Honda Civic 1.6

sinicker SG

read : parent's car.

Ponders SG

K. I have a feeling this Civic FD is designed to break the tradition that Civic has been an easy to mod car.

ANy of you guys did anything to mod the car?

Changing the bulb now is pain in the a$s to start off. Non-H4 and access to bulb area from wheel well. First time i hear.

105090 SG

my family got the 1.8 Auto..

drinks petrol like mad.. why ah?

and, we got a 8 year 1.6 Mazda 323, fuel is 10km/L.. why is it so low?

guardsmen SG

Want To Find Out Something....
1.6 Doesn't Come With HID lamps
But 1.8 And Above Have....
If I Bought A 1.6 Civic Change It HeadLight To HID lamps?Is It legel?
Coz All Share Same Body Design.... Rolling Eyes

nOrmalbOi SG

strictly to the law.. what u wanna do is illegal

allblacks SG

no.. Laughing

FD-Civic Boy SG

Been missing in action for a few days. Sigh.

My FD 1.6 got hit by an (anonymous) car in a shopping centre carpark. Just got it back from repair. :/

Anyway, regarding the HID lamps, according to LTA, it is illegal to install HID lamps when your car's not factory-fitted with HID lamps.

More info here:

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/lta_information_guidelines/modification_guide.html

However, I'm not sure if this rule applies to the FD 1.6, since the 1.8 and 2.0 variants were factory-fitted with HID! Can the people-in-the-know (i.e. LTA-insiders or lawyers) advise us on this?

Honda (Kah Motor) used to provide upgrades to HID lamps for $2000. They have stopped doing this for a while (for reasons I do not know).

Ponders SG

Basically LTA trying to tell you, if it does not come from the factory with HID, they you cannot install HID.

So you can skirt around it by installing official HID by Honda.

Kah Motor stopped it i guess no body really wants to spend $2000 to convert when ppl can buy HID bulbs and replace them when going back to Vicom.

But it is quite tough finding HID for FD since it uses HB3 (9006) bulbs.

Not to mention expensive too since you need to buy 2 sets of bulbs for high/low beam.

toyota-corolla SG

do i look i am showing off? is just plain shock that a 1.6 can do better then 1.8. Rolling Eyes

FD-Civic Boy SG

Thanks NormalBoi! =D

Haha. With regards to fuel consumption, my 1.6 managed 14km/L again, for the latest refuel. But I do about 80% Highway 20% City-driving.

I guess many assume a smaller engine displacement translates to less petrol consumption, and probably logically so.

Ponders SG

Actually best fuel consumption is depending on the best match of the engine to the car.

You can have a 0.8liter engine on the civic but you will notice you need to red-line frequently...

consumption will be higher, your parts wear out faster.

T.Ryousuke SG

Bro, how much is yr insurance?

FD-Civic Boy SG

Just curious. Why the question? Laughing

Can't rem exactly, but around 1k.

Hmm, the answer to this qn can tell someone's age.

Anyway, I was quite surprised tat the Civic managed 15.4km/L in my latest refuel.

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