2nd Generation GE8 Specific DIY: Repair & Maintenance Sub-Forum

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09, bumper, bumpy, diy, fit, ge8, honda, lower, lowering, mugen, nut, rear, ride, spoiler, strut, white

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DIY lower your GE8 Fit

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niko3257 on 11-01-2008

10-04-2016 11:32 PM
by xgudwilx

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DIY Turn Signal Mirrors (winkers)

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niko3257 on 04-03-2009

02-01-2024 06:47 PM
by KpGe8

296

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09, 2008, acura, bar, bars, fit, good, honda, install, installation, pics, progress, rear, sway, tsx

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DIY: progress rear sway bar install

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mole177 on 12-06-2009

09-23-2021 05:07 PM
by ostronomer

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09, 2007, civic, depot, diy, door, fit, fitfreak, forum, front, garage, ge, home, honda, instructions, lip, seal

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DIY front lip

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sandblasted on 10-08-2010

08-03-2018 12:12 AM
by poru_no_fitto

131

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09, 10, 2010, 2011, audio, control, controls, diy, fit, honda, installs, radio, steering, sterling, wheel

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DIY Steering Wheel Audio Controls

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niko3257 on 12-11-2010

02-09-2023 11:55 PM
by gray

125

210,148

3rd, b655389915, booster, car, diy, fit, g6, gen, headlamp, headlight, headlights, honda, lights, paint, painting, piant, smoke, tail

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DIY headlight painting

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niko3257 on 04-10-2009

10-04-2016 12:18 AM
by Smokey_the_Fit

120

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79602tf2g51za, 80510s0a941, automatic, automatoc, cable, circuit, civic99, climate, control, controls, diagram, diy, fit, ge8, honda, removing, service

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DIY: Automatic Climate Control Conversion

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connor55 on 07-02-2013

11-23-2022 12:57 AM
by rgibson89

79

118,910

2009, accord, bulletin, bulletins, fit, forums, honda, jazz, list, service, switch, technical, tsb, tsbs, window

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List of service bulletins (TSB) / other Honda info for the GE8

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clicq on 01-29-2010

10-04-2018 05:32 PM
by figster

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adjustment, battery, clearance, cover, crankshaft, diy, engine, fit, ge8, generator, honda, jazz, l15, lash, turning, unhook, valve

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DIY Valve Clearance Check

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mhadden on 11-16-2012

11-08-2021 10:28 PM
by Victor Garage

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diy, fit, fitfreak, ge, ge8, honda, horizontally, jdm, mod, modification, mods, rear, start, vertical, waper, wiper

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GE8 JDM Rear Wiper Mod

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FittedOnEm on 08-31-2011

01-12-2023 05:36 PM
by Oric the Damned

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03, 96, 99, accord, change, civic, diy, filter, fit, honda, hood, location, lx, replacement, stock, transmission

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DIY Transmission Filter

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niko3257 on 01-02-2012

04-09-2024 10:39 PM
by Zardiw

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2007, capacity, change, changing, diy, fit, fluid, honda, manual, mtf, oil, pump, service, tranny, transmission

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DIY Manual Transmission Fluid Change

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z06dustin on 07-02-2011

04-10-2020 10:39 AM
by SaratogaFit123

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144,723

2008, aftermarket, brake, brakelights, cluster, custom, diy, fit, fitting, honda, install, led, light, lights, remove, tail

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DIY: GE LED Third Brake Light Install

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AtticusFit on 09-15-2009

08-02-2020 04:18 PM
by Cv8

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38, atf, atfdw1, broke, diy, drain, end, extension, fit, ge8, honda, noob, noobs, pads, plug, rear, rotors, type

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Noob ATF Drain/Fill + "flush"

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CasualFitOwner on 09-03-2012

09-16-2019 05:41 PM
by Lukexbeitel

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box, car, cup, cupholder, cupholders, fit, fuse, ge8, holder, holders, honda, illuminate, light, replace, thread

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DIY: Install Cup Holder LED's GE8

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chubbykai on 08-31-2009

08-03-2018 12:13 AM
by poru_no_fitto

32

41,331

accessory, conceal, diy, extra, hardwire, headliner, make, mirror, mount, mounting, rear, socket, subaru, v1, valentine, view

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Valentine One (V1) Hardwire DIY

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specboy on 08-29-2010

08-14-2022 01:32 PM
by tsnuggs42069

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10mm, 2009, 2012, 58, access, diy, firewall, fit, fitfreak, honda, magnetic, plug, plugs, replacement, socket, spark, sport

