Went on a road trip last week, well before I left i checked the fluids and such... well the intake minifold had a few bugs on it and some dirt. I was lookin around and noticed that there was no weather stripping under the front lip of the hood... most of my other cars had at least something to stop rain and debris to get in the engine bay... when i got to ny i stopped in at the dealer we looked at a few other si's and they had the same problem.. dirty as hell though (salty up in ny). whats the deal with that seems like a bad design to me... is it ok to put some in there or is this like that for a reason?

 

I have weather stripping under the front of my hood.

 

my hood only has about a two inch strip of rubber weatherstripping at each corner of the hood... where's yours cnyej1?

 

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really??? ive got an 07 si sedan (no strip. only on the corners like ITGUY said) the car the dealer showed me was a 07 si coupe.

 

Its not at the front lip since the hood curves down and there is the plastic deflector that cover Radiator etc......there are 2 pieces that will lay across the the plastic cover. You can see them in the pic. It blocks a good amount of stuff.

 

huh thats interesting ive got the holes but no rubber... guess ill be goin to the dealer after work. sucks too cause i got alot of dirt and bugs in my engine bay now.

 

I always wondered the same thing. Going to go check mine now, I don't think I have the weather stripping either.

 

called the dealership... they said bring it down we'll fix her up... wow

 

**** i wonder what's up? Did they just forget about the 07. I'm heading to the dealership tomorrow. Keep yal posted too
07 civic si sedan

 

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07 civic si sedan </TD></TR></TABLE>


Let us know what the dealership says. I checked my sedan, it doesn't appear that I've even got the holes in the hood for that! Bummer!!!

 

found out some info... grilles are different on sedans and coupes... the grill blocks alot on the sedans and it doesn't look like any of them come with weatherstripping.. it looks like just the coupes..

 

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yup... we put the si sedan and coupe next to each other at the dealer and the coupe has a diff angle to it... you can buy the two pieces for around $20 bucks... or the other option is make one your self... the lx sedan has a weather strip that goes all the way across the hood at the front.. but i think thats a different hood (hole pattern)

now the only thing that gets me is why did honda do that? who wants a dirty engine

 

iight spoke with the parts department about this problem. They did not know of it. Even their 07 civic si sedan in the show room didn't have one. So0 they apologized and is now ordering me one and is reporting it to headquarters.( s0o maybe a quick recall ) The only one available for the 07 si's is in the 2007 Civic Ex Only with nav ( not just the regular EX) Weird i know s0o they plan on fixing it.
Peace out

2007 civic si sedan
Florida

 

so is that how a recall is started?... enough people complain about something and they change it... well other than a falty part.. if thats the case ill make a list

 

LX sedan has a different Grill than the Si... I guess honda figured the top of the Si Grill would block more junk than it actually does...

 

its not too big of a deal for me seein how we dont get snow and all that crappy salt the north has to endour. I wish you guys could have seen this guys engine in ny it was caked with salt, made mine look spotless.

 

i for one like to keep the stuffs under the hood neat and clean,i will go
to the dealers as well and check as to what options they can give to
avoid such hassles.

 

I missing it too. I bringing it it monday!