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acura, acurazine, air, changing, diy, engine, filter, location, open, rdx, replace, replacement, replacing, rl, tsx

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DIY: Changing Engine Air Filter

737 Jock on 03-12-2010

04-22-2022 06:42 AM
by KayDen

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33,566

acura, acurazine, bleed, bleeder, bleeding, bleeing, brake, brakes, cl, gm, hose, motive, pressure, rdx, sequence

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DIY: Pressure Bleeding the Brakes

737 Jock on 05-11-2010

02-22-2013 03:23 PM
by wifesRDXtech

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2007, 3x, acura, acurazine, atf, diy, drain, extractor, fill, fluid, flush, negative, rdx, tool, transmission

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DIY: Transmission Fluid Flush by 3X Drain/Fill

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1 2 3 4)

737 Jock on 10-10-2010

04-08-2024 04:34 PM
by gwickes

130

190,042

acura, acurazine, aluminum, cat, cats, dent, diy, fix, heat, rattle, repair, shield, tl, tsx, upper, vibration

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DIY - Repair Cat Heat-shield Tinny Rattle

737 Jock on 10-06-2010

06-09-2019 07:03 PM
by CSmoney28

12

21,755

bar, change, changer, cycle, dismount, diy, freight, harbor, hf, home, honda, mar, motorcycle, mount, mounting, nomar, tire

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DIY Tire Changing Scratch Free

737 Jock on 05-12-2010

05-28-2010 01:09 AM
by 737 Jock

3

12,990

67226, acurazine, balance, balancer, blancing, car, diy, dynamic, force, freight, harbor, motorcycle, road, spin, tire, weights, wheel

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DIY: Wheel Balancing Scratch Free

737 Jock on 05-28-2010

06-27-2013 10:29 AM
by 737 Jock

7

13,506

15, acura, acurazine, baking, brake, brakes, caliper, calipers, gold, paint, painted, por, por15, pulsating, rdx, tsx

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DIY: Brake Caliper Painting

737 Jock on 05-18-2010

10-03-2013 02:40 PM
by wifesRDXtech

23

22,879

$accura, acura, cover, factory, front, install, noise, piece, rack, rdx, roof, roofrack, rubber, systems, tsx$ Sticky Thread

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DIY: Roof Rack Installation Tips

allencic on 01-25-2007

02-10-2012 08:59 PM
by Khanyam3

20

30,805

2007, acura, answers, manual, owners, questions, rdx, service, tsb

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>>>RDX Service Department (AKA Garage): : Questions & Answers- CHECK HERE FIRST!

csmeance on 06-07-2011

06-07-2011 02:08 PM
by csmeance

0

10,188

12v, 194, 25watt, 3cp, 5000, 5w, 9006, acura, assembly, bulb, bulps, bumper, hid, integra, rear, stanley, sylvania

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DIY - COMPLETE bulb part number guide w/ NOTES

dcmodels on 11-12-2010

04-22-2022 09:47 AM
by KayDen

20

46,319

2010, 35, acura, capacities, capacity, change, changing, differential, diy, fluid, lug, mdx, oil, rdx, rear, tl

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DIY - Rear Differential oil change

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1 2 3)

dkswim on 05-18-2010

04-09-2021 03:26 PM
by deepa1600

86

133,893

2006, acura, acurazine, bike, extender, hidden, hitch, honda, install, pictures, putting, rack, rdx, ridgeline, valley

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DIY: Hidden Hitch Installed

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1 2 3)

F.Rizzo on 01-14-2007

03-21-2024 10:46 PM
by DaIll1

119

67,704

32, acura, amsoil, approval, approved, asl, bad, change, cl, consumers, goood, honda, hto06, list, mdx, oil, oils, users

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DIY: Oil Change

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7)

Lrpba300 on 06-06-2007

03-21-2021 12:06 PM
by monatex

273

98,908

2010, acura, air, change, cleaner, di, diy, engine, forum, maintenance, oil, plug, rdx, replace, scurs, size, transmission, washer

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RDX DIY Maintenence

mau108 on 04-18-2010

04-18-2010 04:26 PM
by mau108

0

17,033

2007, 2009, acura, battery, fan, hfl, nav, noise, park, properly, rdx, software, tsb, tsbs, update, windshield, wipers

