LOL, I did this once in my old Integra and got stuck. When I reversed I almost took my bumper off. I had to get out of the car so that it had the clearance to get back over the curb. Neer again. ha ha.

 

Thanks! Love those wheels timeless design and sit perfect on my fit...

 

After almost 2 months of waiting patiently for OZ Racing Italy regular shipping container to TireRack,
I finally install my 18in OZ Racing SUPERTURISMO GT wheel TODAY
Here is the link to the thread I just created about an hour ago:

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...per-sport.html

 

Swapped out the tail lights.



Next up will be plasti dip rear diffuser.

 

Installed my cargo cover, floor mats, trunk liner and Accord horn. Will do the mud flaps this weekend.

I need to make a tint appointment.

 

I just picked up some continental dws 205/50/16 anyone running these on tein stech springs? They seem kinda big just wondering I hope they won't rub and that they fit.

Also got my heated seat pads in the mail today crazy 1 day shipping. I'll be putting them in on Friday afternoon

 

No you're fine with the 205/50. I had that size when I was on S Techs and...yeah, no worries. The offset of the stock wheels is high enough that you really don't have to worry about tire rub.

 

I was going to put them on my rota circuit 8s I'll have to find out the offset on them

 

I rubbed with mine on the Teins. I had to do a little manual pull of the front fenders (Hands inside the fender and pull lightly by leaning back - move in small increments). Still rubbed slightly when cornering hard on the plastic liner, but not that it self clearance'd, no problem

 

Dang I'll have to see when I put them in then

 

swapped taillights

 

Hum... been a while since my last post, forgive me fath... er, hum, wrong location.

It was actually a few days ago, I finally decided to work on my car and do some maintenance.

Oil change was much easier with the valve installed (when I did the previous change). Though, I will say, dang, the oil was DARK. But I wasn't worried, I only tripped 10% on the MM.

Swapped out the air filter for a new K&N drop in... replacing older K&N drop in. No, I won't be throwing out the old one... I bought two, so I could take my time to clean it and let any "loose" oil drip off. Which reminds me, I should actually clean it one of these days.

Changed my brake pads. This was the second time I've ever done it (previous time was on Mirage). I forget the steps involved... was I supposed to "pressurize" the brake lines before going on my drive? Cause the total lack of braking scared the crap out of me as I was rolling out the driveway, trying to "stop" near the end. I did apply the brake a few more times to get some real braking action later... but it still feels weird.

Interestingly enough (or maybe not), the pads weren't even worn to the squealers yet (though, very close)... considering the dealer told me they were, four months ago! They were about the same depth across all four. Didn't have a c-clamp... so I had to use the tire iron to push the piston enough for the caliper to fit over the new pads.

Also "rotated" my tires... I hadn't done it since getting the new tires, so the front were a bit more worn than I had planned. When this happens, I don't actually follow the rotation order. Instead, I put the one with the most tread in the front left, the next thickest will go in the front right, followed by the rear left and finally rear right side. Which, after I had thought about it... ended up being the same as the rotation order anyway! The tires came from the previous position in the order.

I wanted to replace the shocks and swap the springs from left to right, etc... but the top threading of the shocks were rusted over... seems I should've put some effort into finding those rubber caps I lost when I installed the Swift springs. So, after a few attempts at it, I decided to forget about it until I feel like pulling the whole cowl and wiper motor off to make it easier to access. That, or just give it to a shop and let them deal with it.

On a side note... it makes me a little nervous, having the car sit on two jack stands in front (sides) and just the floor jack in the rear (center). Did that, because I took off all the wheels to compare the tires.

edit: it was freaking cold!!! I started at 7:30 pm... and despite having a garage, I did it OUTSIDE. Mostly because there wasn't much room in the garage to do any work on the car, not even sure it would get in with all the crap in there now. Finished around 9:30... I was also starting to shiver.

 

I mounted some 195/60/15 General Altimax HPs. 200 miles on the stock tires was all I could take.

 

not technically today but last night installed this puppy to my collection

 

I'm thinking of jacking my car up the same way, but I fear is might slide backwards when I try to raise the back and tires come off the ground. Guess it worked okay in your case.

 

^buy an extra set of jack stands, they're so cheap there is no reason not to.




*high five*

 

I actually ran over a fat nail shortly after picking the car up last Thursday. The shop I took it to said it was too big to repair, and the Honda dealer said it's not covered since it happened off their lot.

I was going to order a replacement tire from Tire Rack (at $118 ), but when I saw their ratings for the stock tires I decided to get some good tires instead.

 

^Same EXACT thing happened to me, except I suffered until ~5k miles, sold the remaining three good tires on a Toyota forum for $50 lol

You did the right thing.

 

Unless the floor jack itself (edit: and/or jack stand) is on a slant, it shouldn't roll anywhere. Most of the weight of the Fit is forward anyway... just don't push against the front or rear of the car while its up. Nor would I get under the while all four wheels are up (just in case). I left the rear down during oil, oil filter and brake pad change, only lifting the rear when I rotated tires.

I've been meaning to, but keep forgetting when the opportunity arises.

 

Replaced with wiper blade inserts. They really started to need it the beginning of the month. I went OEM from the dealership, I figured since the first set lasted nearly 40k miles and 2 years, well, I will go with them again.

I made it 10k miles on the stock tires. Then put on the snow tires I had kept from my Civic... and they were better in every way than the Dunlops... My Fit got a new set of shoes the next summer.