What To Do With My 98 Civic Ex
Posted in Headlight Bulbs | Asked on Apr 26, 2011
Any one wanna help me decide what to do (rims, exhaust, paint, subs, etc.) to my 1998 Honda Civic Ex? I am pretty much a noob when it comes to customizing cars and im on a budget (flipping burgers doesnt exactly bring in the dough =P) so some estimates of prices would be great too.
Everything is stock on it (with the exception of some hyperwhite headlights) and its got some dings from the previous owner but nothing too bad. Its factory silver with walmart hubs till i get the rims.
There are 8 Answers for "What To Do With My 98 Civic Ex"
Try some rims and body kits and exhaust, then the paint.
How bout you just keep it a normal car instead of turning it into a dork mobile. those riced out civics remind me of something steve erckel would drive.
Dont waste money on it wait a while and ugrade a newer one..
Leave it stock so it holds its resell value and you dont look like a fagg0t. you will get more girls and respect if you drive a stock civic than if you rice it out. Civics are a shitty car to modify.
BODY KIT INSTALLED AND BOUGHT $2000
RIMS LOW $750 HIGH $2000
EXSHAUST TIP(S) $100
PAINT ?? DEPENDS HOW FAR
SUBS $1400
GO TO ANDYSAUTOSPORT,COM AND LOOK
AND REMEMBER INSTALLATION CAN COST A LOT
Putting decent rims and tires THAT FIT on it isn’t a bad thing but I would invest my money in STP Son of a Gun spray, rags and McGuires cleaning and polishing products and decide against any expensive, unnecessary modifications. Keep it clean, keep it factory original, and follow your maintenance schedule religiously and you will have a much better ride that doesn’t lose it’s value.
Be proud in doing it all yourself by getting the factory service manual from http://www.helminc.com. Invest your money in tools and take the knowledge you gain to all your cars. You will save tons of bucks keeping it running as designed instead of padding the pockets of your local repair shops.
Don’t waste your money on that stuff…. save up for a down on a newer car. But if you are going to do that stuff…. look for online communities/ forums about 98 civics. Those guys usually have loads of stuff that they want to sell or even trade and it’s pretty cheap. I would start with the suspension…. buy some Eibach springs (pro kit). It’ll cost around $250+ for a set. Well worth it!!
You just work on it little bit at atime local parts store will have cheap mufflers and some customizing things .look in car mags they have deals for body kits on a budget also look on ebay you can find good deals there,rims. mufflers,depending where you live you can try monkeyads.com they sell everything its a place reg ppl place ads for sale or wanted stuff look around youll find deals also chat with ppl whos cars are hooked up usually they have freinds selling parts ive done that befor for my 91 honda civic i got a lot of stuff that way sometimes for free.