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eternal_fantasy's TWDM GE8 (Picture Heavy!!)
Since purchasing my GE8 around July 2012, I've been an unregistered FitFreak stalker, but finally decided to register and contribute a little back to the community that has inspired me so much.
In this thread I will consolidate all my mods with any picture I can find from the past 3 years. I will start off with what it looks like as of July 2015; https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8806/...1cf01d69_h.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5327/...976bbe51_h.jpg (Hey look, rear disk~!! :p) Mod list: Exterior: JDM Fit RS Front Bumper/Grill Modulo side skirts Mugen rear bumper with 4th break light Modulo rear wing JDM Fit RS Rear Badge + Emission stickers Axis Styling LED Tail Lights JDM stubby antenna V-Kool Window Tint (Eastman Chemical Company) 55% wind shield 30% other windows Interior: JDM Fit RS Leather steering wheel JDM Fit RS Gunmetal Steering Wheel Trim JDM Fit RS Leather shift knob JDM Fit RS Silver interior door latch Factory Cruse control/Head Unit control Leather seats HUD Digital Speedometer Pioneer DEX-P99RS Head Unit Carrozzeria DEH-P01 6CH Amplifier Focal 165 KRXS Tweeter/Front door panel speaker Focal PS 165 Rear door panel speaker Pioneer Sub-woofer Dynamat dampened door panels Slight rear panel sound insulation added Chassis/Handling: Except for the tires, all Chassis/Handling mods are DIY. Bridgestone Potenza RE003 205/50 R16 Tires Rays Volk Racing RE30 Club Sport, 16 x 6 1/2 JJ ET48 4H100 SWIFT Front linear rate 5kgf/mm spring Teins Street Flex Twintube Front strut SWIFT Rear linear rate 4kgf/mm spring Bilstein PSS Monotube Rear Damper Hardrace Hardened Front Strut mounting rubber JDM Fit RS Front Strut strengthened nut JDM Fit RS Rear Damper strengthened nut + mounting rubber Hardrace Roll Center Adjuster (10mm extension) Custom 7075 T6 Aluminium 8mm Steering Rack Shim/Bump Steer Kit Cusco Front Anti-Roll Bar 24mm Progress Rear Anti-Roll Bar 19mm Hardrace Adjustable endlink Spoon Rigid Collar for Front Subframe/Rear Trailing Arm Laile Beatrush 4 point chassis under-brace Custom 7075 T6 Aluminium under-brace structural/screw centering shim with extended bolts Laile Beatrush Aluminium under-panel JDM Fit PU mid-section under-panel JDM Fit RS Exhaust Spare tire removed Rear seats/seatbelt removed Corner balanced Camber bolts installed, set at -1.5° Front Lowered to 330mm Hub center to wheel well F/R Planned/Wishlist: Front/Rear Bushing Fill Racing/Bucket seat Rear X chassis brace ...Sprintex Supercharger?? Retired Parts: Bilstein PSS B14 coilovers (Over dampened rear, the front strut started to "knock" from wear of slider bushings)(will try and rebuild) Spoon 25mm Front Sway Bar (Too stiff) Cusco 16mm Rear Sway Bar (Too soft) Tein Street Flex stock springs (Way too soft/lots of break-in sag) 17inch Buddy Club Rims/ 205/40 R17 tires (not so great for street use(bad road conditions/potholes/curb rash)) My goal for this car: Good low speed street ride quality Good high speed stability Good roll stiffness Good responsive handling Good bump control Somewhat neutral cornering Lowered good looks Sounds like I want it all, but I'm happy to say that I have achieved pretty much 80-90% in all of the above with my current setup. Each of the retired parts was very good at one respect, but compromised too much in another, so they were replaced. All current parts were selected and works together to produce the final driving dynamics I was looking for. Along the way I have learned that not the biggest rims I can fit or the lowest profile tires, the thickest sway bar or the lowest ride height will be the best modification if it does not work with the rest of your car. No amount of research will prepare you for actually installing and trying out the actual part for your self. My front lower sub-frame https://farm1.staticflickr.com/461/1...6799c39f_h.jpg (The Beatrush bracing is for directly connecting the left and the right side of the chassis with solid inserts to reduce chassis flex. This is the only chassis brace I have on my Fit because most commercial bracing are cosmetic, either by their attachment point, attachment method or the bracings' actual structural design. For example, any 2 point subframe brace attaching to the front LCA bolt points are pretty much useless, no matter how stiff the brace is. The deflection of the LCA at the point of the rubber bushings will far far outweigh any structural support the bracing has on the front subframe, unless you run solid spherical bearings. In which case a bent piece of hollow aluminium tubing will not provide much stiffness. That's why J's racing sells reinforced subframes and solid bearing LCAs.) Some of my other more in depth threads: Screw collars for Fit's front under chassis brace Effects of reducing rear weight on an already front heavy car Bump steer correction steering gearbox Shims for Extended Ball Joint installed Fit This is what treads looks like after 30000km with 38psi Front and 26psi rear In the following post I will try and post up all the pictures of mods I could find... Please let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to answer! |
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My DIY Location...
