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Hey there all,

I just bought my first Honda let alone Civic. What are some things to replace and look for the have the car running at top shape(general maintenance I know)? Any aftermarket mods I should do and or buy? Any one else have 93 civic hb dx and what have you done to your car? All help and comments are appreciated.

 
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Also looking for advice on what to add to the car for better performance. I don't want to waste my time adding pointless mods just to take them off later because they do nothing.

 
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[QUOTE=jamesking91;4659969]What are some things to replace and look for the have the car running at top shape(general maintenance I know)?

Timing belt/water pump
Brakes
Fuel filter
Oil
Air filter
Search, search, search

New intake
New exhaust header
New exhaust pipes
oh...
VTEC head swap
Turbocharger

 
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Sounds good I just saw that the timing belt is a big thing that people over look. I want to do a new intake and headers as I get into this project. Any decent websites that have good prices? Thanks for info.

 
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I use carid.com as my jumping off point. You can check ebay as well but the air filters are generally recognized as crap.

 
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Thanks boss. They look to have good prices going to start looking at websites trying to find the right prices and product for me. What have you done to your car?

 
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Just a spoiler, intake, and a headlight retrofit so far. I'm eying a DC Sports header at the moment. Waiting on that tax return!

 
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Sounds good man. What intake do you have?

 
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Weekend projects are going be replacing the drivebelt and alternator belt. If money permits looking into replacing spark plugs, wires, and distributor cap. Other plans are a good clean of the interior and exterior along with motor spray down to remove grease and oil.

 
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So weekend project was a success. Changed the powersteering, a/c, and timing belt. Car runs good cleaned the outside and interior.Just have a few things to remove from car(trash). Also put new wiper blades onand rotated the tires. Next project will be to replace the clutch and mastercylinder along with transmission seal. Looking at picking up a MeganPerformance Racing Resonator that I will be putting on this weekend.

 
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So I picked up a Megan Performance Racing Resonator, new air filter(blue), vent breather(blue), and some small odds and ins. That is this weekends projects. Still looking for a clutch. I have a b15b7 anyone know of a good clutch and or clutch kit to use?

 
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Pics to come of the motor after this weekend.

 
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nice bro! glad to see successful surgeries being accomplished!! >

 
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Thanks brother. Posting pics tomorrow. It's slow work but I think I should finish in 2-3 months. Did not get a chance to put on resonator this weekend but I have access to a shop now so this coming weekend it will be on.

 
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Up coming projects are new clutch and body work.

 
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Pics of my car so far. Still need to put on my new resonator ran in to a set back.

 
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Engine bay looks good!! I have the same tower bar on my 94.

 
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Looks good man. Why did you take out the back seat? Whats your body look like(of the car). Getting ready to strip mine down and paint it black.

 
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Wanting to take off the trim on my car. What is the best way to do so??

 
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Looks like a heat gun (they're cheap) and some careful scraping will get the job done.

 
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If your car is like mine the trim should just pop off. You will need a fiberglass kit to cover the holes where the clips were but other than that its pretty straight forward. I will try and post up some pics of mine here in a bit..

 
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Here are some pics of my car as it sits right now. I have the fiberglass kit to finish up the trim I just haven't had the time to finish it up. Also to answer your other question I gutted the rear end mostly for the weight loss but I also didn't want wrestle that rear strut bar in with a full interior.