I got a 2006 honda Civic SI, 2 door sitting at home collecting dust while I am deployed to a particularly unpopular part of the world. Don't have much desire to "fast and furious" it, although everywhere I go, it seems to get attention. I love it, but I am more of a purest, and with the exception of tinting the windows I have left it stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honda came out with a FXP package, 18" rims, ground effects kit, dropped suspension and new exhaust tip for like $3K USD...I am contemplating getting it done when I return to the states later this year. The only thing is I have seen so many cars with lowered suspensions and ground effect kits get tore up going in and out of some parking lots, you know on the dip in the concrete, think I would puke if I got a scratch on my car, let alone crack the front fascia if I lowered it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am getting the optional auxiliary lights (fog lights, but white) put in, because they dont come with it, they are one of the two options available through the dealer, and they look cool. $618 USD for foglights is a bit ridiculous, but I want to keep everything honda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's your opinion? what would you do or not do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm afraid this might turn into an argument, but if you want some "for show" stuff, go with the Honda kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for more performance you would have to go aftermarket, and I don't just mean some stupid coffee can exhaust tip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In short, I wouldn't bother, it's an overpriced gimmicky thing IMHO.

Remember one thing when working on a car, its a car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put your time into something useful. I understand wanting your car to look nice but why take it so far?

Driving / Fog lights = yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lowered suspension, etc = no

... but why take it so far?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street cred, duh

 

... but why take it so far?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street cred, duh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to have any cred in a Honda. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do whatever you want to it. Just hope you know that it'll void your warrenty.

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetobu ... ages/0518/ :D

 

 

... but why take it so far?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Street cred, duh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to have any cred in a Honda. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do whatever you want to it. Just hope you know that it'll void your warrenty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...the very reason I stick with Honda parts and utilize the dealership for everything...doesn't void the warranty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it came with a tuned exhaust system, sounds awesome, like a minature ferrari, especially when the VTEC kicks in from 6000 rpm to 7800. Not like those annoying coffee can on crack sound that those ridiculous little civics like to bolt on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..and for the guy who had a comment about it just being a honda...I never had much respect for them either until this one came out, 197 bhp stock and a 7800 rpm redline, 0-60 mph in 6.3 secs....stock...before you "tune it"...and its a honda, will run forever.

Put some new rims on it. That will make it look a lot better.

Put some new rims on it. That will make it look a lot better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I actually like the 17s that came on it, the design is sweet. They do offer 18s from the dealer, but I don't like the way they look as much as the stock, except for being 18 then of course there is a ton of choices through all of the rim companys.

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never said it did, makes it look nice though, and mine looks nice right out of the showroom, that's why I bought the SI, already comes loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..any go fast parts not sold through honda would void the warranty, won't do that until the warranty expires. fast enough anyway, took it from 75 to 115 quite nicely when some lil guy in a scion thought he had something one night, and he stared at my tail lights for quite awhile. Then my senses returned and I spooled it back down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just having an internal debate over whether or not to get the FXP kit, or leave it like it is. I know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there, and it seemed like a light hearted thread vice the doom and gloom of the "Flood" "Bible" "iraq war debates" threads. etc.

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never said it did, makes it look nice though, and mine looks nice right out of the showroom, that's why I bought the SI, already comes loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..any go fast parts not sold through honda would void the warranty, won't do that until the warranty expires. fast enough anyway, took it from 75 to 115 quite nicely when some lil guy in a scion thought he had something one night, and he stared at my tail lights for quite awhile. Then my senses returned and I spooled it back down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just having an internal debate over whether or not to get the FXP kit, or leave it like it is. I know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there, and it seemed like a light hearted thread vice the doom and gloom of the "Flood" "Bible" "iraq war debates" threads. etc.

 

