that had the edited pics of my car)

After I purchased my used civic stock,(about four years ago) my first theme was all white...and consequently a little bit of rice which I was unaware of at the time)

Here she is now!

Improvement?

 

[EM1_ProJect]

looks good man...especially the black rims...the white on white was killing me!

 

[jdmspivic]

nice car i have the same one . i like that mugen valve cover. very jdm

 

[brookliner7]

Yeah, I ditched the cheap ass projectors that had horrible illumination and put back the OEMs with a nice set of PIAA Superplasmas, switched the CTR lip for a Mugen style one and some side skirts, ditched the TYC tails and got the half red and clears, raised her a few inches, and made the exhaust super quiet with a resonator in the mid pipe and an OEM GRS muffler.

I have a new set of tail lights I'm making right now, I'll post pics when they are done! THey're gonna be super pimp!

 

[jdmspivic]

Nice. Do u have a jdm cluster for that thing? I'm actually in the middle of fiberglassing an integra dash to put in my car. i have all type-r s**t for it too. real type-r badges and knock off matts but the rest of the stuff in my car is pretty jdm. it's super clean.

 

[FhCRubarb]

JDM is the new rice!

 

[jdmspivic]

JDM is the new rice!

i know ...i know..

 

[96 DX Hatch]

Woulda kept outside same as before but w/o those projectors

but the engine bay is better after

 

[LatinEM2]

looks really good....i like it.

 

[ReggieSD]

looks real good...good job! the new rims go with it a lot better.

 

[ImportFan1]

damn thats nice man like the improvements

 

[mynameisbob28]

looks good, any dyno numbers on the motor?

 

[blcksi]

Nice! love the valve cover. Nice wheels, could go either way...

 

[zville00SI]

i dont like the mugen valve cover, i like it how it was

 

[speeddemon]

looks great now man good job.

 

[brookliner7]

No dyno numbers...
I ran it at the track with full interior and a/c, power steering, stereo etc.
I had terrible sixty foot times, I need to practice more and maybe get a set of some stickier smaller tires like some 14" azenis to go on my stockies. With the crappy 60ft of a 2.5, I hit a 14.9 at 96mph all motor.
I ran the 50 shot on it with those white 17"s, and it ran a 14.1 with another 2.5 sixty foot. With a decent 2.3 launch or even a 2.4, it would hit a high 13.
That sounds SOOO MUCH better than low 14's, oh well. SHoulda, woulda, coulda, but DIDN't! so, oh well, I gotta deal with it, the track was closing, so I only got the one run in. (sigh...)

 

[AqueousFila]

Very very nice car mang, im diggin the rims.

 

[ShowCivic15]

Nice look very JDM look with those rims but I was liking that White/White look in the before pictures but the after is clearly looking more JDM look..

 

[fightinchunk]

valve cover looks cool...like the black rims on white.

 

[Destroy]

the exterior looks better, but Im not diggin your white/blue interior....