Douglas's 2014 Civic LX

[Douglas11708]

Hello everyone! I am new to the car scene. I just recently got a car worth modding so I have been putting a lot of my time and money towards this car.

This is a picture of the car the day I drove it off the lot.

The first thing I had done was tint the windows. 35% all around.

I then ordered LEDs to replace the lights inside,trunk and license plates lights,HID's , a cold air intake, and a cat-back exhuast to install. I also picked up paint from local shops.
Removed headlights and tail lights to tint
Debadged and painted emblems
The inbetween stage of tinting the lights. Spraying and sanding.
Everything back on and together the next night.

Got in Eibach Pro Kit springs to lower it.

 

[Monk]

Welcome!

Looks like you went about it the right way......... Just save some money so you can drive it on a trip this summer........

 

[Douglas11708]

This is right after the springs were installed. I then bought rims. 18" Drifz, with 225/40/18 tires.
I painted the muffler part of the Cat-exhuast to go with my color scheme.
I removed the side mirror covers and painted them as well.
This is what it looked like after I put them back on.
I bought vinyl and then installed that soon after as well.
I went a got a 6" 5% strip on my windshield
A small lip spoiler was next, which I painted and installed.
The last things I have done as of today are to add my own logo and Twitch name since I stream games.


I still have more I plan on doing and will post them to this thread once I have done those things as well.

 

[Douglas11708]

Welcome!

Looks like you went about it the right way......... Just save some money so you can drive it on a trip this summer........

lol Yes, I know what you mean, I don't take many trips out of town due to work, but one day, I will

 

[xXCiviXx]

Looks good! Cool effect with he HIDs in the tinted headlights! What's next in your list?

 

[mpheng]

How's the light output with the tinted headlights?

 

[Nix]

Welcome, that's quite a change. Very sinister looking.

Gainesville eh? You're close to Helen/Dalonega. There is some great driving through there. Blood mountain outside of Helen running up to Vogel state park is a blast.

 

[Pauly99to17]

You're new to the car scene? Would never have guessed. Great job. I like what you have done, especially the rear end.
Curious: What kind of paint on the muffler? I will guess BBQ paint. ?

Something to think about: black splash guards and a black front lip. ?

 

[Douglas11708]

Looks good! Cool effect with he HIDs in the tinted headlights! What's next in your list?

Thanks , I plan on painting the calipers white and adding a civic sticker on them, I just ordered some spacers to make the wheels flush with the body, add a few more stickers , work on the interior a little bit , all I've done on the inside was install a pioneer touchscreen and add 2 -10" rockfords fosgates subs, then work on the performance some

 

[Douglas11708]

How's the light output with the tinted headlights?

It isn't too bad , I'd suggest going with bright HIDs in you plan to do so, I have 8000k , stock headlights didn't shine through much making it hard to see, luckily I live in the city where there is plenty of light so it wasn't much of an issue

 

[Douglas11708]

Welcome, that's quite a change. Very sinister looking.

Gainesville eh? You're close to Helen/Dalonega. There is some great driving through there. Blood mountain outside of Helen running up to Vogel state park is a blast.

Yes that's right , Helens about an hour away if I'm not mistaken. Although I'm not originally from here , I was born and raised in the Statesboro/Metter area of Georgia

 

[Douglas11708]

You're new to the car scene? Would never have guessed. Great job. I like what you have done, especially the rear end.
Curious: What kind of paint on the muffler? I will guess BBQ paint. ?

Something to think about: black splash guards and a black front lip. ?

Yes , I am. I've always wanted to mod a car so I had an idea of what I wanted to go for and I've learned a lot by doing this car , and I still have more I want to do , so I think I'll be busy quite a while with this car. I forgot the name of the paint but I used 2 different kinds , one for a base coat then a gloss black for the final.

 

[Pauly99to17]

I forgot the name of the paint but I used 2 different kinds , one for a base coat then a gloss black for the final.

I've never seen anyone paint the muffler before. Are you worried about the paint getting too hot and peeling etc. ?

 

[Douglas11708]

I've never seen anyone paint the muffler before. Are you worried about the paint getting too hot and peeling etc. ?

I haven't had any problem , just let it sit a few days and it was good to go , the only thing that messed it up was when I needed to get it twisted due to rattling , the people at the shop stratched my paint job lol other than that it worked great just need to cover up that one spot again

 

[webby]

You're new to the car scene? Would never have guessed. Great job. I like what you have done, especially the rear end.
Curious: What kind of paint on the muffler? I will guess BBQ paint. ?

Something to think about: black splash guards and a black front lip. ?

They make high heat spray paint. Like this- rated to 2k degrees

http://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP102-Fla...bs_auto_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0T9GXZAKBPS8ERDQQECG

 

[Douglas11708]

They make high heat spray paint. Like this- rated to 2k degrees

http://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP102-Fla...bs_auto_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0T9GXZAKBPS8ERDQQECG

Yes that's the kind I used for the first few coats then I went with a lower high temp gloss black for the last couple coats and it seem to work fine

 

[Douglas11708]

Blue LEDs are in to match the non si blue color

 

[xXCiviXx]

Blue LEDs are in to match the non si blue color

You should look into lighting the door compartments too! They're a perfect accent to go with footwells!

 

[Douglas11708]

You should look into lighting the door compartments too! They're a perfect accent to go with footwells!

Ok , good idea, I'm also going to get some leds for the rear seats and a switch ao I can turn them off and on

 

[xXCiviXx]

That'll look pretty sweet. You going to hook each set up to a different switch?