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Use only CDR media, not CDR-W (re-record able).
You can also try using 74 minute (650mb) CDRs if you can find them, the recording are on 80 min (700mb) media is more "cramped" and harder for some players to read.
Make sure you burn these as audio CDs with WAV files (it will not play data CDs with MP3s or WMAs).
Finalize the disc or recording - this should be an option in your burning software. Try burning a "disc at once" to put all the songs on in a single burn pass and close the disc. If you are burning by drag-and-drop (bringing the songs on one at a time) then this will be a lot harder for the deck to play.
Dennis
Is there a list of easy modifications that folks do to their Accords? I read about swapping in the sway bars from the TL, and that looks like the sort of cheap and easy mod that I am looking for.
What else are folks doing? Poly bushings? Strut tower bars? Air intake modifications?
Dennis
I have not driven on all season tires in a long time, but they pretty much do nothing well - in comparison to summer tires and snow tires. You may have to go with larger rims to get really sticky tires - there does not seem to be much available in OEM size.
Dennis
Anyone out there with actual knowledge about this subject???
If you want a hot rod, you should either get a different car or be prepared to spend a lot more serious bucks to get one.
Dennis
I had to laugh yesterday. I was on the Mass turnpike and passed a lowered Civic 4 door with a big fat exhaust tip. I could here the buzz resonating as I went by. What were they thinking....
Thanks
Phil
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I will try to give you an accurate answer, contrary to most the sarcastic answers you have reveived thus far.
I had a 1995 Acura Integra GSR 5-speed. I put in a Cold Air Intake and cat back exhaust. It added noticable power. Alos cleaned out the engine area and the air conditioning would cool much faster than before.
Usually Cold Air intakes are installed to pick up air as far away from the engine as possible. Usually very low, right behind the front wheel cowling. An yes you can get hydro-lock ( sucking water into the engine ); it happened to me going through some high water. Had to replace the engine; even with insurance it was expensive, GSR VTEC engine and the fact that it had 70K miles on it they charged me an extra $1,000. Anyway hydro lock can be prvented by installing a $50 part which is a hydro-lock cut-off valve. When I had it replaced I had a hydo lock valve installed. If you get a cold air intake make sure you install a hydo-lock cut-off valve. I had a AEM brand; Have also heard INGEN is good.
I think you would be pleased with the increase in power, usually around 10-15 horsepower and another 5-8 for a more free flowing CAT-BACK exhausts.
Good Luck,
Crus'n in 6th :shades:
MidCow
Thanks.
Also thinking on getting some Angel Eyes headlight assemblies too.
I am trying to match interior colors for my 2002 EX V6 leather coupe. I believe my interior was charcoal. Does anyone know the color code for charcoal or where I might locate this information? Sticker is missing form driver's side door panel.
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This is a typical claim. Yet one would expect that someone had done a dyno run, or at least some acceleration testing, before making these kinds of claims. And the engine compartment temperature change could be neasured with a $3 thermometer. Yet these claims never seem to be backed up with any kind of performance testing - just the good faith representation that it's better by someone invested in it.
I used to road race cars and made a lot of perfomance modifications. I expected every change to improve peformance. Very few did.
I'm not being sarcastic when I say decals yield the best bang-for-the-buck performance improvement. They don't hurt performance and cost very little. When owners start documenting before-and-after performance improvements, I'll start believing otherwise. Until then I strongly encourage you to keep your money in your pocket.
Acura Integra GSR 1995
Before After
160 175
0-60 7.0 0-60 6.7
230 205
230 190
no decal no decal
Acura Integra GSR 1995
Before After
160 175
0-60 7.0 0-60 6.7
230 205
230 190
no decal no decal
An explanation of what the numbers are and methodology would be nice.
How many 0-60 runs did you make?
Now when someone gets the #'s for an 03-05 4 cyl Accord.......
hp
0-60
braking 60-0
? (might be 60-0 as even 190 is *way* long for a 60-0 stop)
no stickers
I'm sure there are some cheaper options, like some of the automotive supply stores (Pep Boys, Shucks, Auto Zone, etc.).
Good luck.
The Premium mats are nicer, but not nice enough to justify tossing the good mats in the trash.
Dennis
"The LX (and all Accords) comes with carpeted floor mats."
Well not exactly....
only the 4cyl EX and V6 LX&EX come with mats
Cheers,
MidCow
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/specifications_full_specs.asp?ModelName=Accord+Sedan&C- ategory=5
Cheers,
MidCow
Bzzzzzzzzz, sorry that is the wrong answer.
If you look here on the Honda web page and scroll down "INTERIOR: COMFORT & CONVENIENCE" you will see that floor mats are now standard on all sedans.
