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Have you checked your 12Volt car battery under your hood lately?  Yeah that's what I thought... For most people it's hard enough to check their Honda Civic's engine oil, and checking their battery well that's another story. My Suggestion Go Check it. The weather is getting colder and colder with winter right around the corner and the better your Honda Civic's battery is doing the better for you. Look for corrosion around the terminals, possible cracks on the casing, loose battery terminals, low electrolyte level, and also voltage using a volt meter. Most new car batteries are sealed so there is no need to add distilled water to raise the electrolyte level but if you do have an old battery, do check the level and add distilled water as needed. Once a year I would also suggest taking off your terminals and cleaning both the posts and terminals with a battery post & terminal cleaner tool. This tool is fairly inexpensive and can be purchased at most car parts stores. Click Here for great car battery article on HondaTuning.com ... Read More

I was checking over my beater Honda Civic today and noticed that the radio was not working. After taking a closer look I found out that the wiring was all messed up. I pulled the deck out of the dash and fixed the wiring by soldering all the connections instead of using crimp connectors. I find it that soldering two wires together gives you a better connection where as a crimp connector will sometimes give you an intermit and poor connection. I also noticed that the previous radio installer wired up the speakers wrong, the left and right speakers were swapped so the right speaker was playing on the left channel and the left speaker was playing on the right channel. I rewired the whole radio and now it works perfectly. When making any electrical connections always solder the wires together and use the proper gauge wire for the application. When adding any positive connections straight to the battery always make sure you use a proper size fuse and fuse holder. Always wire in the fuse holder as close to the positive lead of your battery as possible so you don't have a fire hazard.  If you need to check continuity or that you are getting the proper voltage from your battery use a multimeter. And last but not forgotten, double check your wiring before turning on your ... Read More

Have you put put a crap load of your hard earned cash into your Honda Civic? And wanna keep adding more because you love to pimp out your ride. Then you must have an alarm or kill switch of some sort, if you don't then I this is the page for you. You can add a kill switch, start kill or an ignition kill into your car and immobilize it so the common thief can't steal your Civic, otherwise kiss your car goodbye. I found a great site that has all three of these write ups and there easy to understand. Here take a look below. Kill Switch Starter Kill Ignition Kill ... Read More

I bought an extra center gauge cluster cover from the wrecker last week and today I really got into doing my custom gauge pod. I used a soldering iron and cut out the center vents to make room for four 2" gauge pods. I cut 2" ABS piping to about 1 -1/2" length to accommodate my gauges. I taped them together and tried to figure out how I wanted to lay them out but I ran out of time today. With all the gauges I want to have on my dash this will be a nice addition to the 3 gauge pillar pod, and my large tach. Once I get to the next stage I will post pictures. ... Read More

Adding on performance mods on your engine will only go so far without a proper Air/Fuel gauge, otherwise you could risk running your engine too lean and blow it up. The most popular one on the market now is the AEM Wideband UEGO Controller and sells on eBay for around $200-$300. There is also the Inovative Motorspotrs LC-1 Kit with red or blue gauge which is around $289. Well I was searching around today and I found an alternate solution the JAW(Just Another Wideband) reader for $115 assembled with display. The only other major part that you will need to make JAW work is a Bosch Wideband sensor which sells for around $50-$70.  Click Here to see a video of the JAW reader in action. ... Read More

Step 7 - Remove the starter Tools Needed: 17mm Socket Wrench with long extension and 12mm Combination Wrench Unscrew the positive lead at the back of the starter with a 12mm combination wrench and using your hand pull of the solenoid lead. Next unscrew the 12mm wire harness bracket of the starter and put the bolt back to into it's spot not to loose it. Next unscrew the two 17mm bolts holding the starter in place. Once all that is done you should be able to use the back of a hammer to tap the starter gently and I mean gently and remove it. Step 8 - Disconnect all electrical plugs on the transmission side of the engine Tools Needed: Flat Screw Driver Step 1 is to unplug the speedo sending unit on the back part of the tranny. Step 2 is to unplug the 2 sensors that are right under the distributor mounting area. Step 3 is to unplug the oxygen sensor after taking it of the metal mounting bracket. Step 4 is to unplug the 3 main wire harness plugs on the left side of the engine compartment. You have to pull them of the metal mounting bracket before splitting the plugs. Once you've done all 4 steps you should be able to pull ... Read More

