My 97 LX

[grfnkl]

You're looking at a newly converted Honda owner. I drove american all my life but now I have a Honda. Here's 2 pics of the car that i have at the moment... I'll get better pics later when i have time.

Specs:
1997 Civic LX
Frost White
90050 miles 4AT

The car is bone stock, but i do have some plans for it in the future which are:

OEM Rims ( hopefully 99-00 Si's) I hate hubcaps this is my first car that came with them!
JDM tails
HID headlights?
Adding in Fogs
Maybe new headlights or a good polishing of the existing
A simple OEM or "lip" style wing
get rid of the stock stereo for one with a CD player and MP3 Inputs
Change the front grill
Tinted windows

I'm not looking to do any engine work at the moment. Since I don't plan on keeping the car much more then a few years....

Let me know what you think.

 

[stupidguy10]

awesome platform to start with....your plans look promising...will look good when you are done...But if i were you I would add suspension to your to-do list...and put that somewhere near the top

 

[EK|B]

Have fun with it and keep it clean.

 

[DarkCreep]

It looks good man, I like it!!

Too bad its automatic though. Fog lights can be bought on eBay for about $75, install is pretty thorough, and they really increase your visibility.

Yes, 99-00 Si rims would look GREAT on your car. Make sure you get some with 195/55/15 size tires.


My dream Civic at the moment is a virgin 99-00 5sp. white EX sedan.

 

[cerasoli1188]

Not a bad start, I put an oem spoiler on my 4 door and I love it, feel that it set off the back end of the car. You should put some lowering springs on there, get rid of some of the gap when you get the Si's on her.

 

[Kensai]

Your plans look good. I would just get a new pair of headlights, you can get lucky and get a good set on ebay for like less than $100. It's a b***h trying to restore the old ones...

 

[grfnkl]

thanks for the comments so far. I'll consider the suspension since I'm not used to a car that I can't go too fast into turns with. Thankfully the roads are mostly flat and straight around here. I did get the rear bushings done as well as new rear shocks which made a huge difference on how the car handled but it could always be better. I like the OEM wing for the sedan it sets off the rear, but I did see a flush mounted wing similiar to a lip wing that i really liked. Their was two versions one that hangs over the end way too much and another one that flows perfectly with the rear of the car. So its between the oem and the other one. For the head lights, I'd prefer to get new/used ones over polishing the ones i have but money is tight at the moment so i'll take what i can get. Between moving, trying to find a place to live and no job it'll be a little bit of time before some of this will get done!