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Edit 8/6/2018: Regarding my 2018... Dealership is telling me that the Honda Parts system only shows the cover in question coming on the LX and Sport cars and none of the EX level will have one. I mentioned if this could be a CVT vs 6MT thing, and he said, no, his research at that moment was that LX and Sport vs EX was the deciding factor. So - my question to EX owners, does anyone have this cover? Part 12 in the picture. Slightly more curious about 2018 and 2019, since they will have the fiber looking underbody panel instead of the plastic. Thanks!
Original Post Below:
Hey All,
2018 EX CVT.
Changing the oil earlier today and happened to look back and it seemed like I could see more hoses and lines than normal. I say normal, but I have only been under this 2018 one previous time.
One bracket has a small hole like it could accept a christmas tree clip or another one of those Honda pronged clips with the screw in the middle. Thanks for looking. Sorry I didn't circle anything in the picture. Basically, it's the mass of hoses going to the back.
Last edited by CyclingFit; 08-06-2018 at 01:32 PM.
Is that looking from the front of the car to the back? If so then yeah you're missing the plastic underbody piece that so many people loathe.
Yes, that is taken from under the oil pan area. I was changing the oil so I had taken off the main plastic panel that you remove when changing the oil. I call the main beam system under the front, the "k member" and from the K member back, along the catalytic, I expected something to be there. I would have expected some form of protection over all those fuel and brake lines. I will continue to google for some underbody images. Thanks!
I just checked using a mirror under the car. You are missing that huge black undercover that covers everything except the catalytic converter.
Fantastic, thank you so much for taking the time to look. Sounds like a trip to the stealership is in order. I'm also missing the bolt head covers on the front of the seat brackets going to the floor. The dealer told me the 2018 didn't have the bolt head covers and they didn't have another 18 on the lot for me to prove them wrong........ Again - Thank you
The seat rails don’t have bolt head covers. I checked when I purchased my EX-L. There’s nothing on the parts diagram and none of the 6 they had in inventory had any.
+1 no bolt head covers. It looks kinda ‘unfinished’ because there’s no other raw steel anywhere in the driver/passenger area and then you’re looking at these bolt heads... I can totally understand how you might think that ain’t right. Maybe I’ll paint them black or find a snap on cover to fit. There’s gotta be a black cap out there for this size bolt, Honda part or no. I will update!
+1 no bolt head covers. It looks kinda ‘unfinished’ because there’s no other raw steel anywhere in the driver/passenger area and then you’re looking at these bolt heads... I can totally understand how you might think that ain’t right. Maybe I’ll paint them black or find a snap on cover to fit. There’s gotta be a black cap out there for this size bolt, Honda part or no. I will update!
I'm going off of what was on my 2015, since it had them. The dealer said if I really wanted them I could take them off my 2015 but I was excited to get as far from the dealer as possible after spending the afternoon there.
The seat rails don’t have bolt head covers. I checked when I purchased my EX-L. There’s nothing on the parts diagram and none of the 6 they had in inventory had any.
Regarding my 2018... Dealership is telling me that the Honda Parts system only shows the cover in question coming on the LX and Sport cars and none of the EX level will have one. I mentioned if this could be a CVT vs 6MT thing, and he said, no, his research at that moment was that LX and Sport vs EX was the deciding factor. So - my question to EX owners, does anyone have this cover? Part 12in the picture. Slightly more curious about 2018 and 2019, since they will have the fiber looking underbody panel instead of the plastic. Thanks!
This is from a video I took of the underside on one of their LX cars. Seems it has no issue working with the fiber looking underbody cover. This also seems like one more piece of defense against wind or road noise.
Picture is taken from behind the driver side front tire, looking straight across at the passenger side front.
Last edited by CyclingFit; 08-06-2018 at 01:49 PM.
Thank you for taking the time to confirm. Looks like we have confirmed the EX cars do not have this cover.
Based on me checking through all the 2015-2018 FIT LX and EX cars on HondaPartsNow, these rules apply to the rear engine cover, the cover behind the cross member.
EX: No Cover
EX-L: No Cover
EX-L w/Nav: No Cover
LX: Yes Cover
Sport: Yes Cover
Sensing options do not seem to make a difference.
6MT vs CVT do not seem to make a difference.
Now I am curious if there are build location differences.... I am very tempted to buy this cover in the near future. I wonder what Honda engineer would say.
Last edited by CyclingFit; 08-06-2018 at 02:37 PM.
08-04-2018, 05:23 PM
Part 16 in this page. https://www.hondapartsnow.com/parts-...nger-side.html
