My daughter owns an 03 Accord 4 cyl. standard. Today I'm putting her winter tires/wheels on for winter season. I have a couple of questions.

-Are the jacking points on the 03 the same as our 92? (I use a hydraulic floor jack that can lift the entire end of the car.)

-The snow tires, already on winter-steel-wheels, were used last year. Do nowadays' snow tires indicate on them the direction of rotation? If not, is there any way to tell from the tread pattern?

Thanks for any advice.

 

Jacking points:
The front has an arrow pointing to a rectangular area. The rear is the rear tow hook.

 

Thanks.

(A tow hook in the rear? Our car is the exact opposite. We have the hook in front and the flat area in back.)

 

Hmmm...

This image is for a 7th gen accord.

I have an 8th gen accord which has similar lift points. Both front and rear has tow hooks; but, the rear tow hook is used as the lift point.

 

Thank you very much for the diagram!! I appreciate it.

 

Just finsihed changing my daughter's tires/wheels over to the snows. The car's jacking points were exactly as that diagram described.

The Hak snow tires had direction-of-rotation arrows on them, so I installed the tires/wheels on the correct side of the car, at least.

Thanks again, redbull-1.

 

Good to hear. You're welcome, glad to help.

 

I am putting a Yakima roof rack on my accord so I I can take a full sized spare on my trip to Alaska. The rack and tire are sort of heavy (but within the limits of what Yakima says I can carry) so there will be a good bit of forward inertia when I stop, especially if I stop quickly.

When I saw the rear hook, I thought that I might put a tiedown from the hook to the roof rack to decrease the chance of forward movement of the rack.

I would obviously put padding at the points where the rope or strap goes over the car to protect the finish.

Can anyone see any negatives to my idea? Does anyone have any better suggestions?

DON

 

I think a full-size spare will fit into the tire well. Then you can put lower-weight cargo into a box (Yakima "Space Case" or something like that).

Or... Using the rope like you said should be OK mechanically. Protect the paint and the rear bumper's plastic skin. And be emotionally prepared for cosmetic damage like scuff marks from the rope.