Upgrading and Customizing the Honda Civic By Terry Brown

The Honda Civic is one of the most popular and successful car models in the world. Many people regard the Civic as a good value for money, offering a combination of excellent performance, fuel economy, reliability and a good number of standard features. The Civic appeals to many people, from college students to elderly professionals because of its flexibility, dependability, and excellent performance. Because of the popularity of the Civic, it is relatively easier and cheaper to customize or upgrade this car due to the wide availability of Honda parts and accessories. Most Honda Civic owners are happy and content with their cars. On the other hand, many Civic owners would not mind a few alterations, either cosmetic or in the engine, to enhance either the performance or the look of their vehicles. There is a huge variety of options when it comes to enhancing the Honda Civic's performance or appearance.

If you want to upgrade, modify or customize your Honda Civic, you will find that there are many ways to do so. The three main reasons that Civic owners upgrade their cars are performance, looks and style. In terms of style and looks, you can transform your Honda Civic from a car that looks similar to thousands of other Civics on the road to one that could look like a completely different model. You can achieve this by installing performance body kits to your Civic. Body kits are accessories, such as bumpers, side skirts, and rear valance that you add on to your Civic to create a more muscled, aggressive look. Performance body kits give the Civic the look of a racecar. The drawback of performance body kits is that they can be very costly. However, body kits are merely cosmetic alterations. If you want your Civic to look good on the outside, then you must also want your car to perform as well as it looks. Interior modifications include everything from engine upgrades to audio systems.

Nevertheless, if you are on a tight budget, you can still achieve a fresher and more updated look for your Honda Civic without spending too much. There are inexpensive Honda Accessories you can use to create a more personalized look for your car. A new Honda Civic Bumpers, either chrome or monochromatic, can certainly give your car a sharper facade. You can even add in a new Honda Spoiler for a sportier look. One of the best ways to customize subtly the way your car looks is by installing Honda Hubcaps or wheel covers. With the wide variety of designs and styles available, you can surely find the perfect set for that perfect look you envision for your car.

Honda Accessories are available in various auto parts dealers all over the country, However, there is an easy and convenient way to shop for Honda accessories and other Honda Parts without having to pay a visit to your auto dealer across town. Online auto parts stores now offer a huge array of Honda auto parts and Honda accessories. They offer everything from Honda A/C condensers to Honda wheels. They also offer essential auto parts such as Honda headlights, Honda fuel tanks, Honda Radiators, Honda grilles, Honda hoods and many other Honda parts.

It is better to shop for auto parts from a company that knows its business thoroughly and is a known expert in the field. Inner Auto Parts is a renowned source of useful and relevant automotive information. They offer a comprehensive resource of everything about the automobile – the systems, its history, and other relevant topics. The good news is that Inner Auto Parts now has an auto parts store offering high quality Honda parts and accessories. Now you can easily find the high quality affordable Honda accessories you need to customize or upgrade your Honda Civic.

Terry Brown is a 32 year old from Houston Texas, and an enthusiast for anything auto related. He is currently employed as a market analyst by one of the top car parts company in the area. His automotive articles provide valuable source of information for auto enthusiasts like him as well as to those in need of automotive research.

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Honda Body Kits - Pimp My Ride By Matt Bredel

For those people who are driving Honda cars, there are many ways in which you can make your car cooler. One of which is getting your car a Honda body kit. With Honda body kits, you can easily turn the boring and the common to something that epitomizes your personality and symbolizes your creativity. Keep in mind that one of the most important things you have to consider in redesigning or restyling your car is the paint job that will be done.

Once you have started looking for a Honda body kit that will perfectly fit your car, there are several body kits you will encounter. Such kits will most likely include: spoilers, ground effects, air ducts and many more. It is advisable that before you go ahead any buy a body kit, make sure that you've already compared the prices of each and every store selling these kits. Doing this can help you save money and buy the most affordable and quality body kits.

To make it easier for Honda owners to choose the right accessories and the perfect body kits for their cars, Honda body kits are categorized and readily available according to the year a Honda vehicle was made. This means that if you want to dress your vehicle with a particular Honda body kit of a particular year, you will easily find this kit without going through an a disorganized search. Furthermore, if however, you have seen the body kit you are searching for and are not satisfied with its looks, you can always try to combine universal body kit parts with the Honda body kits you want to buy.

The fact that Honda body kits can be matched with universal body kit parts, give customers or Honda car owners an unlimited room for creativity to enhance their cars however they want to. Honda body kits allow its customers to personalize and beautify the look of their cars, spending only a small amount of money, compared to buying a new car.

If you are having a hard time looking for samples of Honda body kits, you can just browse the internet and look for sites like I love body kits which has a huge collection of body kits for different car brands. From these local websites, you will gain an idea how much you should be shelling out and what designs are most attractive to you.

To give an example of the various Honda body kits you can see and purchase online, you should take note what should be installed for a Honda vehicle like that of a Honda Civic. A Honda Civic body kits should include: Avenger body kits, Bigmouth body kits, and Xenon body kits. While these parts are only made for Honda Civic, some body kits are readily available for each car model.

