What is this nobby thing on my front windows?

[Alpine]

While I was visiting a friend recently, we were talking outside his house and next to my car. He then asked what this nobby thing on both my front windows is for. Hmm...I had no idea...he got me there. So what is it for???

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6059/nob001smalllk4.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6653/nob002smallcp8.jpg

[skinnyboy]

stops the window from "blowing out" when you have the windows just open

[bennjamin]

yup - what he said.

When the windows are almost up there can be a big pressure difference and windows can blow out as said.

[EG5[KRT]]

serious ?? i didnt know that.. thats cool info.. i always thought they were holders for window visors..

[nugget666]

yeah i read this awhile back

when your going down the highway at 110kms it stops the windows from "blowing out" If you have them open say 10mm or so

[Alpine]

What do you mean by blowing out...literally?? How come other cars do not have it then?

[EK4R]

think they refering to the sound it makes like a whistle / rattle noise?

[bigjo5]

oooooh is it that UFO hovering sound?

[skinnyboy]

;1020052']serious ?? i didnt know that.. thats cool info.. i always thought they were holders for window visors..

Honda even thought of that, if you peel back the top rubber from the door frame theres a series of countersunk holes to screw the Visors into.

[Kandy]

why doesn't my car have one?? i got ripped off!!

[Alpine]

why doesn't my car have one?? i got ripped off!!

My car is a Coupe like yours...so no idea why mine has them and yours does not.

Hey nugget....does your EK sedan have them??

[nugget666]

My car is a Coupe like yours...so no idea why mine has them and yours does not.

Hey nugget....does your EK sedan have them??



No my car dosnt have one. When i got my car it has a rainshield there instead. (the giant huge granny ones)

[[ricer]]

(the giant huge granny ones)

they're the ones that actually work :thumbsup:

[philBo]

My car is a Coupe like yours...so no idea why mine has them and yours does not.

Hey nugget....does your EK sedan have them??


i saw my friends ej8 today, he doesnt have it either; whereas my em1 does. that thing gets in the way of the jdm visors :( should i rip it off?

[Alpine]

So how come some have them and some don't? Is it an option??

[z3lda]

i saw my friends ej8 today, he doesnt have it either; whereas my em1 does. that thing gets in the way of the jdm visors :( should i rip it off?


haha suffer

[zorrt]

ahh so those things have a purpose! I thought it held the moulding thingo onto the car eheh so I pick at it while driving from time to time.

[krogoth]

haha suffer

lolol

[nugget666]

i saw my friends ej8 today, he doesnt have it either; whereas my em1 does. that thing gets in the way of the jdm visors :( should i rip it off?

well im sure once the visors are on it would block the wind loading anyway so take it of but the visors on.

[H0nda]

I used to work at a Honda dealer and was told these are to stop wind noise at high speeds

[Alpine]

I used to work at a Honda dealer and was told these are to stop wind noise at high speeds

Well, that's good...but it still doesn't address the question as to why some Civics of the same model came with them and others without? I didn't order my car with these yet it came with it.

[krogoth]

lol

sif kick this up

its like more than a year old

[est1989]

oooooh is it that ufo hovering sound?

hahaha wtf

[RtN]

LOL .. well talking from experience.. on my 99 EM1. it was only put on the passenger side. It is easy to take off just push in the black knob then towards up and down i can't remember. And also it needs to be removed in order to fit visors I believe. Umm one question so visors don't do the same job this does?