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Acura Service News and TSB's for the RDX

mau108 on 04-11-2010

10-27-2010 03:41 PM
by LuvMyTSX

3

21,489

acura, deflector, hood, install, installation, instructions, interior, moon, panel, pdf, rack, rdx, roof, rsx, visor, wood

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RDX Accessory Installs

sasair on 01-23-2007

02-04-2016 02:20 PM
by HBob

37

30,236

acura, backup, camera, dash, foil, install, installation, installing, mdx, rdx, rear, rl, sensor, sensors, tin, wireless

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DIY: Back Up Camera and Sensor Install

wspy on 06-15-2010

11-25-2020 02:01 PM
by CSmoney28

16

24,666

2001, 2007, ac, accord, acura, air, atp, cabin, change, cl, filter, filters, honda, installation, rdx, replacing

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DIY: Cabin Air Filter Replacement

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1 2 3)

XLR8R on 04-16-2007

04-22-2022 06:49 AM
by KayDen

105

70,118

Normal Threads

08, 09, 2007, 2008, acura, armrest, center, console, cover, install, leather, lid, rdx, replace, replacement

08 Center Console Armrest

08FLrdxSH-AWD on 08-08-2013

08-19-2013 04:14 PM
by SinCity

3

2,185

acura, dash, dashboard, rdx, removal, remove

Question?? how do we remove the center Ac dash?

08rdx on 07-07-2011

07-07-2011 10:11 AM
by 08rdx

0

1,298

Best fog lights

09rdxturbo on 05-19-2015

11-23-2016 11:06 AM
by TribedazeRDX

5

4,655

acura, film, fog, forums, honda, laminx, lamp, light, lights, protection, protective, rdx, replace, tl, tsx

What fog light protection film to use?

1TSXer on 01-01-2010

01-27-2011 11:41 AM
by 5 Acuras

24

18,607

1996, acura, broke, broken, center, console, cup, cupholder, holder, lid, mdx, proxes, rdx, spring, stii, toyo

Broken Retractable Cup Holder Lid

2007.RDXn on 08-31-2009

06-28-2012 12:59 PM
by neubert24

7

10,166

Evap Purge Valve Location

2007RDX200K on 03-17-2023

03-17-2023 05:45 PM
by DaIll1

2

2,315

2003, 90441pk4000, 90471px4000, acura, case, crush, drain, fill, location, mdx, trans, transfer, tsx, washer, washers

Crush Washers for Fluid Changes

737 Jock on 12-14-2007

01-01-2011 10:29 PM
by Heft

1

16,597

acura, bulb, car, change, clip, console, fix, honda, inside, integra, light, mdx, replace, retention, rsx, shift, wire

DIY- Replace Console Light and Fix Short Console Light Wire

737 Jock on 01-02-2011

01-03-2011 04:57 PM
by 737 Jock

1

4,712

2007, acura, console, cover, cup, cupholder, holder, holders, lid, mdx, remove, removing, replace, rl, rsx

DIY- Remove Top Console Cover (also Replace Cup-holder)

737 Jock on 01-02-2011

06-09-2014 09:49 AM
by 737 Jock

6

21,929

acura, bezel, bulb, change, cl, floor, indicator, integra, light, lights, plate, remove, removing, replace, shift, shifter, transmission

DIY- Remove/Replace Shift Knob and Shift Indicator Light

737 Jock on 01-02-2011

03-04-2016 03:52 PM
by Antioch

9

20,213

absorbers, acura, damper, dampers, diy, frame, leaking, left, oreillys, rdx, rear, replacement, rubber, shock, tl

DIY - Replace Leaking Rear Damper (Shock Absorber)

737 Jock on 10-14-2010

08-02-2023 11:51 PM
by dP-

19

25,923

76622stka01, acura, acurazine, blade, blades, diy, inserts, manual, mitsuba, replace, replacing, rl, rubber, terminology, wiper, wipers

DIY - Replace Windshield Wiper

737 Jock on 10-10-2010

08-30-2012 07:41 PM
by dcmodels

6

32,268

39120stka12, acura, door, honda, interior, mdx, measuring, panel, rdx, remove, resistance, speaker, speakers, tsx, tweeter