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never said it did, makes it look nice though, and mine looks nice right out of the showroom, that's why I bought the SI, already comes loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..any go fast parts not sold through honda would void the warranty, won't do that until the warranty expires. fast enough anyway, took it from 75 to 115 quite nicely when some lil guy in a scion thought he had something one night, and he stared at my tail lights for quite awhile. Then my senses returned and I spooled it back down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just having an internal debate over whether or not to get the FXP kit, or leave it like it is. I know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there, and it seemed like a light hearted thread vice the doom and gloom of the "Flood" "Bible" "iraq war debates" threads. etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT rice your car out. Honda "tuners" everywhere have a bad name because the vast majority of them are, simply put, ricers. I'm not saying there aren't fast civics, because there surely are. I could ramble on forever, being a 5 year member of anti-rice.com I'd be content knowing I saved a soul from doing this. At any rate, 18'' rims, gimmicky exhaust systems, wings, unnecessarily bright fog lights, and bodykits are going to do nothing but make people laugh at you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems like many people get a false sense of "coolness" out of it. Thinking people are actually admiring mods like this. Thing is, the only people admiring it are the fellow ricers, the other 99% of population thinks its silly and annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, Lordkrohn, you have a good platform to actually make your car FAST. (Which it really isn't now, beating a Scion isn't much to be proud of, but whatever floats your boat), so put your money where it really counts. Its alot more rewarding when a Mustang pulls up to you thinking you're just some silly wannabe in a Civic then you decimate him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just think about it...

 

 

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never said it did, makes it look nice though, and mine looks nice right out of the showroom, that's why I bought the SI, already comes loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..any go fast parts not sold through honda would void the warranty, won't do that until the warranty expires. fast enough anyway, took it from 75 to 115 quite nicely when some lil guy in a scion thought he had something one night, and he stared at my tail lights for quite awhile. Then my senses returned and I spooled it back down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just having an internal debate over whether or not to get the FXP kit, or leave it like it is. I know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there, and it seemed like a light hearted thread vice the doom and gloom of the "Flood" "Bible" "iraq war debates" threads. etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT rice your car out. Honda "tuners" everywhere have a bad name because the vast majority of them are, simply put, ricers. I'm not saying there aren't fast civics, because there surely are. I could ramble on forever, being a 5 year member of anti-rice.com I'd be content knowing I saved a soul from doing this. At any rate, 18'' rims, gimmicky exhaust systems, wings, unnecessarily bright fog lights, and bodykits are going to do nothing but make people laugh at you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems like many people get a false sense of "coolness" out of it. Thinking people are actually admiring mods like this. Thing is, the only people admiring it are the fellow ricers, the other 99% of population thinks its silly and annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, Lordkrohn, you have a good platform to actually make your car FAST. (Which it really isn't now, beating a Scion isn't much to be proud of, but whatever floats your boat), so put your money where it really counts. Its alot more rewarding when a Mustang pulls up to you thinking you're just some silly wannabe in a Civic then you decimate him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just think about it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hehe, man after my own heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was die hard domestic for years, had a '68 charger, 3 mustang GTs, a 93 SHO, 94 t-bird with the 4.6 and then after a drunk driver decided I didn't need to drive my tbird anymore and totaled it when he tboned me through a redlight, I bought my first foreign car after hearing so much from my buddy and his beloved VR6. So I got a 2000 VW Jetta VR6, loved it, but when the warranty expired I had the service manager on speed dial, never anyhting major, just nickel and dime electronic stuff, but it got annoying...then I found out that if the tranny went it would run about $6K to replace it, I dropped it like a hot rock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right about then we had another baby and the wife was at the end of a 4 year lease on her civic *gag*...(never lease, and i HATED civics, but she had bought that before i met her, and only wanted a reliable car...which it was) anyway we were on the way home from a doctors visit and I was reading consumer's reports on cars...most reliable car sold in America was a Toyota Highlander...I didnt even know what that was, but we stopped by a dealer on the way home, an hour later I was Jetta free and driving a new highlander, gold color with the V6...she loves it. So now I was driving her civic *gag*...but you know what, 4 years it never went to the shop for anything..nothing, not a lightbulb, battery I mean nothing, I put a set of tires on it once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO anyway I wanted a new ride and hated the civic, guess what the Motor Trend car of the year is? 2006 Honda Civic SI, so I went down the next day and handed them $23k for the next available one......sweet car)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will never see me driving a car with neon lights, bolt on geeky spoiler, stickers on the car...I am a bit old for that, and even when I was young I never liked that, I put the money into stereo upgrades and engine. Thats why I call myself a purist...buy the best model, tint it and thats about it as far as bolt ons go....but then honda sent me an ad for the FXP kit, it's very low key, but accentuates it's natural curves....just not sure because like I said, I would puke if it cracked going into a parking lot. Either way it is ONLY $3K, that's chicken feed, but I am just not sure yet.......

ermm to be honest if your looking for power go seel your car and buy something with the power to start with,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

imo i dont like the look of your car, so i would put a very discret body kit on it, maybe a twin exhaust on the back or quatro, but nothing like one of those huge dustbins people stick on the back.

