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Does the Insight EGR have tight turns like the Civic does? That doesn't seem effective!
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Tight turns? Like the bolts? The upper 3 were easy to get off, the lower two required disconnecting a couple hoses.
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08-09-2020, 01:37 AM
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My Civic EGR had a number of 90- and 180° turns, which seemed to have more carbon than the rest.
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Somewhat, yes, but comparatively there wasn't much build up there. I just used a wire brush in one hand and a vacuum extension in the other to catch the buildup before it fell anywhere. Most of the carbon was in the plate itself, it was pretty much caked full.
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Gearing up to head back to university in a little over a week. Changed the oil and polished the headlights today.
Turns out that one of the 2 chips on the driver's side LED went out, so I'm looking into their warranty and will probably switch to HIDs using a plug-n-play kit from the DDMTuners site ( https://ddmtuning.com/DDM-HID-Kit-Sl...ast-35W-or-55W). Debating between 4300K and 5000K for color. If I end up doing this I'll be aiming the headlights a bit lower until I can install projectors this winter or spring.
Black vinyl wrap comes tomorrow or Friday so i can redo my mirror deletes and grille block. The full lower grille block makes the engine get a little warm in the WV/VA mountains if the temp is >85 *F, so I'll reduce it down to about 80%.
I want to get the bumper repainted but I'm waiting until I move off of a dirt road, as I will be extremely OCD about any chips after it's repainted.
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Looking good! Have a great day! 
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I installed the DDM kit on my 98 Civic maybe 9 years ago. Still works great.
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I installed the DDM kit on my 98 Civic maybe 9 years ago. Still works great.
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Did you go with the 4300K or 5000K bulbs? Wasn't too big of a fan of the 6000K LEDs but the only other color option for those was 3000K..
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08-19-2020, 07:39 AM
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Did you go with the 4300K or 5000K bulbs? Wasn't too big of a fan of the 6000K LEDs but the only other color option for those was 3000K..
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I used 4300k in my car for years and thought they were just about the right color. |
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Did you go with the 4300K or 5000K bulbs? Wasn't too big of a fan of the 6000K LEDs but the only other color option for those was 3000K..
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TBH, I can't remember. Whatever would have most conformed to the look of the 1998 Halogens in the fixtures... 2700K? 3000K?
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TBH, I can't remember. Whatever would have most conformed to the look of the 1998 Halogens in the fixtures... 2700K? 3000K?
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Probably 4300K then, I'm guessing. 3000K is yellow, 4300K is off white, 5000k is white, 6000k is white with a hint of blue.
$60 + $20 shipping is steep but not too bad compared to other quality HID kits, but if LED headlights are just going to crap out on me then I might as well go HID since I can't see crap with halogens on the Insight even with clean housings.
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