Most commonly spotted nowadays in the world of Civic tuning are the ever-most popular hatchbacks.  Even iSS can't deny the amount of hatchbacks that we've featured in the past several months...so we decided to whip up a change for once.  Jacob's Coupe has gone through a lot of changes prior to reaching the stage it's at now, and many of you all in Florida have probably spotted this car at shows throughout our state.

Recently, Jacob's car underwent some major exterior changes.  The most obvious thing is the custom Madd Green Paint that has been sprayed all over the body of the car.  CTR headlights along with factory fogs light up the street.  J's Racing Canards were added to the front bumper for a different taste, along with the Mugen front lip to accent the front bumper's natural lines.  Up on the side, Jacob kept it clean and simple with Spoon Mirrors, and around the rear of the car is a subtle M3 spoiler and rear factory lip.

Suspension mods consist of Ground Control Coilovers backed up with Tokico Shocks.  On four corners are Volk GT-C wheels in gunmetallic fashion, with AEM's 12" big brake upgrade behind the rims.  The rear received a GS-R disc conversion.  To stiffen up the rest of the suspension, Jacob threw on a rear strut bar along with a stock Si rear sway bar.

There are many variations to juice out the power from a Civic.  Jacob went with the ever-most popular 99 Si B16 motor with a custom turbo kit by Turbo Performance.  JE pistons on Eagle rods line up the block, while a Blockguard reinsures the boost.  450cc injectors were added to reinforce the extra fuel and ignition is handled by none other than Jacob's electronics ignition and MSD wires with coil.  A JDM valve cover cleans up the engine bay, along with the GReddy catch can.  Little amenities include a Spoon radiator cap, and Mugen "socks".

The interior of the coupe follows the same fashion as the rest of the car.  Simple, effective, yet clean.  A CTR gauge cluster was swapped out in place of a stock unit, along with a CTR shift boot matched to a GReddy shift knob.  An S2000 steering wheel really sets this Civic away from the commonplace ones.  Gauges include an Autometer air fuel gauge, volts gauge and the most important, boost gauge.  Seating has been supplemented with Sparco Milanos with Sparco harnesses to keep Jacob buckled down.  A V-AFC has been installed for VTEC and Air Fuel control.  Car audio comes from a Sony MEX-1HD head unit, along with front and rear Polk Audio mids and highs.  An 8" Kicker Solobaric supplies the bass, while a Kicker amp supplies the power.

Interview with Jacob:

1. We've seen your car come and go with different body kits. Was there any specific kit that you liked better than the others? I think the Kaminari kit was my favorite, although I only had it for about two weeks.

2. These days you can't enter to a show with a stock color, so you opted for a greenish type of color? Where did you get your idea for that green? I looked through a color chart at a friends body shop and that was that. No particular reason other then the color caught my attention. Madd Green is the shit.

3. Most people like to go for more power, so they go with a B18c, why did you go for a B16 Vs a B18c? Actually I knew whichever motor I got would eventually be boosted someday so when I came across a B16 I couldn't pass up the chance.

4. When we here at iSS attend car shows we see an abundance of civic coupes, do you think the scene is becoming harder for coupes to get noticed? I think that the majority of shows are getting harder to compete in for Civics in general but that just makes me work harder and try to separate me from the rest.

5. Okay what's the deal with Stitch? Is that your idol? Yeah he's my American Idol.

6. If your car was on fire what item would you take? Stitch.

7. Okay now who do you want to say thanks to: I would like to give props to JDMotorsports (Jared) for the great job on my motor, For Hybrids, Miamijdm, and last but not least my wife Natacha for putting up with me.

SPECS

Exterior:

• M3 wing
• Rear factory lip
• Spoon mirrors
• Mugen front lip
• J's racing Canards
• CTR headlights
• Factory fog lights
• Custom Madd green paint
• Bike rack(not a ski rack)

Interior:

• CTR gauge cluster
• CTR shift boot
• S2000 steering wheel
• Greddy shift knob
• Autometer air fuel gauge
• Autometer volts gaugeAutometer boost gauge
• Sparco Milanos
• Sparco harnesses
• VAFCGreddy turbo timer
• Sony MEX-1HD(headunit)
• Polk Audio Speakers(front and rear)
• 8" Kicker solobaric
• Kicker amp

Wheels & Suspension:

• Volk Gt-C wheels
• Ground Control coil overs
• Tokico shocks
• rear under strut bar
• Rear sway bar (Si)
• AEM 12'' inch big brake upgrade
• Rear disc conversion
• Front and rear gs-r brakes

Engine:

• 1999 Si motor B16)
• Custom turbo kit (turbo Performance)
• JE pistons
• Eagle rods
• Blockguard
• 450cc injectors
• Jacobs electronics ignition
• MSD wires and MSD coil
• JDM valve cover
• Spoon radiator cap
• Spoon socks
• Greddy catch ca