BTW, I checked the Accord coupe specs and it shows them standard for all coupes too.
Dennis
Dennis
I had looked at the H & A Accessories web site and their information is wrong
http://www.handa-accessories.com/accint03.html It doesn't show the floor mats being provided for all Honda Accords.
The Honda web site does show floor mats for all Accord models; I believe this just started happening with the 2005 models.
Sorry for any confusion.
Cheers,
MidCow
P.S.- Dwynne, that you for so graciously pointing out my mistake twice.
When I got my 3 series the dealer said "we even throw in a set of floor mats" - at the price, that indeed was the least you they could do :-)
Dennis
HAHAHA Our new 05 sedan 4 bangers tires are great! At 350 miles on the car I slamed it into a hard sharp right turn and then a hard sharp left at 40 mph. Much like a autocross run if you will. And the tires held good enough to hoiste the inside rear wheel at 36 psi on all corners. I was very impressed. Went in and called my brother and told him to get his ralley art ready cause the accord has game. Cant wait to run this car at a autocross. Wife and I are taking it on a two lane corner bashing day long drive this weekend in western arkansas.
How difficult is it to do this swap? Does the entire front door panel have to be removed to replace those speakers? Or is it the case where the grills will come right off?
How about the rear deck speakers? If it's a real pain to replace the front ones, especially since I'm not a pro installer, I may just do the rear ones.
Advice please!!
I've looked at Crutchfield, Circuit City, etc., and it appears that I'll need to spend $150 for each pair to get decent replacements. I wish Honda offered designer factory systems, like JBL, Bose, etc., like other manufacturers do.
My questions are:
How difficult is it to convert the old arm killing window device to electric.
Is $5000 a good price for a 1992 accord? Canadian priced anyway.
Is there anything specific I should look at on the car? Known problems?
Has anyone ever added turbo to this car?
Thanks
I'm pretty new to these boards and to the car buying thing. I was wondering if some of you know the answer to this. I've googled a bit and couldn't find the answer. I'm going to by the 2005 EX-L sedan 4cyl auto (no nav) pretty soon. I know it comes with the 6 cd in dash changer and xm radio but i was wondering if the CD player is able to play CD-R's with MP3's burned on them?
thanks
I have the exact same car you are looking at, and the in dash 6 disc will play those formats. I play them all the time. Good luck on your purchase
Todd
thanks so much for answering my question. This makes me happy. while 6 commercial audia discs is good, 6 discs full of MP3s will hold the bulk of my music collection burned on CD-R.
i don't want to replace the 6disc in dash cd/xm radio. well i don't plan on using xm after 3 months but doubt it can be taken out easily.
I have 2 mp3 discman's as well as a KOSS mp3 player in my Pony. On average mp3's you get off the net are about 128k bit rate so the file size is down. You don't get 100% quality but you can get near 200 songs per cd. These are average radio play 5-10min songs.
Now if you are into electronica or progressive trance the songs can range from 5-20mins long each so you have to really look at file size before you work out how much your cd's can hold.
Now, with DVD players being able to be put into a car, that is one of the better options for having 1000's of songs.
Normal CDR = 800megs of space. Average mp3 size is 5megs so.
800 / 5 = 160 of songs give or take 20.
With a dvd-r, it's a lot more space. and if you get a high end player/burner with dual layer or one of the other media types you can get into the thousands of songs per disc quite quickly.
BUT over the last few years while looking into computer modification I came across a car stereo unit that was a removable harddrive. So what this means is, you leave your car and slide the stereo unit out and then slide that puppy into your computer. Transfer 200gigs of music and slide it back into your car. Nearly infinate music in your car.
I'll have to try to find the name of it again. I think they did a review of it on voidedwarranty.com or case-mods.com. I found it last year and it was selling for about $500+ But in today's market you could get it for a lot cheaper AND/OR build it yourself if you know much about computers and can get your dremel working.
Once I get a new car, one of the key mods I will do is an LCD monitor with a PC built into the car. I already did something like this on my pony but there's no monitor, I have to remotely connect and preset the system while parked outside my house. And because there's no display for the computer I have it randomly play from the playlist.
Note: With the LCD with a PC hooked up, winamp has some of those nice visual effects that you can customize. When I'm done the job, I'll be posting pics on cardomain.com
No one has answered my previous questions though about the 1992 accord. How would I go about converting roll down windows to power windows?
Thanks
FP
http://www.handa-accessories.com/accelect03.html
it goes in the storage area in front of the shifter / under the A/C controls. H&A has the install instructions posted so you can how hard it is to do (does not look that bad) if you want to buy it cheap from them and put it in yourself. Or, get the dealer to do it now that you know a fair price for it.
Dennis