What should i do with my car?
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What should i do with my car?
Hi, i have a 2004 Civic Coupe. I have a body kit that had a half *** job done on it, and i am wanting to do other body work, what should i do? should i return to stock front bumper and get a LIP? Im just going for looks nothing real special like putting my car into shows n all. And my suspension, should i get lowering springs or coil-overs? again i'm just going for the look n not all racy like kinda guy. So please help me out and reply to this asap. Take a look a my car, i'm open for all suggestions.
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well first off you need to get that bumper refitted cause that horrible, if a shop did that, i wouldnt have paid them. DEF need a drop, i would just get some nuspeeds and be done with it. black out the headlights, and if you want i think silver rims would go better with the red. or black rims, if you got dark tint.
drop, and gun metal headlight wold look sick bro IMO, especially with ur wheels. Stock bumper with 99 type R front lip slapped on the biotch. And put some OEM fogs on mang.
If you drop it right and keep ur very original R Red & Bronze color theme going i think it'll look dope as hell. Just get some coilovers so you can set ur drop to how u want it.
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If you drop it right and keep ur very original R Red & Bronze color theme going i think it'll look dope as hell. Just get some coilovers so you can set ur drop to how u want it.
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I can't believe they really give your car back to you like that?
[edit]i just think the bumper isn't pulled back to be mounted flush is what it looks like[edit]
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Rep Power: 0 Don't lower your car just yet. Two inch drop and you'll scrap on a bump the size of a pebble.
What you need to do first is get bigger tires. The fender gap looks so huge because your tire ratio is waaay too small. Is that 205/40/16? Sidewall looks small considering that you're on 16" rims. Go with 205/50/16 to get more sidewall, which will also make that fender gap look smaller, and is the closest tire diameter to stock. Then drop 1" if you still want to drop--best tradeoff between aesthetics and practicality. The lowest you should go IMO is 1.5"--anything more looks droopy anyways. Get that front bumper refitted, or demand a refund--that's a bad job. Hope it's just an ill-fitting bumper.
What you need to do first is get bigger tires. The fender gap looks so huge because your tire ratio is waaay too small. Is that 205/40/16? Sidewall looks small considering that you're on 16" rims. Go with 205/50/16 to get more sidewall, which will also make that fender gap look smaller, and is the closest tire diameter to stock. Then drop 1" if you still want to drop--best tradeoff between aesthetics and practicality. The lowest you should go IMO is 1.5"--anything more looks droopy anyways. Get that front bumper refitted, or demand a refund--that's a bad job. Hope it's just an ill-fitting bumper.
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Rep Power: 321 2" drop is not gonna scrape the ground unless your running 15" wheels and smaller tires. I'm running probably a 2.5 to 2.75" drop on my car with Tein SS Coilovers and i don't have any problems at all. People before you speak know what your talking about with drops.
Aki, he won't scrape a pebble with 2" sorry to tell ya. Go look at other peoples cars with 3" drops on them.
JrylJDM: As far as what you wanna do, I would take your car back in and have them refit the kit, cause it looks terrible in the front. Also you can go both ways with a drop, either springs or coilovers. If you go springs i suggest if you go any lower than like 1.5" drop to get new struts. But full coilovers will solve all that and enable you to adjust how low you wanna go.
Aki, he won't scrape a pebble with 2" sorry to tell ya. Go look at other peoples cars with 3" drops on them.
JrylJDM: As far as what you wanna do, I would take your car back in and have them refit the kit, cause it looks terrible in the front. Also you can go both ways with a drop, either springs or coilovers. If you go springs i suggest if you go any lower than like 1.5" drop to get new struts. But full coilovers will solve all that and enable you to adjust how low you wanna go.
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Rep Power: 321 There ya go man, KISS! Keep It Simple Stupid is what i say, look at my car, i keep my car clean. Just do a lip kit, and get some nice wheels, lower it and thats a good start.
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Originally Posted by drew22mader
2" drop is not gonna scrape the ground unless your running 15" wheels and smaller tires. I'm running probably a 2.5 to 2.75" drop on my car with Tein SS Coilovers and i don't have any problems at all. People before you speak know what your talking about with drops.
Aki, he won't scrape a pebble with 2" sorry to tell ya. Go look at other peoples cars with 3" drops on them.
JrylJDM: As far as what you wanna do, I would take your car back in and have them refit the kit, cause it looks terrible in the front. Also you can go both ways with a drop, either springs or coilovers. If you go springs i suggest if you go any lower than like 1.5" drop to get new struts. But full coilovers will solve all that and enable you to adjust how low you wanna go.
Aki, he won't scrape a pebble with 2" sorry to tell ya. Go look at other peoples cars with 3" drops on them.
JrylJDM: As far as what you wanna do, I would take your car back in and have them refit the kit, cause it looks terrible in the front. Also you can go both ways with a drop, either springs or coilovers. If you go springs i suggest if you go any lower than like 1.5" drop to get new struts. But full coilovers will solve all that and enable you to adjust how low you wanna go.
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Originally Posted by drew22mader
2" drop is not gonna scrape the ground unless your running 15" wheels and smaller tires. I'm running probably a 2.5 to 2.75" drop on my car with Tein SS Coilovers and i don't have any problems at all. People before you speak know what your talking about with drops.
but i do agree that people should think before they speak.
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