Don't listen to these guys. Looks is all personal taste. Ever seen Skunk2's white 02 Civic? It's dropped, on what look like Rota Slipstreams, with their Megapower exhaust, and a few other small little things. A good intake will give that thing about 15fwhp.........dynoproven. A friend has one, and he said it seemed like a totally different car. There won't be too much out for it yet, but there will be a good amount of parts for it soon enough. The K series is a great base to work from. Hell, if you're that strung up about it, you can always drop in an ITR engine