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DIY - get access to spark plug 2009 sport

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CasualFitOwner on 07-22-2012

01-06-2019 06:40 PM
by poorracerkid

22

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card, colors, dip, diy, dull, fit, fitfreak, honda, index, inside, plasti, plastidip, rim, wheel, wheels

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DIY Plasti-Dipped Wheels

RetroAttack on 07-24-2011

12-02-2011 09:52 AM
by RetroAttack

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08, 087170004, accord, cam, chain, cover, diagram, diy, fit, gasket, honda, liquid, pn, sprocket, timing

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DIY- Replacing the Cam Chain on a '09

FitCrazy80 on 10-05-2011

08-13-2018 11:12 PM
by spike55_bmw

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2012, 2013, change, diy, filter, fit, ge8, honda, oil, type

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DIY: Honda Fit Oil Change

Jephu on 04-15-2014

11-24-2023 09:08 AM
by PK86

16

35,793

2009, 2010, 2011, blower, diagram, diy, fitfreak, fix, fixing, honda, order, repair, repairing, replace, solder

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D.I.Y: Blower motor Resistor Repair

zay2u on 06-30-2013

05-23-2023 10:02 PM
by BrianBahn

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09, 2007, 2010, car, change, fit, honda, install, installation, pump, replace, replacement, replacing, water, year

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DIY- Replacing the Water Pump on a '09 Fit

FitCrazy80 on 10-10-2011

02-27-2013 03:23 PM
by Dean

8

31,523

2009, accord, clips, cover, diy, fit, fitfreak, grill, grille, honda, horn, latch, lower, mesh, mod

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DIY Accord Horn and Mesh Grille

soxfan0434 on 09-17-2011

12-17-2011 04:36 PM
by Spudo769

5

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Main DIY thread (STICKY CONTENT)

JDMchris.com on 07-02-2010

07-02-2010 11:05 PM
by JDMchris.com

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Normal Threads

2009, air, blower, conditioning, fit, forum, havac, high, honda, hvac, location, pack, program, reisistor, resistor, speed, works

HVAC Blower Motor works only on high speed

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valk97 on 05-03-2012

06-29-2023 09:56 AM
by Nervmagi01

163

134,761

2009, al, blew, bujias, cambiar, canada, fit, ge, honda, jazz, plug, plugs, powertrain, spark, warranty

Spark Plug Blown on Low Mileage Fit (HONDA DENIES WARRANTY)

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hermanp on 04-10-2012

08-16-2021 11:54 AM
by drkazknght

160

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2006, 2009, 2nd, fit, gen, generation, history, honda, issues, problems, ratings, reliability, relibility, relibilty, repair

2nd gen Fit reliability

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mkaresh on 09-09-2008

09-22-2016 04:53 PM
by allTRACway

136

45,429

2009, 2011, filter, fit, fitfreak, freak, honda, mobil, motor, oil, pennzoil, rebadged, sae, supertech, type

Your Motor Oil/Oil Filter of Choice

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JDMxGE8 on 07-26-2011

02-15-2015 10:14 AM
by 13fit

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000, 2010, 2012, 30000, 60, 60000, fit, honda, intervals, maintenance, mile, miles, schedule, service, sport

The Real Service Schedule for the Honda Fit Automatic Transmission

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SevereService on 01-15-2012

06-08-2015 05:45 PM
by littleblackcar

120

232,883

2012, back, bottom, commercial, door, fit, flush, front, gasket, honda, leak, leaking, problems, rear, water

Rear door water leak…fully explained and solved

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Spacecoast on 05-23-2012

08-03-2017 01:47 PM
by dieseldude

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198,702

2012, advisor, advisors, discussion, fit, forums, haynes, honda, make, service, straight

Honda Service Advisor for over 9 years...need help?

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bonylad on 10-16-2012

01-16-2014 10:19 AM
by bonylad

70

11,062

2010, armor, burnt, driving, fit, fitfreak, fix, fog, glass, headlight, honda, lense, light, park, replacement

Replace glass on frog light?

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hkfooey on 09-18-2011

12-06-2011 12:56 AM
by lowered_klass

41

7,735

0w30, 2010, 5w20, change, cr, filter, fit, ge8, honda, jazz, mobil, mpg, oil, type, work

Economy/"Green" Oil 0w-30? What's the deal?

