What would you guys and girls do to your very first tC if you could do it all over again knowing what you know now? What bumps in the road did you hit? What mods did you make that you ended up taking off in exchange for others?

Of course this all depends heavily on personalization of your rides but it is nice to know what you were initially thinking vs. what you ended up going with (or changing to).

As always, pics are welcomed!

(Oh and an understandable and acceptable answer would be "I wrecked my first tC... I wouldn't do that if I could do it all again..." R.I.P. all those junkyard tC's out there.)

 

I wish I just went with boost to begin with. And skipped everything else. Especially the carbon fiber lip on a daily driver.

 

ummm not bought a damn thing from viniati there kits suck ___!!

 

ya and prolly went to boost of the beginning im getting sick of srt4s trying to race me cuz my ride looks fast =/ im gonna be fuked when the summer hits and it looks even faster..... =/

 

The only thing I think I would change is I wouldn't have bought the TRD axle back and Bazooka sub from the dealer. Other than finding out later how much $$ I would've saved buying on-line, I'm pretty damn satisfied with my experience thus far.

 

I would've gotten a M/T Tc! Then again, I live in LA so A/T is a relief...i guess.

 

hmm this is kinda not on topic but i wouldve just looked more into the tcs instead of buying a matrix first haha
i mean i did see a tc but it was,what i called back then,purple.
and i wasnt feeling it back then.so now i got 2 cars..the extra money i had when modding my matrix is no spent paying the tc =)
so....if i could do it over again.. i wouldve gotten the tc in the first place

 

special paint hahaha

 

ClearBra

Totally regret not doing it when the paint was new and undamaged.

 

If i could go waaay back... I think I wouldve shopped around a bit more and bought a used STI or wrx, I've been addicted to them recently. I'd also have a lot more money to spend now a days

 

same here.

the OEM lip kit, lip spoiler, TRD springs and exhaust, and hotchkis strut bar was ALL bought AND installed at the dealer. with that money i could've gone F/I!!! but all in all, pretty darn satisfied as well.

 

I would have purchased the Supercharger from the dealer.

Sometimes I wish I would have got the Super White, but others I am glad that I didn't.

My purchased was fairly recent so I havent really jumped the gun per se. Suspension is next for me, other than exhaust that will be it until spring. Then boost

 

Clear bra for me... definitely.

I still look at the Civic coupe and wonder if I should've bought that though... The tC draws too much "rice" attention to me at stop lights that I really don't care for. I don't race my car, never have, never will. Yeah, I have my car lowered, HIDs, TYC tails... but that doesn't mean I race. Ugh.

 

1... not total it
2. I probably should have saved for boost. Figure what I spent right off on my cai, then on buying a new tC tag/tax, then on trading that one in for the xD tag/tax, incrases in payments each new car, and the eventual increase in insurance ... I could have afforded it by now ...
3. lowered it, I never lowered the tC's ... sad

 

Gotten the s/c from the dealer and not gotten the trd axle back and gotten the trd coilovers..

 

i would reinstall my whole sound system all over again and not have the "battle scars" of when i first installed it.

 

if when buying the tC i knew i was gona spend this much money modding it, i would have bought a 350z and kept it stock a little longer.

 

Right off the bat I'm thinking about getting the Pedestal Spoiler, TYC Lights, TRD Shifter, and upgrade the pedals. M/T, even though i'll eventually head back to los angeles (stop and go traffic is a workout for M/T drivers). Other than that everything else will be stock so I can swap it all out. Anything here worth getting online instead of through factory? Mind you... I dont know a thing about cars yet so do-it-yourself solutions might not fly for me.

What was the costliest change you've made or unmade to your tC?

Nice turn out so far... keep it up!

 

I would have maxed out the suspension in every area 100 % before doing anything.

 

If I new I was going to go this far with it, I wouldnt have bought it. yes its fun, and yes it gets attention but once you go this far, you are stuck with it. I cant just sell it and go onto the next project.

But I would have never gotten the tyc tails, pedestal spoiler, trd struts, trd springs, trd supercharger.
I would have gotten all of the aftermarket the first time instead of trd stuff.