Re: A thought...
First of all, tell your friend with the 03 Civic not to do anything to the car, at all. Especially bolt ons. They're a waste of money. Either turbo the D17 or save the money for a K20 swap. That's the only way they'll be worth a shit. Also, suspension. I'd recommend a set of Tein Basics or D2s. Exhaust would be alright too. But anything else is a waste.
As for your moron of a friend with the 3rd gen Eclipse - please just shoot him in the face and deem it 'friendly fire'. He's so fucking clueless. Do you know how hard it would be to convert a FF to either FR or AWD? Unless you're investing to have a new chassis built, pretty much impossible without a shit load of money. I'd *really* have to see pictures of this, because noone would be dumb enough to waste money on something like that. And I'm sure if it was done, it'd be in magazines everywhere.