8th Gen Civic Si Axle, Top Hat, Rear Mount and Torque Mount Install
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Axle, Top Hat, Rear Mount and Torque Mount Install: 8th Gen Civic refresh
By Aaron Gaghagen
Project DADMOBILE aka my daily driver has seen a lot of use. The 2007 FA5 Civic has been terrific to drive. I got the car with just 40,000 miles on it in 2011 for just a hair more than what I paid for the 2003 Civic that was traded in for it cost. That was most definitely money well spent. Besides being good looking and fun to drive, the 8th generation Civic has been reliable. I have driven it on countless road trips. I have driven it to the track, at the track and home again. It’s been the sleep machine for my firstborn child when nothing else would get them to sleep. It’s been everything I’ve needed it to be.
As great as the car has been, it’s due for some work. On a recent trip between Phoenix and San Diego a semi truck tire tread smacked DADMOBILE right in the face, exploding the Type R style front lip in an instant. I pulled over to make sure there wasn’t any damage to the radiator and when there wasn’t, I continued on my way home. At home I realized that on its way out the Type R style lip shredded the passenger side outer CV boot. Luckily I had another complete axle and I swapped it out the next day. Little did I know that the other axle suffered damage that would be revealed months later when the inside of my new Konig Hypergram was coated in grease.
Having to swap out the drivers side axle was actually a good thing since it would give us an opportunity to bring it into the shop to fix the noisy front top hats on the Progress CS2 Coilovers and add a Hasport Performance rear mount and upper torque mount. Doing these small things will help get the old Si ready to battle it out with Brian and Carter’s daily drivers in the Falken Tire Super Saloon Shootout. And I am going to need all the help I can get since DADMOBILE is the most stock out of the three Hondas.
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Loving the 8th gen content!
Thanks! We will have some more soon!
Rear mount and upper torque mount make a huge difference.
Hasport 62a are perfect for a daily driver 😊
Oh wow! He ‘dailys’ a Rallye Red FA5? Me too I’m still absolutely in love with my Si
Quite possibly the best color on the FA5.
Same, it's a great color. If you are wanting to do the mounts do the kit shown not the full mount kit for the street. I did the full kit with 62A durameter. It's a bit louder than I would like for a daily. If I did it again I would just do the two torque mounts and replace the dead drivers mount with OEM
They worked so well!
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@@VTECAcademy oh my lips are sealed!
Since you guys were removing the struts, you could of removed the axles from the top. The knuckle moves forward enough to sneak out the axles. Best suspension Honda has, so easy to work with
Best is relative. The MacPhearson might be good for packaging and maintenance, but it isn’t that great for performance.
You're absolutely right, but we wanted to record this as two separate tasks. I didn't want people to think they had to remove the strut to change the axle.
As a Canadian. Im so sorry that you cleaned perfectly good grease off that Civic. Good rust protection.
I've seen the oil treatment the underside of cars get there. But as an Arizonan, it's a dust and sand collector. #desertlife
@@VTECAcademy I feel that to my core. I live in a province where ita dusty in summer and cold like the artic in winter😂
LOL we miss you guys!
Great vid guys! Keep them coming
Awesome video always good info need those mounts
Would some maintenance of that sort eliminate the rev hang when I shift
Thanks for watching! Hondata is good for eliminating rev hang.
How would motor mounts eliminate rev hang? 😂😂
Man check out that Checkered Sports hoodie 😁
Hey Brian great video. Right after I bought my ek hatch I bought one for my wife. Found out it's the black with blue flake higher model one. I've done suspension and full devsport diffuser kit so far. Have a question if you don't mind are the nuts that hold steering rack in welded nuts. Mine spin freely on 2. I figure at some point they could have gotten snapped. Thanks always great videos.
yes, they should be welded in place.
Thank you for the response looks like time to find a new subframe
Awesome man are you live in Canada 🇨🇦
Arizona
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Great content, thank you. How do you tell if the hydraulic mount is wont out?
There's no tool.... in this pool. How do these 8th gen compare to the mid 90's hondas in terms of handling, i don't really like the feel of the dc5 chassis.are these similar?
Can we get more 7th gen civic content?
Sure.
What state are you guys located in?
Arizona
Whats the torque on the hub bolt?
181 ft/lbs
@@VTECAcademy which one is the hub bolt?