[Fnavar27]

Just picked up a 2004 TSX as a daily driver.🤗 I'm planning on making some changes to it to fit my purpose. It's not perfect and needs updating. Hopefully I can count on all of you for some help.🙏 Maybe you can point me to the right direction on some of my issues. Where to buy, what to avoid, blah, blah. I will try to upload some photos later. By the way, I'm more of a DIY kinda guy. But to give you an idea of what I need to address, here's a list:

-center console lights are dead. completely blacked out.
-cracked windshield.
-maybe a new battery.
-trans oil change.
-windshield wipers.
-I need new coilovers. It's lowered, so the ride is too stiff for me. Previous owner cut the coil springs to lower it.

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Sahilah123]

Milage? auto or manual?
You can open the dash and replace all the lights, I saw a thread on here years ago of someone replacing all theirs with blue LED ones and it looked so good.

Trans fluid change is very simple, for manual you will need a soap dispenser type pump with a tube on it to feed it deep inside the fill hole,
for the automatics there is a dipstick you can stick a funnel into and fill from there (once you drain it on the bottom).

If the motor is 100k or more, I would change the gaskets in the head such as valve cover gasket, spark tube gaskets, fuel injector gaskets, vtec screen gasket. I would also change every fluid in the car. but im different im REALLY about my piece of mind so I just throw money at my car without second guessing lol.

 

[Fnavar27]

Milage? auto or manual?
You can open the dash and replace all the lights, I saw a thread on here years ago of someone replacing all theirs with blue LED ones and it looked so good.

Trans fluid change is very simple, for manual you will need a soap dispenser type pump with a tube on it to feed it deep inside the fill hole,
for the automatics there is a dipstick you can stick a funnel into and fill from there (once you drain it on the bottom).

If the motor is 100k or more, I would change the gaskets in the head such as valve cover gasket, spark tube gaskets, fuel injector gaskets, vtec screen gasket. I would also change every fluid in the car. but im different im REALLY about my piece of mind so I just throw money at my car without second guessing lol.

Thanx for the info! It’s got 150k miles and it runs like a champ. I just did the trans fluid change a couple days ago. Previous owner did the engine oil change just before I bought it. Gonna replace spark plugs tomorrow. I’m going with NGK iridium.

 

[Fnavar27]

Thanx for the info! It’s got 150k miles and it runs like a champ. I just did the trans fluid change a couple days ago. Previous owner did the engine oil change just before I bought it. Gonna replace spark plugs tomorrow. I’m going with NGK iridium.

Oh, it’s automatic. And I skipped on coilovers. I went with KYBs and Tein h-tech springs as I wanted a smother, softer ride.

 

[Sahilah123]

I personally think the ngk is better, ive tried the denso and compared them and ngk seemed like a smoother idle.
So at 150k if its not giving you any issues right now thats great. I just helped my friend pick up a rustyyyy!! civic si from up north with 150k on it and the inside was still flawless because they changed all their fluids. But yeah check for oil leaks and I assume the suspension hass already been checked out by you. Im glad it runs solid, seems like a good buy. and very good coil set up

 

[Sahilah123]

watch that power steering pump, itll leak 95% of the time. big issue with hondas of these years, but i also think its just baddd fluid that stayed there for many years