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Old Feb 27, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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Of the bulbs? Not yet. In general? Yes - click on the Fit link in my signature (as opposed to the 330Ci link).
Ill check it out
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sharckie
May I ask where you purchased your hub centric rings?
Ebay, I just searched for the sizes I needed and picked a seller with a low price and good feedback (prosportparts is who I bought from). The hub on the GE8 Fit is 56.1mm, while the centerbore on the wheels I am running is 72.62mm.
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 09:03 PM
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Got my new Injen CAI. Loving it!

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Old Feb 27, 2013 | 09:04 PM
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Nice. I was watching your videos.
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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Here are some quick lighting photos





 
Old Feb 28, 2013 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Cliff
....and replaced my turn signal and sidemarker bulbs with Hoen chromium bulbs and my foglights with Hoen enduro bulbs.
Where did you get the bulbs from? gotta link?
I never heard of Hoen. supposed to be reliable?
 
Old Feb 28, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FitStir
Where did you get the bulbs from? gotta link?
I never heard of Hoen. supposed to be reliable?
Hoen

I've had Hoen xenonmatch fogs in my BMW for the last 3 years. I was originally looking for Philips silvervisions to replace the amber bulbs, but they only make bulbs to fit the front turn signals. I checked the Hoen site and it turned out they had what I was looking for (the yellow fogs were kind of an impulse buy).

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front turn signals: 7507
front sidemarkers: W5W
rear turn signals: 7440
fogs: H11
 

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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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trying to clean the fit for Tuner Galleria show... hope the weather cooperates
 
Old Feb 28, 2013 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Cliff
My hubcentric rings and Hoen bulbs arrived today, so I installed the rings, and replaced my turn signal and sidemarker bulbs with Hoen chromium bulbs and my foglights with Hoen enduro bulbs.
Nice. Ordered hub centric rings bout a month ago, they're supposed to ship out mid March. Apparently 56.1 -> 65 mm is a very unique ring size and VERY hard to find. None on ebay. Ended up ordering actual rings made by Rays for the specific size TE37 I have.
 
Old Mar 1, 2013 | 07:42 PM
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Not exactly "to the car" but I got the HELM manual for 09-12. My wife has a 10 and I bought a 13. I really want to replace the clutch master cyl with a no-delay version on mine. My other big to-do is better seat bottoms. And changing the dash to orange lights.
 
Old Mar 1, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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prepped her for Tuner Galleria tomorrow... and there's still a lot of snow outside ;0

 
Old Mar 2, 2013 | 01:55 AM
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Looks Awesome bro. Im curious wat wax do u guys use? Wats best for cali weather?
 
Old Mar 2, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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Today in record time, I change the oil & filter, plus drained and replaced 3.2 quarts of ATF. This car is ridiculously simple for routine maintenance. I didn't even get dirty.
 
Old Mar 2, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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And what is record time? So I can beat it next time I need to do my maintenance
 
Old Mar 2, 2013 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sharckie
And what is record time? So I can beat it next time I need to do my maintenance
18 minutes. Just to be honest, though, I had just finished my daughter's, so tools, ramps, drain pan, etc. Were already in position. (Just like a pit stop at NASCAR - Ha Ha)
 
Old Mar 3, 2013 | 05:12 PM
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I flipped the front license plate holder over and used flanged M6-1.0x30mm bolts with 2 rubber grommets sandwiched around a few washers on each bolt to attach the holder to the underside of the bumper. I used a 1/4" plug to plug the hole the dealer drilled, and I have some touch up paint on order to paint that to match. It's not perfect, but it's an improvement.
 
Old Mar 3, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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I went to the beach with him.......

The contrast with the sand look nice, just want to share with you guys.
 
Old Mar 4, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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I got 3 car seats to fit in the back, recaro's no big deal...
 
Old Mar 4, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Rampo
Today in record time, I change the oil & filter, plus drained and replaced 3.2 quarts of ATF. This car is ridiculously simple for routine maintenance. I didn't even get dirty.
Heck yeah. When i had my ep3 i used to be able to stick my arm behind passenger wheel and reach the filter and drain plug. Loved oil changes in that thing. Did you go with honda ow20 full synthetic and honda atf?
 
Old Mar 4, 2013 | 01:05 PM
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installed HID's over the weekend.

 



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