Apartment parking space: for light modding... Attachment 10939 DIY car lift rental Garage: for heavy lifting! Attachment 10940 Mods: Swift springs in box https://scontent-tpe1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...00805403_o.jpg Tein Street Flex front strut with Swift Springs and Hardrace Hardened Front Strut mounting rubber https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/...1fbef507_o.jpg Hardrace Adjustable end-links, Cusco Front Sway Bar https://farm1.staticflickr.com/307/1...de15c14c_h.jpg Custom Steering rack shim/Bumpsteer kit (Front Right mounting point) https://farm1.staticflickr.com/468/1...97ef0dd7_h.jpg Custom Steering rack shim/Bumpsteer kit (Rear Center mounting point), Cusco Front sway bar https://farm1.staticflickr.com/380/1...a0b3753b_h.jpg Steering Rack Shim/Bracing Shim Fabrication http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...6/IMG_4267.jpg Extended Bolt/Underbrace Shim Attachment 10941 Beatrush 4 point underbrace with custom alloy shims, Spoon Rigid Collar https://farm1.staticflickr.com/517/1...6f762ef9_h.jpg Beatrush aluminium underpanel, 4 point underbrace, Mid chassis PU cover https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/...f97c5d0e_o.jpg JDM RS interior door handle http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...6/IMG_4391.jpg JDM RS Leather Steering Wheel, JDM Fit RS Gunmetal Steering Wheel Trim Attachment 10942 Rays RE30 16s with Bridgestone Potenza RE003 Attachment 10943 Hardrace RCA Set https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...01298659_o.jpg Top: Factory Bottom: Hardrace https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...24291835_o.jpg Pressed into the LCA https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...56139337_o.jpg Installed https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...33641233_o.jpg Lower Control Arm angle with RCA installed https://farm1.staticflickr.com/288/1...456f77bd_h.jpg Old set of Bilstein PSS cleaned and set aside https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...98963506_o.jpg Routed Garmin, Pioneer DEX-P99RS Head Unit, Factory Auto Climate Control https://farm1.staticflickr.com/437/1...3e44727d_o.jpg Let me know if there's any specific mod you'd like a picture of, and I'll see what I can do. |
Wow your fit looks awesome!
Could you post some more picks of the modulo spoiler? Thanks! |
Oh man! That Modulo rear and the 4th break light. Very nice build
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Originally Posted by Mr.Hollow
(Post 1313946)
Wow your fit looks awesome!
Could you post some more picks of the modulo spoiler? Thanks!
Originally Posted by samcl9
(Post 1314057)
Oh man! That Modulo rear and the 4th break light. Very nice build
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Great looking Fit. You have done a great job with it.
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Originally Posted by GolNat
(Post 1314341)
Great looking Fit. You have done a great job with it.
Here's pics of the Modulo Spoiler as requested: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/437/2...163ed275_h.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/272/2...f8753b93_h.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3779/...fc6907f3_h.jpg Hole in the middle allows the stock antenna to not interfere with tail gate opening where it would otherwise poke the spoiler. |
u got a part number for the modulo wing?
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Originally Posted by xxryu139xx
(Post 1314348)
u got a part number for the modulo wing?
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I'm in love with those tail lights!
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Originally Posted by SirBlastomore
(Post 1314750)
I'm in love with those tail lights!
