Mk1 Honda Insight
Discussion
designforlife said:
regarding those plugs, give Mike at Viamoto a call...he deals in parts sourcing for all things Japanese, and has gone above and beyond for me on numerous occasions when I had a rare Mitsubishi.
I've already bitten the bullet. £80 delivered from the states. Might be able to sell my 'A' plugs on as they're in good condition. Time to tackle the headlights.
Found this on offer at ABD and I've used Twenty20 stuff before it's top quality.
I was still a little sceptical as the claims seemed to good to be true. It contained 2 wipes that look like alcohol wipes. You use the first one to clean the headlight and then wipe the second one on and leave it on.
Safe to say I'm impressed with the results, no sanding or polishing required.
Genuinely impressed, I think it was £11, will definitely use them again.
Also changed the wipers, which didn't quite seem in keeping with the low drag philosophy of the car for some Bosch Aerotwin items, may be controversial but I think they suit the car better.
Found this on offer at ABD and I've used Twenty20 stuff before it's top quality.
I was still a little sceptical as the claims seemed to good to be true. It contained 2 wipes that look like alcohol wipes. You use the first one to clean the headlight and then wipe the second one on and leave it on.
Safe to say I'm impressed with the results, no sanding or polishing required.
Genuinely impressed, I think it was £11, will definitely use them again.
Also changed the wipers, which didn't quite seem in keeping with the low drag philosophy of the car for some Bosch Aerotwin items, may be controversial but I think they suit the car better.
Hrimfaxi said:
Great result with the Twenty20 wipes!
It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
I've got some Meguairs UV protection stuff to go on after, something that I'm guessing will need to be done on a regular basis. It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
Question for any other JDM insight owners on here.
My car has been converted to read MPH, the milometer reads in miles too. However, I think it's confusing the FCD as that's reading 15km/l instead of 25 km/l. The difference tallying with the conversion factor of km to miles.
My question is how do I remove It? Where is it? Is it a matter of working back from the VSS to the Speedo until I see something aftermarket? Not sure what I'm actually looking for and Google hasn't been much help.
I don't mind doing the mental km to mph calculations.
Cheers.
My car has been converted to read MPH, the milometer reads in miles too. However, I think it's confusing the FCD as that's reading 15km/l instead of 25 km/l. The difference tallying with the conversion factor of km to miles.
My question is how do I remove It? Where is it? Is it a matter of working back from the VSS to the Speedo until I see something aftermarket? Not sure what I'm actually looking for and Google hasn't been much help.
I don't mind doing the mental km to mph calculations.
Cheers.
samoht said:
When I converted my 180SX to read in miles, I got a little chip off eBay with four wires coming out of it, and I think I cut the signal wire to the clocks and spliced the chip in. So that would be the sort of thing, just behind the clocks, if it's like that.
Yes I think that's it. Will start by looking behind the clocks then. JonnyVTEC said:
Yes that's what you want to find otherwise the ECM will be getting the wrong signal and can fudge all sorts of things when it thinks it's in a different gear to real and effects gear based trims. Particularly with the IMA aspect.
Could this be why it's asking me to change up when I'm already in 5th? 
Rensko said:
I remember when the MK1 Insight was released and though "Wow, this is the future..."
Seems as though, the Insight is still the future, as very few hybrids have been able to match its fuel economy - 17 years later!
That's because it's unarguably still the most engineered hybrid on the mainstream market (shame VW never took the XL1 project further than a few hideously expensive customer cars). Seems as though, the Insight is still the future, as very few hybrids have been able to match its fuel economy - 17 years later!
The mk2 Insight wasn't anything like the engineering marvel the mk1 Insight was. Honda evidently pulled back their hybrid engineering efforts by a significant degree whereas Toyota have forged on. With the same focus on ultimate economy, Honda could easily better this Insight but it would have to be another lightweight, two seater effort.
I have a Jazz Hybrid and even with all the tweaks that received over the standard Jazz it won't get near the 80mpg you can expect out of the first Insight. It'll do nearly 70mpg with considerate use and typically about 60mpg once it's warmed through. I can see why hybrids have never really taken off as of yet, when my wife's Civic i-Dtec is considerably faster, arguably no less refined other than at very low speeds and easily more economical, even when liberally throwing down the accelerator. The Jazz hybrid is a mint little car in it's own right but I can't argue with 78mpg from the bigger, faster Civic. No wonder we're a nation of diesel lovers.
peterperkins said:
I would just remove the mph/kph conversion gadget when you find it, you don't have to have one IIRC.
Or put a switch in to enable it when it's MOT time if they throw a wobbler..
You will soon get used to 50kph = ~31mph etc
Yes I've no problem working in Kmh. I'm fairly sure you don't need a Speedo at all to pass the mot. Or put a switch in to enable it when it's MOT time if they throw a wobbler..
You will soon get used to 50kph = ~31mph etc
Hrimfaxi said:
Great result with the Twenty20 wipes!
It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
I would sand and polish them appropriately and then coat with a product called Carpro DLUX. It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
First proper drive on a road I know well, the A684 between Became and Sedbergh. It's fun, if a little tail happy. A combination of the light weight, low rolling resistance tyres, high tyre pressures, narrow track and probably slightly worn bushes. Overtaking takes a little more concentration as there's no power to get you out of trouble. Having said that I didn't feel it needed more power you just have to get used to spending most of your time in 2nd rather than 3rd. It feels good reaching the limit at none licence losing speeds, I don't think anyone else on that road was having more fun, put it that way.
xjay1337 said:
Hrimfaxi said:
Great result with the Twenty20 wipes!
It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
I would sand and polish them appropriately and then coat with a product called Carpro DLUX. It's an on-going battle with my Impreza's headlights, I have to "restore" them every couple of months.
Guessing the second wipe also contains some kind of UV protector?
I've been using a lens cleaning kit by T-Cut, which to be fair, works for a couple of months - then back to square one.
I'll give that one a try!
Some of the service bits had arrived at Honda so spent a few hours changing this lot.
To be fair there's about half an hours work there, the rest was spent cleaning, fixing or replacing bits as I go.
The undertrays hasn't been off in a long time, que lots of sheared bolts.
Most have now been replaced with stainless steel items.
Mid way through reinstating the undertrays.
Also needed a quick fix on the air filter housing.
The only other thing I found out of place was an earth strap that hadn't been earthing anything in a long time, car seems to run fine without it.
I pulled the dash out, a surprisingly simple job, but was a bit gutted not to find the kmh/mph converter chip or any associated wiring, at least not behind the instrument pinnacle anyway.
I did find this tucked right up at the back of the dash, there was definitely a yoga name for the position I had to get into to see it. Can anyone confirm if this is what I'm looking for?
The only other question I had is are these original or aftermarket? They're little green lights, one on each side tucked up in the footwell.
To be fair there's about half an hours work there, the rest was spent cleaning, fixing or replacing bits as I go.
The undertrays hasn't been off in a long time, que lots of sheared bolts.
Most have now been replaced with stainless steel items.
Mid way through reinstating the undertrays.
Also needed a quick fix on the air filter housing.
The only other thing I found out of place was an earth strap that hadn't been earthing anything in a long time, car seems to run fine without it.
I pulled the dash out, a surprisingly simple job, but was a bit gutted not to find the kmh/mph converter chip or any associated wiring, at least not behind the instrument pinnacle anyway.
I did find this tucked right up at the back of the dash, there was definitely a yoga name for the position I had to get into to see it. Can anyone confirm if this is what I'm looking for?
The only other question I had is are these original or aftermarket? They're little green lights, one on each side tucked up in the footwell.
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