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My dad recently passed away and I inherited his car and I want to make it look an run

My dad’s old civic
awesome

 
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Change the rims and it will look nice, and then just maintain it and it will run great.

 
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Lower it a little if you're going for looks. Like 1.5" drop looks much better in my opinion.

 
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sorry for your loss! look into lowering it, makes these cars look super good.

 
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What are some value options for lowering??

 
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Coilovers would be the only real option, in my opinion. Sure, lowering springs can work, but they don't offer the adjustability or the typical ride quality that a coilover will.

As far as brands go, Yonaka, KW, and Tein would be the budget go-to's. There are cheaper options such as Raceland and Maxpeedingrods, but I didn't recommend them for a reason.

 
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tein s-techs will give you a nice 1.4" drop for not much money. You'll want to look into struts that can handle the drop, but they'll run on stock struts without blowing them for a fair amount of time (my 2002 civic ran on tein springs with stock struts for 40k before I swapped them out, and the ride got so much smoother). Springs will probably run you $200, struts maybe $400

Or...

You can go with a tein street basis coilover set for $600-700ish. That way you get adjustable height and struts that are paired with the springs. I'm a big proponent of Tein, even though they moved most of their production to China. Still a great budget option though. The only ones they make that are still manufactured in Yokohama, Japan are the Flex Z series, and those can be 1000+

Rims and drop will give it a nice look tho, for real, even if it's stock body parts

 
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What he said.

That's already a clean looking car. Put some shoes on it and leave it be. Maybe a decent cat-back if you want a little more ear candy.