Honda Tech Tips.

[mike_sho]

Lets compile a list of Honda Tips.

List any sort of tip for your car: What you do , what you use , clean , how to drive , anything. Any sort of tip that you know about and do, your favorite / most effective one that you want to pass along for others to know.

LOL. That's kind of a hard question.

I guess here's mine. I drilled a hole through my back bumper so that the water will drain out and stop that ever famous honda quarter panel rust. I also wash my car religiously because of the salt here in the winter.

[mike_sho]

A digital tire pressure gauge is your friend. Make sure your tires are at equal pressures. At least left to right. Front and rear you might want to mess with different pressures to get certain effects. But I tend to leave it all the same for standard driving.

Some use more pressure in the rear for more straightaway speed / acceleration , but this makes you loose rear grip traction , so its more safe to run the rear tire the same as the fronts on the street. If you goto the 1/4 mile track its ok to try , then relieve pressure before driving home.

-- Also some use lower tire pressures in the rear for more rear grip if it tends to slide in corners.

[BlueBallz]

Cool things if you store your car/drive it only once or twice
a month:
A battery-minder: http://www.batterymart.com/batteryminder.php.
This bitch is worth it's weight in gold.
A Craftsman air compresser: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00915054000. I didn't think
this one would work too well, but it's pretty awesome.
An "Accutire" digital tire gauge. I got mine at Target.
Nothing special, just a lot easier to read.

[mike_sho]

An "Accutire" digital tire gauge. I got mine at Target.
Nothing special, just a lot easier to read.

Thats exactly what I got , it lights up too. Its somewhat hard to get the pressure with it....but it works well once its sealed.

I noticed once I level my tires with the digital gauge....the car drives much better.

[rex'er]

two things.. digital tire guage from walmart that fits on keychain and is as big as one of those little sqeeze led lights. pimp shit.

second.. drilled holes in bottom of crx tails to end spare tire swimming pool when it rained. oh yeah.. no more sloshy sloshy around the corners. pimp shit indeed!

[BlueBallz]

My tip on cleaning windows: on the outside, (since I
consider my Sol's paint part of my flesh ), spray the
Windex, (or whatever you use), on the rag and then clean.
On the inside, clean the windows first, (I use Windex
'Powerized'; it's a foaming aerosol, like 'back in the day'
before they banned CFC's). Don't worry too much about
hitting the plastic parts, just clean them later with some
Meguier's. Also, Meguier's Endurance IS "the shit" for
your tires, IMO.
It's pretty obvious, and probably doesn't do any harm,
but if I saw a bum rushing at me at a stoplight with
some window cleaner and a rag, I'd definately freak.
I did it once, after I waxed the car, and it leaves
major streaks/blemishes. Probably just screws with
the wax, I guess.

[Transparent]

Originally Posted by BlueBallz

My tip on cleaning windows: on the outside, (since I
consider my Sol's paint part of my flesh ), spray the
Windex, (or whatever you use), on the rag and then clean.
On the inside, clean the windows first, (I use Windex
'Powerized'; it's a foaming aerosol, like 'back in the day'
before they banned CFC's). Don't worry too much about
hitting the plastic parts, just clean them later with some
Meguier's. Also, Meguier's Endurance IS "the shit" for
your tires, IMO.
It's pretty obvious, and probably doesn't do any harm,
but if I saw a bum rushing at me at a stoplight with
some window cleaner and a rag, I'd definately freak.
I did it once, after I waxed the car, and it leaves
major streaks/blemishes. Probably just screws with
the wax, I guess.

just a note on cleaning the inside of the window for those who dont know. If the windows are tinted dont use anything with amonia in it. That will eventually turn your tints purple

[BlueBallz]

Originally Posted by Transparent

just a note on cleaning the inside of the window for those who dont know. If the windows are tinted dont use anything with amonia in it. That will eventually turn your tints purple

That's a good one. My's Sol's not tinted, but the Nissan
is; I'll have to remember that.

[90Si]

Originally Posted by Transparent

just a note on cleaning the inside of the window for those who dont know. If the windows are tinted dont use anything with amonia in it. That will eventually turn your tints purple

i bet thats why my tint in my car is purple (scrapped it all off though)

i was about to give a tech tip but i forgot when i hit the reply button...

[mls]

& when you clean the rear glass, wipe horizontally to avoid damaging the defroster strips.

[BBs99]

silicone around the fresh air vent behind the cover in the trunk. i started to get water laying in there and this solved that problem.

[Middle Finger U]

Originally Posted by rex'er

two things.. digital tire guage from walmart that fits on keychain and is as big as one of those little sqeeze led lights. pimp shit.

second.. drilled holes in bottom of crx tails to end spare tire swimming pool when it rained. oh yeah.. no more sloshy sloshy around the corners. pimp shit indeed!

I've never even used a tire guage Well maybe for my mom, but I've never had a problem with tire pressure

[mike_sho]

Originally Posted by Middle Finger U

I've never even used a tire guage Well maybe for my mom, but I've never had a problem with tire pressure

Little do you know what your missing , yeah a car can go out and drive and feel fine. But go out with perfectly matched tires , its a nice difference.

[mike_sho]

Also yeah the window tint is very true. Never use ammonia. Ammonia solutions are whats used to remove tint. Also if you decide to remove your own tint. If you do the rear , never use a razor blade or anywhere near your defroster anything harsh that can break it....