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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 08:15 PM
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^Sweet! (to all parts of that post)
 
Old Feb 17, 2015 | 08:16 PM
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The CE28Ns that I ordered back in October, finally arrived yesterday.


Will be running 225/45 (f) and 205/50 (r).


Kaz from J's messaged me yesterday and asked, "Chris do you want more power?" Does that even need to be asked? And now my bottom end is going to be bored .25mm over as well, another slight increase in power should be the result. Going to add a bit more time, but I've been waiting for over 2.5 months already, maybe another 3 weeks. Getting antsy thinking about how much better it is going to feel like on circuit.

Beauty! soooooo nice
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 12:38 AM
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did this monday...yup needs the lips.
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 12:48 AM
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Looking good Chris!

CE28N's =
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:52 AM
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did this monday...yup needs the lips.
looks great!!.. very tempted to buy that center garnish now...

modulo lips or sti hmmmm
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 555sexydrive
The CE28Ns that I ordered back in October, finally arrived yesterday.
The bronze look amazing. I had mines special ordered in gunmetal. Congrats on receiving yours.
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 05:57 PM
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The bronze look amazing. I had mines special ordered in gunmetal. Congrats on receiving yours.
Thanks. My CE28 Club Racers are gunmetal and it too is a very nice color.

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Looking good Chris!

CE28N's =
Domo. And yes, CEs are the Fonz .
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 08:50 PM
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looks great!!.. very tempted to buy that center garnish now...

modulo lips or sti hmmmm
It's about $130 shipped from japan and the lips are about $330 shipped from japan.

The only thing is with the Sti lip you have to kind of mold it and the Sti lip sits flat while the front 12-13 bumper goes up in the middle. So you would need to drill holes into the center garnish in order to bend the lip to fit.

I just don't want to drill holes into the garnish for an eBay lip. But you should try it out the Sti lip is cheap enough to practice with. Maybe there is an option to not drill holes through the garnish.
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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looks great!!.. very tempted to buy that center garnish now...

modulo lips or sti hmmmm
Go for STI BTW Burzpaw here has STI lip installed on his GE8..it looks really nice !
 

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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Hollow
It's about $130 shipped from japan and the lips are about $330 shipped from japan.

The only thing is with the Sti lip you have to kind of mold it and the Sti lip sits flat while the front 12-13 bumper goes up in the middle. So you would need to drill holes into the center garnish in order to bend the lip to fit.

I just don't want to drill holes into the garnish for an eBay lip. But you should try it out the Sti lip is cheap enough to practice with. Maybe there is an option to not drill holes through the garnish.
Is it plastic? Maybe hair dryer and clamps?
 
Old Feb 19, 2015 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Hollow
It's about $130 shipped from japan and the lips are about $330 shipped from japan.

The only thing is with the Sti lip you have to kind of mold it and the Sti lip sits flat while the front 12-13 bumper goes up in the middle. So you would need to drill holes into the center garnish in order to bend the lip to fit.

I just don't want to drill holes into the garnish for an eBay lip. But you should try it out the Sti lip is cheap enough to practice with. Maybe there is an option to not drill holes through the garnish.
It's actually a little lifted/indented up in the middle even more so for the v-spec lip with the winglets. Just make sure you get a soft one, you bend the lip to fit the Fit(haha) anyway, since it's a bit wider; I've seen a couple 12-13 Fits rocking the STi lip

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Go for STI BTW Burzpaw here has STI lip installed on his GE8..it looks really nice !
Thanks for the shoutout haha
 
Old Feb 20, 2015 | 03:53 PM
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One bracket finished! Should be all done with sometime tomorrow

 
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 06:05 PM
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usps came thru today, cusco v2 arrived! lets see if weather allows me to get installed tomorrow!
 
Old Feb 20, 2015 | 09:24 PM
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Just wanted to share my excitement somewhere about getting my Fit back after 2 weeks after having this happen to it ...

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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 11:56 PM
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Painted my intake manifold cover wrinkle black. Looks much better.
 
Old Feb 21, 2015 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Burzpaw
One bracket finished! Should be all done with sometime tomorrow

What you got going? VIP tray?

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usps came thru today, cusco v2 arrived! lets see if weather allows me to get installed tomorrow!
Nice, congrats!

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Just wanted to share my excitement somewhere about getting my Fit back after 2 weeks after having this happen to it ... :wiggle
Congrats on getting her fixed, welcome to the forum

We have a meet tmrw evening in Cerritos that you are welcome to attend

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/cali...ery-month.html

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Painted my intake manifold cover wrinkle black. Looks much better.
K-series!
 
Old Feb 21, 2015 | 05:26 AM
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What you got going? VIP tray?
Right on the money
 
Old Feb 21, 2015 | 12:30 PM
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Installed my Cusco Lower Arm Bar V2 Today

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Took it to my mechanic to get it done. It was too cold to try to do it myself. When he got under the car, he didn't even have to remove any of the under panels to get at it.

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Had him take a look at the Cusco V1 again. The creaking is much less, only when its cold start and I shift from Park to Drive/Reverse, and when I hit a big bump. Visual inspection of the bar itself shows no damage or scratches. Its not even dented. Pretty damn solid. The mount is still solid too.

Anyway, loving how the car drives now. Feels more "Go Kart" and the damn fronts stay planted now taking sharp turns. Steering feels more responsive too and less squirrely on the highway. All that combined with Cusco Front Strut Bar is the shiz. Now one day maybe ill get the Front Sway Bar, but the install looks like a bitch... and labor for that would be $$.
 
Old Feb 21, 2015 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by xxryu139xx
Installed my Cusco Lower Arm Bar V2 Today

Took it to my mechanic to get it done. It was too cold to try to do it myself. When he got under the car, he didn't even have to remove any of the under panels to get at it.

Had him take a look at the Cusco V1 again. The creaking is much less, only when its cold start and I shift from Park to Drive/Reverse, and when I hit a big bump. Visual inspection of the bar itself shows no damage or scratches. Its not even dented. Pretty damn solid. The mount is still solid too.

Anyway, loving how the car drives now. Feels more "Go Kart" and the damn fronts stay planted now taking sharp turns. Steering feels more responsive too and less squirrely on the highway. All that combined with Cusco Front Strut Bar is the shiz. Now one day maybe ill get the Front Sway Bar, but the install looks like a bitch... and labor for that would be $$.
Hi,
so you will keep your version 1 installed on your car?

and
do you have the CR-Z under panel cover?
if you have, do the Cusco Version 1 interfere with the CR-Z under panel cover?

Thanks
 
Old Feb 21, 2015 | 01:19 PM
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Painted my intake manifold cover wrinkle black. Looks much better.
Beautiful!
 



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