Decided to save up and do my full Modulo / Mugen / JDP body work at once. New front, sides, rear, wing, and some custom painting all at once for a solid $2,500-$3,000 chunk of cash.

 

Sounds like an AWSOME project. I'm sure you'll keep us inform on the progress?

 

It'll be posted in my picture thread. Exhaust, drop, wheel studs, brakes, retrofit, and tint are all going on soon to "pass the time".

 

Modulo? What have you found that fits? They do make a pretty cool spoiler.

 

 

Whaa? Man, I hope they fit. That is sweet.

Edit: I spotted the lower garnish available too. Looks like it would fit. For $160, not bad.

 

Got my Muteki SR48 extended open enders. Red too! Ordering the wheels next week What are good extended studs to replace the stock ones? Is it an easy job?

 

My SR48s are already showing UV degradation and I don't even park outside. Fail.

I have ARP studs going in mine. Easy process with a vice, two hammers (one rubber and one smaller tack), and an impact gun.

 

THanks. The UV just affects the finish tho yeah?

 

It wasn't a safety lecture. It was a challenge to see how precisely you can control your car.

A safety lecture would be telling you to slow down before running yourself off the road and into a ravine. I'm the last person to suggest safety as I nearly shoved myself into the side of a mountain having some fun. My Fit has the scratches from the close encounter.

If you thought it was a "propagandizing" reason, well, that's your problem. Part of the thrill of those European mountain roads is the margin of error you have because many of them are effectively single lane roads. And you apparently lack the imagination of a simple challenge.

All those roads I listed... would be pretty boring if I had used racing lanes across the whole road... they're simply too wide to feel any real thrill doing that. Isn't one of the things that forum members "love" about the Fit, its nimbleness? And what better way to showcase it, than to nail a hairpin turn using only the inside lane and the rubber practically melting off the tire.

But hey, whatever floats your boat.

 

Yep. Just not as aesthetically pleasing--at least with my black lugs.

 

I do park in the sun. Mine will probably turn pink after 6 mos or so I guess. Oh well, I'll get nicer lugs at that point.

 

About to get started on this.

 

Installed my PRM intake today.

 

Maybe in the rears, but have you done the fronts? I had to replace a stud and there was no way to get it past everything. If you can do the fronts, please post a how-to, cause I had to take mine to the dealership and get raped for a stupid $3 bolt.

Not saying it can't be done, just saying I couldn't figure it out. And I HOPE I'm wrong, cause I really want to replace mine with arp's.

 

Ps, my red sr48's don't look bad yet. A couple chips from taking them off and on so much, but I've only had them about 3-4 months. I park outside. Just waiting on the fade tho.

 

I've had ARP extended studs for a couple of years now. Rears are a cinch. Front end options are: 1. go to the dealership and pay up. 2. Remove the knuckle yourself and take it to a machine shop to press out the hub, also requiring new bearings. 3. grind off part of the stud and part of the knuckle so you can slide the studs in without having to take everything off.

I went route number 2 but chose the wrong machine shop. They bent my hub when pressing it back together and I ended up driving with an extreme wobble for a couple of months before having to go to the dealership to finally get it done right. Ended up having to buy two sets of ARP studs, two new bearings and a new hub. total PITA. But, three years later it's still as good as new.

 

^^ that's what I'm worried about. And I'm not paying the dealership another $200 to replace the bearing when there's nothing wrong w them. Stupid design move by Honda.

 

UPS delivered my Swift springs and my Progress anti-sway bar today
I gotta make an appointment to get the rascals installed...

Blue led package is on the way, all is *almost* good.

Jerry

 

Sounds like it's REALLY not worth doing the extended studs (at least the fronts, but who would do JUST the rears???) unless you're tracking the car hard. I guess inspections for some races require them as well. If you're putting spacers on that effectively shorten your studs, why not just get spacers w/ studs on them? Oh well. Guess it just depends on how far you're willing to go for that attention to detail