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What did you do to your GE fit today?

Old Feb 27, 2012 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 555sexydrive
This Fit needs more hiGH!!!

Are the Legend calipers heavy also? I'm referencing to NS-X calipers, I sent my friend years back all 4 and the box weighed like 82lbs. Honestly though, I can't recall if the rotors were also in the box, I'm hoping so now that I think about that weight. I also remember carrying the box like 600m to my office from the car, my arms were quite at my mind.

About the rotors, what are you using to mate up with the calipers?
The weight difference between the caliper I don't think it was really that much more then the Fit I forgot to check that. NSX calipers are made from allunium and the Legend are made from cast iron. I would of like to use the NSX calipers, but are way to much. As for the rotors I'm using 07 mini cooper rotors just off the self no name rotors.
 

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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 07:21 AM
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Nice.

Yeah the more I think about it, the NS-X rotors had to be in that box as well. No damn way the calipers would weigh 20lbs a piece. hahaha
 
Old Feb 27, 2012 | 06:18 PM
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Painted My Interior

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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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Looks dark in there! Krylon fusion?
 
Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:40 PM
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WOW learn to resize pics. And you PAINTED your interior?! Weirdest mod I think I've ever seen...
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 12:19 AM
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Got 205/50/16 continental extremecontact DW tires installed today, and had to get it out for a late night wash to get all that crap they spray on there off. So far so good. I'll write up a review on the tires soon. Gone is the twitchy steering with these softer sidewalls, but they are certainly a compliant ride. Really time to get those swifts on, as the car feels limp on top of these things now.

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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jnesselroad
Looks dark in there! Krylon fusion?
Yes, Krylon Fusion.
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 09:15 AM
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finally lowered the beech. on swift springs
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Hey Matt the black looks good. Did the same thing in both cars just need to do the a pillars.
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by swflej1
Hey Matt the black looks good. Did the same thing in both cars just need to do the a pillars.
Thank you , I tried to wrap the pillars in carbon, I failed .
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MOTOMATT
Thank you , I tried to wrap the pillars in carbon, I failed .
A+ for effort.

But unfortunately, I think it would look better (to me) if you did the bottom plastics and got black headliner. Just the black middle seems to contrast (a little unpleasantly) with the the remaining dark grey interior parts.

Just an opinion.
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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plastidip... just peel if you get bored with the color... and do it all over again or revert to stock.
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Goobers
A+ for effort.

But unfortunately, I think it would look better (to me) if you did the bottom plastics and got black headliner. Just the black middle seems to contrast (a little unpleasantly) with the the remaining dark grey interior parts.

Just an opinion.
In person the headliner looks darker than the plastic parts, I think the camera's flash changes the color.
 
Old Feb 28, 2012 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MOTOMATT
In person the headliner looks darker than the plastic parts, I think the camera's flash changes the color.
I guess it really does need more "in person" to get a better opinion.
 
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 03:58 AM
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Just picked up the little beast. Diff, clutch and final installed. The feeling of this clutch is way easy. Unsprung hub and I can't even tell a difference really. Easy starting off on inclines and in bumper to bumper traffic. Hopefully a roadtrip this weekend to break in the clutch and diff.
 
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 555sexydrive
Just picked up the little beast. Diff, clutch and final installed. The feeling of this clutch is way easy. Unsprung hub and I can't even tell a difference really. Easy starting off on inclines and in bumper to bumper traffic. Hopefully a roadtrip this weekend to break in the clutch and diff.

Sweet I've been waiting for the out come.
 
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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I received my air horn in today. Saturday will be a fun day with the horn, Mugen rear, and Mini D2S retrofit.
 
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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I finally installed my Fiamm El Grande horns. It's nice to have a real horn again. I hope my install job holds up, I think it needs a few tweaks.
 
Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:59 AM
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tiring day.

pulled my bumper off, removed the head lights to redo the retro., (thinking about a custom shroud) removed and neatly stuffed away both my side mirrors, and hood. in anticipation of my JDP carbon wrapped winker, and powerfolding mirrors along with my JDP vented hood. oh, and also tried taking the face plate
of the gauge clusters off, so i can install the new controls for the powermirrors. didn't want to break anything so i stopped.

anyone have any tips to removing that piece?

here's a picture i took at the begining.

 

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