Not too shabby if I may say so.

[VTEC_Inside]

A buddy of my dads recentley bought an '07 Civic DX-G. Basically a base model with A/C.

Its not really lacking in anything feature wise EXCEPT it doesn't have cruise control. I don't care too much for cruise, but he missed it from his other car.

After a bit of searching we found an aftermarket cruise control unit. He ordered it and it arrived Wednesday.

He came by today and I installed it. Not too difficult, but all the wiring in that car is VERY tightly wrapped in tape and or plastic loom then tape. Most of the work was just cutting that off without cutting a wire.

Scariest part? This thing is DBW and two of the wires to the pedal had to be CUT and intercepted by the cruise unit. That was freaky enough, plus there is MAYBE 6 inches of wire between the connector and the main harness. Got the wires cut and exposed and soldered/heatshrunk the new wires in between while only dislocating my shoulder a little bit.

Made the final connections, reconnected the battery and away we went.

Felt good that after 4hrs it works just as you would expect. The only functional drawback is that there is no light to indicate when its on. Not too big a deal

He's pretty happy with it, so I'm glad.

[ifcar]

Does it interfere with the warranty?

[Soup DeVille]

Does it interfere with the warranty?

Only if his modifications hurt the wiring harness, any damage caused by them will not be covered. Other than that, no.

[VTEC_Inside]

Does it interfere with the warranty?

I have to imagine that he is SOL as far as any problems with the harness now.

He was really missing the cruise so unfortunately no getting around it. I didn't f around though. All connections are soldered, heatshrunk, ziptied etc... The only wires that HAD to be cut were the two to the gas pedal. All others I just cut back the sheathing.

If there ever is a problem I strongly doubt it will be with the wiring. Provided the control unit doesn't crap out down the line, it should last as long as the car.

[ifcar]

How much more is an LX than a DX-G in Canada?

[VTEC_Inside]

How much more is an LX than a DX-G in Canada?

I meant to mention that. I actually suggested that he should have done that to avoid this hassle, but he got a good deal on the car. He was upside down on his existing lease by a little. It only cost him $1200 to get into a better lease with this one, ie he's actually ahead of the curve now.

The LX is a bit over $1600 (+ tax) more. The cruise unit was almost $400CAD (incl tax). I figure if I hadn't installed it, it would have been at least $200 to get it installed.

If it were me, I would have struggled a bit more and bought the LX. In this case we just worked with what he had.