This is where I came from: A standard nighthawk black 5-door 2.2 i-ctdi from 2007 with 32000km's (about 20000 miles), got it from August 2009.
First things I've put on the car where the Type S rims (I preferred their look above the standard 5-door 17" alloys), the sport gear knob and of course... the Civinfo stickers (I have no dyno runs, but I can assure you guys I've felt lots of bhp improvement :razz!
More pictures (and in full resolution) can be found here...
Thanks for viewing!
First, I was thinking of painting the inserts in a graphite sort of colour (to get more contrast), but I'm certainly not going to do this anymore. I really like the dangerous, but also sophisticated look of the black-on-black grand prix pack
But I get what you're saying, I also like the contrast of the black splitters on milano or alabaster very much.
Thanks mate, but it doesn't fit completely Not on my car and not on yours. There are some little adjustments to be made on the rear of the sideskirts and the rear wheel arches... More info on this can be found here and here.
I was in doubt between the new image pack spoiler or the type R one from Deltastyling... But I think I'm just going to leave it alone, it also looks great without spoiler IMO... I really like the little "bump upwards" in the middle of the rear perspex spoiler (if you know what I mean)
Why I suggested the image pack spoiler was, it looks very subtle when fitted to NHB as its against the black plexi glass and would tie in nicely with the black on black look of your splitters, but really does add a nice profile to the rear look of the car.
Yeah the little raised bit on the plexi glass is another nice styling touch on our cars, they could have easily just made it totally flat. ...not bad looking motors ehhh
I'm going to fill them up (also on the sideskirts) with some black silicone (convenient on a black car )...
And underneath (because the arches also give a gap on the bottom) I'll use some rubber to avoid mud and dirt getting thrown up by the wheels between the arch and the car...
But these things still have to be done somewhere this or next week... Didn't had any more time this weekend...
Hey everybody, I'm playing with some thoughts... Could you guys help me out?
First of all, should I tint my windows? I don't like the look of tinted windows on a 5-door Civic, but with the grand prix pack on it it may look good after all...
Secondly: Which alloys should I go for? I really like the look of 19" rages, but I will go definitely for 18" rims (better handling, cheaper tyres+tyre wear & softer road feel)... I quite like the looks of the Delta and Thunder alloys from Honda... The Thunder alloys look a bit like the rages, but on the other hand, the Delta ones look quite special and more unique...
I made some photoshops (see pictures below)... If anybody has a good idea for other alloys/ other ideas/ ... please let me know!
(1) Standard car ; (2) Tinted rear windows; (3) 19" rages ; (4) 18" Thunder ; (5) 18" Delta
I don't like tinted windows that first . Rages mount "everybody" and I think that it will be best look with last wheels (if I good see these are rims from Honda accessories) So my choice and recommendation is not tinted and 18'' delta
And for the rims:
Rages: 1 vote (i also really like them but I'm not going to go for 19 as stated in original post)
Thunders: 1 vote
Delta: 2 votes (I also think that these will stand out a bit more than the tunders in trafic... )
I say rages and no tints!
Everbody has the rages but they just look so darn good on the civic. Allthough i must say the type-s alloys also go very well with the five door.
The tints dont look that nice but that could be down to your photoshop skillz
In the end, go for what you like the most!
Concerning the alloys, they will be for next summer! I hope I can drive till winter with my current tyres , so then I can put winter tyres on the 17" Type S rims...
And then next summer I'm going for the Thunders probably (resemble rages the most; which I like best; but I want to go for 18")...
I'm loving what you've done to the car so far. Am a big fan of subtle mods and I think it looks great with the grille as it is.
Look forward to seeing what you get up to next
A nice little new mod to the car: I painted my engine cover gold! :-D
I'll take some better pictures within a few days when I get time to wash the car ;-)
It also looks way better in real life then in the pictures (a bit lighter shade of gold)
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