What have you done to your Pilot today?
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Today I changed the rear differential fluid for the first time and changed the engine oil and filter for the second time. Current mileage is 13,028 and the vehicle has been great. Both jobs were pretty easy, though I am not a fan of the oil filter location. I used a little over 2 quarts of Honda Dual Pump II for the diff and 5 quarts of Castrol Magnatec with .7 quarts of Valvoline FS that I had left over from my CRV oil change (both 0W20) with a Fram TG7317 filter.
Today I changed the rear differential fluid for the first time and changed the engine oil and filter for the second time. Current mileage is 13,028 and the vehicle has been great. Both jobs were pretty easy, though I am not a fan of the oil filter location. I used a little over 2 quarts of Honda Dual Pump II for the diff and 5 quarts of Castrol Magnatec with .7 quarts of Valvoline FS that I had left over from my CRV oil change (both 0W20) with a Fram TG7317 filter.
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I dropped in some LEDs in my map, console, dome, and tailgate lights. Incredibly bright, maybe too bright.Last night after work, I replaced the dome lights and front door puddle lights with LEDs. The vanity mirror lights are still MIA.
No pics yet of my Pilot loaded up, but this is why... I know the liftgate is supposed to reverse when it hits something, but I can't trust it to not do irreparable damage to my surfboard first before reversing. I also cannot trust myself to not mistakenly hit the liftgate switch on the fob or the door. This way, I flick the switch (disabling power liftgate), load up the car, and no chance of mishaps until I unload the boards and flip the switch again. Not exactly a feature for everyone, but definitely worth it for me. Cost me under $50 for the switch, wire, and connectors, and several hours of research, and another few hours to install.
Can't wait to take her to the beach, and get an updated pic.
If the C pillars are the same in your 21Elite as they are indicated in the 2016 Service Manual, you need to smack the top of the pillar with a rubber mallet to break the clip in order to remove the C pillar. You'll need to order new clips.This weekend if finished the door speaker replacement. While I had the driver and passenger doors door panels off, I applied sound deadening to the inner and outer door. This by far is the most time consuming project to date on our Pilot. On average it took 4.5 hours per door. I am anal as I wanted to make sure it was done right. I followed and excellent blog post write up on Trail4r and used a couple of YouTube videos on how remove the door panels. The insulation I used was Noico 80mil and the speakers are Infinity Kappa 60csx 6.5”. The speakers are a little bright and will need a good 20 hours of break in. My wife prefers a brighter sounding speaker, while I prefer a more mid range sound. My wife is the primary driver of our Pilot so her vote carried more weight.
I still have the “C” pillar tweeters to go. I need to spend a little time to figure out first on how to access those.
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1. Hit the upper clip (A) in the C pillar trim (B) with a rubber
mallet. Hitting the clip breaks the projections (C) on the pin
(D), and pushes it into the grommet (E) on the body (F).
Looks nice!!! Aargh!!! In music forums, we talk a lot about GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). I'm now GASsing for these...Simple little project today. I added hood struts from Redline Tuning. The part number is 21-18017-02. Super simple install with no modifications needed. I think it took about 15 minutes from start to finish.
Sorry for the crappy photo, but post pics or it didn’t happen. Right?
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