Your Mods To 2006-2011 FD Civics

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27-10-2009, 02:51 PM
fitme

^^ LOL...is that paper seat cover? hahahaha
27-10-2009, 04:20 PM
ekdez

looks alright but your seat belt straps and other panels dont have the same theme...
27-10-2009, 05:33 PM
aero

i have black pleather material still for the door trims, just had no time to do them yet. i was even thinking of getting a whole new set with different colour.. perhaps tan? =\
27-10-2009, 11:20 PM
blasdf

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Originally Posted by ekdez

not that hard to DIY, just undo a few bolts and redo them.. just gotta know what your looking for.. wouldn't recommend it if its your first time on the fd. heaps of people run into trouble with bits not lining up again and not having enuf tools to correct this problem.

a trained mechanic will be able to do it faster and also your warranty on the coil overs will still stand if its done at a shop. shops will charge between $100 - $250 for install.. <- recommend you do it this way. it might save your life.

im noob, i googled coilovers to see what they are, but couldnt find much except they part of the macpherson struts or something haha. if you paid this $250 what benefits do you get to the current suspension on the car?

and for the lowering discussion few pages back, this was my car on a drive the other week, bit messy after heavy rain etc though but gives an indication of what the back is like lowered, it was because of heavy load of course haha.
we were stuck in traffic on this random remote highway, accident, got out to take pictures of traffic and noticed my car was hell low with everyone in the back. it didnt seem to scrape at all which was good.
27-10-2009, 11:28 PM
curtis265

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...1020091065.jpg

Hi guys... is this safe? makes the car sound good :D It disconnects the resonator only..
28-10-2009, 12:45 AM
.k.

so long as you have some sort of filter covering the area where air goes in shouldnt be too much of a problem? unless something goes into your engine haha! or it fcuks up your air/fuel ratio? seems to be problem when people put intakes on their r18 but you just reset ecu and it fixes itself i think
28-10-2009, 07:06 AM
ekdez

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Originally Posted by blasdf

im noob, i googled coilovers to see what they are, but couldnt find much except they part of the macpherson struts or something haha. if you paid this $250 what benefits do you get to the current suspension on the car?

and for the lowering discussion few pages back, this was my car on a drive the other week, bit messy after heavy rain etc though but gives an indication of what the back is like lowered, it was because of heavy load of course haha.
we were stuck in traffic on this random remote highway, accident, got out to take pictures of traffic and noticed my car was hell low with everyone in the back. it didnt seem to scrape at all which was good.

$250 gives you a professionally trained installer.
warranty on your coilovers provided they are brand new will still remain as a backyard job is considered dodgy.
ride height will be set by them. they can balance your car out as well.. you will notice that the right of your car is lower then the left on the rear.
the most important one for me was piece of mind. i know i can trust my mechanic cos he does a very decent job for me every time.
28-10-2009, 03:02 PM
fitme

any sydney FD meet coming??
28-10-2009, 03:06 PM
curtis265

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Originally Posted by .k.

so long as you have some sort of filter covering the area where air goes in shouldnt be too much of a problem? unless something goes into your engine haha! or it fcuks up your air/fuel ratio? seems to be problem when people put intakes on their r18 but you just reset ecu and it fixes itself i think

That's what i thought anyway :D The stock filter's still there, so it'll be fine. I don't think it fuk's up the AF ratio cos the ECU decides how much fuel to put in anyway - the MAF's still there for me.
28-10-2009, 03:29 PM
howy

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Originally Posted by fitme

any sydney FD meet coming??

You should organise one...
Maybe a BBQ or another lunch somewhere would be cool.

I'll be interested so that's +1 depending on day and time.
28-10-2009, 05:02 PM
blasdf

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Originally Posted by ekdez

$250 gives you a professionally trained installer.
warranty on your coilovers provided they are brand new will still remain as a backyard job is considered dodgy.
ride height will be set by them. they can balance your car out as well.. you will notice that the right of your car is lower then the left on the rear.
the most important one for me was piece of mind. i know i can trust my mechanic cos he does a very decent job for me every time.

ok so do coilovers come on the car or i need to get them fitted, then adjusted? i think i've noticed what you say about the right of car being lower, i take it this must be intended to compensat extra weight on that side of the car?
28-10-2009, 05:07 PM
aero

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Originally Posted by blasdf

ok so do coilovers come on the car or i need to get them fitted, then adjusted? i think i've noticed what you say about the right of car being lower, i take it this must be intended to compensat extra weight on that side of the car?

first you'll need to buy urself a set of coilovers. for our FD civics, they will look something like this:

http://www.wesellcarparts.com/store/...oC-06Civic.jpg

and then you will need to install them on ur car by replacing ur stock shocks and springs with ur coilovers. you can attempt to do this urself and there are some articles on 8thgen.com which gives u steps on how to install coilovers on the new civics or you can get them installed professionally at nearly any auto mechanic.