Progress Group makes one mean RSB... It has finally arrived after 3 weeks, travelling across the US by ground, then flown to Taiwan. The quality of the bends and welds are superb, and the metallic gray powdercoat puts Cusco's flakey paint job to shame. Picking up the RSB from the importer https://farm1.staticflickr.com/427/2...66bb2c9b_o.jpg Some pictures comparing the 16mm Cusco RSB with the 19mm Progress http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...6/IMG_4725.jpg The increase in thickness is apparent. The jump from 16mm to 19mm converts to an increase in stiffness of 99% Attachment 10878 Progress mounts to the lower spring perch via 3 screws and nuts. Cusco mounts 2 adaptor plates to the spring perch, then the RSB is attached to the adaptor plate. Easy to tell which product mounts with superior rigidity. Also with the Cusco you get noise from the sway bar/adapter plate interface if the nut is not torqued on super tight, as it is experiencing sheer forces. Attachment 10879 And finally with the Progress RSB installed (Click to enlarge) https://farm1.staticflickr.com/557/2...f929b01d_h.jpg Super rigid mounting https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3745/...efe49472_h.jpg I also purchased 2 sets of RAYS Hub Centric Spacers for my Volks RE30 https://farm1.staticflickr.com/350/1...fb08a631_h.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/513/2...e61b9449_h.jpg (The copper colour on some bolt/nut/wheel hub are Wurth CU800 Copper anti-seize and corrosion protection paste.) In the next few days I will attempt to upgrade my rear springs to SWIFT linear rate, 4kgf/mm springs. Just need some measurements taken before determining the spring specs to order. Thanks for viewing! |
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
(Post 1314356)
Nope I'm afraid... It was a factory option from Honda that I selected when I ordered the car. I believe it is manufactured by Modulo Thailand branch for the genuine spoiler, while there are cheaper copies by Taiwanese fabricators.
But perhaps all is not lost. Maybe one day I'll be able to track down a Modulo spoiler |
My Rear Swifts arrived from the factory with some free stickers! Everything lining up perfectly, can't wait to install them next week!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...9229239971c93b Did a quick wire diameter check, Bilstein 12.6mm, Tein 11.0mm, Swift 9.5mm. |
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Installed Swift Springs, and thanks to the prep work, everything went on smoothly.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/458/1...a6ef6acd_h.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/284/2...01106dd0_h.jpg Took the opportunity to weight my previous shock and spring and compare them to the Swifts and Bilstein damper http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...IMG_4812_1.jpg Attachment 10823 Bilstein PSS progressive springs + TEIN Street Flex Twintube Damper 9.84kg SWIFT Springs + Bilstein PSS Monotube Damper 4.76kg Total unsprung weight reduction: 5.08kg :thumbups: German Damper, Japanese Springs, American Sway Bar. Its like the United Nation of rear suspension setup... :rotfl: |
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Insulated my tailgate lining trim. Made a huge difference since I no longer have rear seats to block noises coming from the tailgate. :wiggle:
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How thick is the padding.
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Originally Posted by rickshatch
(Post 1317061)
How thick is the padding.
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Very nice.
A couple questions. What insulation did you use on the hatch? Could we see a pic of mounting for GPS. I have mine in same area but glued the disc to dash. Also where did you connect the power supply? To the Aux circuit? Thanks |
Originally Posted by Black3sr
(Post 1320558)
Very nice.
A couple questions. What insulation did you use on the hatch? Could we see a pic of mounting for GPS. I have mine in same area but glued the disc to dash. Also where did you connect the power supply? To the Aux circuit? Thanks My GPS mount is the Garmin rubber mount, but with its rubbery base removed, and stuck onto the dash with some 3M double sided acrylic tape. I'll get a picture of it from the side for you. Power is just rerouted through the dash, coming out near the center console cup holders, and plugged in the 12V. Some update on the rear suspension setup. Using Stainless Steel wire ropes and some swaging I was able create a device to limit rear trailing arm travel without modifying the damper, thus eliminate the need for helper springs, which was causing some weird behaviour from trailing arm deflection during turns and bumps. The rubber isolator for the Bilstein rear adjustable spring perch was modified from Honda factory part, which provided much more surface area compared to the Bilstein part. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...90cd691c9c.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...45347c23a7.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...1a959fcaca.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...42118724e4.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...aab052a1c8.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fit...99f18af3bc.jpg The ropes have a 290lbs working strength and 1450lbs breaking strength per side, so should be plenty strong for the application. |
I love the chrome either side of the rear badge on the boot
Was that on when you got the car or did you do that separate |
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