Your Mods To 2006-2011 FD Civics

you go to honda in phillip??

lol yes dez, i also read that quote, then i remember reading another quote from 8th gen saying a guy did the same thing, got into an accident and none of his air bags deployed

still a hit and miss!

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Originally Posted by threesix

you go to honda in phillip??

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yeah man.

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Originally Posted by Stig

lol yes dez, i also read that quote, then i remember reading another quote from 8th gen saying a guy did the same thing, got into an accident and none of his air bags deployed

still a hit and miss!

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yeah i suppose its all hear say...

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Originally Posted by civicmarc

I would recommend getting the seats. I used to have a couple sparcos in my car and I just used my car to go to school and work. No racing or anything. As for the airbag light its not a big deal. The whole point of the side airbags is to keep you braced in your seat incase of an accident, but most aftermarket seats provide that snug fit anyway so its not too big of deal imo.

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and yeah i saw some of your posts stig LOL.. oh well's they are already in atm. so i might as well leave them..
but im definitely gonna be looking for a solution

yeah its not a big fuss if the airbag light is on or not, its just annoying a red light from a green and blue dash haha

im sure they'll be happy to help you out, just don't contact them if something goes wrong in relation to the air bag etc. they'll probably tell you they will take no liability if your airbags don't deploy.

manual conversion - exactly how much work/money/time is required for this.. and is it worth it?....

sell yours and buy a manual.

lol. ah cbf =.=.

hey guys, can anyone here confirm if these floormats are form/for Civic FDs?
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4930/img0319jo.jpg
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2451/img0318cr.jpg
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5954/img0320ml.jpg

yeeaa but that looks lhd, the rears will fit but not the front

you sure? the cutout for the boot release is on the right side of the mat. looks rhd to me, but i could be wrong lol

yeh shud be rhd man.

so it came from a FD right?

yup it is

RHD FD
y dont u get the type r ones?
LOL!

my bad, the drivers side was on the left lol

^lol it was confusing ey!

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Originally Posted by black8thgen

manual conversion - exactly how much work/money/time is required for this.. and is it worth it?....

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Thnik of it as becoming a 'thai ladyboy'. That's how complex it is, lol.

howcomeu got auto anywya?

Thanks guys

I got auto cos of my mum. Bitch! Lol. Might just wait for money for an evoooooo.

hey black9thgen what area are u from? i think i seen your car around cabra

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Originally Posted by black8thgen

I got auto cos of my mum. Bitch! Lol. Might just wait for money for an evoooooo.

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Originally Posted by black8thgen

I got auto cos of my mum. Bitch! Lol. Might just wait for money for an evoooooo.

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lol thats exactly why i have an auto as well! the fd was originally bought for my mum, but she doesn't drive much and reckons that the civic is too big for her. so now she has a corolla and i got the auto civic.

I'm from Hornsby area. Never in cabra man haha too far.

Yeh sigh..... Me and dad wanted manual but mum reckons I woulda crashed lol. Ah well. No more spending on civic after I get a headunit lol. Save for an evo =]

u will spend more on it. consider the mods as assets which can be sold on later ;)
besides evos are liek 50g's and chew petty... so your gonna have to add on another 20g's to your car lol plus the added baggage.

My car is my mums, It's still manual

Conclusion my mum > urs

hahahah

Narrr evo 9!!! Or... Save up and buy a toy ek?

if money is not an issue, evo 9, maintenance is really high with an evo

you are mostly spending it on oil changes, petrol and clutch replacements :thumbsup:

get a s15 better.

noo thanks. always wanted evo =P

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Originally Posted by curtis265

get a s15 better.

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evo > silvia.. although the silvia is better in looks, but only slightly

evo > silvia in looks i reckon =].

anyawys what u guys rkn.. should i just buy a lil ek on the side as a fun manual car since i probably wont be getting an evo anytime soon..... =P

^lolman, how many cars do u need?

naaah s15 looks nicer than evo.

evo is a classic toyracer. Still nice though

just desperate for a manual =[.....

buy my car Ryan, so i can buy my FD2R or Evo 8!
LOL!

buy mine, its manual ;)

i am gonna get s15 after i graduate and get off my P's!

s15 is alot more fun, my cousins been through bulk evos,wrxs, silvias! they said silvias are the most fun

i'd take a 135 > them all.

