Your
car can have
the best performance mods possible and go like nothing else around but
it doesn't count for diddly if it still looks like the stock Integra
the accountant guy down the road drives. You have got to inject it with
your own crazy stile to show people what you are all about.
As stile
is a personal an individual thing we would never dream of telling you
what to do with your car. Instead we are going to tell you about the
stile items that we think are really cool.
Body
Kits
Nothing
can change the look of your car faster than a body kit. A well designed
body kit will attract attention to your car faster than flies on shit,
and it will tell people that your car is something to be reckoned with
even when it is standing still. Look out!!
The industry
leader for body kits for import cars is Wings West. They produce some
quality body kits that look OEM quality and can be ordered pre-painted
in OEM colors. Plus they offer an amazing array of different types and
stiles from subtle to totally outrageous that will satisfy anyone's
taste. Go see for yourself at their website here.
Unfortunately
we can't offer you any of those great Carparts.com deals on Wings West
body kits because Carparts.com don't carry the Wings West line. We should
all go to the 
Carparts
Homepage and e-mail them until they do.
If you
want a body kit with a Carparts.com discount, take a look at the Xenon
line of body kits here.
Xenon have got a nice range of body kits as well. Their body kits tend
to be more subtle than Wings West body kits. The banner at the bottom
of the Integra page shows what the Xenon Integra kit looks like, so
if that suits your stile, go for it.
The complete
kits (air dam, skirts, rear valance and spoiler) start at $535.49, BEFORE
your discount, which is a really great deal. Now with your coupons
you can get that for way under $500.00.
Don't
forget to get some of the carbon fibre M3 style mirrors for your car
while you are at it. These are made by American Products Company and
only cost $81.55 for a pair from Carparts.com before you get any discounts.
Lights
If you
have ever compared the way your Integra looks to the Japanese market
Integra, you will see that there is a big difference. The Japanese market
abandoned the four round lights back in 1996 for a front that looks
more like the 2nd generation Integra. Personally, we like the four round
lights look better, but if you want to be different and have got the
dough, order-up yourself a Japanese front end. We can't tell you where
to get one though as our pockets aren't that deep. And make sure you
don't go for one of those cheap-ass fiberglass conversions. Get the
real thin or don't get it at all.
If you
are going to keep your four round lights, you can still enhance the
image of your car by going with clear lights. Don't go over board though.
Stick to clear turn signal lenses. Clear tail lights, in our opinion,
look really cheap and tacky. They make the car look like it wasn't completed.
If you have ever driven behind a car with clear taillights you will
see that it is much harder to see the brake lights as well, even if
red bulbs are used behind the lights. Now you don't want someone's grandma
rear ending your car do you?
If you
want some different looking rear lights, definitely go for the Toyota
Altezza look lights. These look really stylish and are perfectly street
legal.
American
products company (APC) can handle all of your clear light needs for
your Integra. Check out their site here.
Carparts.com carries all their stuff so you know you can't go wrong.
If you want to, you can also clear out the headlights on a 6G Civic
yourself. It is a bit difficult and takes a lot of time though. If you
want to go this route we can tell you how, so e-mail us.
Interior
The interior,
in our opinion, is where most factory stock sport compacts are a let
down. No matter how great the exterior looks, the interiors always seem
to look all drab and plasticky. Not to worry though, we've got it under
control.
To spice
up your interior you can get all kinds of great stuff. Carbon fibre
or colored dash trims and speedometer surrounds, white face gauges,
billet shift knobs, pedal pads, seat belt pads etc. Some brands to check
out are DC Sports
for the billet shift knobs in anodized colors, Florida
Auto Trim for dash kits and APC
for just about anything else.
A
product we really like form APC is the Eurodash. The Eurodash is shown
here. It is an insert that goes over your instrument cluster and makes
your instruments look like individual high quality dials, with chrome
surrounds and everything. These are really tite.
You might
have searched Carparts.com for a Eurodash and not found it. They do
sell them though. What you need to do to find it is put in the part
number in their search box at the top left hand corner of the page.
Numbers for the Civics are:
| 205003B |
Acura
Integra 1994-1997 Euro Dash (Blue) |
| 205003CF |
Acura
Integra 1994-1997 Euro Dash (Carbon Fiber) |
| 205003R |
Acura
Integra 1994-97 Euro Dash (Red) |
| 205003W |
Acura
Integra 1994-97 Euro Dash (White) |
| 205003Y |
Acura
Integra 1994-97 Euro Dash (Yellow) |
Try it
out:
Carparts
Homepage .
Engine Dress-up
As far
as we are concerned when it comes to engine dress-up the only place
to go is DC Sports for their billet aluminum accessories. They have
got the most beautiful, perfectly CNC machined and hard anodized parts,
such as plug wire covers, battery tie downs and billet oil caps. Check-em
out here.
Imagine
if you coordinated the colors of these dress-up parts with your intake
and then got some colored hoses to match, you would be well on your
way to having making a winning show car out of your Integra!!
HEY
there is a lot more you can do to infuse your car with YOUR individual
stile. What we have shown you here is just the tip of the iceberg. There
are so much custom parts available out there it is just unbelievable.
Almost anything you can think off someone has made it already. And if
it hasn't been made, then get really crazy and go make it yourself.
Now that would be really absolute.
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