i did some tune up stuff this weekend and bought a VC gasket kit, that didnt come w/ teh grommets pissed so now i have to wait for my grommets to come in. i did get my OBD2 VC painted ITR style wise and looks great. so when my grommets come in ill put em on and not have to worry about oil leakage on my newly painted VC.
i am curious, i was trying to remove the fuel filter as well, but one of my fuel lines is stuck onto the fuel filter, i tried prying it off but it still wasnt coming off, i soaked it in PB blaster and even tried, what even i knew wasnt a screw, to come off, and nothing would budge. anyone ran into a problem like this?
part of what i did this weekend…just waiting on my grommets to come in. i would have loved to put it in the oven, but i’m not having a stink apartment again
well i installed the VC yesterday and finished up the tune up (replaced rotor button). i went to advance to pick up my grommets (notice with an S), so i thought, these bastards actually sent one grommet…so i got pissed and said fuk it, installed the new VC gasket and spark plug tubes and locked it down. just hoping i wont have oil on my newly painted VC…ill be pissed
well my lame sony tape deck that came w/ the car, the tape portion, stopped working yesterday i used a tape adapter that i could hook up to my droid and play my music through that and it saved me from having to go get another deck. so now i’m in the search for a new cd player w/ bluetooth built in. i need to check my speakers, up front and in the rear to see if they have been replaced or not, if not i wont replace them. but if so, i guess ill be looking for some 3way in the front and 4way in the back…i may put some 6x9s in teh rear deck, and finish it all off w/ a nice 10" subwoofer and a decent amp. just for a little bump in the trunk
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saw this in a FS section…i’m thinking about just going this route…black steelies w/ this ‘centercap’
ordered my Kenwood BT645 (built in blue tooth) and a pair of pioneer 4 way 6.5" speakers for the front. ill keep looking for a good price on some 6x9s, i need to look to see if i need to build a little pod for it to sit onto. i’m finding it really hard right now to find a good deal on a wheel/tire package, so its looking more and more like i’m going to be doing the above plan for wheel and tires…just buy some tires and the center caps since everyone wants a million dollars for some ugly POS oem wheels. i swear the honda scene is overpriced
well yesterday i got the deck replaced but i’m having a couple of issues, one is deck related, the other is BS wiring related, because of the dumbasses who owned the car before me…here’s a glimpse of the BS i had to contend with
these idiots had all of the wiring put together w/ duct and black/wiring tape…i was pissed…i spent more time tiding up everything back there that they had f’d up more than anything…i need to find out teh wiring schematics of the speakers…all speakers work except what they cut behind the OEM wiring harness…i spliced and connected (straight wired the wires) so the kenwood harness and that rear right speaker isnt working. i’m also having a time to get the deck to stream music via bluetooth. anyone have any ideas about the color coding for the wiring on the speakers and any ideas about teh bluetooth streaming? i’ve got it to where i can hear phone calls etc come through, but i cant stream music, which is the main reason i got it.
obviously i have my wiring right, the speaker still isnt playing i guess i’m going to try another speaker in there to see what it does and hope it plays, if not, i really dont feel like pulling out the deck to reinspect the wiring, but everything was snug and correctly connected…
is the OEM stereo connecter some sort of insulator or something? because right now i have the brown/white (negative) and red/yellow (positive) straight wired to the purple (positive) and purple w/ black stripe (negative)
I just got done re doing my stereo harness cause the plug was messed up and had to wire a new one in. Feel for you there it is a total pain in the butt to do.
yea its looking like i might have to find one to wire in.
so i found out today after all the work that i did and all the ‘clean up wiring’ that i did, my dash lights now dont work. my a/c climate control lights didnt work, which i was planning to fix, but now i have to figure out wtf is going on!! i really hope its a blown fuse, but i’m doubting it.
well i tore back down my center console again today got my dash light back working again and stopped the short that kept blowing my fuses (had a couple wires connected that wasnt supposed to be) found out that on the 90 and older model hondas, the cigarette lighter was always ‘hot’ so with that said, pretty much got everything fixed…
BUT!!! does anyone have a how to to take off the dash…i need to replace teh bulbs in my climate control as they are blown
going to pick up some fat fives this weekend, maybe a spare wheel as well, and maybe some one piece headlights. an alarm is definitely in the plans to get as well. something cheap that will at least alert someone if its broken into/trying to get stolen
did some work this weekend…went and got the tires removed…started wet sanding (started at 800 grit since i didnt feel like going back to the parts store to get 400 grit) and taped up the wheels to paint the inserts…have to get another can of paint so i can finish it up today, and i guess ill finish wet sanding this week. it should be done by the end of this week.
wheels are looking good, thell look a lot better if you keep going and wet sand them with some 2000 grit paper and then some machine polish to make them really shine.
yea i’m finishing up w/ 2000 grit hopefully tonight when i get home from work, was mentioned about using some compound…so i might do that before i do the mothers polish i have. i need to do some research on clearing polished wheels to see if anyone is doing it. thanks man
2000 grit wet sanded, ready to get compounded and mothers polished…hopefully itll all be done tomorrow
yes, i didnt go all the way down to 320 grit etc to get the gouges on the lips out because i didnt deem it necessary to go through all of that, this is currently my beater and i dont plan for this car to be a show queen or the like, just wanted a cleaner look than the rattle canned hubcaps thats on there now. but all in all i’m absolutely happy w/ the results thus far, that 2000 grit did work on these wheels
keep up the good work man!