Who said pimping your ride is hard and can be only done in MTVs? Now, that you have read this, you know that body kits and a few help from your trusted people can do the trick.

You may go to i love body kits for the most affordable and latest designs of body kits.

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Honda Civic - It's an Attractive and Comfortable Car, Bags of Fun to Drive

The Honda Civic is a radically designed family hatchback which is built by one of the world's most technologically innovative car makers. Despite this, Honda has a reputation for conservatism as its cars have traditionally appealed to older buyers, largely because the exterior design has typically been rather unadventurous. Not here though, as the Civic combines cutting-edge interior and exterior design with some great engines, excellent reliability and superb practicality. This latter point is largely down to a carrying capacity that's much better than most key rivals, but the car's popularity is also helped by the generous equipment levels.

It's an attractive and comfortable car, bags of fun to drive, and it's British-built. What more could you want? 
Honda should be applauded for avoiding the temptation to tone down the Civic from their earlier concept designs.

The triangular foglights and exhausts, visor-like headlamps and racy, squat forward profile are all present and correct and give it a dramatic, purposeful poise. 
Why should buyers of small cars like this be spared such vanities as folding mirrors, or stealthed rear door handles, which make the five door car look like a coupe?

HONDA CIVIC - Did you know?

• The Civic accounts for around a third of Honda's global sales, with the car having been produced in 11 countries and sold in 160.
• When launched, the Civic had by far the biggest boot of any car in its class. Whereas the typical capacity was around 320 litres, the Civic could accommodate 485 litres
• While most petrol engines feature just one spark plug for each cylinder, the Civic 1.4 I-DSi powerplant features a pair of plugs for each cylinder
• When unveiled, the eighth-generation Civic was awarded the highest ever pedestrian safety rating by EuroNCAP

Honda Civic - TYPES

• Sep 2005: The eighth-generation Civic reached showrooms, with a choice of three engines. The entry-level car featured a 1.4-litre petrol engine (badged 1.4-DSI), while there was also a 1.8-VTEC unit. Diesel fans could opt for Honda's excellent all-alloy 2.2-iCDTi unit.
• Jan 2006: A new Civic IMA hybrid saloon was offered, but it didn't feature the radical five-door hatch styling, even if the technology was more cutting-edge.
• Jan 2007: A three-door Civic was introduced, in the shape of the Type S, which is fitted with a choice of 1.8 petrol or 2.2-litre diesel powerplants. There was also a high-spec edition introduced, called the GT.
• Mar 2007: The Honda Civic Type R went on sale, using the same three-door bodyshell as the Type S, but with Honda's fabulous, high-revving 2-litre VTEC petrol engine to give 198bhp. Once again, there was also a high-spec GT derivative offered.

Find more about Honda Type R at Honda Cars Hub

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Honda i-VTEC engine save the fuel

Technology used in Honda's i-VTEC engine to save fuel

The new Honda City is a very well developed with technical precision and a number of innovative technologies car. The car has withstood difficult to compete with larger sedans in the Indian car market with Maruti Suzuki SX4.

The award-winning features of the new Honda City are the advanced i-VTEC engine, brilliant style and Security Feature Pack upscale. The intelligent VTEC engine was developed by a team of skilled and talented engineers to meet the growing demand for high energy efficiency. In response to the demand, the engineers tweaked every component of the car's engine so that it can produce maximum power and unmatched cars. With the success of the technology offers VTEC engine of excellence in all areas of the automotive industry.

The main reason for the new Honda City has market revolution of the automobile is a powerful and highly efficient i-VTEC engine. Each component of the engine is to achieve leading fuel economy class.

Some of the technology has to have the i-VTEC engine Honda economical:

Patterned Piston Coating

The best way to improve fuel economy is to reduce the friction. This can be done by modifying the engine components. Honda engineers done by changing the configuration of the surface of the coating flask. Piston Coating grounds, the friction decreases further improved fuel efficiency.

Auto tensioner with belt drive

Car automatically clamps the opening and closing of the intake valves and the exhaust gas of the engine. When equipped with the drive belt, it helps to control the tension of belt relative to the speed of evolution. Honda engineers equipped auto tensioner with the auxiliary drive belt connected to the crankshaft and the camshaft. The voltage associated with the drive belt and absorbs all voltage variations may help to reduce fuel consumption.

Plastic coating

Energy can also be the total weight of the vehicle is reduced to be improved. If the weight of the car is the engine need more power to get the car and if the weight is reduced, comparatively less energy is needed to pull the car. Honda engineers have also applied the same principle and reduced engine weight. They used plastic covers instead of aluminum lid of the car engine cover. Plastic cover of the engine reduced engine weight of about 1 kg, which reduces the overall weight of the car and increasing energy efficiency.

The way of VTEC engine work

How VTEC engine work??

