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Suggestion, there allots of good fog light online that is cheap! $50.00 plus. Don't buy from someone with the words "Dynasty". I heard they got allots bad rep. w/crack fog light.
I have Geico Insurance, it cheap than most other insurance.
On professional advice as to the choice of manufacturer, I replaced the OEM springs with Eibach on my '99 Camaro Z28 and my '99 Boxster, lowering the Camaro by about 2 inches (and making it stiffer), and lowering the Boxster by an inch-plus. In both cases, I installed Bilstein shocks. The results on both cars is excellent. The Porsche was done by a racing suspension specialist including a 4-wheel competition alignment ($300), and it drives like a race car. (I autocrossed a Porsche 912 for six years.)
There's Eibach Pro Kit and Sport. I think the ones installed on both my cars were the former, which doesn't lower as much as Sport as I recall.
With this background, I also recently wrote on another Civic forum a similar question to yours, more as to advisability as opposed to the make of spring, for an '04 Civic EX Sedan.
I did get some prices. Eibach Pro Kit springs for my '04 Civic cost $264 (and lower both front and rear by one inch), and I got a local quote of "about $90 per wheel" to install them, and I was advised to have a four-wheel alignment as well. The total cost has killed the idea for me for the Civic. Another factor is that I don't want to invest too much money in this car because I might get an all-new '08 Accord when it comes out - or I might keep the Civic a long time because both my wife and I like it. It's fun to drive pretty fast through curves, although it just feels a little too high.
If you go ahead with the springs, I hope you'll tell about the results on this forum.
Where can I get a roof rack for Civic 2007 ? It doesn't look like my dealer has one.
Thanks,
Victor.
I am looking for new wheel covers since they also have aged. Where can I get those, also?
Thanks. :sick:
Good luck,
Andy
The fogs work great and I use mine alot for safety.
Is that true? or was he blowing smoke out of his [non-permissible content removed]?
Regarding removing the wiper blade assembly, the manual says to remove the cap by pinching the sides and sliding it off. I tried to do this, pinching and pushing heartily, with no success. I found it came off much more easily by using my fingernails to slightly pry apart the side tabs. Maybe it's just me and I'm reading the manual wrong, but I think the cap was just designed poorly.
As to the refill themselves, I looked online and it seems that no one makes aftermarket refills for this generation of Civics yet.
Also, i want to add a sensor at the back of my car so that when i reverse i could know whether there is anything/anybody/kids behind my car which i may not notice at first. so where should i go for that change? does it require change a lot? how much will that cost?
Thanks!
however, it will likely void some of your warranty.
I try to use these following instructions available online to reprogram the remote I just bought but it does not seem to work:
1. Turn Key to on position.
2. Push and hold valet button on the stock radio (which is skinny bar located between am/fm & cd/tape buttons on stock radio). Door locks will cycle one time.
3. Press any button on remote one time within 20 seconds. Door locks will cycle again.
4. To program up to 4 additional remotes repeat step 3 for each remote.
5. Turn key off programming is complete.
As my car does not have power locks, the door locks will not cycle as indicated in step 3 above. So I do not if these program instructions are incorrect or the used remote I just bought is defective as I cannot use it to arm or disarm the antitheft system.
Does anyone know of about a different procedure to reprogram a keyless entry remote for a 1997 Honda Civic with a dealer installed antitheft system (but NO power lock)? I am sure that someone has been through this before and has it resolved. Please share the solution.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions/information.
" I hereby accept this WE-OWE with the understanding that it is valid for only (90) NINETY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE, and no refund will be given on any accessories purchased at the time of contract"
THe spoiler is currently not installed and probably being ordered...is there a way I can still get a refund for it??
Thanks in Advance
The specs are diferent, too much so for this type of modification.
If it makes you feel any better, this engine is in the european civic type r (previous generation) which is a basiclally a cooler looking version of the car you guys are looking at, with the engine and tranny standard. Look up a tuning shop in your area, and they would probably be the best to evaluate the car.
most people swap out the engine from directly imported ones from japan; and these engines usually have no more than 40k on them simply because the japanse i think, get taxed according to how much maintanece a car requires or some weird thing like that. The odometer reading is probably only acurate for the cars body.
I complained and took it back to them to correct. They adjusted it and caused it to shine forward, but it now shines towards the ground right infront of the car. So I can't tell whether the lamps are on or off.
Could someone tell me how I could adjust these lamps myself? Have anyone had this problem? Looking forward to your comments.
Thanks
Cliff
Columbia, MD
Fog lights are supposed to point towards the ground. If they shine higher up they hit the fog and blind the driver. They intentionally point lower than headlights.
Doesn't your switch position indicate if the fog lights are on?
Because of the wide beam, fogs often appear to be shining down more than they really are, they light up the pavement really well right below the lamps, that's normal. Shine them on an open wall to see exactly where they are pointed.
but if they installed the foglamps correctly, you should have an green indicator light just to the left of the headlight "on" indicator on the dash.
What I need to do is align them myself and i'm wondering how it's done. Thanks
I've been able to get any of the lights aligned pretty darn good, just by eye, and then moving the car closer or further away to make sure they aren't angled up or down inappropriately for the beam it is. I've even had a couple checked by the state inspection folks during a normal inspection and passed.
The moonroof visor just reduces the amount of the opening....kinda pointless.
Alloys on a Civic are strictly for looks. personally I have 18" HFP and yes, like the looks. there is no performance to be enhanced....
some pics of my 07 EX coupe with HFP package, fogs, door edge guards, splash guards, etc...but no moonroof visor:
http://www.carspace.com/kenlw/Albums/kenlw%27s%20Album/
I thought point of moonroof visor was to reduce wind noise? Does it help with that?
How do the splash guards look? I have seen pictures but not in person.
Thanks.
It is very flat in extreme cornering.
And, I have the moon roof visor. It certainly does reduce wind noise when the moon roof is open. And, cruising on the highway in rain, it lets you keep the moon roof open an inch or two without getting any water in.
Thanks for that info. I plan to buy a 07 very soon. The moon roof visor and splash guards sound like good investments and think I will purchase these.
Thanks for any info.
I stepped on the gas for several times and I could hear the sound from the engine, but the engine velocity(or called sthelse, how fast it runs) straight down on the monitor.
So I turned off the the car, and restarted it, fortunately it was not a busy road, and then everything went back to normal again!
However, Im really afraid the same thing may happen when I drove on highway or other places. Could anyone help me to have a guess what may be wrong my dear car? Do you think it will be servere problem with it? Or maybe I did sth improperly when I braked and speeded up real quickly?
Thanks a lot! Have a great day!
Most likely you hit it into neutral be accident and didn't realize it.