Mel's 2000 Civic Si

[theholycow]

As a Honda certified used car mine is still under a warranty. I wonder if that would be voided if I put one in.

I'm not sure how it applies to extended warranties, but the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act says that it cannot. The worst allowed is to deny a warranty claim when they can prove that the failure was caused by your modification. The rest of the vehicle is still covered. Don't tell me you paid Honda prices without expecting the engine to outlast the warranty!

In the real world it's not so clean; dealers will balk and refuse and blacklist your engine and anything they think they can fool you into accepting. I don't understand why, since they get paid for it, except if they think they'll get denied payment. In extreme situations a threat of legal action, or some actual legal action, may be necessary to enforce the Magnuson Moss act.

So, when it's all said and done, you gotta pay to play; modifying your warrantied car is risky business, though not as risky as some people think.

I'd say go ahead and put on the intake if it will make you happy, although I'm pretty skeptical that an intake upgrade is useful on a stock engine unless you believe Honda's engineers were incompetent.

[FDSpirit]

Pretty sure you're right. Unless you royally screw up the install, you should be fine.

[FDSpirit]

Took a few interior photos. I can't remember if this was because of the flash, or if the sun has actually been mean to my seats.


Gotta replace that armrest. It's beat to all hell.

Teh Bleche White in action:

[gburn]

Thanks, Potownrob and FDSpirit.

[potownrob]

damn mel, i want your car NAO!! the interior is driving me insane with si fever for some reason...must be the shift knob...are those prelude rims??

[FDSpirit]

Nope. Those are stock Si wheels.

[potownrob]

Nope. Those are stock Si wheels.

epic wheel identification skill fail

[FDSpirit]

. They do look similar, but I think the Prelude has 5 spokes. Mine has 7 and are a bit wider.

[vedran]

. They do look similar, but I think the Prelude has 5 spokes.

I think Rob was thinking about the 4th gen 'Lude wheels:





BTW, sweet car! Looks like it's in great condition. I don't think I've ever seen that generation Si without any rice-tastic mods.

[eggwich delfiero]

^I love those Preludes, they just look dope. I really like the Accord coupes from around 2000 or so when they were hecka wedgy.

Thas wuz good, son.

And Mel, your car is one armrest and one driver's side floor mat away from being maaad tite. I like it.

Edit: did these Accords come with stick? I'm scare to google it.

[vedran]

^I love those Preludes, they just look dope. I really like the Accord coupes from around 2000 or so when they were hecka wedgy.
did these Accords come with stick? I'm scare to google it.

Unfortunately, only the 4cyl F23 came in manual. The V6 J30 was auto-only, but I think the gearbox from the Acura CL-S 6-speed will fit.

[eggwich delfiero]

Thanks dude. Can I now say "I like the F23 Accord coupes" and sound cool, or is adding on the coupe part redundant? (Again, scare to google.) Rear end reminds me of a civilized NSX.

[FDSpirit]

^I love those Preludes, they just look dope. I really like the Accord coupes from around 2000 or so when they were hecka wedgy.

Thas wuz good, son.

And Mel, your car is one armrest and one driver's side floor mat away from being maaad tite. I like it.

Edit: did these Accords come with stick? I'm scare to google it.

. Yeah. The mat and armrest are pretty worn. The former is actually pretty nice since I pivot that way most of the time with the throttle pedal. The worn area with the clutch pedal though bothers me since my heel isn't on the floor.
That Accord is nice. Most of the Accord coupes are, IMO.
This is my personal favorite:

I couldn't find the one with the LED bulbs. I think they're the same gen though.

[FDSpirit]

Okay. A few things.
As many of you know, my sway bar links are fubar. Well, we got one of those mother f'ers off, but ran out of cutting discs. Stopping by HF this weekend to finish the job. I'll show you guys how bad the old ones were. The rust had seized them onto the lower control arms and the sway bar badly. So bad not even PB Blaster worked. I let that stuff soak for hours and still nothing.
Also got a new climate control switch coming in the mail this week . Now I shall have lower heat settings. . Last but not least, winter tires are probably gonna go on in the next few weeks. Although with the snow we just had, my current ones worked pretty nicely.