There is nothing "real deal" about it, why would I drive 60 miles back and forth to a dealership just to get a tube of "JDM" grease? Silicone grease is silicone grease nothing more to it.

 

Or have it shipped to your door along with other maintenance parts.

 

[QUOTE=Choungsgay,Mar 17 2008, 07:11 PM] There is nothing "real deal" about it, why would I drive 60 miles back and forth to a dealership just to get a tube of "JDM" grease?

 

I had just cleaned my car that day and decided on a whim to apply silicone grease and the silicone grease from autozone was simply the most readily available. If you are so set on shin-etsu grease could you possibly detail the chemical make-up of the shin-etsu silicone grease vs my autozone silicone grease and exactly what compound makes it so much better?

 

Thanks for the input. I appreciate it. It looks like Shin-Etsu silicone grease is not that much different from other silicone greases. If I get the Honda stuff, so much the better, if not, so be it, just about any silicone grease will do.

 

Oddly enough, the Owner

 

For whatever it's worth:

Lubricating Greases & Dielectric Compounds
Silicone grease consists of silicone fluid, thickened with metallic soap and other additives. Silicone compound is a grease-like silicone fluid that has been thickened with fine particles of silica. Both offer excellent heat and oxidation stability, as well as electrical properties and water repellency. Silicone greases and fluid compounds are ideal for electrical insulation, sealing, radiant heating and applications requiring water repellency. Primarily used in transportation, electrical/electronics and machine tooling industries, these products highly stable, reliable, and inert.

http://www.silicone.jp/e/co-operate/guide/oil.html

Characteristics of Silicone Grease

Silicone grease products are made with a silicone fluid base oil blended with materials such as fillers, oiliness improvers and antioxidants. They have greater thermo-oxidative stability and moisture resistance than common mineral oil-based greases, and can be used in a wider range of temperatures. Furthermore, silicone greases are chemically inert, so they can be used on almost any equipment.

http://www.chilternconnections.co.uk/Shin-...properties.html

 

id just get Shin-etsu. Its like 5 bucks from HTG.

 

I just use dielectric silicone grease. It's very common, highly available, can be had for very little money, and you can use it on your battery terminals to keep them from corroding (keeping oxygen away from things is what it is designed to do...).

 

went to the dealer to show the squickiness of the top and the mechanic who took a ride with me gave me a full tube of shin-etsu