Sorry, I forgot about the air bag since I don't have mine any longer (out of sight, out of mind type of deal). The cover itself should be just clips. The air bag is bolted to the car though. I don't have my air bag, so I just pry my cover off.

 

After 225K miles and five track days, the original clutch finally gave up the ghost. Exedy OE replacement to bide my time until I can do the K24 swap.



Broken springs on the clutch disc. This thing definitely surpassed its life expectancy for sure.

 

How simple of a job was that clutch replacement? I've got a Haynes manual and a dream.

 

It's not rocket science. I managed to it with my dad despite the biggest job I've done before was rebuilding a brake caliper (with built in hand brake mechanism so a bit more involved than piston out/in). The biggest issue was that the transmission was stuck to the engine and required a sledgehammer to separate and we spent a lot of time to make sure it wasn't just something else holding it.

So definitely doable but I'd budget at least two days for it, and make sure you have the space to do it comfortably in. We had an engine hoist but you could probably get away with a jack.Assume some things will be stuck and/or break.

 

Actually, a friend of mine did the work and he's very mechnically-inclined. It only took him a few hours to do the whole job. I'd have loved to have been there with him so I could learn, but this was one of those situations where the work just needed to get done.

 

You ever feel like your progress isn’t enough? Like you do something and it barely makes a dent toward your end goal? That’s what this feels like. After coming to the realization that I don’t want to compromise track performance for street driving, I opted for a pair of Sparco Circuit seats. Circuit II for driver (same as Circuit but wider) and Circuit for the passenger. I am fortunate in that I almost never worry about transporting items with my Fit because of how much space the car offers. I didn’t even think twice about whether or not the seats would fit during transport.

My friend, Nick, was kind enough to loan me his Buddy Club seat until I got my new seats in and sorted. My good friend, Suren, came through big time and offered me his Schroth harnesses as he races W2W and will require new harnesses. This is huge for me because it opens the financial opportunity for me to opt for a custom-fabricated half cage versus an off-the-shelf option—I think Autopower is the only one currently. Next up for this car will be waiting for Brian from Pro Car Innovations to make some proper seat mounts for the GD Fit application.

If you have a moment, check out his products and take a look at his seat mounts. For such a simple thing as a seat mount, they are packed with convenience features that make life very easy such as: accommodations for mounting anti-sub straps, HUGE width adjustment range, and 3D scanned for a proper fit and install. These new mounts will be crucial for me as the Circuit II is a rather wide seat and the halo contacts my B pillar when I have the seat where I want it for driving. With the new mounts, I should be able to scoot the seat over toward the center of the car and, hopefully, buy me the room I need without rubbing any more of the fabric behind the halo.

 

Hey Kevin, which ebrake lines are you running? Trying to put my rear disc conversion together and worried I'll run into the same issue as this guy https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/1st-...3-build-5.html

 

I'm using EP3 parts.

 

Can you specify exactly which EP3 components ? Did you run into any issues during the install ? Thanks!

 

Quick update:

My Autopower roll bar arrived a few days ago, so that'll be getting welded in after I complete the removal of the sound deadening material in the car, which is a huge pain. I would not recommend this for your Fit as the time and money spent just isn't worth the extra weight savings. I've left the dry ice on the sound deadening material for well over an hour and it still puts up a huge fight when it comes to removal. If I could go back, I would not have started on removing the sound deadening material in the first place.

Unfortunately, PCI seat mounts will not be happening any time soon as Brian said he is swamped with other projects. I did, however, order another set of side mount brackets from Bride so I can run my passenger seat as well. This'll be the setup until I can have better seat mounts, without sliders, fabricated.

 

Tailored Chassis Solutions top hats installed. The rubber on my OEM top hats had seen better days, so instead of replacing with OEM stuff again, I opted to throw on the TCS top hats. I still have a lot of work to do before my next track day, but I am already noticing a tremendous difference in the car's handling characteristics, even without an alignment.

 

The dream.

I need to get ahold of TCS.

 

Great car, and thread.

I just spent a while going through all 6 pages, thanks for sharing your journey.

 

I would recommend sooner than later. Seamus only makes them in small quantities and they sell out fast. I'd even ask if you can leave a deposit and put your name on a list tbh.

Thanks, Breezer. I'm really looking forward to experiencing the car after the roll bar and other upgrades are completed.

 

​​​​​​Looks excellent.

 

Thanks, knope! I can't wait to experience the added benefits when I get an alignment and new tires.

 

Passenger seat has been installed in the car. Roll bar should be going in very soon as well. Not pictured here, I also finished removing the sound deadening material. For now, I am going to leave the remaining residue until I have the interior of the car resprayed.

 

Ruined the Fit some more this week followed by installing my Autopower roll bar.



Roll bar mocked up in this photo.



Roll bar installed. We also sprayed some rubberized undercoating on the bottom of the car where the reinforcement plates go.



Another view of the roll bar installed.





Next up is installing the provisions to clip on/install my six-point harnesses.

 

Got my rear tow strap on last night. Hopefully, I'll never have to use it, but it's there.



I've been going back and forth on the idea of doing a bumper cut for months now and I was leaning towards not doing it, but some miscalculation on the placement of the slot for my tow strap through the bumper meant I'd have to choose between a huge slot, which would look really ugly, or doing a bumper cut, so I opted for the bumper cut. I think it looks okay, but I like to try and keep a lower profile on the exterior of this car, so this is definitely going to draw people's attention.

 

Love the new additions!

Whenever you get a chance, if you don't mind. Can you do a full rundown on your rear disc setup ? Trying to get mine installed shortly and want to make sure I have everything necessary.