135i is quick and all, but man its like a girly 3series...not a fan! just get a bigger loan and get a 335i ahah

Swap cars tim and u can sell it hahah.

r36 on bags ftw

swap car with u?
hmmm FD1 to FD2?
i'll keep my FD1
LOL!master your driving first Ryan before moving on to the dark side

Hahha. Yeh don't plan to get anything manual for a while. But auto is so boring =[. Least I got paddles tho lol.

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Originally Posted by Stig

r36 on bags ftw

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wow.. you need to get stop thinking like me :(


would u take sedan or wagon :\

wagon in blue :), cant afford that shit though, prob end up getting an evo LOL

YEAH EVO! lol

yeaaaaa danny is right. S15 (Y)\

I'm off my P's now, shud go turbo ey... T.T

hahha yep what r ya waiting for =P

prob waiting for the same thing im waiting for...

money haha

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Originally Posted by Stig

wagon in blue :), cant afford that shit though, prob end up getting an evo LOL

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you are in my head. LOL

they only around 50g's second hand.. but im worried about servicing... sighs.

i was looking to get one next year if i can save up enuf :)

I have enough saved from my previous jobs/vacation work, but now i'd drown in maintenance fees. Centrelink wouldn't pay enough, lol!

I should talk to my mum and ask if she'd consider selling the Fd for an S15. I'd have the world's coolest mum.

Hey guys im about to change my stock seats to Bridesss
but i have a 09 civic vti.. isit possible to change? do i have side airbags not quite clear.. cus i heard VTI-L has side airbags

read the last few weeks of posts, its been covered

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/do-yo...out-dying.html

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As for the airbag light? Terry over at Griffin Motorwerk sells single sided resistors that send the proper current without shorting **** out, they're recommended by Bride, Recaro and Sparco. They also did the Tein / K&N Sema Si's. So they definitely have experience. The price is roughly about 57 bucks a piece plus 15 shipping. So definitely not expensive and definitely worth it just to get rid of the nag light, give him a call at: 510-524-7447. He also sells Recaros and is about 15 minutes away from Wedge, so you can easily get an entire package from these guys.

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maybe that helps?

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/insid...-answered.html


http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/insid...de-only-2.html

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Originally Posted by trboCIVIC

Ok, I have been getting quite a few PMs about this so I thought I would add some more info about how to do this modification. Bear in mind that the pictures suck, but they should be enough to answer most questions.

So, lets start at the beginning again. And bear in mind that all of the info I am supplying is based on what I did in my case. will other things work as well? sure possibly... I dont know... but everything Im listing as a "fact" is based on my personal testing so may be open for other methods.

when you remove the stock seat, you have to re-use the stock seatbelt latch and latch locking system (explosive charge that looks like a tube mounted to the latch)

Also, there is a small sensor that is mounted under the stock seat that reads where the seat is in relation to the steering wheel. My assumption is that this varies the intensity of the airbag explosion based on how far away you are from the airbag when it fires.
This sensor MUST be remounted and reused. You'll have to do your own research on where to mount this, but basically its a proximity sensor. Look under your stock seat and move the sliders back and forth to see when and where it 'sees' something in it proximity, and transfer that thinking to the new seat. (I cant really get to into this part since I think I might have just gotten lucky with mine, and it will be different locations based on your choice of mounting bracket and sliders etc.)

So, after that is done, you will only have one remaining plug, which is a yellow plug with a black surround on it. it has 4 female holes, and only the 2 center ones are used, so thats where the resistor goes.

RESISTOR INFO:
I couldnt find a 2.5 ohm resistor locally, so I did some math on what values I would need to run in parallel to achieve a similar impedance. I dont recall how that worked out, but if you google how to calculate resistor impedance, you should be able to figure it out. In my case it took 5 or 6 resistors in parallel to get it down to a 2.5-ish load. So I wound them all together soldered them, taped them up and ended up with a close-enough value to roll with it.
seen here:
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Then I stuck it in the plug:


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Then after it was in the plug, I taped it all up, and tucked it under the seat.
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Final notes:
Ok, well, after this was completed, I thought that it didnt work, since teh light didnt immediately turn off. So, I thought I might have to go to a dealership to have them reset the airbag system with their diagnostic tools, but before I could schedule an appointment, the light turned off on its own, maybe 3-4 days after the install.


