I got an AEM Short Ram Air Intake for my Civic

[nick_slzr]

I need to know if its not a crappy one.


http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/nick_slzr/intake.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/nick_slzr/intake2.jpg




got it on ebay..

[YuckerDisMe]

Aem is one of the better intakes.

[nick_slzr]

wat esle you think would be a good mod for my car?

[YuckerDisMe]

check here....http://www.aempower.com

[YuckerDisMe]

suspension is always good, thats what im working on next.

[nick_slzr]

any brands in particular that are preferred??

[Rufus]

Welcome to the EM2 game d00d. Get ready to spend the next 3 years hating the motor it came with.

[YuckerDisMe]

:lmao: true

[YuckerDisMe]

depends on what you want and how much you want to spend on them.

[nick_slzr]

well i dont want crappy ones and i do hate the engine it came wit

[Rufus]

depends on what you want and how much you want to spend on them.

D00d were you on the 101 around 9:15am? Thought I saw ya

[Rufus]

Whatever you do, DON'T buy a wing like this...

http://www.geek4u.net/carforums/pics/civic1.jpg

[YuckerDisMe]

nope i was at home getting my windshield replaced, had a crack about 2 feet in it.

[nick_slzr]

i want a carbon fiber wing and hood.

[Rufus]

i want a carbon fiber wing and hood.

No you don't

[nick_slzr]

why not?

[Rufus]

Ah I didn't want to have this talk with you son but you force me:

You will dump countless dollars into that thing to realize that it just doesn't go fast. As fast as you'd like it to look, a stock minivan could beat it. Then a day will come when you'll want it to look stock again because you begin to understand how clean looking it can be stock with a nice drop. The you'll spend countless dollars returning it to stock becuase it looks better and doesn't KILL your resale. Then you'll look back and tell yourself that you could have had a G35 for all of the money you've dumped into it.

I've done it all man.

Drop it, nice wheels, few tasteful add-ons and pocket the rest for the 09 Camaro... at least that's what I'M doing...

[YuckerDisMe]

its up to you if you want to get a wing, but if someone walks up and smacks you you'll know why :)

[Rufus]

Lets think about this wing....

You'll spend a waste of money on a wing that performs no function and forces you to drill into your trunk. Now on top of being clowned by everyone, you'll have reduced the market that will be interested in your car when you sell it, and IF you decide to remove it you'll spend MORE money filling the holes and repainting the trunk which by then won't match the rest of the car.

[nick_slzr]

lol man your right it would suck to do all that and realize it in the end but i dont know about the mini van beating me

[Rufus]

I've know it since 2003 man....
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t177/dallishughes/Garage%20Photoshoot/5.jpg

[YuckerDisMe]

i never get tired of seeing pics of your car :)

[nick_slzr]

where did you get the headlights man?

[YuckerDisMe]

there the stock lights but painted

[Rufus]

Ah just wait until the lip kit is painted

[nick_slzr]

sick they look nice

[YuckerDisMe]

i just got some fog lights but there installed yet

[Rufus]

Easy to do...

[YuckerDisMe]

yeah just havent had the time

[rum151]

well i dont want crappy ones and i do hate the engine it came wit

like yucker and rufus advise..

aem is a good intake, dont waste ur money on pointless items for youre car. keep it clean stock and put a nice drop on that biotch!
i prefer a front lip and side skirts to top it off and call it a day.

depends on how long you have the car maybe a few more years or something if the k20a's go down in price you can do a swap but i wouldnt recoomend it now. just keep the 31 mpg engine and dro pthe car nicely and youll be fine.

[LatinEM1]

Do a drop first. I had a 00 Civic Si before the EM2, i loved the Si and i also love the EM2 but i hate the EM2's engine like Rufus said. LOL

[YuckerDisMe]

i think everyone hates the engine, lol...Thats why i want to swap a k24 :tits:

[Rufus]

I had a ported a polished head on mine once. Didn't really do anything...

[cashflow]

you can always get and exhaust and a header for a lil more power
but yeah u should drop it first and a lip would be JESUS:blunt:

[Rufus]

you can always get and exhaust and a header for a lil more power
but yeah u should drop it first and a lip would be JESUS:blunt:

The D17 is notorious for not responding, or responding in the opposite direction desired, to any and all bolt ons. Econobox FTL

[JDM_NITRO]

hmmm... pm me dude!!

[YuckerDisMe]

so now that you have some ideas, what do you think your going to do first?

[rushbuster70]

not touch the motor...thats what he should do 1st

[YuckerDisMe]

that should be up to him.

[rushbuster70]

haha...just make it look good mang...

[rum151]

Get you're suspension all done on you're em2!! i can honostly say that the best thing about having an em2 is that you i can focus my $$ on the whole suspension to make it awsome. alot of people i know see around and know hurry up and do swaps into there cars and just add springs/struts, or coilovers and thats it!. Dont waste you're money on IHE but use that $$ and put into full coilvers or , springs/struts, strut bars, lower tie bars lower control arms, camber kits, and after the drop add a nice lip kit to make youre em2 look agressive. With my em2 i focused on the handling performace of my car before i decide to do any k swaps later on! .

[hector200]

the curse of the d17

[Rufus]

hey at least i have an A2

[DJ Hookid]

you shoulda got a cold air intake, spring an extra 100 bucks

[nick_slzr]

well i think im gonna get suspension done next and i also have fog lights on the way so probably that will be it then for now.

[nick_slzr]

where would i get springs to lower for a good price?

[Rufus]

eGay

[rushbuster70]

if you go suspension make sure you do it good man...i will be getting tein coilovers