i pulled the carpet up and i swear its all tar under it! i dont even know where to start on removing it theres so much.
is this the same for everyones SI's?

 

oh yeah. its everywhere

 

time to get some dry ice.

 

some, you mean alot!

 

gimme some tips on removing it

 

i heard that you lay the dry ice(in the bag) on the tar until it becomes rock hard then you chisel(sp?) it off.

 

Yup, then after that i think you use some kind of spray like Goof Off to remove the excess tar thats stuck to the metal.

 

i heard the dry ice technique works better, i did that on my old coupe, but i used a heat gun, and scraper, it turned to goo, and peeled up. But 2 days to finish completely

 

Is there more tar in an Si than the other trims like STD or DX?

 

OHHHHH yeah.

 

what are you planning on doing with the car?it might not even be worth removing

 

it all depends on how **** u are about etra weight

i bet u can get 30 lbs of tar out of an SI

 

maybe a stupid question, but what's the purpose of the tar??

 

That's cool because I have an a STD, and I want a little bit of tar but not 30 lbs! Any idea how much weight it adds in a base model like mine?

 

I'm pretty sure it's there to eliminate road noise for a quieter ride. I imagine it could effect the sound of your music too.

 

it makes the car much quieter. STD/CX/DX/HF have alot les tar than the SI becasue SI is supposed to be "luxury" model over those. so its got more to make it quieter inside.

 

Yes, and it will come up with ease.

 

I'm laughing my *** off right now because, I've been outside all day running back and forth to HEB buying dry ice to remove all the Tar! Then I come inside read this post..
The dry ice works bad ***...watch out for the corners though...pain in the ***!

 

insulator on cold weathers...
noise supressor.... takes road noise away...
mantains a good temp inside car on hot weathers when the exhaust starts to get hot

 

I didn't even realize the exhaust could heat up the interior of the car. Do you think that a stainless steel or maybe an aluminized exhaust would make a difference in how much it affects the temperature?

 

heat sheild or some heat reflective tar/tape just above the exhaust

 

i love tar and i will never remove it from my civic.. as a matter of fact.. im going to put more in

 

i second the extra tar motion.

 

yeah, i have an STD and instead of putting dynamat or whatever into the car im' going to hold off until i can buy an SI. i mean, there's SO many differences between the different trims...mine has shitty 13" wheels, a shitty 62HP engine, a shitty 4 speed tranny, DPFI, no rear wiper, no sound deadening, no clock, no cigarette lighter, no sunroof, cheesy front seats (and that awful blue vinyl covering for them instead of cloth), no interior cloth trim, no real boot around the shift ****/e-brake, etc...i'm sure i'm missing some.

if you drive your car a lot you'll regret taking out sound deadening. ESPECIALLY if you have a performance exhaust...the SPLs of some of those setups are surprising. if you're JUST a racer then of course 30 pounds is huge.

 

ill sel u my rear windsheild wiper, and we can switch roofs, if u want a sunroof i pulled the wiper last night and sunroof is alot of weight in the wrst place possible