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Old May 31, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas Coyote
Tell more about the rubberized undercoating paint. I need some of that stuff, a brilliant idea.
It's about 10-12bux a bottle, and it is a rubberized undercoating used for wheel wells and undercarraiges. It is about the best tool to have for an econobox.

here are my Fog lamp surrounds, which were totally chewed up from road debris (I have had 3 broken fog lamps in 1 year). The coating makes a bedliner type or coarse powdercoat-like wrinkle black finish.



The coating also reduces vibrations since it is a sound dampener/sealant. We used like 4 cans of it in a stripped CX EG h22 hatchback to drop the interior resonance levels because the motor mounts were super hard polyurethane. It helped out quite a bit. I have one can left, but will likely run through it quickly. My last can I used to coat and adhere the dynamat in my boat's engine bay cover which is fiberglass. The rubberized coating dropped the engine noise substantially, and makes it much more pleasant cruising at speed. I feel like the whole fit needs to get a coating of it underneath, in the doors, wheel wells, you name it, just to make it a little more durable and quiet the road noise a bit, plus it always makes the stereo sound better, as you don't get the funky vibrations.
 
Old Jul 3, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Fitguy07
Wow, a lot of you did springs. I think lowering springs in my area would be no good as there's too many hills, dips, potholes, you name it. I'd smash up my bumper in no time. Maybe tint first and then a Fujita Intake.
Yeah.. I'm thinking more like raising it! Gravel roads
 
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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K&N Air Filter -->Cargo Tray --> OEM All season floor mats --> Window tint then 17" wheels(maybe) and I'm thinking of SRI or CAI just because I want to get better mpg.
 
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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that's a nice texture too. good job.

i ended up using some Duplicolor Engine Enamel matte black and it's held up pretty well...actually very very well.
 
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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lowering spring & ls meshies
 
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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Thanks Shaggs. That's some stuff that I will probably use a lot of. It is far better looking and is sure to be better at sound deadening than the asphalt spray on crap that I coated many an old beater with years ago.
 
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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tint and Fit debadge as soon as I left the dealer
 
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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Rims,Tint,Lowering (Drop Zone) Springs, Cat-Back,Short ram intake,Yellow fog lights,Hyper white headlights,Lexus rear liscense plate bulbs...and more to come
 
Old Jun 6, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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Installed all-weather floor mats, and have begun replacing all but the headlights with LEDs (even if that means I'll be driving with seizure-inducing hyperflashers until I figure out how to splice in some load resistors).
 
Old Jun 6, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Tower brace, pedal set w/ dead, short ram air.

< click 2 super size
 

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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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The first thing I did was PIAA Yellows foglight bulbs then shortly after a short air intake
 

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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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Dropped it! Tanabe DF210 first day i bought it =) , shortly after Tanabe Medallion axle back, Yellow Fogs, and short ram intake
 
Old Jun 7, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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just got the car a month ago and so far, i've gotten a nice squash air freshener for it(: smells so good!!
 
Old Jun 7, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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red H's and drop.
 
Old Jun 7, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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JDM front grill
 
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Let the list begin.

-First we did door fabric replacment.
-Yellow fog light bulbs
-Cut out stock speakers as mounting for some pioneer speakers
-Installed a sub pre-out to my stock radio, for the Alpine Type-R
-Black out headlights, H grill, and Rear H grill
-Black out of lower front and rear bumpers
-KN stock intake filter replacement
-Hard wired GPS wire and hid cable run to top of driver side front window.
-Installed Yakima rack, and kayak adapter for kayak transport.
 
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 01:36 PM
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I invested in seat time first. Tracked it at Motor Sport Ranch, Cresson, TX.
 
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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I put, all kit spoiler with grille, all season floor mat, side molder, eibach springs, window tint, leather seats, 17" wheels with paint, ajustable shocks, fog lights, xenon lights, etc..
 
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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I got my GD second-hand, so most of my "upgrades" are actually replacements because a lot of things really needed replacing.

First real mod I did was the headunit since my stock HU refused to play CDs since day 1.
 
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 09:27 PM
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It all started for me with tint - never had done that before - then the Mugen modifications began - then the carbon fiber came into play and 3 years later - I love my Fit more than ever!

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