paulymcd7

paulymcd7

i'll get a picture of the engine bay up soon
Exhaust

16 or 17" wheels
tints 15s on rear and rear passenger 35s on fronts
shocks and struts and 1.5" drop lowering springs
halo projectors and amber fogs
maybe tail lights
sound system
Spoiler
Interior LEDs
mesh grille

paulymcd7

lowlife9

white walls ???

paulymcd7

yeah i figured why not hopefully im getting wheels at the end of summer looking at 17's but i figured white would go well with my color and i dont have any complaints. its pretty ghetto but better than hub caps in my opinion

paulymcd7

a friend told me tints are tacky what are everyones opinions? should i on this car? im not changing color

tipnitty

Sprayed steelies look like ****.

Artificial

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Please spray them black.

krudmuphin

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You're right about white being a good color for your wheels... but uhh, definitely not the stock steelies, lol. When you're searching for custom rims, I'd suggest white for your car. Black would look good too depending on your preference.

And window tint is not tacky if you do a quality job. The only tacky tint is that stupid silver gradient tint you buy at autozone and paste on yourself
Have a tint shop do it straight black

paulymcd7

im hopefully getting wheels soon like in a couple months im looking at these focal FO5's http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheel...5_fb_ci3_l.jpg
i want white wheels but most i find are too expensive for me i have to look some more but its white wheels or these and i know the steelies are really ghetto and ricey but its only temporary lol

paulymcd7

shitty job painting i need to redo it the paint i am using is a pain and keeps running i just havent gotten around to redoing it yet



this cluster was a lot of fun to install and went flawlessly

tipnitty

If the paint isn't working, maybe its a sign to leave it alone and never paint anything on your car ever again.

WTF is with that intake?

paulymcd7

Well it's my car -__- and I like how it looks I just need to fix it

krudmuphin

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Haha, the dust cover desperately needs to be repainted...
It's a good color scheme, but try masking it off super well next time
And that hose in the intake...? Interesting, I've seen pipe work bend towards air filters but never plugged into them, lol

paulymcd7

Yeah I need to devote a whole day to repainting that lol and yeah isaw it at advanced auto so it's half short ram half cold air almost lol I piped it down to behind the radiator fan

krudmuphin

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The radiator fan puts out a lot of heat though, so that's probably not the best spot to pipe it.
Ideally, you should have the tube mounted behind your front grill (with about half of the tube opening exposed so you don't force in too much air) and put a net or chicken wire in the end to keep debris from flying into your intake.
Alternatively, It's also not a bad idea to run the tube downward into the fender wells like a CAI does.

paulymcd7

I was thinking about the fender well but the hole into didn't have enough room but I'll move it to the grill definitely thanks a lot!

krudmuphin

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Oh, and obviously if you were to do that, be extra careful when washing the car not spray water into the air intake, lol
On second thought, the fender well is probably better in this case

paulymcd7

good idea lol didnt think of that

paulymcd7

gonna get these wheels
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...All&sort=Brand

and also should i do a cf hood wrap?not sure how it would look i like it on the cars i see cf hoods on but im not sure how it would look on mine

BlueEM2

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I like those wheels, get rid of that hose it serves no functionality except increasing the chance your going to suck up water.

paulymcd7

i repiped it to where the stock filter pulled from by the battery and im gonna upgrade the filter to k&n or aem because im using the shitty ebay filter that came with the intake and i dont much about filter but im sure i could get some better performance off a different filter

paulymcd7

tokiko blues? or coils

krudmuphin

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Excellent choice of wheels! *applause*

Lowering really depends on how much you're willing to spend. Coilovers will run you at least $800. If you live in an area where it doesn't snow much, it would be beneficial to go with shocks and coils. Tokico blues are good. Just be careful when you search for springs though, because 7th gen sedans tend to sag in the rear. Eibach springs are well known for remaining stiff over a long period of time.

paulymcd7

its a daily driver and i live in jersey in rural area the appalachians run through so there are hills and turns i wanna get this done before college while i still have money lol but yeah lots of hills turns and minus this winter snow i want low but not scraping so 1.5" or 2"

and thanks on the wheels! i love them i love white wheels on my car i need to get rid of my ricey wheels lol as ghetto as they are if i hadnt done that i would never have known how good white looks

paulymcd7

also those wheels are +37mm offset will i have any rubbing before i get wheel spacers?

krudmuphin

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Haha, lucky to have learned from experience! I probably would've tried white wheels on Tirerack, but there's no way of telling exactly how it looks until you slap 'em on. Personally, I think that is a great color combo. You've got a tricky color to work with...

paulymcd7

yeah i found that on a computer browser tire racks view on vehicle is bad because the tires look weird and it doesnt look natural but on my iphone i tried it and they looked natural and it looked real goof i was looking at focal fo5's but black didnt go well

civicfan247

what year is you civic and how did you swap that in ??

paulymcd7

mine is an 04 and i got an 03 ex cluster off ebay shipped for like 40 great buy use this thread
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...-video-12.html
everything in this thread worked perfect you may be confused with a blu/red wire but just move that to where it says it goes on the ex connector your abs light will be on im gonna pull mine out and see if i cant just take the bulb out apparently you can ground it but i touched it to the frame and it didnt work and you will have a wht/red wire left over tape it up good that has constant 12v running through it since it has a red stripe it accidentally touched frame when i did it and no fuse blew but just to be safe and the diy video for removing the pins works its not one of those farfetched diy's where it looks easy and it isnt his paperclip technique worked perfect. just follow the diagram exactly one wire at a time and be very careful if you dont disconnect your battery (i didnt) and if you dont, dont let any connectors touch. im good with wiring and electronics but you dont need to be for this diy. also mileage is stored in the cluster so im still working on finding a way to roll back the cluster 62k to match the original miles of 118k stock cluster