Recent content by 98civicsedan

Using spherical bearings on suspension pieces is a major upgrade from the stock rubber bushings. Although, they have no vibration dampening so you will feel vibrations much more. Your handling and steering feel will increase. There are very good companies that make high quality spherical...

Tires are probably cupped, in that case you need new struts and tires

You can't do an alignment correctly yourself. thats what the big computer is for and those shiny things that bolt to your wheels that go with the computer

all you need to press in/out a ball joint are two impact sockets and a table vice I did it on my civic w/o any problems

Kumho's suck ass. I just replaced my kumho ecsta 711s with a sent of continental conti-extreme (something like that) 215/40ZR17 they are cheaper, quieter, and i think i get better traction plus they are ZR rubber

what kind of car do you have? I lowered my civic and I had to get adjustable compensator arms in the rear and adjustable upper control arms in the front to keep from having bad negative camber.

How do +1 rims make your car ride harder? If anything its the low-pro tires. I'd get new 16s but a little wider tire, like a 215 or 220

Just remember that after you charge the capacitor, DO NOT TOUCH BOTH LEADS AT ONCE. If you do, someone will be waking you up later and the cap will be oozing liquid out of both ends.

Get a DEI www.directed.com. they make viper, python, clifford and many others. I personally would suggest a viper keyless entry. it's a little more expensive but it is worth it.

The 96-2000 civic keyless entry (they don't have a true alarm) runs through the storck radio. I would just goto your local stereo shop and have them install a basic keyless entry/security system

ALWAYS test your wires with a volt meter. ALWAYS put a butt connector( or some type of cover) on illumination/dimmer wires, if these wires touch ground you can short out your dimmerswitch, illumination lighting and a lot of other expensive shit. Just goto your local stereo shop, they can get...

Fosgate SUCKS ASS, they are cheap shit. The only two worthy brands out there are alpine and JL.

Get a steering wheel puller, and be very carefull with the airbags, they hurt very bad

Unplug the battery and wait about ten minutes. The SRS circuits have caps in them so in the event of a crash there is still some power to the airbags even if the battery is smashed.

DO NOT USE A SCREWDRIVER TO POP THE CLIPS ON THE BACK OF THE PANEL AWAY FROM THE INNER DOOR SKIN. You will break everyone and probably put stress marks in you plastic. Craftsman, Snap-on, Crap-I mean MAC- Tools all make 'Panel Poppers' It is basically a two pronged fork for the exact thing you...