97 Honda Civic Sedan LX Project

[5SpeedEJ6]

Here's my 1997 Honda Civic Sedan LX. When I bought it she was all riced out with some huge 17" rims, LED tail lights and some halo headlights. Now she's looking like this:













Here's a list of all the 'mods/upgrades' that she got

Exterior:
JDM Black Headlights
JDM Tail Lights (Acura EL corner)
JDM Type R Grill

Engine Upgrades (D16Y7):
AEM Short Ram Intake
Megan Racing Headers
Full Magnaflow Exhaust System
MagnaCore Spark Plug Wires
Megan Racing Front Strut Bar
Red Painted Valve Cover (For Looks Only)

Suspension:
Tokico HP (Blues) Struts
Option Racing Springs and Sleeves
Front Blackworks Camber Kit (Natural Camber)
Rear Backworks Camber Kit (Maxed Out At -6/-7 Degrees)

Wheels:
STR 513
15x8 +0

Tires:
165/50/15 Federal Formoza FD1 All Around

Audio:
Dual XDM7615 System (Not Good)
Dual 10" Pioneer TS-W2502D4
Pioneer GM-D9601 Amp
Front Dual XP65i 6.5" 2-Way Speakers

Interior:
Wink Mirror




Upcoming small mods/upgrades:
20%-35% Tint all around
Headliner restoration (re cloth)
door visors/rear visor
some mad JDM stickers (lol)
Big 3 upgrade
Fender quick release
Stereo system upgrade

Long run mods/upgrade:
Ground Control Sleeves
D16Y8/D16Z6 swap
Turbo it for ~200whp
Fit 16x9 +10 all around

[Thee_blackmann]

looking good man.. i sugest just throw a full z6 in mini me swaps arent to reliabe or a jdm d15b

keep it upp

[Dremetos]

The wheel gap is absolutely killing me, lower, lower. And you can fit 15x9 0 offset really easy, a slight pull of the front fenders and maxed eBay camber links in the rear with your fender lips rolled flat and you're absolutely fine.

Don't tint those 50/50 tails please eh my gerd.

[SnazzyQ]

The wheel gap is absolutely killing me, lower, lower. And you can fit 15x9 0 offset really easy, a slight pull of the front fenders and maxed eBay camber links in the rear with your fender lips rolled flat and you're absolutely fine.

Don't tint those 50/50 tails please eh my gerd.

+1 because im too lazy to type out a response

[ChristopherJason]

There not SI tails BTW there Acura EL Corners and Stock EJ Inners, SI Tails only Fit Coupes not sedans



I kno cause i had the same set up and i had the ACURA EL as well..

But nice work Over all ! i love seeing EJ6 sedans done right ! im doing another one but 99

[RedHeadMetalHead]

Very nice and a good simple build. I like.
Please don't tint the tails.

[5SpeedEJ6]

Some new update pics. I bought front and rear lips but I haven't put the rear one on because my exhaust would melt it lol.
Next in line for sure are my fender/bumper quick release

[5SpeedEJ6]

The wheel gap is absolutely killing me, lower, lower. And you can fit 15x9 0 offset really easy, a slight pull of the front fenders and maxed eBay camber links in the rear with your fender lips rolled flat and you're absolutely fine.

Don't tint those 50/50 tails please eh my gerd.

The wheel gap kills me too, but my coilover sleeves are already maxed out and I'm in need of new ones. I've been looking at Ground Control Sleeves, what you guys think? And btw I'm not tinting my tail light, that train of thought is gone lolol.

[5SpeedEJ6]

Update (pics)

Hey guys just some update pictures. I got my quick release on (thanks to my gf) and put some rice stickers in the back. All of those are currently gone except the ones on the rear window.

[5SpeedEJ6]

Update (How I bought her)

So i was searching through my computer and I actually found what my car looked like when i bought it (with my winter tires, and with my old rims set up).







It had really ricer tail lights (thats why I plasti dipped em untill i got new ones)
Halo headlights (which were a bit ricey, and in winter the bulbs wouldnt turn on half of the times)
Big 17 inch rims (that didnt come with the car)

[maxwellmercer]

Why the crazy camber in the rear? It looks like you have a ton of space to come toward zero. (I'm not saying come to zero, it just seems silly to run all that camber and the fitment be crap.)

[fac3l3ss]

I vote you toss some meaty tires on there to fill the gap and hit the fender. Still pretty flush but can be driven a bit harder as well.

I don't even mind the reps! *flamesuit*

[5SpeedEJ6]

I vote you toss some meaty tires on there to fill the gap and hit the fender. Still pretty flush but can be driven a bit harder as well.

I don't even mind the reps! *flamesuit*

can be driven harder? what you scared of stretched tires? keep the air pressure up and it will never unbead on you. If you are dumb and don't put enough air in your tires that's when shit goes wrong. Thanks for the advice but no thanks I like my current tires. Next spring you'll see why I'm running these tires instead of meaty ones.

[fac3l3ss]

Not scared of stretch. I guess I'm just used to a greater contact patch and not worrying about bending or hitting rim on anything. I'm more of a "battle stance" type.

[5SpeedEJ6]

Not scared of stretch. I guess I'm just used to a greater contact patch and not worrying about bending or hitting rim on anything. I'm more of a "battle stance" type.

who needs contact patch when you are or get any lower than my ride height? of course I'm not doing this for performance, so in my mind contact patch doesn't really matter as long as I have some patch to roll around. Plus -7 is no where near extreme.