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KweenJD on 10-18-2010

05-29-2014 11:33 PM
by Odie

41

10,418

Some issues with new-used Fit

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uRabbit on 07-12-2019

07-19-2019 11:02 PM
by uRabbit

37

5,183

2008, bolt, diy, drain, fit, honda, oil, pan, problems, righty, stripped, tighty

Oil Drain Plug/Pan stripped HELP

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FIT-tles Worth on 08-10-2014

08-17-2014 05:55 PM
by jmsplitfyre

31

20,937

09, 1st, 2009, 2010, analysis, change, changes2009, diy, first, fit, honda, mile, oil, percentage, synthetic

First Oil Change

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ZXRider on 02-07-2010

06-24-2023 06:36 PM
by 07FitFreakazoid

30

35,745

2009, 2010, denso, e3, electrode, fit, fitfreak, freak, ge8, honda, ik22, iridium, plugs, replacement, special

Denso IK22 plugs installed

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gshipley_nc on 03-30-2010

05-15-2011 02:57 PM
by Texas Coyote

30

16,065

ac, compressor, condenser, cycling, fit, freezing, honda, ices, pop, properly, stays, thermistor

A/C compressor not cycling, evap freeze-up

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gkitf16 on 05-27-2014

02-19-2024 08:04 PM
by irontmp

29

44,652

bulletin, changing, diy, filter, honda, number, oil

Honda A02 oil filter has slight oil leak from the rubber seal ( gasket ) after oil ..

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Odie on 03-31-2013

04-04-2013 01:43 PM
by Mini_Odyssey

28

9,045

2008, 2012, 74222tk6a00, civic, cover, cowl, fit, gap, hinge, hond, honda, missing, molding, part, piece, plastic, trim, windshield

Windshield Trim piece is missing

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valk97 on 05-23-2012

11-09-2017 08:12 PM
by Alco RS-1

27

35,153

2012 Fit AT - Transmission leak with pictures

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Under_Score on 06-30-2012

10-03-2016 05:47 PM
by JLM2.0

26

10,234

2009, 60k, accord, atf, drain, dw, dw1, fit, fluid, honda, location, mobil, plug, service, services, trans

Trans service @30k instead of 60k

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Klasse Act on 12-06-2010

01-17-2011 08:24 PM
by DOHCtor

26

8,636

Oil life indicator and change mileage... local place trying to rip me off?

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classact2575 on 09-23-2014

10-21-2014 09:22 AM
by Fit Charlie

26

25,582

Transmission question

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hatchpat on 06-19-2014

07-19-2014 09:34 PM
by 13fit

25

3,025

1356, 3750, bar, beaks, change, fit, ge8, gold, honda, lower, maintenance, napa, oil, reminder, tie, weight

Ok doing my first oil change tomorrow the Reminder went off at 15% with 8989 miles

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Vash on 06-05-2010

10-28-2010 10:06 PM
by SilverBullet

25

5,370

2007, 2010, air, cabin, campartment, compartment, engine, fit, focus, ford, fuel, gas, honda, smell, smells

Fuel smell in cabin and engine compartment?

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runbikerun on 11-01-2010

04-15-2017 08:37 AM
by spike55_bmw

25

40,952

1st, 2009, 2010, accelerating, acceleration, anti, fit, grind, grinding, honda, noise, scraping, scrapping, sound, sport

2009 Honda Fit Sport Grinding Noise

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kimonostereo on 11-09-2012

09-15-2016 09:37 PM
by Sparky1967

25

42,441

Topping Off or Refilling Oil

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Mister Coffee on 07-29-2014

03-17-2024 12:54 PM
by petejones

24

5,098

2009, canada, clips, dealer, fit, floor, floormats, honda, hooks, instalation, install, installation, maryland, mat, mats, season

Installing Floor Mats 2009??????

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Kory G on 08-31-2009

09-13-2011 09:01 AM
by Jim2bFit

24

7,079

2010, 2011, chande, change, cost, diy, filter, fit, forum, freaks, ge8, honda, maintenance, oil, service

First Oil Change & Filter

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Red Rockit on 08-14-2011

03-18-2012 11:00 PM
by Mayo

23

10,434

Is it Time For an Oil Change or Not?

