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i have $500 to spend before college starts in august on a 98 civic lx. what is something that is cheap? i saw magnaflow exhaust for $295 but how much would labor on that cost me?

 
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uhh do it yourself and it'll cost 295. Exhausts are really easy to install... other than that you could probably do an intake for ~150 or a tie bar of some sort for ~100... or you could always save up for something bigger.

 
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just install it yourself.. should bolt right up. that'd save on labor.. what mods are already done to it?

 
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tie bars are useless unless you other other bigger suspension mods.

 
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there aren't any mods yet...that i know of. i just got it about a week ago

 
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dont just buy an exhaust because its cheap....also with the lx watch out sometimes there made for ex...or just si...depends...i would say wait and get one with decent power...hks has one for your car...but its about 600...before you buy one casue its cheap i would just do a custom pipe...i did my 2.25 exhaust and it costed me 200 bux and had to pay for an end tip but thats where ebay is good..little heavyer but cheap and ok exhaust...that and an intake should give you some power

 
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buy a apex n1 muffler for ~200, then custom piping mandrel bent piping for ~80, then get a intake on ebay for ~50. thats about 350, then you can spend the other 150 on some neuspeed sport springs.

 
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http://www.modacar.com/products/Honda/Civic/MODACAB/

this should show you exhausts....i dont know how good of a price they give but gives you a place to start and look into ur choices

 
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if you shop on ebay u get ehat u pay for...the intake rubber fittings can break..without shocks the ride will be more bumpy than stock...and i know someone who had an apexi n1 for a ser spec-v and is gettin another one

 
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what is something relatively cheap that gives me much better acceleration?

 
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lol, are you ****'n kidding me? an exhaust is an exhaust! You made your exhaust sure... Whats the different between yours and the magnaflow? Hmm.... r&d? I'd say so... Anyway... yea. Buy an exhaust cause its cheap. If you buy brand name, you know your getting something good.

Stay away from pacesetter though... oh... and hks only makes an axle back.

 
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different exhausts give out different numbers...i didnt do mine i had a shop do it it was mandrel bent....i did it from behind the cat and didnt swap out the cat and d/p cause im doin a turbo soon...but if you do the exhaust and heads ull get some power...but once again different exhausts do give out different numbers..otherwise everyone would buy ebay exhausts