I know many of you have probably removed your A/C, but has anyone actually added it? I have access to all the parts I would need to do it, and adequate assistance in the form of Honda fanatic friends. What I'm curious of, is how difficult in general the job is? Like as far as number of scraped knuckles and hours of frustration... Just something I'm pondering for this summer...

 

AC sucks, and so do you!

Kevin.... Goddamit...

 

Physically installing it shouldn't take too long at all. Actually getting it to run, however, may complicate things. First, you need to make sure every seal actually seals properly, then hope everything is compatible with R134a unless you have access to the old R12 or the R12 compatible new stuff. If you are lucky, it shouldn't be too bad. If you are not, you will have an AC that is nice for a couple weeks, max. My grandparents had an '86 Accord that just plain would not hold a coolant charge no matter how many times it went in to be fixed, while my old integra never had a problem (until I crashed it and destroyed the lines up front). My personal cost/benifit analysis of the situation would tell me to not bother, but I am sure a few guys on the board would disagree.

 

I have installed A/C a few times, when i was a tech at a honda dealership. wasnt too hard, just time consuming. these were brand new kits, so it was easier