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Old Feb 12, 2019 | 08:47 AM
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Purchased my dream GD3 Fit! Ultimate DD build!

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My name is Vila from the peach state (GA). After having the itch for the last 2 years to purchase the perfect GD3 Fit, I finally made that dream come true this past weekend and booked a one way flight ticket to Texas. After a 15 hour drive home I am now the proud owner of a 2008 Honda Fit Sport in Vivid Blue Pearl 5-speed! Along the way I stopped by a friend's place in Alabama and we adjusted the valves and the intake side had a little play. I have so much planned for this car as it will be my daily driver/project. I am currently on the hunt for a set of Tein S Tech springs for it. So if you have some for sell, PM me please! Enough with the chit chat. Here are a couple of pics I snagged on this rainy day.



 
Old Feb 21, 2019 | 06:33 AM
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Old Feb 21, 2019 | 06:52 PM
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Sweet ride

Congrats sweet ride
 
Old Feb 21, 2019 | 08:40 PM
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Thanks man!
 
Old Feb 21, 2019 | 11:35 PM
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Hello and welcome to the forum!
 
Old Feb 22, 2019 | 10:32 AM
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Sweet ride! Kind of wish I got an earlier one but I love the tech of the GKs
 
Old Feb 22, 2019 | 01:54 PM
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Blue thunder

I have the same year and color and I luv it
 
Old Feb 22, 2019 | 02:23 PM
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Welcome to the forums!

Looking forward to your project
 
Old Feb 22, 2019 | 04:40 PM
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Welcome, I don't recommend Tein S-Tech, just a heads up.
 
Old Feb 22, 2019 | 08:20 PM
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Welcome, I don't recommend Tein S-Tech, just a heads up.
Why do you say that? I'm not for, or against, Tein springs, but I would like to hear your thoughts/opinion.
 
Old Feb 26, 2019 | 04:39 AM
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Thanks for the friendly welcomes everyone!

As for the Tein S Techs, I've ran them on numerous Civic/Integra chassis and never had an issue with them. I do realize they are not the best springs out there. However, this build will be a daily driver/budget build and I only really wanted to focus on the aesthetics and maintenance of it.
 
Old Feb 26, 2019 | 11:03 AM
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Why do you say that? I'm not for, or against, Tein springs, but I would like to hear your thoughts/opinion.
They killed the OEM dampers on my GD3 very quickly. They were only on the car for 10k miles or so and just utterly thrashed them.

Ditto for the Tein S-Tech/OEM damper combo I had on my Galant in high school.

I'm also not a fan of the uneven ride height, minimal gap in the front & a noticeable gap in the rear always bugged me.

This is the only picture of my GD3 on my current flickr account (photobucket seems to have eaten all of my old pictures):



I liked the height in front, but wasn't happy with much else about the set up.
 
Old Feb 26, 2019 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Vila
Thanks for the friendly welcomes everyone!

As for the Tein S Techs, I've ran them on numerous Civic/Integra chassis and never had an issue with them. I do realize they are not the best springs out there. However, this build will be a daily driver/budget build and I only really wanted to focus on the aesthetics and maintenance of it.
Have you looked at the Tanabe GF210 springs? Best balance of drop and ride for the GD if I recall correctly and worked well with stock dampers. Swift is another spring that is known to work good with OEM dampers as well though they are a little bit on the firmer side in terms of ride quality.
 
Old Mar 5, 2019 | 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie
Have you looked at the Tanabe GF210 springs? Best balance of drop and ride for the GD if I recall correctly and worked well with stock dampers. Swift is another spring that is known to work good with OEM dampers as well though they are a little bit on the firmer side in terms of ride quality.
I looked into those along with the DF series by Tanabe. However, I just purchased a set of Tein Basic Coilovers for a price I couldn't pass up. Also, picked upped a T1R short shifter along with some other JDM goodies off a member on the Truefitcrew page on Facebook!
 
Old Apr 3, 2019 | 03:51 PM
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Congrats! I think I have the Tein springs everyone's referring to on my Fit (previous owner installed them). I'm not a fan of the uneven stance (front low, back high) and they definitely ride harsh, especially for a DD. I'm thinking of switching to something else that's more leveled.

Oh, it scrapes a lot lol
 
Old Apr 3, 2019 | 03:53 PM
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Nice ride, congrats!
 
Old Apr 3, 2019 | 04:10 PM
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Congrats on the new-to-you Fit! What sort of plans do you have for it, seeing as it will be a daily driver?
 
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