Originally Posted by Trooper1985

Hey bro I am from South Africa! The car culture in terms of the Jazz/Fit and the City is CRAZY in South East Asia! This morning (10:05am South African time) I just found out of a guy who did his engine swap from the L15Z1 to the L15B1! And guess what... it's a drop in! The gearbox internals too are exactly the same! (Note I also mentioned the rear Hasport mount will work). I just want to confirm which ECU he's using, but I presume it has to be the L15B1 because the Z1 is a SOHC engine. Below is a picture of my vehicle. My coilovers are on order and should get them in 2 weeks' time!

List of mods:

Aero:
Front bumper trims
Rear bumper trims
Side door trims
Mudflaps
Sports type grille
Ducktail boot spoiler

Engine:
Custom pie cut welded induction
2 inch exhaust (car really comes alive after this mod)

Stability:
Ultra Racing rear strut brace
Ultra Racing middle under brace (to be fitted)
Ultra Racing front strut brace (to be fitted)

Wheels:
17" Lenso Project D Spec F

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All the best bro and please keep posting!

PS: A sound clip of the header pretty please???

Originally Posted by NiteFlight

TougeMonster - still in asia? Find any performance parts to bring back? How about carbon fiber lips and/or spoilers? Would it be reasonable to have them shipped back?

Originally Posted by Trooper1985

Sounds sweet bro are you still running stock exhaust?

Originally Posted by TougeMonster_GK5

I am the point of my life where I'd just have someone else do the work for me. Always on the go with work and family, there's barely anytime for me to put in the work myself, sucks, i miss those "lonely driver" tuner days where i'd always have all the time in the world to do car stuff... it's just not the same anymore

as easy as may be, as I have done it myself, i want the experts to do the job thoroughly..

Originally Posted by NiteFlight

TougeMonster - still in asia? Find any performance parts to bring back? How about carbon fiber lips and/or spoilers? Would it be reasonable to have them shipped back?

Originally Posted by [LegenD]

Love your Fit man, really awesome mods; you did a TON of work in a very short amount of time! Picked mine up this summer as well, so it's nice to see someone putting some solid work into their Fit at the same time. Also, always loved the 15" look on GK5,



Hah, totally connect with you there, busy with work and family. Still do all of the work myself - it's fun except of course when at some point, inevitably, that 15-minute easy DYI turns into a 4 hour stress mess haha. I bought my Fit used, and some unexpected surprises arose during some suspension work.

Anyway, wondering how you're enjoying the Bride Vios? Looks sick (secretly jealous haha)!

Originally Posted by TougeMonster_GK5

Installed my front EBC Rotors EBC Green Pads. Still gotta get those damn SS Lines done. Havent found a shop that would replace lines and flush brakes system at a reasonable price.

Originally Posted by LeFreakyBone

How are you liking this pad / rotor combo so far?
I've had the Green Stuff pads (snagged them from this forum at a great price), but haven't installed them yet.
I am about to pull the trigger on this EBC slotted rotors, but wasn't sure if it's worth the extra money or if the OEM style is good enough.

Originally Posted by TougeMonster_GK5

This brake combo bites for sure! maybe 50%+ increased performance than OEM setup. Unless you're tracking the vehicle or do some spirited driving frequently, then I think the pads alone will be good enough for practical driving.

I am actually in the process of finally installing my SS brake lines and replacing rear brake shoes with Brembos to complete the setup, minus the Dot 4 brake fluid upgrade, which I plan to switch right before my next track day. I think after that, my brakes should be greatly improved.

Hope this helps.

Stay tuned!

Originally Posted by TougeMonster_GK5

Thanks for the love man! Everyday I drive the car, I don't feel satisfied enough, lol... really trying hard not to make this into a crazy money pit...

The Bride seat feels great! My body fits in it perfectly, and for the price i got it for (used), was a no brainer! I think you should go grab one too! hehe

Originally Posted by kenchan

about time tougemonster!

those stud replacement types are such a pita compared to putting spacers on euro cars.. get longer lug bolts, done! haha

Originally Posted by [LegenD]

Haha, I know that feeling all too well. It can get out of hand really fast.

Nice, I'm used to bucket type seats, so it was a little unusual getting used to the Fit. Ah, that's awesome, lucky find.

Also, new rotors, and more mods - I like what I see here