running you ride through the winter.. post a pic or explain what you have done to make her ready for the cold snowy weather.
i will start.
Summer:
Winter:
lifted & set to softest setting
ipike replica's... 205/65/15's
inspect protective sleeves over coilovers,
plug any holes in the firewall that wernt being used to prevent draft from coming in..
edit: forgot i still need to install/reconnect heater.
Last edited by Vector; 11-22-2010 at 06:36 PM.
Summer...
...ride with the windows down, replace all 4 tires
Winter...
...replace bad heater blower motor and check the condition of the tires I bought back in the summer.
1986 Accord LXi 3-door
1968 Chevy C20
Summer:
Car is stock, tires still have good tread.
Winter:
Car is stock, tires have no tread.
This will be fun.
summer:
put my cool looking wheels on with bald("slick") tyres on
winter:
put skid tyres on & always park car facing up hill
LOL putting in a motor, rebuilding calipers, plugging firewall holes, replacing windshield...
88 lxi:
shortram, msd blaster 2 coil, lowered 2.5" in the rear 3" in the front, stripped because race car XD
Originally Posted by 88lxi-shortram
is this a winter car ? lol
Im gonna go out on a limb and say you kinda missed the idea of this thread....
Anyways, on my car its new tires, fresh oil and filter, changing the tranny fluid, spark plugs, and of course making sure the E-brake works good for the occasional FWD ass slide across a snowy parking lot
Summer:
Recharge a/c
disconnect heater core
Winter:
N/A
lol its alot better than my dads acura and my moms gas guzzling explorer...
[QUOTE=cubert;1042714]Im gonna go out on a limb and say you kinda missed the idea of this thread....
no it was just a joke... lol my cars a winter project so while yal are swapping tires and fixing heaters im stuck working in the cold replacing my motor ect.ect.
88 lxi:
shortram, msd blaster 2 coil, lowered 2.5" in the rear 3" in the front, stripped because race car XD
summer: sit in the parking lot
winter: do the same lol
Summer - Enjoy POS stock carburetor working
Winter - Enjoy it not working, ever.
(And I'm in FL, Jesus imagine if it actually got cold.)
Edited.
Summer: bought the car?
Winter: Get a nice blanket for her, and put her to sleeeeep.
Fuck that salt!
170 156.5km | 12 348.6km
Summer: Drive it.
Winter: Drive it.
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
SUMMER:
Completely stripped out the interior except for the dash.
WINTER:
Sealed all the holes on the inside and re did the interior with black felt. New wipers and filled the wiper reservoir with rain x fluid and bought some tire chains to get home for the break.
whats winter? oh you mean that little bit of snow here that melts in an hour?
I'm from Extreme Northeast Ohio, we don't get winter here in the deep south, I still have peppers growing and it's nearly December
right now its -22c .. plus wind... cant even feel my ears.. had to go out and start wifes car f*ck!!!whats winter? oh you mean that little bit of snow here that melts in an hour?
I'm from Extreme Northeast Ohio, we don't get winter here in the deep south, I still have peppers growing and it's nearly December
-44C with wind chill today.
Hmmm... go out at 7am to make it to my 8am lab?
Fuck.
That.
Shit.
I'll just try not to want to choke the fuck out you every other time you post. lol!
it's 68 right now, bwhahahahahaha!! I grew up in the snow though, we were at that point in Ohio where the Arctic wind combines with the wind coming from Canada, and combines with the lake effect from lake Erie, it's the coldest point in Ohio, and is why the Finns all went there and to Minnesota, we were usually colder then Cleveland and would have snow when they didn't. still miss it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Jcr...ature=relatedt
Last edited by lostforawhile; 11-23-2010 at 11:42 PM.
summer time: recharge with some good ol r-12
winter time: change out coolant and termostat, get the car tuned
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
summer: make sure radiator fans are allways on or else radiator explodes..make sure ac works...get new tires..
winter: change brake pads, install diffrent rims that fit on rear of car to put good treded tires up front, install new battery as push starting was getting old and mine started freaking out causeing the car to act like satan took it over.. and top off oil every day due to bad valve seals...oh yeah enjoy 12mpg max!
geo
summer ... didnt own it
winter: new tires...shove a pen in the heater switch so i can have heat...wish the car came with a re defroster...almost break door handle trying to open doors
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
ahaha im shirtless in my apt right now. its not winter here yet.
and as far as the thread goes
summer: fix shit that breaks on the car
Winter: Fix shit faster cuz is colder out.
idk about that dude it got pretty dam cold last night... i havent had to turn on my heat yet until last night...
88 lxi:
shortram, msd blaster 2 coil, lowered 2.5" in the rear 3" in the front, stripped because race car XD
im plannin on installing foglights and getting another set of winter tires that can be studded . all depends on how the next month is gonna look
1989 Accord Lx-i hatchback (current DD project)
1986 Olds Cutlass 442 clone (never ending project)
3Geez resident body man
Owner of Wreck-less auto body
Find a big empty snow filled parking lot and go ape shit. I mod my driving for winter. The parking lot exercise is a refresher on how my car behaves when the roads misbehave. I've never owned snow tires, just good all seasons. Lots of drivers around here seem to think snow tires give them the ability to drive through snow at the same speed they drive on dry roads. The fools I see in the ditch every time it snows here.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You'll not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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