What did you do to the GD Fit today?
June 2007 1st Place Fit of the Month Winner
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: The Latin Pot
Please explain.
96-97 civic HX coupe.
Its due to the contact surface were the lug nuts actually contact the wheel and the surface of the lug nuts them selves.
OEM Honda/Acura wheels are all ball seat designs featuring rounded contact surfaces. Most aftermarket wheels feature tapered/acorn seats, which is a flat angled contact surface.
Mixing the two in either application WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to correctly seat in place which WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to properly be torqued to spec due to inadequate surface contact between the wheel and lug nut... which could also allow it to work itself loose over time.
OEM Honda/Acura wheels are all ball seat designs featuring rounded contact surfaces. Most aftermarket wheels feature tapered/acorn seats, which is a flat angled contact surface.
Mixing the two in either application WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to correctly seat in place which WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to properly be torqued to spec due to inadequate surface contact between the wheel and lug nut... which could also allow it to work itself loose over time.
Weapon R 1 piece header is technically a 4-2-1 design but the first collector has such a short length that it would kill any pulses so it would not be my first choice. Their first gen 2 piece design did run into the subframe so you add about 3/4" to each primary up top to make sure it cleared. I have no clue how they fit now but I would like to see more guys use them.
I believe that you can buy the lug nuts with the ball style to fit I think you just have the order the right ones to fit the extended studs. Not positive though.
June 2007 1st Place Fit of the Month Winner
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,664
From: The Latin Pot
Its due to the contact surface were the lug nuts actually contact the wheel and the surface of the lug nuts them selves.
OEM Honda/Acura wheels are all ball seat designs featuring rounded contact surfaces. Most aftermarket wheels feature tapered/acorn seats, which is a flat angled contact surface.
Mixing the two in either application WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to correctly seat in place which WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to properly be torqued to spec due to inadequate surface contact between the wheel and lug nut... which could also allow it to work itself loose over time.
OEM Honda/Acura wheels are all ball seat designs featuring rounded contact surfaces. Most aftermarket wheels feature tapered/acorn seats, which is a flat angled contact surface.
Mixing the two in either application WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to correctly seat in place which WILL NOT allow the lug nuts to properly be torqued to spec due to inadequate surface contact between the wheel and lug nut... which could also allow it to work itself loose over time.
Thank you guys for info I did not give any attention to or even know lol.
Installed the Exhaust Pipe Finisher and steering wheel emblem inserts today.
Since I'm not getting a new muffler/exhaust system anytime soon, this was the nexy best thing. Its not much of an upgrade but its way better than seeing the stock rusty muffler tip.
Since I'm not getting a new muffler/exhaust system anytime soon, this was the nexy best thing. Its not much of an upgrade but its way better than seeing the stock rusty muffler tip.
Sometimes you need a downhill section or a tailwind, lol.
That Vegas heat is making the car sluggish haha. I noticed (my Fit is tuned) that getting to 100mph is not that hard but keeping that momentum to climb is were is tough. To be honest I haven't really tried to take it past 100moh. San traffic gets congested and can get scary. Plus drivers suck.
Did the wiper mod, didn't need to take the wiper off like other threads said you did, although its probably easier to do it that way haha.
I also painted the engine cover and a temporary license plate relocate because I got bored, took me a while to decide on a colour but i think white was an alright choice. I'll probably end up buying a different cover eventually anyways
parked beside an S2000
I also painted the engine cover and a temporary license plate relocate because I got bored, took me a while to decide on a colour but i think white was an alright choice. I'll probably end up buying a different cover eventually anyways
parked beside an S2000
That Vegas heat is making the car sluggish haha. I noticed (my Fit is tuned) that getting to 100mph is not that hard but keeping that momentum to climb is were is tough. To be honest I haven't really tried to take it past 100moh. San traffic gets congested and can get scary. Plus drivers suck.
There were also 4 people in the car, so that wasn't helping either.
All that considered, it did well. Took like 10 seconds to get from 70 to 90. Still the power is nothing to brag about that's for sure, lol.
I'm at the tint place right now. Yup open on a Sunday. Getting 17 all around. Not the smoke look. The charcoal look. 2 film. Better quality then the smoke look. A little lighter than 20 even though the number is lower. Saw pics at the shop. Looks dope.
Pics to be posted in my building thread. Stay tuned. Car will be dirty though.
Pics to be posted in my building thread. Stay tuned. Car will be dirty though.
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Canada
Yup, there is a place that sells adapters. They are like little washers that sit in the ball seat and make the wheel compatible with tapered/conical lugs. Unfortunately, shipping is like 20$ on any order so it would have to be a big box of adapters to make it worth it. Group buy???
Thanks! I just used a high temperature spray paint from the local hardware/paint shop. Seems to hold up pretty good too. Just make sure you give it a good wipe down before spraying and do a lot of thin layers. You can't really see in this picture but the bottom right corner is a little blotchy because i sprayed it a little thicker than i should have lol