Sounds like a good project! I drive a 1999 Honda Civic Coupe. The only mod so far is a Powerflow exhaust. Next up is the brakes (Brembo discs and pads, Integra Type R calipers). Once that's complete I'm putting a B18C VTEC engine in there! After all that is done I can concentrate on styling the car both in and out.
If you wanna see what the exhaust looks like follow this link...
http://www.torquecars.com/forums/f8/...html#post29521