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  1. postal21

    Starter Problem

    Hey, just looking for some advice on my 97 civics starter problem. Background: Car is manual with a remote start. Essentially the clutch is "bypassed" by having the starter output from my remote start wired into positive input of the clutch relay switch. (I kinda halfassed this when I...


  2. postal21

    Clutch fail... well sorta.

    Okay, its time to play the game: Diagnose what part of my clutch is failing or has failed! Basically here's how it goes: - Clutch pedal is much looser than it should be, pressing down there is not much pressure anymore. - When I start my car, the pedal tends to almost stay pressed in, and...
  3. postal21

    Bad Gas Mileage...

    Okay, so my car has been getting bad gas mileage for awhile... I used to get around 30mpg, nowadays Im lucky to get in the low 20s... Ive had a tune-up and timing belt changed recently and the problem still persists. How much can my car being out of alignment and my front left strut being...
  4. postal21

    Trunk Leak...

    Anyone have any advice as to dealing with and/or locating a trunk leak? My civics leaking badly when it rains but I cant seem to figure out where from. Its gotten bad that it starts to seep down through the trunk into the backseats so that they become wet! gayness.
  5. postal21

    Crazy Climate Control - seriously wtf?

    Ok, so Im bored this morning, thought I'd share the screwed up story of my Climate Control... So check this out, my climate control has done this for the last 2-3 seasons and it confuses the hell out of me. It is now SUMMER, so i want AC, well, my climate control is stuck at about this...
  6. postal21

    CV boot torn...

    Hey, since my front right CV boot is torn how long do I have before that bearing will seize up and perma-destroy my axle? Im saving extra cash to get this fixed asap... Will I have to just get a new CV joint? or am I going to have to get a new axle and joint or whatever? oh and btw my left is...
  7. postal21

    Stupid SRS light..

    Hey, what causes my SRS light to keep going back on? It was on for a long ass time, I finally had the dealership look at my car and they turned it off for me... Well about 2 weeks later I tried to use my turn signal to turn right, it didnt activate the turn signal. I was like, uh wtf I...
  8. postal21

    Alignment woes...

    k, I went and got some new tires to hold me for the winter the other day. The tire are pretty cheap crap, but im just dealing with them so I can drive in the snow and not crash... Anyways, the guy at the discount tire store told me that they didnt do alignments, and that since my car is lowered...
  9. postal21

    Scrapping Old Tires

    Hey, Ive got my steelies and some really shitty tires to get rid of... Whats the common way of getting rid of these tires and rims? (besides just dumping them somewhere) Im sure some of you kids have had to throw some tires away... just take it to like a county dump? o_O
  10. postal21

    Black Housing wiring harness

    Hey, I took my projectors out today when I got my back housing headlights. Problem is, they didnt come with a bulb or the harness to plug into my car. Im assuming I was supposed to take the harness or whatever it was from my old headlights and put it on these... But I dont have my...


  11. postal21

    Backed into today...

    Yeah so, some idiot backed his car into mine at a parking lot today... Damage was fairly minimal, just scratched up my rear bumper and what looks like popped out the side of the bumper a bit, pretty much just picky damage. None the less the bumper is now nice and wobbley. So, to the point...
  12. postal21

    Importing JDM-cars

    So... Has anyone ever thought about doing this? I was just sitting around looking on the internet about how cheap some of the Type-R cars are, but I know the fact that getting them here and "legalizing" them would cost a small fortune. Just kind of throwing it out there as a really cool thing...
  13. postal21

    crappy m3 mirrors.

    Just wanted to post that you shouldnt ever buy M3 mirrors for your civic. For the JDM-enthusiast its not CTR or spoon... and well, I figured when I Got them 2 years ago they would be nice because they were more expensive... not true, definetly rusted up on the inside and the other day the...
  14. postal21

    Will a 99-00 lip fit my 96-98 car or vise versa?

    HEY I JUST HAD THIS GREAT IDEA FOR A QUESTION. Will a 99-00 lip fit onto a 96-98 car? I searched all over and couldnt find an answer to this question! discuss.
  15. postal21

    Weird Dash lighting.

    Hey, wondering if anyone gets this weird problem I have. Sometimes when I start my car at night, and turn on my lights the AC-cluster near the AC-controls doesnt light up on a side. Like either the right or the left doesnt light up so I can only see maybe half of my AC-controls. My current...
  16. postal21

    Right Hand Drive Teggy

    Yeah, so I saw this right-hand-drive teg at the theater tonight... was a cool dark-blue color... only peaked at it as I walked by... but the paint looked damn nice. Then I saw it was right-hand drive... I was excited... I wonder what SOB is driving that? I bet he hides on clubintegra.com :)
  17. postal21

    Yeah, so I clayed my car today...

    ... and that s**t is amazing! Anyone who has never clayed their car... do it. now.. seriously lol. That stuff get so much excess dirt/grime/spots/whatevers off your paint, its not even funny. You start to think those are just always going to be part of your finish... wow how wrong I was...
  18. postal21

    Installing suspension...

    Hey, how hard would it be for me to put my kyb-agx with these tein s-techs on my car? I dont want to pay an exborbent ammount to a shop to put them on if I can probably figure it out myself. I was checking the "DIY" thats featured and it doesnt seem to hard, Ive personally never done anything...
  19. postal21

    jdm ctr lip urethane?

    Anyone know if they make these in polyurethane? as seen here: http://www.robearracing.com/pd_abs_dynamics_jdm_tr.cfm Id love to have this lip, but im afraid if its ABS plastic its going to just break... bye bye 100 bucks.
  20. postal21

    Timing Belt change time :D

    Time to change the timing-belt and waterpump before I spend money on my shocks and rims... You guys figure its cheaper for me to get these parts online then have the mechanic put them on? Im at 101,000 miles, So im assuming they are pretty "shot" my engine has been a lot louder as of...
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