Now that I'm in the right subforum....

This thread will be used to show the progress of my Fit. I plan to do several mods, so this thread might get a little photo heavy.

Day 1

I traded that ugly Patriot in for her.



Day 3

Had some nice weather, so I took some brand new photos.

 

Day 11 (yes, not even 2 weeks old)

Injen CAI install

 

Nice job with the install, let me know how you like that cai!

 

where can i get injen cai for the fit?
so hard to find parts down here in oz

 

I got the CAI off e-bay for $240 shipped. I just got the part # from Injens site, and searched for it on e-bay.


Still haven't had a chance to hear the intake yet, still finishing another project first.

 

Finally finished the headlights.

Now I need to clean my car. Damn Ohio weather!

 

That looks really good! Nice job.

 

+1

 

Nice work! Would you please post a picture of those headlights installed from a medium and long distance?

 

Nice pics! Great job on the headlights too.

 

I put just over 100 miles with the intake on over the weekend. It definately gives the engine a more throaty sound starting around 4000rpm and up. Only with WOT tho. If you drive it normal, you don't hear any difference.

It appears as tho my gas mileage has improved quite a lot actually. I usually average around 35-36 mpg on my morning commute, but today I avgeraged 41.2mpg. I will see how this changes over the entire week, but it looks pretty promising so far. Of course, this was keeping my foot out of it. I imagine if you like to hear the sound of the intake, your going to cost yourself some mpg.

 

Ok, I know this thread is supposed to be about mods for my fit, but I am still waiting for a few things to be delivered, so I thought I'd share some of my import history with you.

The first car I ever modded was a 2003 corolla S. Nothing special, just a 1.8L 5 speed manual. It was slow as balls stock, but didn't stay that way.

Here she is.


Under the hood. TRD supercharger, with a long list of extras.


Tuned with this


Anyways, as you can see, I get the mod bug real bad.

Heres a short video
s/c corolla burnout - Car Videos on StreetFire

 

OK, we finally had a nice day, so I was able to clean the Fit, and take a few pics.

As requested, a close, and farther away pic of the headlights.





Rear wiper mod done.

 

Also, got this in the mail today.

 

Thanks...looks good

 

FYI your Injen CAI turns into SRI

 

What paint did you use for the headlights? Looking clean man!

 

You already did the rear wiper too wow

 

Thanks!

I used duplicolor adhesion promoter as a primer, and then put three coats of Krylon semi-flat black enamel on them.

 

Got bored, and decided to do a few dumb DIY mods.

There is a fair amount of argument if these mods are a waste or not. I've had good results in the past, so there was no reason not to try them on the fit. I will be going with a trubo, s/c, or maybe both at some point, and thats where these mods should really be helpful.

The first mod required removing the intake, and throttle body.



There are a few rough edges inside the TB that I decided to smooth.
In this picture, you can see the lip on the inlet side.


In this one, you can see the lip on the outlet side.


I got out the dremmel, and went to work. I started with a rough grit wheel, and moved up to fine grit, finally finishing off with a little hand smoothing. The lips are now gone, and its a smooth flow in and out.