My biggest concern going low is bashing the oil pan. I could care less about the rest of the under body but I don't like the idea of putting that chunk of aluminium so close to the ground unprotected. Especially after owning a pretty darn low vw Golf and scraping that pan a few times in my city.


Is there any aftermarket skid pans available? Have any been custom made yet? Or am I on crack and I shouldnt worry about being low...


I plan on being pretty low in the winter and ace chunks from trucks scare me.

 

Beatrush makes this underpanel:

Beatrush Aluminum UnderPanel 2009+ Honda Fit, CR-Z

Is is made for the JDM front, but as far as I can tell from forum chatter it can be installed on the USDM front as well with a little modification.

Or you could just Home Depot it.

 

huh, that under tray could also improve mpg. there's A LOT of turbulance under a car and that tray can smooth it out.

 

^There's some forum posts on here that say that it does indeed help mileage some.

From another thread:

 

@ "the Beatrush underpanel will pay for itself in about 25,000 miles"

 

An interesting observation by the poster

But hey, there's not that many performance modifications that actually pay for themselves at all, even in 1,000,000 miles, they end up costing you more money in the long run one way or another. So I guess that's saying something anyway for a slab of metal.

 

Think it could take a hit on a manhole at 35 mph?

I know that's asking a lot of aluminium... I have zero experience with belly pans as my old vw held the 4 banger high enough and the oil pan was steel so I wasnt tooo worried about smacking it.


And yeah, our roads are shit enough to expect hitting something like a manhole or deep pothole at city speeds. Room mate hit a pothole in his slammed 240sx and his belly pan was an old steel road sign and it was enough to dent it and drag the car a bit. >.>


Thanks for the link guys!

 

I was under the impression that the pans were pretty high in the fit. Not like a 90's civic.

 

true true.

 

QFT

I have my coilovers as low as they can go. I hit the frame every once in a while. Just changed my oil last month, oil pan doesn't have a single scratch on it... You'll be fine

 

if you go low, you NEED to run higher spring rates. that's the problem with our cars, nobody makes a good suspension setup

 

I have a Beatrush panel to install on my car mainly due to what has been said about the way they have a positive effect on reducing the amount of throttle needed and improved stability at high speed... I have also read that there is improved cooling and fuel mileage to be had by using one... It should prevent the oil filter for the Rotrex supercharger from getting bashed in..

 

Actually what you should have said is the majority here think because they bought a lower priced vehicle that it is not worthy of spending decent coin on to get a quality suspension. I know I am in the minority on this site when it comes to spending coin on their Fit, but I don't really half or quarter ass my purchases, I give it the full ass. There are many quality parts to be had, not much in the power department, but strengthening what the Fit is out of the box a decent, competent handler is not at all unattainable if one is willing to forgo the multitude of crap available.

 

there isn't a quality coilover for the fit. show me a setup and i'll either show you a shit company/product or an overpriced "jdm" bling brand

 

Well you are definitely entitled to your opinion.

 

I don't understand how the J's setup is overpriced "bling." It'll blow your precious Koni/GC combo out of the water many times over.

 

solbrothers got it right. the lower you go the stiffer you have to make the suspension due to reduced stroke. the problem is, these cars have weak engines and when you introduce stiff suspension the engine has a problem spooling up. it's like shaking your shaver or anything with a weak motor real hard preventing the motor from reaching maximum rpm.

the best way to mod this car is gently stiffen up the ride with max suspension stroke allowed, and use stickier tires.

sure you can spend a full ass on this car and pretend to be fast. lol

 

i suppose if the spring rate is not much stiffer than stock and setup so that there is sufficient stroke, it can be a good thing for the car.

if you slam the car, one would just physically run out of sus travel and end up slowing down the car.

 

don't you believe in strut bars? :thud:

 

Who in their right mind slams the car beyond the point of driving it? And where have I ever said my Fit is fast. It is very much enjoyable out on circuit though I will say that about it. Being just a few seconds behind much higher powered cars is nothing to sneeze at when it only does have 127ps.

My engine has zero problem spooling up. What are you even talking about, seriously? It could be that people don't know how to mod their cars and just want to look good in the parking lot or talk about driving to work everyday as doing something to their Fit. YAWWWNNNNNNN!!! I'm running like 350~400% stiffer than stock spring rates and about 45mm lower than stock height with my sussy front and rear and don't know what this spooling problem is you are talking about.