View Poll Results: Do you like your rear suspension in the Honda Fit?
Yep its great. No complaints.
18
40.91%
Its alright, could be better.
17
38.64%
I do not like it.
7
15.91%
I have not noticed either way.
2
4.55%
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Rear Suspension Opinion - Poll (GE)
I have no issue with the suspension design... is it the most sophisticated? No, does it work, cheaply and effectively? Yes. The issue I have is in the poor factory alignment and difficulty in correcting it. Out of the box my left rear toe is off approx .21 degrees so I either have to shim it and hope the ABS sensor still works or put NeoGens on it and live with it. It's already putting diagonal wear bars in the factory (true shite) Bridgestones.
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 250
From: Eastern, NC
Honda's official position on non-adjustable suspension parts (e.g. non-adjustable rear camber/toe on Fits, non-adjustable camber on other Honda products) is that if the alignment is out of spec is is because of worn or bent parts. While the later may be true (albeit minimally), the wear idea on a car with, say, 13k miles is ridiculous. So, if you hit a pothole just right with your Fit and the rear is out, you must replace parts to correct the issue rather than having an adjustment to compensate. As for the ABS, the sensor is mounted in the twist link, the signal ring is on the hub assembly. If you shim the hub assembly out to correct the alignment the distance increases. I've seen several Civics come through our shop with ABS codes for an inop sensor and found shims moving the rings JUST far away to get picked up reliably.
The back end is light and will have a tendency to hop under the conditions you describe. As much as people here fawn over them, a RSB will only make that tendency worse. You won't be able to cure it completely, but I'd look at better tires and playing around with tire pressures as ways to minimize the effect.
also,
*i have found that the fit handles a lot better with a large load in the back.
*also my wife's AT fit sport 08 handles far better than my MT fit base 12, and I'm lightly modded.
*stiff RSB makes the back jumpy.
but its the best car for fun fun fun
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 137
From: Los Angeles, Ca
you could try to add 5mm wheel spacers in the back. this will help stablize the rear with lift oversteer, and fill the wheel wells lol. this is my next mod, i have 205/50 r16 on all fours and it handles great, but i do get oversteer when i go around a bend and lift off the throttle.
Last edited by victorSCP; Aug 10, 2015 at 01:43 PM.
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