Your Mods To 2006-2011 FD Civics

**Honda_FD** · 15-01-2014 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by EKVTIR-T

those carwash are sunken down,can even see it in your pic...

so bit cheat

Lol I'll take a different picture then.
Next week. Dont want to leave home in this heatwave

**stevo1210** · 15-01-2014 10:07 PM

Having a cry over this...

and this...

... cause I paid $3200 for it and just over a month later it's all falling apart at the seams.

At least the Honda dealer said they will fix it for me next week even if everything needs to be replaced. Slightly happier for now.

**curtis265** · 15-01-2014 11:10 PM

That's a terrible job..

Certainly not professional fit

**stevo1210** · 15-01-2014 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by curtis265

That's a terrible job..

Certainly not professional fit

The dealer keeps telling me they will use sikaflex and everyone will be happy. Went onto the ozhonda FB page and everyones telling me no to sikaflex and have a fight to get it done properly with double sided tape, screws and brackets as Honda prescribed... because I can't part out next year when I sell the car to buy a house without causing catastrophic damage to the paint or the kit itself.

Pretty damn nervous to say straight up to them how frustrated I am.

Sigh... $3200 could have bought me a pretty decent Toyota Camry from 99/2000 now that I think about it... got a bit too carried away with my Honda but oh well...

**jprak** · 16-01-2014 01:11 AM

bad news guys, DuffyFD's FD crashed. not sure how but new owner is parting out atm

gg

**stylerk** · 16-01-2014 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by jprak

bad news guys, DuffyFD's FD crashed. not sure how but new owner is parting out atm

gg

I know that feel

**curtis265** · 16-01-2014 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by stevo1210

The dealer keeps telling me they will use sikaflex and everyone will be happy. Went onto the ozhonda FB page and everyones telling me no to sikaflex and have a fight to get it done properly with double sided tape, screws and brackets as Honda prescribed... because I can't part out next year when I sell the car to buy a house without causing catastrophic damage to the paint or the kit itself.

Pretty damn nervous to say straight up to them how frustrated I am.

Sigh... $3200 could have bought me a pretty decent Toyota Camry from 99/2000 now that I think about it... got a bit too carried away with my Honda but oh well...

sikaflex is usually the way to go, it will never come off. you'll never get much for a parted out kit because it will still require extensive fitting for whoever buys it, hence why replica kits are so popular - OEM doesn't even fit perfectly

Do you have the official installation isntructions somwhere? maybe you can use those and and ask tem to follow it exactly

also, not meaning to sound like a dick, but if you're planning on buying a house why are you bothering with mods like this then :S

**NeedVtec** · 16-01-2014 11:53 AM

Nervous? You paid for a service and it wasn't done properly, what's there to be nervous of?

**stevo1210** · 16-01-2014 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by curtis265

sikaflex is usually the way to go, it will never come off. you'll never get much for a parted out kit because it will still require extensive fitting for whoever buys it, hence why replica kits are so popular - OEM doesn't even fit perfectly

Do you have the official installation isntructions somwhere? maybe you can use those and and ask tem to follow it exactly

also, not meaning to sound like a dick, but if you're planning on buying a house why are you bothering with mods like this then :S

Yeah, I've got the official instllation instructions. It's double sided OEM tape all the way.

I guess I got a bit too determined to buy everything in the brochure, plus it was christmas time as well. Won't happen again though...

**stevo1210** · 16-01-2014 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by NeedVtec

Nervous? You paid for a service and it wasn't done properly, what's there to be nervous of?

Long story... but last time (at another dealer), I was in the same position over my boot seal repair under warranty. Told them nicely I wasn't happy and the technician came out and verbally abused me... but then the service manager came out and he just told me to expect problems with boot seals because "I wasn't driving a german car"... he then told me to take a hike.

I ended up taking it to another dealership during a week that I stayed the North coast to get it refitted so it wouldn't touch the boot hinge arm... been happy since.

I prefer not to be verbally abused... hence why I am pretty nervous. Lame, I know... though I bet every other person here probably would have drop kicked that apprentice technician who abused me, but I like to keep my cool.