What parts do you take off/leave in the winter?
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What parts do you take off/leave in the winter? For those of you who have winter where you live, just wondering what parts you change back to stock for the winter. I'm not sure if I should put my SRI back to stock. Probably wouldn't really matter, but maybe it'll extend the life of the intake? 
But whatever, just post what you leave on, and what you take off... and possibly why
But whatever, just post what you leave on, and what you take off... and possibly why
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just leave the SRI...buit alotta people take off there kits and there rims though! i know in houston it doesn't really get that cold and all but i'm gonna take off my rims and put my stock steelies back on though!! just for a little while!
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Why? At $300 a pop, I'm not running my good ones through the slop, salt and sand. Besides that, I've got summer tires on them... which aren't going to appreciate cold weather, or snow.
Thats it. Leaving the CAI as is... I had 0 problems with it all last winter.
Only other change for the winter is a switch to 0W-30 Oil, but thats a minor thing.
Why? At $300 a pop, I'm not running my good ones through the slop, salt and sand. Besides that, I've got summer tires on them... which aren't going to appreciate cold weather, or snow.
Thats it. Leaving the CAI as is... I had 0 problems with it all last winter.
Only other change for the winter is a switch to 0W-30 Oil, but thats a minor thing.
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Rep Power: 402 i live in norcal where winter just means slight drizzles with occasional rain, leaving everything on......but then again i have no kit and still have stock rims. yep, bring it on winter, bring it on........
I left my 17s on for last winter. Almost drove like stock in the snow! but I had Sumitomo HTR+ tires (all weather) so I was in pretty good shape.
Now I have 18s that have to be taken off in a month or so. The snow really piles up here, and I don't think my current tires will take it.
Now I have 18s that have to be taken off in a month or so. The snow really piles up here, and I don't think my current tires will take it.
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Rep Power: 0 i have 17's, w/kumho tires. i live in louisiana. today, the end of october, people are in shorts. it doesnt snow, but it gets nippy. should i take my rims off? i never even fathomed that idea.
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Putting the civic away for the winter? Chuckle..it's not a ferarri dude. But hey...your baby..do with it as you please. I'm switching to the stock wheels. Thats it.
Putting the civic away for the winter? Chuckle..it's not a ferarri dude. But hey...your baby..do with it as you please. I'm switching to the stock wheels. Thats it.
Snow falls that dont acumulate that much u will be fine but what happens if u get a blizzard. or 1.5 feet up of snow
U-R-Fu#@ED man ive been there and let me tell u it sucks. Now i dont kno how much snow everyone gets in their area but here in Mass when we get hit hard we get it hard. And not only the snow u have to worry about u have to worry about other drivers that cant drive in the snow ramming in to yo **** 
...that would suck ive seen it alot and im pretty sure u seen it happen alot too... all im saying is got ur self a 3,4, $500.00 hoopty and u have nothing to worry about... well not as much 
again thats if u can..if u cant just becareful out there....BE SAFE THIS WINTER GUYZ.. 
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Rep Power: 283 I bought my car new and the dealer already had rims on it, so I don't have my stock rims and it sucks. My civic drives worse in the snow than my camaro did. Last winter, I couldn't make it through a stoplight before it turned red cuz my tires spun the whole time. I had a rough winter last year. I went from new tires to bald tires and my rims are all crappy now.
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Rep Power: 0 if you leave your body kit or rims on your running the risk of rust, salt and the ever dreaded curb check... i took out a pair (one front one back) set of rims that was about 500 bucks out of my pocket because i slipped in some snow , itsnot worth it, no one races in the snow anyways, id take it off soon because its gonna get hard to work outside soon, at least in chicago it is, id leave the performance stuff on because the cold air is perfect for racing if theres no snow on the ground
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