DIY - Remove Door Interior Panel and Replace Door Speaker

737 Jock on 08-21-2011

08-23-2023 07:29 PM
by FlopMeister

10

50,726

50, acura, auto, change, check, diy, fluid, honda, level, mdx, mixmizer, oil, power, rdx, sae, sh, steering, tranfer, transmission

DIY - Transfer Fluid change

737 Jock on 10-08-2010

11-16-2020 04:51 PM
by CSmoney28

33

53,558

acura, air, charge, controller, cooler, fitting, iridium, nm, paint, plugs, rdx, removing, replace, spark, torque, wrench

DIY-Remove Charge Air Cooler, Replace Spark Plugs

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1 2)

737 Jock on 09-27-2010

05-29-2017 10:22 AM
by SinCity

56

76,741

acura, autozone, brake, brakes, clips, cmax, duralast, ebc, oem, pad, pads, quiet, rattle, rotor, stop, verses

Brakes -- Changed EBC to AutoZone Duralast

737 Jock on 06-28-2012

07-30-2013 10:40 PM
by SinCity

3

12,403

hood, mdx, place, position, postion, rdx, service

Hood to Service Position

737 Jock on 12-10-2007

07-09-2008 07:51 PM
by gs2002

4

1,888

2007, 4qt, acura, dipstick, filling, fluid, honda, mdx, procedure, quarts, rdx, refill, trans, transmision, transmission, tube, z1

Filling Transmission

737 Jock on 12-26-2007

11-16-2020 04:17 PM
by CSmoney28

10

8,255

awd, diff, forum, rdx, service, sh, shawd

DIY Service, check the SH-AWD level too.

737 Jock on 08-28-2008

08-28-2008 06:28 PM
by john50

1

2,431

Installed new LED DRL/High Beams to my RDX

75tranzam on 01-16-2019

11-15-2020 04:25 PM
by Acura forever

17

12,862

Putting down sound deadening mat in my 2010

75tranzam on 02-23-2020

02-26-2020 12:50 AM
by Altair

3

2,661

acura, cost, dealer, dealership, markup, rdx, real

RDX - Dealer Cost

AAMC on 09-03-2008

09-03-2008 03:39 PM
by AAMC

0

1,617

acura, acurazine, adjust, adjustment, brake, cl, diy, emercengy, forum, integra, parking, rdx, rsx, tighten, tightin

Adjust Emergency Brake

Acomp182 on 08-20-2011

12-12-2014 01:37 PM
by BigHatch

3

6,507

2011 rdx license plate lights

Acura forever on 12-11-2020

12-14-2020 06:53 PM
by CSmoney28

5

711

2010, acura, connector, curt, harness, harness2010, hitch, install, rdx, towing, trailer, trailor, valley, wire, wiring, working

2010 RDX Trailer wiring harness

Acura01028 on 05-15-2010

06-08-2010 09:14 PM
by brianko

3

5,739

Aside from Mobil 1 and Pennzoil, can we use Castrol on our First Gen RDX?

acura1972 on 10-28-2019

11-16-2020 04:23 PM
by CSmoney28

6

4,324

2010, acura, air, antenna, antennas, car, cleaner, install, rdx, removal, remove, removing, replace, roof, tl, tool, wash

how to remove antenna?

acura1972 on 02-17-2010

11-16-2022 04:50 PM
by cool_breeze

10

11,040

I just replaced AT fluid last year, I got a B13 service: shd I replace AT fluid again

acura1972 on 06-01-2023

06-01-2023 09:18 PM
by acura1972

2

485

2011, acura, acurazine, bulb, bulbs, dome, interior, led, license, light, lights, map, plate, rdx, replacing

RDX L.E.D. interior lights reference - SUPERBRIGHTLEDS.com

Acura604 on 10-19-2011

11-04-2012 09:40 PM
by dcmodels

6

8,792

Differential Fluid

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1 2)

AcuraDriver89 on 07-16-2007

09-21-2010 08:40 PM
by fryrice

60

21,781

2006, 2188, acura, amsoil, asl, change, compare, ichange, intervals, mdx, oil, pennzoil, platinum, sso, walmart, yopu

