Honda is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.  Honda is the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume.  Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the 2^nd largest Japanese automobile manufacturer.

In the early 90’s, Honda Civic Si was one the most widely modified car in the US market.  This era was the beginning of the explosion and growth of the Japanese Import market.  A lot of enthusiasts started researching and fabricating parts for these cars resulting in brands such as DC Sports which were known mainly for the DC Sports ceramic header.  AEM pioneered the cold air induction system for sport compact cars in 1994.  Skunk2 Racing started developing high performance parts in 1995 and in 1997, began supplying parts to Honda Touring in the USA and participated in the Speedvision World Championship series.  In 1997, the inception of Skunk2 Integra – a road race car converted into an all motor drag race car utilizing parts that were R&D by Skunk2 and it revolutionized the import drag racing.   This trend still continues today with the Honda Civic Si and Honda S2000.  There are much more variety and choices for performance parts, exhaust systems, coilover suspension, and engine management for the Honda Civic Si and Honda S2000. 

SEMA News reported that Honda has resonated with enthusiasts as an inexpensive performance option.  Many owners enjoyed the relative ease of modification with tons of choices of performance parts for the Honda Accord, Honda Civic Si, Honda Fit, Honda Prelude and Honda S2000.  Enthusiasts have retained the same feelings they held in the boom years of the 90’s.  In recent survey of enthusiasts that own and modify Honda vehicles, the emphasis of upgrading performance was as strong as ever. 

In one of SEMA’s survey, the highest levels of agreement fell upon the following:

·          93% customizes their vehicle to increase performance

·          88% their vehicle is a way of expression

·          86% customization to make their vehicle different

·          75% primary reason for purchasing is customization

·          24% feels that their vehicle is for basic transportation

·          20% prefers to modify appearance over performance

Performance and personal expression lead the motivations for customizing vehicles.

SEMA News also reports the Top 10 modifications purchased in 2007 and 2008:

Top 10 Modifications Purchased	2007	2008
Air Intake – Cold Air Intake Conversion	54.3%	63.2%
Tires – Performance	52.8%	60.3%
Polish / Wax	44.1%	55.1%
Springs / Shocks / Suspension / Sway Bars	40.2%	51.2%
Exhaust Systems / Exhaust Pipes / Mufflers	49.6%	51.0%
Air Intake – Performance Air Filter Replacement	50.4%	50.5%
Wheels – Custom	44.9%	46.3%
Alarm System	42.5%	45.6%
Shifter Knob / Handle	38.6%	44.9%
Window Tinting / Lamination	42.5%	44.1%

Air Intakes, exhausts (cat back exhaust systems, mufflers), suspension (lowering springs, coilovers, shocks and struts, sway bars) products top the performance list.

On the other hand, SEMA news reports the Largest Product Shifts:

Largest Product Shifts	% Change
Suspension – Lowering Kits	12.3%
Paint Job – Custom	11.9%
Polish / Wax	11.1%
Springs / Shocks / Suspension / Sway Bars	9.8%
Suspension – Camber Kits	9.6%
Camshaft / Valve train	9.5%
Auto Start / Remote Start	8.9%
Air Intake – Cold Air Intake Conversion	8.9%
Exhaust Headers	8.7%
Hood – Custom (Carbon Fiber, etc)	7.9%
Exterior Lighting – Head Lights / Tail Lights	-3.0%
Stereo – Mid-range Speakers	-3.4%
Body Emblems – Custom	-3.5%
License Plate Frame	-3.8%
Limited Slip / Locking Differential	-3.9%
Satellite Radio	-4.2%
Stereo – Subwoofer	-5.5%
Stereo – Amplifier	-6.3%
Braided Engine Hoses	-8.4%
Stereo – Tweeter	-9.1%

The largest changes were suspension and stereo equipment.

The conclusion drawn by SEMA News is that Honda enthusiasts appear to be moving away from stereo and mobile-electronic upgrades and focusing their attention on suspension items and more committed engine modifications, such as camshafts, valve train components and headers—items typically reserved for serious hobbyists.

Modacar carries a variety of these performance parts, exhaust systems, suspension upgrades, engine components, etc for the Honda car make.  Our website is categorized by the following:

·          Honda Accord Performance Parts

·          Honda Civic Performance Parts

·          Honda Fit Performance Parts

·          Honda Prelude Performance Parts

·          Honda S2000 Performance Parts

Some of the brand name manufacturers and products that we stock are:

Honda Accord – Civic – Fit – Prelude – S2000 Engine Upgrades:

·          AEM Cold Air Intake, AEM V2 Induction Systems, AEM Short Ram

·          KN Typhoon Air Intake, KN FIPK, KN 69 Series Typhoon

·          Injen Cold Air Intake, Injen Short Ram Intake

·          Fujita Cold Air Intakes, Fujita Short Ram Intakes

·          Apexi Power Intake, Apexi Super Suction Kit

·          HKS Racing Suction Air Intake, HKS Mega Flow Intake

·          Skunk2 Racing – Buddy Club - BLOX Camshafts

·          DC Sports – CT Engineering – Greddy – Skunk2  Headers

Honda Accord – Civic – Fit – Prelude – S2000 Suspension:

·          Eibach lowering springs, Eibach camber kits, Eibach sway bar kit

·          SPC and Ingals Camber Kits

·          Tanabe DF210 – GF210 – NF210 Lowering Springs, Tanabe Sustec Pro Seven, Tanabe Sustec Pro Five, Tanabe TEAS, Tanabe Sustec Pro S-OC and Type II

·          TEIN S tech – High Tech Lowering Springs, TEIN Basic Damper – Super Street Damper – Type Flex Damper - Mono Flex Damper – Comfort Sport Damper

·          Tokico Shocks and Struts – HP Series – Illumina Series – D-Spec Series – RAK Series

·          Koni Shocks and Struts – Koni Sports or Koni Yellows – Koni Special

Honda Accord – Civic – Fit – Prelude – S2000 Exhaust Systems:

·          Apexi Cat Back Exhaust Systems - GT Spec – Hybrid Megaphone Evolution – N1 – N1 Dual – N1 Evolution – N1 ExTi – NOIR – PS Revolution – RS Evolution – SV Fit – WS II

·          Greddy Cat Back Exhaust Systems – Spectrum Elite  SE – TIC Turbo IC, Comp IC – Evolution 2 Evo 2 – Racing Titanium – Street Performance SP2 – Global Sport G2S – Turbo Tuned EVOTT

·          HKS Exhaust Systems – Hi-Power – Titanium Racing Muffler – Drager II – Legamax – Legamax Premium – Superior SpecR – Drager – Turbo Exhaust – Sport Exhaust – Silent Hi-Power – Legal Exhaust

·          Skunk2 Racing Exhaust – Megapower – Megapower R – Megapower RR