Mean and Clean - Tech - Project Car Magazine

Price ListMSRPHook Up Island Motorsports Headlights and Corner Lights$130$104 VIS Carbon Fiber Lip$310$248 VIS Carbon Fiber Hood$450$360 HD, Inc. Hairpin Wheel$800$640 Vredestein Sportrac 2s tire$450$360 Mount and Balance$30$30 Total$2,170$1,742

Island Motorsports Headlights and Corner Lights

Install Time: 45 Minutes
Difficulty: 2 out of 5

TOOLS NEEDED: Ratchet, socket (10mm), Phillips head screwdriver

Because the Civic is our clean street car, we had little more emphasis on the exterior styling than the other two cars. The first things to get tossed headlights. We picked up a set of smoked clear headlights and corner lights Motorsports for just over $100. They make a big difference in styling, and for so little money.

VIS Carbon Fiber Lip

INSTALL TIME: 45 minutes
Difficulty: 3 out of 5

TOOLS NEEDED: Drill, drill bit, ratchet, socket (10mm), wrench (10mm)

Keeping the clean theme going, we decided to pick up a carbon fiber front lip spoiler from VIS Racing. It s not too wild or crazy looking, but still adds a nice touch to the exterior of the Civic.

VIS Carbon Fiber Hood

INSTALL TIME: 20 minutes
Difficulty: 1 out of 5

TOOLS NEEDED: Drill, drill bit, wrench (12mm)

The VIS Racing carbon fiber hood also makes for a fast a huge difference in appearance for the Civic. The is white makes the black carbon fiber hood stand out but we opted not to pick a hood with vents or scoops because that's not looking for. Also, our little D16 motor isn't making enough power to get hood.

HD, Inc. Hairpin Wheels

INSTALL TIME: 20 minutes
Difficulty: 1 out of 5

TOOLS NEEDED: Jack, jack stands, rachet, socket (19mm), torque wrench

We had to junk the original Integra wheels a a set of 17-inch Hairpin wheels from HD, Inc titanium gold finish they are 17x7 and +40 o the way around with a 4x100 lug pattern, to be exact. For rubbers, we picked up four Vredestein Sportrac 2s in 205/40R17 and got them mounted and balanced at Dynamic Auto Service.