Rep Power: 293

How cold is your A/C?
mine is at 60 and it took about 10min to get there, its atleast 100degrees today.
I just recently instaled the A/C back into my civic and just wondering how cold everyone else is. Also if you have a guage where does it read on the low side?

 
Rep Power: 395

Mine suck, it gets warm on the on-ramp. I hate it. 70 degrees range

 
Rep Power: 293

70 is what your vent temp is or the outside air? Sounds like you need to add some R134.

 
Rep Power: 336

I need a thermometer for this, don't I?

 
Rep Power: 293

there has got to be someone out there that has stuck a thermometer in there vent to see how cold it is, other than me.

 
Rep Power: 281

Well on a hot day it does take a min for it to cool down no matter where your at. Mine blows cold, but because the car is sooo hot to begin with i have to leave the windows down to get some of the hot air out.

 
Rep Power: 381

no AC at all here. but i have 4 windows.

 
Rep Power: 318

thats funny cause i just did this with a refrigeration temperature guage, and mine showed 54 degrees in the center when it was about 103 degrees outside. oh and thats with the recirculate off. When i turned the re-circulate on it went from 54 to 51 in three minutes!

 
Rep Power: 293

yeah, and i feel for you. Ive been doing that **** for 2 years now and you dont know how good it feels to have A/C back. Now someone go get there mom's meat thermometer and stick in you vent go drive down the street and tell me where the temp is. One thing i also notice is that the 2 main lines that go into the fire wall run about half an inch from the turbo and i dont have any heat wrap on them. Im sure this will make a noticible diff if i was to wrap them.

So thats what that button is with the arrow on it is? Recirculate? So it just pulls the air from inside and recirculates it. right? So when it's not pushed its pulling air from outside? Isnt it better to use the recirculate button?

 
Rep Power: 813

recirculate blows more air and also the ac works less because air in the cabin is colder than outside usually.

i need a thermometer, but mine gets pretty cold. to get an accurate reading, you should be driving 65mph or other hi constant speed for at least 15 mins with ac on before you take a reading.

 
Rep Power: 293

^^^yeah that when mine hits about 60 once it went down to like 58. On the freeway is when it blows the coldest, stop and go traffic it seems to blow a little warmer.

 
Rep Power: 321

i'll prolly check mine sometime, im curious as well, but tonight on the way back from class.. of course no sun, so its a bit cooler, humid as fvck out, 78%, its only 76 tho, weird cause it feels like 90+.. anyway.. i turned the temp down about 3 nothces (hotter - it was on the coolest setting) and the fan was about 4th notch, and i was plenty cool.. when im inside i prefer it to be low to mid 70s, so i'd assume it was around 75. so im happy enough, when it's hot out damn does it take some time to cool off..

 
Rep Power: 287

It'll blow warmer in traffic because your not getting the fresh air blowing across the air condeser thingy...the one like the radiator, lol.

I sat at my friends house while waiting for him on a hot summer night to see how cold I could get my car. Had the recirculate button on and it got cold enough to fog all the windows and make me shiver a little, lol. Mine works awesome once you get the hot air out, takes like 30 seconds for it to get cool air and about another min or 2 to get the car cool.
I hate using the A/C just because of the power drain and gas milage it sucks up...so I only use it on the highway.

 
Rep Power: 813

on my old 87 jetta putting your hand over the vent was like sticking it in a freezer. i never measured the temp but i wouldnt be surprised if it got to low 40s. it was crazy. good ol freon owns r134a

 
Rep Power: 0

i hate using AC. i never resort to AC unless I feel like i'm gonna die. Otherwise, my AC is ok. But when I do use it, Its not consistantly cold..it'll blow out cold air..and then not so cold air..and it'll just go back and forth..

 
Rep Power: 0

Mine is warm until you speed up a good bit then 5 mins after that it gets in the 60's. This is normal with all ac units. My old mustang was the same way.

 
Rep Power: 283

Mine is one of the coldest I have ever felt. The only other car that has had such cold a/c was my buddies brand new altima, but that did not last. I am sure that there are many civics with good a/c as well, but i have never ridden in another 7thgen, come to think of itLOL. Anyways, it gets those metals things on the vents really cold to the touch, like refrigerator cold. Sometimes i ride with the windows down and a/c blowing, and there is so much damn condensation my HU is starting to not work. Serves me right though, complete waste of gas, but hey, it feels great.

I cannot believe that I have never ridden in another 7thgen, I have been thinking for like 5 mnutes. I mean I know plenty of people with them, its just that i have never actually rideen with them. Sh#t....

 
Rep Power: 0

not very!

on hot days i NEED it cranked

im broke right now, so next spring im going to get it tested blah blah. i want it to be shooting ice at me.

 
Rep Power: 262

mine's really cold too...takes about less than a minute from start to get cold so happy

 
Rep Power: 301

My 02 coupe had crappy AC but my GF's sedan is really cold nomatter what.

 
Rep Power: 295

my ac condensor is smashed up a bit, but it blows 62 when i start up the car, but after driving on the freeway for a while, it drops down.

 
Rep Power: 0

Mines pretty cold, but i feel trapped with my windows closed. Nothing like blasting the stero with the windows open on a nice day.

 
Rep Power: 268

i dont know how cold mine is, i get cold every now and then in my car. i like when it is humid outside and cold steam blows out of the vents.

 
Rep Power: 0

If your AC sucks, replace your Cabin Air Filters. You will be suprised at the increase. Last month I always had it on full-blast, now I find myself turning it down. It really helps.

 
Rep Power: 283

Yeah a really short stack.

 
Rep Power: 0

Good tip, I noticed mine was finally getting that stale air smell to it and I just had my a/c serviced. It's nice and cold now but hearing it could get better makes it that much "cooler" hehe.

 
Rep Power: 258

Mine gets pretty cold but it takes it a while. I think cause of this Texas heat. Temperature in my car said 127 after work the other day.

 
Rep Power: 310

It's pretty cold, I love it