All has been good ever since, including the fact that everything worked when I was hit by a lady running a stop sign as I mentioned in a post above.

I hope this helps make things at least a little clearer for people, even though I admit I have left a few 'blanks' that you guys will have to figure out on your own. I never intended this to be a full how-to... Im not going to hold people's hands on projects like this. If you dont feel comfortable experimenting with this a bit, I would strongly suggest NOT swapping seats. It isnt a simple project, and requires some creativity, and problem solving.

So again, if this info doesnt make it clear enough for you, then YOU PROBABLY SHOULDNT BE TRYING THIS PROJECT.

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^ that would only work for the drivers side. the passenger's side has a sensor in it which deactivates the airbags if it senses that the passenger is a small child, or an adult sitting awkwardly.

^ thats the sensor we need to figure out, so far no one has figured it out, been trying to keep emphasizing that

get some pro honda mechanic who's a mate to help ya out =D

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Originally Posted by longers

^ that would only work for the drivers side. the passenger's side has a sensor in it which deactivates the airbags if it senses that the passenger is a small child, or an adult sitting awkwardly.

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I think it's this:

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Your sensors. You will have two sensors in total for the switch. Two females in the car, two males on the seat, for each seat.
One is the seatbelt sensor to know whether or not your seatbelt is connected.
The other is one I'm not totally sure of. However, this is what I know. It is the weight sensor on the passenger side to let the car know whether or not to deploy the airbag in the event of an emergency. If the weight is under "x" amount (I can't remember what the manual says, refer to it to get an exact number).. you'll see the light on your dash that says "OFF". This is to ensure that if you had a baby seat in the front, the airbag would not go off and potentially kill the baby.
This sensor is the infamous sensor that everyone says you need a resistor for. I've tried 2ohms, 2.5ohms and 3ohms, all of which have failed. However, I'm not electrical saavy, I may have been doing it wrong, but it didn't turn the light off for me. If you have a voltmeter, you can check exactly what ohms you need.

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need more people to start modding FD's LOL..

my sunday mornings are now uber boring.

monday even.*

i brought a rep recaro seat and im going to turn that into a computer chair if that counts?

thats awesome

some updates on my car,

The repairer cant get me another mugen kit because of this and that and this and that, so i settle with a genuine front modulo lip.
getting the car back this friday, and yet they havent figure out whose paying.
LOL!

heres a photo of the car in the morning after it happened

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...i/dfdc4ad8.jpg

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Originally Posted by Stig

i brought a rep recaro seat and im going to turn that into a computer chair if that counts?

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the one from race nation?

seeker motorsport

ahh i didnt read recaro.. lol

hey post up pictures of progress :P

havent started lol, havent got enough time, work/uni/partying is too much for me :p maybe holidays

sounds like my life too haha

but the car is the money pit zzzzz

Poor tim. I'm sue ur happy with ur modulo kit hahaha. Was meant to happen hhaaha

Lol. I havent even checked up on my baby. Been very busy with my other baby. Lol. Girlfriend and the ge6. Lol. Spent so much on the ge6 this week. Its bad. Lol. Ill take a photo once i get it back on friday.

ahaha.. PICS OF THE JAZZZ!! ill come see it one day soon maybe =]

here's the jazz's build thread!

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ates-on-Page-3

got a few words back from AAMI and panel beaters,
reported back sayin that the vss on the front left is damaged! and needs to be replaced hence the abs light popping up.

funny that that was the side the mechanic worked on!
only the front left

anyway
heres a photo of the car i took at the panel beater
nothing much to see because of the tight space

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...i/6a9c3814.jpg

lol... get that mechanic fkd over!

I'm beginning to love night time shots :)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7837/fd1.jpg

paint em white =P

Wow. Nice shot!

paint em black!

guys i have this idea for my current front bar... but yeah does anyone have a spare pre facelift bumper in black thats quite clean lying around? coz ill put that on when i go to sell lol

wat u intend on doing?

considering my front bar atm is fecked, i plan on doing this to it:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/...bb8d7e2975.jpg

but yeah only if i buy a black backup front bar in case i go to sell!


also anyone know if DC5 suspension will fit on FD, im gonna lower it too... amongst other stuff. getting a bit bored of the civic so need to spruce it up

nah DC5 won't fit man, lol

Is that the sticker collage/graffiti thing?

awesome!

is anyone modding anything? im getting kinda bored here lol