 

 

 

performace wise, i don't really know the car, can you post how mnay horses it has and stuff like that. How much could you sell that car for, prehaps i can tell you some alternative high performance cars for that price range? Vauxhall manaro maybe?

 

 

 

hehe, man after my own heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was die hard domestic for years, had a '68 charger, 3 mustang GTs, a 93 SHO, 94 t-bird with the 4.6 and then after a drunk driver decided I didn't need to drive my tbird anymore and totaled it when he tboned me through a redlight, I bought my first foreign car after hearing so much from my buddy and his beloved VR6. So I got a 2000 VW Jetta VR6, loved it, but when the warranty expired I had the service manager on speed dial, never anyhting major, just nickel and dime electronic stuff, but it got annoying...then I found out that if the tranny went it would run about $6K to replace it, I dropped it like a hot rock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right about then we had another baby and the wife was at the end of a 4 year lease on her civic *gag*...(never lease, and i HATED civics, but she had bought that before i met her, and only wanted a reliable car...which it was) anyway we were on the way home from a doctors visit and I was reading consumer's reports on cars...most reliable car sold in America was a Toyota Highlander...I didnt even know what that was, but we stopped by a dealer on the way home, an hour later I was Jetta free and driving a new highlander, gold color with the V6...she loves it. So now I was driving her civic *gag*...but you know what, 4 years it never went to the shop for anything..nothing, not a lightbulb, battery I mean nothing, I put a set of tires on it once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO anyway I wanted a new ride and hated the civic, guess what the Motor Trend car of the year is? 2006 Honda Civic SI, so I went down the next day and handed them $23k for the next available one......sweet car)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will never see me driving a car with neon lights, bolt on geeky spoiler, stickers on the car...I am a bit old for that, and even when I was young I never liked that, I put the money into stereo upgrades and engine. Thats why I call myself a purist...buy the best model, tint it and thats about it as far as bolt ons go....but then honda sent me an ad for the FXP kit, it's very low key, but accentuates it's natural curves....just not sure because like I said, I would puke if it cracked going into a parking lot. Either way it is ONLY $3K, that's chicken feed, but I am just not sure yet.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dang, what do you do for a living? :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I must say, nice taste in cars. I myself was looking to buy a Civic SI Coupe, but it'll have to wait until after college. Probably go down to 15k by then. :D

ermm to be honest if your looking for power go seel your car and buy something with the power to start with,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

imo i dont like the look of your car, so i would put a very discret body kit on it, maybe a twin exhaust on the back or quatro, but nothing like one of those huge dustbins people stick on the back.

 

 

 

performace wise, i don't really know the car, can you post how mnay horses it has and stuff like that. How much could you sell that car for, prehaps i can tell you some alternative high performance cars for that price range? Vauxhall manaro maybe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Already posted, scroll up to the 8th post from top. I'll recap, 0-60 MPH in 6.3 seconds, 197 BHP 8,000 RMP redline, tuned exhaust system, black suede interior, power everything, IPOD, MP3, CD system with 350 watt 8 speaker surround sound and honda reliability. Are there faster cars in same price range? oh god yes, the Mazdaspeed3 just came out, (ugly in my opinion) but goes 0-60 in 5.8 seconds with a 260 BHP engine. But for a sporty quick car, the best reliability, fun to drive factor, 32 mpg on the highway and somewhat common man exclusivity (only making 2,000 units of the SI a year) I love it. I also bought it because I am currently doing my last tour in the military in Va, and as a reserve police officer in Jax Florida, I have to commute once a month down there to do my 11.42 hour patrol shift so I can maintain my certification (going full time upon retirement from Navy) so the reliability and highway MPG rate made it a good choice. They put me on "military leave status" with the florida department of law enforcement so I can do my Iraq deployment, so when I get back, have to shoot back down there to fl and redo my gun quals. Going to be doing a lot of road trips lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before deciding to get this car, I was in between the Dodge Magnum with the Hemi, Dodge Charger with the Hemi or BMW 335i. But being I just bought a $360K house, and wanting reliability for the constant road trips, it made the most financial sense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALCONNICE: in answer to your question; I am a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, what I do is classified, but it involves making things go "Boom!" :XD: , they pay me quite well, especially being in a combat zone, throw in the wifes income and we are comfortable. Pays the bills :)

 

 

 

