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merlotbrougham@hotmail.com - 22 Jan 2006 00:42 GMT

Window molding. How much time does it take a Merle O'Broham to change a
window molding? Less than an hour! Dang, start to finish. Pop the door
panel off, and all attached electrical thingies, unbolt and slide out
the window, rip the old molding off, put the new one on, back in the
window and door panel. Success, yay. Just a few cuts from reaching down
inside the door fidgeting with the molding.

Headlights. The boss was mentioning that she thought the headlights
were kinda dim. '92 with 137k- probably the originals? After reading
the FAQ and then some, I put in Sylvannia SilverStar bulbs. Kinda
expensive ~$36. at AutoZone, but man what a difference. Nice clean
white light. Does the bulb that burns twice as bright last half as
long? Time will tell.

She bought me a little wireless mp3 player doohicky for Christmas. It
has a usb slot so I pop in my 512mb flash drives and play all my dl'd
songs (heh heh) from the lighter to 87.7 FM. Sounds OK with no whining
or static. An old Civic in Chicago rush hour traffic is not an
audiophile listening room anyway.

Cheers all.

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jim beam - 22 Jan 2006 01:02 GMT

> Window molding. How much time does it take a Merle O'Broham to change a
> window molding? Less than an hour! Dang, start to finish. Pop the door
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> Cheers all.

nice job - well done!

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TeGGeR® - 22 Jan 2006 02:36 GMT

> Window molding. How much time does it take a Merle O'Broham to change a
> window molding? Less than an hour! Dang, start to finish. Pop the door
> panel off, and all attached electrical thingies, unbolt and slide out
> the window, rip the old molding off, put the new one on, back in the
> window and door panel. Success, yay. Just a few cuts from reaching down
> inside the door fidgeting with the molding.

Excellent!

Were you ever able to get at the PDF on my site?

> Headlights. The boss was mentioning that she thought the headlights
> were kinda dim. '92 with 137k- probably the originals? After reading
> the FAQ and then some, I put in Sylvannia SilverStar bulbs. Kinda
> expensive ~$36. at AutoZone, but man what a difference. Nice clean
> white light. Does the bulb that burns twice as bright last half as
> long? Time will tell.

GE Nighthawks are better. The SilverStars will probably burn out early.

> She bought me a little wireless mp3 player doohicky for Christmas. It
> has a usb slot so I pop in my 512mb flash drives and play all my dl'd
> songs (heh heh) from the lighter to 87.7 FM. Sounds OK with no whining
> or static. An old Civic in Chicago rush hour traffic is not an
> audiophile listening room anyway.

Funny how old cars get that way. My 'Teg is very noisy as well. It seems to
be all road noise for some reason.

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merlotbrougham@hotmail.com - 22 Jan 2006 12:37 GMT

Thanks Jim and Teg, it's not often things go to plan without 2 or 3
extra trips to the auto parts store for *something*.

Teg, I got the PDF no problem, but what I was really asking is if there
was a way to browse the /misc directory, which you did answer. Thanks.

I don't know if the SilverStars would have been my first choice, maybe
the GE's, a Hella or PIAA product. We'll see.

I forgot to include the link http://www.vr-3.com/vr3_fmmod.html for
anyone interested in the mp3 modulator. Looks like it's 29.95 at
Wal-Mart.

BTW- how long does it take a Merle O'Broham to change a lightbulb? One
of my rear license plate lights went out and the little screws holding
their trim in place are long rusted and stripped. I wound up needing to
take off the entire license plate rear apron body piece (don't know if
that's the official name) to get at the lights from behind. Answer-
over an hour! Sigh. Win some lose some.

> > Window molding. How much time does it take a Merle O'Broham to change a
> > window molding? Less than an hour! Dang, start to finish. Pop the door
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> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

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