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  1. What did you do to your Civic today? (II)

    I went to winter wheels today. After last year's freak snowstorm, I'm not going to let myself be caught without winter tires, again. I'm coming from a WRX to a Civic, so a little of that seeped into my wheel choice for winter.
  2. Fair price on 2020 hatchback EX-L in Hawaii

    Actually, now that you bring it up, I think I put dealer fees and options in that +tax. $27,900+7% NJ Sales tax would be $29,853. In NJ it costs $95 to register and put plates on a new car (so now ~$29,950). I know the dealer had a document fee and some form of car prep fee that probably all...
  3. Looking for alignment shop on long island

    There probably is one closer to you, but if you are still unable to find anything: EuroTire in NNJ (Totowa) does alignments to spec on modified suspensions. I've gotten my lightly lowered previous cars aligned there a bunch of times, and they have prices out for more aggressive suspension...
  4. Are Type R front strut bars compatible with non-Type R hatchbacks?

    My research says the answer is: "Yes", but I don't have first hand knowledge of it. From what I could gather the Type R bar is bent differently to route around a part of the Type R's engine, but would fit on the other hatchbacks as they have a smaller engine that will not interfere. It would be...
  5. 2020 suspension

    Ah, my mistake. That doesn't exist in the Hatchback (at least not on the CVT version). It is the "Econ" mode button in that spot, AKA the fun-killer mode that doesn't save that much gas.
  6. Fair price on 2020 hatchback EX-L in Hawaii

    I am in NJ, and I bought a 2020 Hatch Sport Touring at $27,900+Tax (~$32K after tax). I tried to push them down further, but just below the official Honda MSRP ($28,050) was where the agreement finally settled. Edit: I should also add that their starting price (pre-tax) was listed at $29,780.
  7. 2020 suspension

    I have a 2020 Hatch Sport Touring, but I didn't notice anything different in sport mode*. I was just trying to confirm I'm not deaf. *Beyond the better throttle response curve and the CVT holding the revs in the power band.
  8. 2020 suspension

    Is that fake engine noise only on the Si, or is it something on all the 2020's?
  9. Rally Armor Mudflaps on lowered hatch

    Rally Armor Flaps go down around 3 (maybe 4) inches from the bottom of the body. You can adjust them slightly, but that's the height that they settle into best, from what I found.
  10. What did you drive before your 10th Gen Civic?

    In order of purchase, here's my car history: 2002 Hyundai Accent : It's hard to believe I became interested in cars after driving this as a first car. It's harder still to believe I survived to buy a second car. 2001 Subaru Impreza RS Coupe : It was a great car, but too heavy for its 160bhp...
  11. Rear Sway bar for Hatchback Sport

    My understanding is that endlinks are a good upgrade on an upgraded bar, but are optional. If you massively increase the stiffness of the bar, you will notice it more than smaller upgrades. Not upgrading the endlinks won't be the end of the world, but there may be some more deflection in the bar...
  12. What did you do to your Civic today? (II)

    I think that's because the car is exceptionally shiny. I have no idea what voodoo the dealer/Honda did to make the car look so glossy, but it looks great.
  13. What did you do to your Civic today? (II)

    I'm not using the OEM ones, just the RA's. They've always been good protection for the cars I've used them on before. That said, the mountings for the RA's for the Civic are a little flimsier than the ones I've installed on my previous cars (a pair of Subarus). I'm hoping that the rear brackets...
  14. What did you do to your Civic today? (II)

    Mine is a 2020, and the OEM splash guards are a $105 option uninstalled. I've never found the OEM ones to be very good at actually stopping gravel and stones kicked up by the wheels on other cars I've owned.
  15. What did you do to your Civic today? (II)

    Have had the car a week, and decided to add mud flaps before any damage befalls the car. There's too much junk on the roads around here.
  16. Do tires really have to be rotated?

    The reason why you rotate tires is so that the wear patterns suffered by the front tires don't wear them out much more quickly than the rear tires (All you are doing is taking the wheels from the front and putting them on the back, after all). Without rotating tires, the front tires will wear...


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