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snaithbert on 08-14-2014

08-17-2014 09:33 PM
by 13fit

23

9,801

2002, 2006, access, acura, change, crv, diy, gd3, honda, increase, odyssey, plug, plugs, remove, spark, tl

A Little Bad News for Mechanically Inclined GE Owners- Spark Plug R&R

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manxman on 01-16-2009

09-28-2011 03:57 PM
by x_25

23

19,845

Oil change maintence minder question

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Brisscoe on 02-23-2014

07-31-2014 09:33 PM
by andrew19942001

23

4,825

265120, at10, chicago, dewalt, housing, top

Impact Wrench

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xxryu139xx on 06-10-2013

06-19-2013 01:41 PM
by solbrothers

23

3,737

06, 2007, 2008, acceleration, aceleration, camry, erratic, fit, honda, idle, missing, p0300, pulstar, rough, running, stops

Rough Idle/Acceleration

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TripleThreat on 03-20-2013

01-06-2015 02:11 AM
by SamuraiFrog

23

14,413

Broken coil bolt--does the engine need to be removed to drill this out?

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rhmanatee1 on 09-15-2019

10-07-2019 09:42 PM
by rhmanatee1

22

29,823

2013, change, diy, fit, honda, mileage, miles, oil

First Oil Change?

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luciusad2004 on 02-24-2013

11-20-2013 01:37 AM
by DiamondStarMonsters

22

4,915

2009, 2013, engine, fit, honda, misfire, sport

2009 Fit Hesitation

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davidmitcha on 10-30-2013

08-09-2014 01:37 AM
by john21031

21

12,021

2009, auxiliary, engine, feed, fit, gauge, gauges, guage, honda, installing, oil, sending, temperature, unit, voltage

water temp gauge

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MOTOMATT on 09-20-2011

05-15-2021 09:04 PM
by cornice6

21

22,242

Cylinder #3 Spark Plug Blow-Out

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MEATBABY on 01-13-2016

04-28-2017 12:50 PM
by slimchriz

20

27,946

2009, ac, air, conditioning, cool, coolant, fit, forum, honda, hours, issues, malfunction, problem, problems, sport

A/C Problem (Fit Sport 2009)

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Underwoo on 07-15-2012

11-22-2023 11:33 PM
by honda599

20

49,080

car, fit, ge8, honda, jack, jacking, jackstands, place, placement, points, position, put, putting, stand, stands, wgere

Where to put jack stands?

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Thorzdad on 11-05-2011

12-16-2011 12:38 PM
by Krimson_Cardnal

20

40,279

2013 Manual Sport using Oil

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colnago on 04-11-2015

05-07-2015 12:35 AM
by john21031

20

3,073

Service interval / MM quandary…what would you do?

know-nothin on 08-29-2014

09-02-2014 07:28 PM
by DrewE

19

1,879

3157

EvoFit on 03-12-2011

10-16-2013 10:42 PM
by luismycorreo

19

8,040

Crack Windshield Repair Cost

silentnoise713 on 09-05-2014

09-23-2017 07:06 AM
by LeeMarkus

19

13,938

A/C problem.

Mikepfeiffer1 on 08-19-2014

10-15-2014 06:32 PM
by Kuro

19

2,378

2nd, change, convert, diy, fit, flush, ge8, gen, gocart, honda, manual, oil, price, transmission, village

Transmission Oil Change

ACMierzeje on 05-25-2010

04-14-2012 04:43 PM
by Starks

18

10,436

Entirely confused about required maintenance

exocytosis on 09-16-2013

06-13-2019 10:56 AM
by TheWanderer19

18

7,704

battery, block, bolt, broken, cam, engine, fit, ge8, hater, honda, jump, meaning, series, sprocket, start, swap

My GE8 has died. Does anyone have 2 cents?

IIEZ on 12-27-2009

04-16-2012 07:50 PM
by Jred

18

3,456

2006, broken, cracked, depo, driving, fit, fitfreak, fix, fog, foglight, honda, lamp, lens, lense, light, lights, repair

Broken fog light lenses

shawnshank on 04-26-2013

02-09-2015 04:07 PM
by Stiles

17

22,977

08, 2010, 2011, 51, fit, honda, inflationhonda, max, pressure, proper, psi, recommended, tire, tires, tyre

tire pressure?

daddyscooltv on 02-25-2011

11-01-2022 04:41 PM
by KrautBurner

17

41,666

Maintenance on low mileage 2009 Honda Fit

string3599 on 01-01-2015

08-25-2019 10:40 PM
by n9cv

17

5,214

Squirely steering on the highway: Any Consensus?

Oneoldphlaytis on 03-02-2015

06-17-2015 04:58 AM
by Black3sr

17

6,725