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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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I wrapped her in a tarp so that water doesn't enter her window and further screw up the interior or the electronics in the door panel. My dog decided to re-decorate the interior of the car when he heard three shots of thunder that frightened him. He pulled off the door panel and rippped out the wiring. He's still alive, believe it or not!
 
Old Jul 12, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BliniBacas
I wrapped her in a tarp so that water doesn't enter her window and further screw up the interior or the electronics in the door panel. My dog decided to re-decorate the interior of the car when he heard three shots of thunder that frightened him. He pulled off the door panel and rippped out the wiring. He's still alive, believe it or not!
We are going to need to see pics of this.
 
Old Jul 13, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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I also lost my camera last month. It's been a tough month for fiscal responsibility here! But my husband might be able to take a photo with his blackberry. I kinda jammed it back into place and the dude down the block got the window up for us! Thank goodness. Flatbush, brooklyn, is NOT the place you want your window open 4 inches. However, I must say I did a great job with a giant plastic bag last night!

Through my tears, I prevailed.....
 
Old Jul 14, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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I got my piaa super plasma gt-x h4 bulbs in yesterday. Replaced my Silvania silverstar ultras. Just as good brightness but with a little better color (blueish purple). Offsets my LED fogs and LED parking lights (cool white (blueish in color)) really well.
Silvania's are now my backups.
 

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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Painted my calipers and drums. That Honda jack is scary so I used my old hydraulic.

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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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I like that. the blue is subtle. much better than bright red.
 
Old Jul 15, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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I finally got the Honda door visors yesterday and installed them within an hour. It wasn't as hard as the directions sounded. And today I just removed the pin stripes on each side of the Fit, they were bugging me for some reason, hehe, a little WD-40 did the job and the afterwards wiped the area with a little soap and water.. Little steps...
 
Old Jul 15, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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I meant to post this yesterday, but I passed the 1000 mile mark on my new Fit, so I'm 1/5 of the way to an oil change now. hehe
 
Old Jul 16, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Yesterday was tint day. Got my senior discount -). Today I used some JB Weld to mount GPS base on dash and sprayed some under coating in the truck well.

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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Window tint

Tinted the Fitteh today :]


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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jjanaya21
... I was just wondering why people have such a "jones" for the visors... is it looks or function kinda thing...
Function first, looks a close second... I live in the US Midwest, and the summer weather can be unpredictable. Go in to work with clear skies, come out to wet seats if you left the windows down, or to HOT seats if you left them up. Solution - door/window visors... lets you leave the windows down a bit without letting rain get in. Now, no matter what the weather decides to do, I am happier getting into the car. (Have had them on the last several cars we've owned. Great addition!)

I put my own on my new Fit yesterday. Not too difficult, but be careful not to drop the clips or studs, as there are no spares. Putting the foam pads in the rear window channels was tricky, but doable. Saved a bunch on the dealer install fees. They look really nice, and weathered their first road test today.

I highly recommend them.

I also ordered my window tints yesterday. I hope they go on as well as the visors did.
 

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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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Busy weekend for the Fit....Saturday I dropped an eliptical trainer off to my brother, then picked up an erg/rowing machine. Was much easier fitting the eliptical in the Fit than in my Civic coupe Didn't even need a screwdriver!
It was kind of amusing picking up the erg. As I pulled into the parking lot and drove past my friend I heard her say "How is he going to fit it in that little car?!" and apparently all the neighbors were joking about it. Actually, I looked up the dimensions in advance to avoid an embarassing situation and knew that it even if I couldn't disassemble the two pieces it would fit in "long mode."

Sunday I drove in a Q&A Rallye. Finshed 8 out of 9...and one team DNF (in other words we were DFL). That said, after an initial bout of frustration right after starting, the wife and I decided to not make ourselves crazy trying to win and instead just sit back and enjoy the drive and if we missed any of the questions we wouldn't sweat it. We had a nice two hours of exploring the windy backroads of the area.
 
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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not really something i did to the fit but not new thread worthy so...
picked up this nike sweatshirt from dicks for $12 and did some iron on patchwork
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 04:39 AM
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Nice hoody. Do you have pdf files for the art work? I would not mind using them.
 
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 10:07 AM
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Nice hoody. Do you have pdf files for the art work? I would not mind using them.
C/S I definitely want that hoody!!!!
 
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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my cat was walking on my hood today. she started to slip, so she dug her nails in .
 
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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feel free to touch it up or fix it in anyway. i just ps'd this fairly quickly.
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and for the "f" i can't remember the exact font, it was probably verdana or ariel and i think it was 400
and i got a pack of iron-on heat transfer computer paper or something similar from walmart
 
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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No more R/C look! 5hp gain! :3


 

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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How's the reception?
 
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Benggolf
How's the reception?
Its pretty much the same to me, but I think its slightly clearer that usual. Maybe its just me though...
 



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