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Please help me put together the perfect 2004 Civic. Working with a budget of $8-10k please help. I found your site from a member of Acura-CL.com and knowing how valuable forum information can be, I turned here. I am the Internet Sales Manager at a large Honda dealership and we are building a Civic for our Parts department. Please provide pricing and links for recomended parts. At this point, we are using Honda's FP suspension, spoiler and aero kit. I need good ideas for everything else( wheel, engine mods, Lighting etc......) All responses are greatly appreciated.

 
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which honda dealership, what is your name and contact #?

 
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yea yea, what's ur contact#? hehehe

 
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Definitely need to put some Tein SS Coilovers on the ride. I think the retail price is around $1200.

 
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tein ss? on a budget? =|

tein basics would work but the honda FP is already on their.

i think suspension work would be a good idea because the civic is an economy car and it should be kept that way. the best the civic can do is working at its performance in suspension wise. including tires

couple suspension parts i know of are:
-front upper strut bar
-sway bars
-rear lower tie bar
-rear upper strut
-not a part of suspension?, but some nice sticky tires

couple sites i know of for these parts:
www.tornactive.com
www.dezod.com
www.importhorizon.com

theirs plently of websites, just got to research to see where its cheapest and have best shipping

 
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Engine Mods eh?
I suggest a swap if ya can.
D17's just don't cut it.

 
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My bad, I didn't see that his post said Honda FP suspension (I've actually never heard of this). He did say an $8k-10k budget though, thats quite a bit of spending room for modfications if he doesnt go into any extreme engine work...

 
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*cough* turbo *cough*

Editing this because I realized you wanted links too. Well I know that Dezod is in development of a kit that supposedly would be out in April of '05. If your pressed for time I would say go with a custom turbo kit. Any search would help you narrow down your choices. I think right now the toughest part is finding a manifold and a downpipe.

In any event, I would probably hook up the wheels, and throw a turbo on it.

 
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spend $6000 on a k20a2 then add in about $1000 for suspension (anti-roll bars, strut bars, anything that will tighten up the car) and then use the honda FP wheels.

 
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i have couple questions
is this 2004 honda civic going to be a showroom car or something?
is it just going to be a car thats gonna sit in the parts room?
is it meant to attract customers attention so it can be bought?

 
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If it had a K in it, I'd buy it.

 
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Racing hart C5 Rims / nitto tires:


AEM Power pulleys:


AEM V2 cold air intake:


- DC sports Header and exahust
- TYC lights
- Grounding wire kit

Neuspeed strut bar

I could go on but won't

 
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k swap is gonna mean new suspension so the front doesn't sag. that's gonna push the budget.

i'd like to see some 18" volks on it with kuhmo 712's, dc header, injen v2 cai, greddy exhaust, rsx leather seats, and whatever else will wow the kiddies (neons, led washer nozzles, etc) and help sales

 
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cbwheels.com
wheelmax.com
wholesalehyperformance.com
whalentire.com

those have good rims. cant really say what to get because its really a personal thing.

to finish off the suspension (although the FP package isnt the best option...but you probably have to use it)...get a neuspeed front upper strut bar and front lower tie bar (if they have them). if neuspeed makes a rear tie bar/sway bar combo get that also, but if not, progressive suspension has one that is good. put in some urethane bushings so that things are firmer and smoother.

after that, put in leather RSX seats and wrap your rear seat in leather from katskinz (spelling might be off). or get some other racing seats (recaro, sparco, momo) and a racing harness.

for the engine, increase the displacement (bore/stroke or both) and put in stronger pistons/rods/valves/valve springs. balance the motor, port and polish the heads. make a custom intake manifold that is not restrictive and port match it. replace the throttle body with a larger one. make sure your fuel system can handle it with larger injectors if you need them. upgrade your spark wires and spark plugs to higher performing ones. put in a K&N FIPK or typhoon intake. i doubt there are any other internals for the d17 motor out there, but if you can find a stroker kit that would probably be the better option than boring/stroking and getting the rods/pistons yourself. peformance cams and cam gears might also do something.

for the exhaust, put in DC headers to a high flow catalytic converter, to the skunk2 cat back exhaust or the RS-R exhaust.

im guessing if you have any money left after that you moght want to put it into ipgrading the stereo or something.

 
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get a k20a crate engine from spoon,

buy the suspension components from a type R from Japan,

put teins ss

put type R rims

oem civic veloz body kit

I'm not sure about which rubber to buy

if you want o go all out convert it to all wheel drive and turbo the k20a

 
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i would go k20a2 or k20a swap

 
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k20a2^^^, 18 inch deep dish gunmetal or blk rims w/ five lug conversion,vis carbonfiber hood and trunk,10% or 20% tint all around, greedy evo 2 exhaust.

 
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oh sorry they don't make cf hoods for the 04's so forget about that! you can blk out the headlights. LSD would sound nice also.