Civic upgrades - general

[kwalker]

I have a 1995 Honda Civic EX coupe and I would like to make it look better.
There are a lot of questions to ask but here's a few...

Paint: Lime green, Orange, blue...or leave it red?

Is the paint or dye kits for the interior of a car worth it? Can it handle a few hits or does it fall off too easily?

Which type of exhaust system/muffler will give it a great sound?

Is it smarter to put decals on or have the graphics painted on?


Any suggestions would be appreciated, Thank You

[kicker1_solo]

I think blue.
I've painted my interior, looks great and stands up to almost everything.
There's so many good exhausts out there that I wouldn't know which one to recommend to you. And also, an intake would give your car a nicer sound too.
I would have to say painted on because I've heard about vinyl graphics peeling off and being ruined a lot easier than when they're painted on.

[FREED0MFiST]

hey kicker can i see a pic of your painted interior?

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by FREED0MFiST
hey kicker can i see a pic of your painted interior?

yeah, it's actually in my g/f's car. I'm not done with it yet, been slowly working on it.
before pic of the trunk:

after:

dash before:

dash after:


speaker covers:

More pics here

[Hotcivic1115]

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
I think blue.
I've painted my interior, looks great and stands up to almost everything.
There's so many good exhausts out there that I wouldn't know which one to recommend to you. And also, an intake would give your car a nicer sound too.
I would have to say painted on because I've heard about vinyl graphics peeling off and being ruined a lot easier than when they're painted on.

:sun: Hey Kicker,
What kind of paint did you use?? I painted my interior too. It's red and black. The front of the car is painted, and i painted the rear door panels yesterday. It looks good and it is pretty durable. I was just wondering what kind of paint you used.
thanks

[tynebeach]

hey man, that zebra print is sweet. How did you do that?

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by tynebeach
hey man, that zebra print is sweet. How did you do that?

took off the old fabric, cut out the pattern onto the zebra print fabric, cut it out, clamped/glued it back on.

And hotcivic, I don't remember off the top of my head what kind it is. The cans are at my g/f's house, I'll have to go look.