Kens Honda Fit Blog

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by TOOL

Looks killer bro!
I cant belive you actually prefer the handling with out the Progress bar!

Tyler

yah, some cars running different suspension setups call out different
things; and for my application running EnduraTechs, the progress bar
was not called out. that's all.

the bar worked very well with my lowering springs i had.

[poke6o4]

Originally Posted by kenchan

is your car grey?

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by poke6o4

is your car grey?

that's the silver storm metallic. looks almost deep like my G35C's Brilliant Silver which is like a ligher gray metallic almost. it's a nice color.

[poke6o4]

Originally Posted by kenchan

that's the silver storm metallic. looks almost deep like my G35C's Brilliant Silver which is like a ligher gray metallic almost. it's a nice color.

ohh that's cool. i just bought my fit recently. I'm getting it in wednesday =D what do you think of white? gosh.. im going to have to sit in a room listening to the guy talk over the car for an hour and a half when i go pick it up =(

[kenchan]

white was my original choice of color but they dont offer 08's in white so
got my second choice which was silver. silver is nice too, i likes.

1.5hrs of carsaleman talking? tell him just cut out the tangents and
get to the point. in/out in 15min.

[RDS]

Originally Posted by kenchan

white was my original choice of color but they dont offer 08's in white so
got my second choice which was silver. silver is nice too, i likes.

I was talking to someone at Honda and he mentioned white wasn't a very popular color for the Fits, so they just weren't putting out as many.

[poke6o4]

Originally Posted by kenchan

white was my original choice of color but they dont offer 08's in white so
got my second choice which was silver. silver is nice too, i likes.

1.5hrs of carsaleman talking? tell him just cut out the tangents and
get to the point. in/out in 15min.

hmm i really regret buying the undercoating =( paid 800 dollars, is undercoating really worth it do you think?

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by poke6o4

hmm i really regret buying the undercoating =( paid 800 dollars, is undercoating really worth it do you think?

no, not worth 800. plus, they wont warranty it unless you get it
inspected every year or something and get it touched up at your
expense.

the worst part about adding aftermarket undercoating is that it
sometimes plugs up the designed drain holes and crevises.

our cars come with ample undercoating and specially treated
metals... you shouldn't need any further undercoating. just
wash it when you can in a reasonable time frame.

[poke6o4]

Originally Posted by kenchan

no, not worth 800. plus, they wont warranty it unless you get it
inspected every year or something and get it touched up at your
expense.

the worst part about adding aftermarket undercoating is that it
sometimes plugs up the designed drain holes and crevises.

our cars come with ample undercoating and specially treated
metals... you shouldn't need any further undercoating. just
wash it when you can in a reasonable time frame.

and one more question ha, did you buy an alarm for your car? cause i heard you don't really need one cause there's one already in the car system?

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by poke6o4

and one more question ha, did you buy an alarm for your car? cause i heard you don't really need one cause there's one already in the car system?

yah, the sports have a factory alarm system. you can bypass and
get a more elaborate aftermarket one if you prefer.

[kenchan]

its been a while since my last update...

the EnduraTechs are doing great, no issues. no noise, no nothing. just
a smooth ride to work and around town. took a few corners pretty
fast. no issues.. and like to remind that im not using a rear swaybar.


no issues on the FitSport itself. starts like a champ, reliable start
in very cold, very damp, and humid conditions. no issues in idle
either. very nice.

interior's looking good too. i just got done cleaning it last weekend.
a/s floor matts, carpeting, vac'ed. looks like new again. i
noticed a slight wear around where my heel goes for the clutch
on the a/s floor mats but no issue on the carpeting. also, the
zeta deadpedal had no sign of rust from the salt inside the car.

the zeta cargo cover is starting to rattle on certain roads. will
see if i can quiet that down a little bit. it's intermittent so not
annoying.

overall still very happy with my car. it's going to be exactly 4months
this weekend.

[kenchan]

at about 4.3k miles my maintenance reminder lamp came on at 15%
left on the oil so stopped by the dealer this afternoon to get my FREE
oil change.


nothin's cheaper than free. next one im going to do it myself
and use M1 silver cap.

[poke6o4]

Originally Posted by kenchan

at about 4.3k miles my maintenance reminder lamp came on at 15%
left on the oil so stopped by the dealer this afternoon to get my FREE
oil change.


nothin's cheaper than free. next one im going to do it myself
and use M1 silver cap.

do you always do it when it says 15%?

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by poke6o4

do you always do it when it says 15%?

if im going to use synthetic i would reset the reminder one time
so that i go 8k miles or more.

basically once a year or 10k miles on synthetics for me whichever
comes first.

[kenchan]

checked my oil level today.... as expected, dealer overfilled by
about 5mm above the top hole (full) on the dipstick.


geez...

[kenchan]

oh yah, one thing ive been meaning to tell...

you know how ive been saying all this crap about these junk falken ziex912 tires... well i found ONE thing i like about them... well actually
2 things.

1) the sidewalls do not get dirty that much... just wash, no need to dress it. this is great news for dd's cause dressing tires is an extra step we
can all live without.

2) VERY long wear. 4.5k miles and still no sign of wear. i might hold off
rotating the tires until 7k miles.

[kenchan]

today i painted the fog surround pieces black and also the wheel hubs
black.

yah, not the best images, but you get the idea.

[kenchan]

close up of the fog surround piece. it's black with semi-gloss.

[jdjohnson9]

Looks good. It matches the plastics well. I thought that you already painted your covers but i guess i was way off. haha. Looks good though