Spoilers, Body kits and fancy lights don't make your car go faster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

never said it did, makes it look nice though, and mine looks nice right out of the showroom, that's why I bought the SI, already comes loaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..any go fast parts not sold through honda would void the warranty, won't do that until the warranty expires. fast enough anyway, took it from 75 to 115 quite nicely when some lil guy in a scion thought he had something one night, and he stared at my tail lights for quite awhile. Then my senses returned and I spooled it back down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was just having an internal debate over whether or not to get the FXP kit, or leave it like it is. I know there are a lot of enthusiasts out there, and it seemed like a light hearted thread vice the doom and gloom of the "Flood" "Bible" "iraq war debates" threads. etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT rice your car out. Honda "tuners" everywhere have a bad name because the vast majority of them are, simply put, ricers. I'm not saying there aren't fast civics, because there surely are. I could ramble on forever, being a 5 year member of anti-rice.com I'd be content knowing I saved a soul from doing this. At any rate, 18'' rims, gimmicky exhaust systems, wings, unnecessarily bright fog lights, and bodykits are going to do nothing but make people laugh at you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems like many people get a false sense of "coolness" out of it. Thinking people are actually admiring mods like this. Thing is, the only people admiring it are the fellow ricers, the other 99% of population thinks its silly and annoying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, Lordkrohn, you have a good platform to actually make your car FAST. (Which it really isn't now, beating a Scion isn't much to be proud of, but whatever floats your boat), so put your money where it really counts. Its alot more rewarding when a Mustang pulls up to you thinking you're just some silly wannabe in a Civic then you decimate him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just think about it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hehe, man after my own heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was die hard domestic for years, had a '68 charger, 3 mustang GTs, a 93 SHO, 94 t-bird with the 4.6 and then after a drunk driver decided I didn't need to drive my tbird anymore and totaled it when he tboned me through a redlight, I bought my first foreign car after hearing so much from my buddy and his beloved VR6. So I got a 2000 VW Jetta VR6, loved it, but when the warranty expired I had the service manager on speed dial, never anyhting major, just nickel and dime electronic stuff, but it got annoying...then I found out that if the tranny went it would run about $6K to replace it, I dropped it like a hot rock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right about then we had another baby and the wife was at the end of a 4 year lease on her civic *gag*...(never lease, and i HATED civics, but she had bought that before i met her, and only wanted a reliable car...which it was) anyway we were on the way home from a doctors visit and I was reading consumer's reports on cars...most reliable car sold in America was a Toyota Highlander...I didnt even know what that was, but we stopped by a dealer on the way home, an hour later I was Jetta free and driving a new highlander, gold color with the V6...she loves it. So now I was driving her civic *gag*...but you know what, 4 years it never went to the shop for anything..nothing, not a lightbulb, battery I mean nothing, I put a set of tires on it once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO anyway I wanted a new ride and hated the civic, guess what the Motor Trend car of the year is? 2006 Honda Civic SI, so I went down the next day and handed them $23k for the next available one......sweet car)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will never see me driving a car with neon lights, bolt on geeky spoiler, stickers on the car...I am a bit old for that, and even when I was young I never liked that, I put the money into stereo upgrades and engine. Thats why I call myself a purist...buy the best model, tint it and thats about it as far as bolt ons go....but then honda sent me an ad for the FXP kit, it's very low key, but accentuates it's natural curves....just not sure because like I said, I would puke if it cracked going into a parking lot. Either way it is ONLY $3K, that's chicken feed, but I am just not sure yet.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You seem to know enough to avoid making a bad decision. I would assume this "fxp kit" isn't too gaudy.

 

 

 

You seem to know enough to avoid making a bad decision. I would assume this "fxp kit" isn't too gaudy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is pretty tame compared to some of the crap you see on Hondas sometimes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It isn't like those "body kits" that you see on the '94 Civics in your local high school parking lot.

 

 

 

 

You seem to know enough to avoid making a bad decision. I would assume this "fxp kit" isn't too gaudy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is pretty tame compared to some of the crap you see on Hondas sometimes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It isn't like those "body kits" that you see on the '94 Civics in your local high school parking lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you have seen the kit? they had a pic in the magazine i was looking at, and it was done on a silver SI just like mine. It looks really smooth, low key, you would think it was how it came. Rall well done ground effects, it goes right over the existing bottom cladding, you can't even tell almost, but it widens the rear end, and the suspension system and 18s give it an aggressive stance. Wish I had a pic to show you guys...meh.

Don't make it a "ricer". Please. I'd make it a sleeper, if you have enough to spend on some engine, exhaust or suspension mods.