VTEC is a short name for Variable Valve Timing and lift Electronic Control introduced by Honda to improve the volumetric efficiency of the engine, and the VTEC system is a variable valve timing system is the first commercially used in the automotive industry. VTEC system was invented by Honda R & D engineers, Ikuo Kajitani. Here I'll tell you a little about this VTEC engine.

In an engine, cam not only determines the size of the valve opening, but also determine the timing and duration of input / output. When increasing engine speed, the inlet air-fuel mixture as well as the exhaust gas output is becoming increasingly limited. However, the fixed size of the valve opening to prevent more air-fuel mixture to enter during high speed, thus limiting the maximum power of the engine. Thus, the variable valve timing system was created to allow for more air-fuel mixture into the combustion chamber during high engine speeds, thereby increasing engine power.


Types of VTEC system in Honda


Conventional VTEC (SOHC and DOHC)

The most basic VTEC system is DOHC VTEC. In this system, the VTEC system controls the opening timing and valve for both inlet and exhaust valves. Each has 2 cam camshaft per cylinder - small aperture cam and cam large aperture. During low speed, small aperture cam used by default for fuel savings. During a high-speed, electronic solenoid open oil route to large aperture cam locking pins and locking pin cam oil pressure large aperture. As a result, large aperture cam used for maximum power. When the engine speed back down, the solenoid is switched off and the locking pin is released, causing a small aperture cam used again.

For SOHC VTEC, the mechanism used is the same but the single camshaft can only control the timing and inlet valve opening only.


VTEC-E

VTEC-E works in a different way, if the conventional VTEC is used to increase the power of the engine, VTEC-E is designed for maximum fuel economy. In the VTEC-E system, only one inlet valve that opens by default on low speed for maximum fuel economy. At high speed, oil pressure pushes the locking pin to lock the second inlet valve, allowing both inlet valve used.


3 Stage VTEC

3 Stage VTEC combines both VTEC-E technology and conventional VTEC. At low speeds, only one inlet valve opened by default. First locking pin to lock the second inlet valve during moderate engine speeds while the second locking pin is moved to allow large aperture cam used at high speeds. With this, the engine uses 3 Stage VTEC benefit of both fuel economy and increased engine power.


i-VTEC

i-VTEC engine that combines technologies used by pemfasaan cam variable valve timing system to another with VTEC technology in place to reduce the "shock force" during VTEC mechanism works.


VTEC in motorcycles

Besides the engine, Honda's VTEC technology also used on some motorcycle models. It was first used on Honda motorcycles CBR400F Super Four HYPER VTEC, and so on motorcycle Honda VFR800.

Best price car of Honda in Malaysia

Good car to buy now is Honda Jazz!!

Good news for those who want to buy a new car. Honda Malaysia has the Honda Jazz for as low as RM74, 800 was launched. The price is the OTR including insurance. Price Honda Jazz, which was imported CBU from Thailand RM99, 800

The engine is produced (at 4,800 rpm) is the same as the previous generation 1.5-liter 16-valve SOHC i-VTEC engine, the 120 hp (at 6,600 rpm) and 146 Nm of maximum torque. It was generated by the transmission 5-speed automatic.

Other features of the Honda Civic is CKD cloth seats, tilt

Equipment wise, gets the jazz CKD things like ultra famous squares, blue cloth seats in black / steering wheel can be changed, there are electric mirrors, radio connectivity with USB / AUX, rear lights LED fog lamps and 15-inch alloy wheels with tires in size 175 / 65th Features that are imported into standard models from Thailand all in this model except automatic door locking CKD.

Available in four colors - white taffeta, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Sparkling Brown Metallic and Crystal Black Pearl. Honda Jazz CKD purchase also comes with a warranty of three years or 100.00 km, and as a bonus, customers can choose to extend an additional 6 months warranty free service package or 10,000 miles.

With only one month in the amount of RM775 if take loans from 90% to 9 years, are the target of CKD Honda Jazz petrol buyers those who have just started working.

Facts that you need to know about Honda Civic

History about manufactures of Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a car model that was produced by Honda. Honda Civic with the Honda Accord and Honda Prelude was sold in North America until the 1990s. The Honda Civic has become larger and more luxurious than the new generation of change.

In July 1972, Honda introduced the model 2-door Civic. Then it was followed by three doors in September. First Honda Civic is equipped with an engine capacity of 1169 cc. In addition, the Honda Civic is first so equipped with an AM radio, heater, windshield wipers with two speeds and more. The Honda Civic is growing and is known for its performance and quality, especially in Civic Type-R model, the Civic VTi, Civic GTi and Civic SiR.

The Honda Civic was in Japanese dealership Honda Primo began in 1985, dedicated until 2006. A total of 16.5 million Honda Civic was sold worldwide in 2006, 7.3 million of them are buyers who live in the United States. The Honda Civic is sold in Canada in 14 years in the year 2012 car. However, the Honda Civic was the best-selling model in the United States was initially replaced by Ford because of high gas prices and a weak economy in June 2008.

But in recent years many customers, minivans and compact cars like the Honda Fit have changed. However, the production of Honda Civic Hybrid will remain a continuous export market.