belts, fluid, ceck brakes & tires. insure you've got a solid, unmolested car before u tear into it.

or juss save it

 

x3 (or is it x4)? Preventative maintenance, unless you know where it's been, who it's been with, and who's been inside it! If you have a few bucks left, get your ass on e-bay and procure a Helms manual for future use.

William
98 Civic + 03 Pilot

 

correct

 

So the car is running great right now... I have some money to put into it.

 

If you're absolutely sure all the routine maintenance has been kept up with then just save your money for later mods. Two hundred bones isn't enough to do any performance mod you would get anything out of. However if someone was holding a gun to my head and said I had to buy something I would either get shocks or a new cd player. But I still say save it, there is no sense in spending money just to spend money.

 

the first thing i did when i got my civic is fix it up..200 is about how much i spent on repairing it..buying material and doing it myself..

 

I doubt you want to throw all of that into one bolt on for a whole 3-5hp gain...so assuming you've already checked/replaced everything, I would suggest any combination of the following:

Window tint (if it doesn't have it already) ... probably cost the whole 200
Short shifter ... costs about 100$ (some come with shift knobs)
Shift knob ... anywhere from 20 to 80$
Floor mats ... about 50$ for stock ones
Halo headlights (or other kinds) ... about 120-180$ a set
Tint your taillights or buy aftermarket ones (altezza, etc) ... about 100-160$ a set
Buy actual vinyl from a fabric shop or high heat vinyl spray/clear coat and revinyl/respray interior pieces to look nice ... costs anywhere from 10$ to the whole 200 depending on what all you do.
Buy high heat paint/clearcoat and respray your engine valve cover ... about 30$
Buy seatcovers (anywhere from 30$ to 200$) or spring for cheap/offbrand racing seats for the front two (about 250-350$ shipped from ebay. Did it for my daily driver and it's sweet just be careful of who you buy from) ... used del sol seats work well too, esp. if you find ones with the same color stripe as your car.

Not much you can do with 200$ but these will help give it a nice flare/personal touch. My first car was a 4dr 94 civic LX.....several years and a new engine later, it's still my daily driver.

 

Oh yea, or a new headunit if needed for tunes ... about 140$
New speakers, if needed ... about 80-200$

If you have good head unit/speakers, try for an amp/sub ... easily the whole 200$

If you're dying to spend the money on your car, you can do a decent bit with 200$ as long as you shop around and play smart. Just figure out what you want most and buy it. Then, when another 200$ comes along, do the same thing.

 

i would save it but if you want to spend it, buy a cold air intake. they have them at nopionline.com for likr 120 bucks with free shipping on some of them.


or just send it to snoopy to get out of the ghetto fund

 

YEPP. Do your basic stuff.

Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, change the oil. Make sure it is completely up to snuff before you even touch the car. You will thank yourself later.

I am always a fan of completly cleaning the sh*t outa the car, that makes it look about 1000 times nicer. Really detail the inside.

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