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1. go to Crutchfield.com --> http://www.crutchfield.com/m_266150/Car-Stereos.html 2. enter your search parameters; how much you want to spend, single or double DIN, Bluetooth or no, preferred brands, etc. 3. once you've narrowed down the list, make sure your preferred units have high-pass...

I'm just an audio Philistine, I only wanted something better than the Mach 460 that I could plug my iPod in to and that would connect to as much of the existing stuff as possible and not cost a bundle; it's a 14 year old car with 140k, not going to sink a fortune in to it (although I did drop 4...

Those are projector lights with LED halos, not LED headlights (which, by the way, exist. Check superbright LEDs for some examples, but you'll have to figure out what fits, and you'll possibly have law enforcement issues as well). Personally, I think the halos look more than a little crappy but...

good! sounds like maybe way too much negative camber, then, as well as toe being off. Some yahoos do this on purpose thinking it somehow looks good on their Civic, complements the fartcan muffler nicely, but if they had to re-drill for your upper mounts, it could just be tolerance stacking or...

Good deal! Cheap fix. I had much the same feeling after getting the toe set right. Your Caster/Camber must have been way out of whack. I'd be curious to know the before/after numbers.

you know, unless you have caster/camber plates, the only adjustment available to you is toe, which has a tremendous effect on steering. Caster/camber, not so much anyway unless they're way out of whack. Toe is easy to set yourself with a couple of boards and a carpenter's square. Here's one...

not to question the wisdom of installing superior suspension parts, always a good idea, but can we assume the alignment is on the money? I come from the Miata world, (which is full of pompous know-it-alls, I don't wanna be one of them) and they are incredibly sensitive to alignment. The cars, I...

I bought a top from TopsOnLine a couple of years ago for another car. It was a 2-day job, with plenty of breaks and goofing off, not a lot of hard labor, but a lot of fiddling. I'm going to do another one in a month or so. If you're not into spending time tweaking and fine-tuning, it might not...

do you get the same result when you bang on the door panel, rather than the actual button? if so, it could well be the motor on the window regulator. A whole new regulator is about $60 from Amazon, easy install. If it only works when you whack the button, not the door panel, you could be looking...

here's a thought. buy/borrow/something an infrared thermometer (harbor freight has them on sale right now, I think) and look for very hot or very cold things in the AC system. it might give you a clue. Plus, the thermometers are dynamite for checking for a dragging brake, some cooking stuff....

NAPA lists a remanufactured compressor with clutch for $202, new house-brand for less than $250, here on the Big Island, so you should be able to beat that. I'd go with that, get somebody competent (apparently, not the guys you've been talking to) to evacuate the system, swap the part, and...

So cooling the compressor brought it back to life? anything else getting hot? was the compressor noticeably hot when you watered it down? When the system was re-charged, did they add any compressor oil? I'm wondering if the compressor is lacking lube and overheating. It does sound like you're...

you mean the clutch coil on the compressor, right? which from the sounds of it, was OK to start with. And by cycle switch, you mean what? It sounds offhand like the evaporator is freezing up, although long distance diagnoses are tough. One possibility is moisture in the system freezing in the...

This thread has been super helpful. I got a Pioneer HU from Crutchfield, included 12-5v converter (a resistor; whoopee!), correct harness, and mounting hardware, but CF didn't really cover the parts about needing high-pass for the 4 speakers driven by the HU and low-pass for the rear amps. These...

"there are so many after market wires I don't know what goes to what" there's a good place to start trouble shooting..... what else is taking power from the cigar lighter circuit? that's a common and easy place to pick up accessory power for stuff like amps and equalizers, and light for...

so you get a fast clicking sound when you turn the key, right? but everything electrical works? you're in Alaska and it's winter, and cold. you noticed that. Could be you have a marginal battery and it's just now decided to crap out on you; fast clicking sounds like solenoid bouncing because not...

go back and look at the last things you did, triple check them. If it ran fine before you fiddled with it, and doesn't run fine after fiddling, then suspect the fiddling. One possibility is a leak at the IAC. Don't know your skill level, so sorry if this is insulting.

bad ground on the dim side. verify by temporarily jumping from the ground side of the connector to a good known ground.

I was out shopping for a Miata, my 6th (yes, I like them. No, I'm not a hairdresser. Or female), test driving a particularly poor specimen when I passed this absolutely gorgeous '01 ragtop, light tan top and interior, V-6 auto. 119,000 miles, original owner selling, needs detailing but...