Car noob looking to start the long journey of modding!

[Yellowsnow]

Hey guys! I just purchased my first new car and would like to tell everyone hello and my plans of modding my car!

I consider myself a complete car noob even after my work on my last 02' honda civic. Someone pulled out in front of my and it got totaled. I'm a Sys Admin from the south so I love computers. After many many months and revisions I had a portable and hidden carputer. Most just throw in a screen but in a college town they would get stolen very quickly. I could quickly detach the screen and hide it when pulling to the bars but it also looked like a very clean install.

So basically I plan on doing the same to my new A/C 11' 2.5S! I will post pictures and updates of my build and why I did it for those not so computer savy.

I do, however, have a very noob question. I want to do other things to my car (besides debadging) but have no clue whats good and what everything cost.

My question is if you could do 1 mod a month what would you do and a guesstimate of cost per mod?
I'm thinking speakers are first to go? Then intake / exaust. After that springs and rims? Yea total noob along with the cost of everything. Any advice would help!

Thanks,
YellowSnow

[IBCoupe]

Ha. I'm digging the name.

If you opt for coils instead of springs, your three biggest mods (can't speak to the speakers, so I don't know for sure) are probably going to be the rims and springs.

My coilovers cost me $1000 and the wheels I just bought cost me $1200 for the rims alone, but prior to buying those, I was looking at a total of $1300 for another complete wheel/tire set. Only reason I opted for the nicer tires is that when a set of $3200 wheels wanders through your life asking only $1200, it's hard to say "No."

I'd recommend checking out these two sites:
http://www.racinglineperformance.com/
http://www.stillen.com/

You should be able to find most every performance mod you could want for your car at those two sites. I haven't looked around at many other sites, so others may be able to add to the list.

[downedzephyr]

I agree with IBC, go with coils over springs. The prices he gave are about what I would say, though you could get a nice wheel/tire combo off Alex M since he's selling his. Also when you're looking at exhausts, the pricing could range as much as $500 for a magnaflow setup to $1300 for the greddy setup. The intake shouldn't cost you more than a couple hundred bucks though

[wade001]

If you have the 6spd the racingline short throw shifter is a must, and if you do that get a weighted shift knob. best bang for the buck mod in my opinion. then I'd say coilovers and RL rear sway bar, then some shoes IMO.