I've been doing some research today on gauges and GlowShift gauges are the ones I want to add to my Honda Civic. The ones listed below are the ones that I want to add to my dash and drivers side pillar. Boost / Vacuum Gauge Air / Fuel Gauge Fuel Pressure Gauge Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge Oil Pressure Gauge Oil Temperature Gauge Water Temperature Guage Voltage Guage ... Read More

After friday night's Mission Raceway drag racing event, I put a 360 spin on my idea of doing the bodywork first and instead will invest the time into a turbo setup. Before I actually go through with it, I will do some research and post what I come up with. My Goal is around 200HP with my stock D16 engine. So far this is what i believe will I need, but this may change. - Hondata S300 Engine Management - AEM UEGO WideBand A/F Controller with Gauge - RC 330 Fuel Injectors (if going over 190HP) - Walbro 255 Fuel Pump - eBay Turbo Kit Now your thinking why buy my turbo kit from eBay? Well I figure if there are any mistakes that I might encounter it's cheaper to do them on a cheaper turbo, I can always upgrade the turbo later.   ... Read More

I was looking thru some posts at D-Series.org and found a great writeup on the installation of OEM style fog lights. You can purchase these on the ebay for around $60 and they make your bumper look a little bit better if your not going to go with a body kit. I found a place on the internet that sells both the Clear and Yellow  versions of this kit. Here is the Link to the Do it Yourself Installation. ... Read More

Yesterday I finally got around to swapping out my water filled non working tail light with a spare one I picked up a few months back. I had to remove some clips and a few screws to move the inner molding out of the way to get to the light mounting nuts. I used a 8mm combination wrench to undo the 4 nuts that held the light to the car, unplugged the harness and pulled the light out. Part of my problem with water in the tail light, is a crack in the body seam and a bad hatch seal. I swapped the tail light wiring harness from my other Civic since I am not driving it right now.  I plugged the wiring harness back into the car and placed the tail light into place. Then used the 8mm wrench and tightned up the 4 mounting nuts. Once that was in place I smeared some silicone on the cracked hatch seam and pushed the hatch seal back in place. I screwed all the inner body panels into place and tested the lights and they all work. When I start doing the body work on the car for painting I will change the hatch seal so it's new again and for sure won't have leakage problems.   I pulled ... Read More

A buddy of mine surprised me today with a great addition to my Civic project, an Auto Meter Boost Gauge, I just broke the seal on the packaging today so it's brand new mint condition. I love when things like this pop up because it motivates you to get your car done faster. ... Read More

Well 2 weeks have passed and I managed to get some more mods on the car. I got Mufflertech to install a 2.5" exhaust from the Catalytic Converter all the way back to a Magnaflow muffler with a chrome tip. This should be sufficient to spool up a turbo pretty quick on the up coming 1.6 Liter VTEC. I also purchased a Vibrant short ram intake that sounds really good when you slam the gas pedal to the floor. It sounds stock while driving normally around town but when you slam the pedal it has a really deep throaty sound to it. A few weeks back I picked up a carbon fiber hood and some used projector headlights so I put the headlights on and now it looks like it has attitude. The hood will have to wait for a paint job because I think I will paint it too.   Stock Intake vs. Vibrant Intake   Stock Headlights vs. Projector Headlights   Magnaflow Muffler + Chrome Tip  and Another front angle picture ... Read More

I got a good deal on some Z1 fiberglass fenders, 4 brand new struts and oem bumper foglights with wire harness and switch a few days ago. I also picked up some White 1 1/2" gauges that i'm gonna mount into the dash, i got a voltage gauge, water temperature gauge and also a oil pressure gauge. Gotta see where i'm gonna mount these babies cuz i'm also gonna get a pillar pod for the drivers side for my tach, boost gauge and fuel mixture. ... Read More