How often do you have oil change with AMSOIL?

acurardx on 05-24-2009

11-16-2020 04:39 PM
by horseshoez

25

9,242

03, 2010, acra, acura, acurazine, dash, dashboard, mdx, rdx, removal, remove, removing, rl, tl

How do you remove the dash?

acurardx2009 on 03-13-2010

03-13-2010 10:33 AM
by acurardx2009

1

2,437

acura, aftermarket, dusk, headlamps, headlight, headlights, kit, photo, rdx, rdxany, sensing, sensor, shut, sun, tl, turn

Dusk Sensor Headlamps Mod?

ACURascal on 10-15-2007

11-01-2007 05:38 PM
by ACURascal

18

4,370

acura, added, clip, clips, gate, jon, lift, liftgate, rattles, rdx, remove, ron

RDX '07 LiftGate Clips

Adler on 04-13-2010

04-16-2010 04:11 PM
by Adler

8

2,648

Replace Reverse Lights on '09 RDX

airlyss on 12-01-2018

12-04-2018 06:42 PM
by 75tranzam

6

2,384

2011, acura, acurazine, adjustment, cut, headlight, hid, insides, problems, projector, projectors, rdx, rotate, rotating, tsx

Rotating projector inside headlight housing

alex81 on 03-22-2011

08-12-2011 01:46 PM
by justnspace

4

5,631

acura, acurazine, fluid, fluids, flush, flushing, forum, leak, mdx, oil, power, rdx, scam, steering, tsx

Power Steering Flush?

Allanon on 06-30-2009

10-30-2009 08:51 PM
by Bluecivic107

2

3,888

Aftermarket Oil Drain Plug

amace on 02-22-2016

02-26-2016 03:14 PM
by Jdrum1

5

1,726

Replace A/C compressor

andyharbison on 07-18-2020

05-02-2022 08:36 AM
by andyharbison

6

3,705

acura, celsius, change, imperial, kilometres, km, metric, miles, ml, rdx, switch, tl, units

Switch to metric (km, celsius, radio .05 etc)

Azzie on 12-16-2007

12-17-2007 03:56 AM
by Azzie

2

3,286

oil and warranty

babo on 03-24-2009

04-15-2009 11:58 AM
by mickey513

18

2,544

2008 rdx sliding when making turns on snow

Bamared1 on 01-25-2014

04-15-2014 12:15 PM
by XLR8R

3

1,859

led lights installation for thr 2008 rdx

Bamared1 on 01-25-2014

01-25-2014 08:25 AM
by Bamared1

0

1,805

2007, actuator, acura, acurazine, blinker, bulb, bulbs, change, changing, mdx, mirror, rdx, side, tl, tsx

Changing bulbs in the mirror-mounted directional signals

BaronVonRDX on 09-12-2007

01-21-2011 12:51 PM
by tylerRDX

6

5,118

2010, acura, bumper, clips, directions, front, rdx, removal, remove, removing, replace, rl, tsx

Need help with Front Bumper removal

Battousai on 09-20-2010

09-20-2010 02:47 AM
by Battousai

0

1,881

A creaking noise coming from the rear seats a low speeds? Temporary Solution

Beat Ignition on 08-14-2013

08-15-2013 01:40 AM
by dcmodels

1

1,588

Help a n00b upgrade his sound system

Beat Ignition on 08-14-2013

08-03-2015 08:13 AM
by eaglesfan398

5

2,563

Great cargo mat under $15

benf007 on 03-02-2008

03-08-2008 06:50 AM
by benf007

3

2,026

2011, acura, bars, cross, crossbars, holder, mdx, oem, rack, rail, rdx, remove, removing, roof, torx, tsx

Remove roof rack crossbars?

bgavinski on 02-27-2008

02-28-2008 10:08 AM
by bgavinski

1

4,579

acura, acurazine, clean, cleaner, cleaning, glass, odometer, rdx, remove, repair, speedometer, taking, tl, window

Removing Speedometer Window?

bigbaloobear on 08-11-2008

08-12-2008 02:48 PM
by bigbaloobear

1

1,520