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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Advice on good looking exterior upgrades

So, as some of you know, I just bought an 02 wagon. Engine will be staying stock, suspension may get tweaked but not much.

However, I do want to spruce up the exterior with simple stuff to make the car look nice.

The color is silver, and I just purchased some Rota Subzero's in black with polished lip.

Any suggestions with some simple things for dress up? Are those headlight kits on eBay complete pieces of ****? The JDM look is nice but completely out of my price range, or range that I would spend on headlights anyways.
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by matsui56
So, as some of you know, I just bought an 02 wagon. Engine will be staying stock, suspension may get tweaked but not much.

However, I do want to spruce up the exterior with simple stuff to make the car look nice.

The color is silver, and I just purchased some Rota Subzero's in black with polished lip.

Any suggestions with some simple things for dress up? Are those headlight kits on eBay complete pieces of ****? The JDM look is nice but completely out of my price range, or range that I would spend on headlights anyways.

if they aren't done already get your side skirts painted..makes a HUGE difference.

Wagons don't have many options sadly. You could get some JDM side splats. Depending on how much work you want to do sedan front splitters and a modified lip looks KILLER but it takes a bit of work. I'd like to do the splitters myself.

I don't understand why these companies haven't figured out there is a huge wagon market.

that's it...little window tint. color match the sides. lower a little. that makes a big difference right there...with the wheels.
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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Yeah, the sideskirts need some painting...

So I see a lot of people have Tein springs... do they make a wagon kit that only lowers an inch?
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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Yeah, the sideskirts need some painting...

So I see a lot of people have Tein springs... do they make a wagon kit that only lowers an inch?

They used to make wagon coil overs.

if you just want springs I'd suggest the SPT Pink wagon springs. They're designed for the wagon. They are progressive so for your street driving they're killer. I run them. I'm happy with them.

I'd plan on getting koni inserts or new struts soon no matter what spring you do so yo might want to just do it now.


other springs that do well on the wagon are prodrive, Crucial and swift
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Yeah, coilover is too mcuh for what I'm trying to do. This will be pretty much for appearance only. Maybe set up with Bilstein's.
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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heres my wagon hope it gives you some ideas

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and heres will's old wagon.



and here's a thread with alot of wagons.

https://www.i-club.com/forums/ongoing-projects-31/wagons-pwn-j00-99845/
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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hey kspec, what kind of exterior mods you have done to your wagon? is that the stock spoiler?
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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Yeah, I like the look of those headlights. How much those puppies run, and what kind of install are they?
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those headlight run from anywhere between 600-1200 used depending on hid or non and jdm and edm and black chrome or flat black and for installing all you need is the pnp harness which i belive subydude sells.
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hey wassup dude welcome, i just picked up a wagon 2 a couple month ago...if your looking for spring i would highly reccomend the swifts they dun lower to much and have a good ride. i put them on and thier awsome... since you have a 03 you should get the edm headlights or if you don't want to spend alot you can just paint your headlights black, and paint side skirts and tint the windows thats what i did i have rims two but right now i have my stockers on for the winter and my headlights are soon to b painted...heres mine

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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 05:06 PM
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How do you paint a headlight?
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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people usualy do it buy using the baking method, search koji headlight mod, heres my last car with the painted headlights

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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by IMpReZa EJ25
people usualy do it buy using the baking method, search koji headlight mod, heres my last car with the painted headlights

That's a pretty cool photo. Is that two pictures combined?
Old Jan 25, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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That picture looks tight.

Anyways, I'd probably destroy a set of headlights if I tried doing that.



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