UK Vivid Blue Pearl Honda Jazz Sport
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A Package arrived from China today, I wonder what it could be 
Mugen Wind Deflectors (Replica
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Also my genuine Honda DC2 Gear-Knob arrived as well
Fitted
The genuine gear knob is soooo much better than that replica I had, its really comfortable and much nicer to use! Genuine Honda never disappoints!
Wind deflectors will have to wait till I go to my parents house and can give the car a good clean before I fit them!
Thats it for updates for now, Im hopefully going to get a new set of Mats for the Jazz soon, but until I can get a spoiler, there wont be any more buying to be done!
Mugen Wind Deflectors (Replica
)Also my genuine Honda DC2 Gear-Knob arrived as well
Fitted
The genuine gear knob is soooo much better than that replica I had, its really comfortable and much nicer to use! Genuine Honda never disappoints!
Wind deflectors will have to wait till I go to my parents house and can give the car a good clean before I fit them
!Thats it for updates for now, Im hopefully going to get a new set of Mats for the Jazz soon, but until I can get a spoiler, there wont be any more buying to be done
!
Last edited by Chris_music; Mar 26, 2011 at 06:38 AM.
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Thanks for the comments guys!!
Some more Updates!!
Modified my rear wiper to sit in the upright position, rather than down (GUIDE):
I also bought some Touch up Paint for my alloy wheels from Honda
Before
After
Before
After
It hides it quite well, and from a distance you honestly cant tell!
And of course, I fitted my Replica Mugen Wind Deflectors!
The car is almost finished, I just need a rear spoiler and a set of new Mats and it will be complete!
Some more Updates!!
Modified my rear wiper to sit in the upright position, rather than down (GUIDE):
I also bought some Touch up Paint for my alloy wheels from Honda
Before
After
Before
After
It hides it quite well, and from a distance you honestly cant tell!
And of course, I fitted my Replica Mugen Wind Deflectors
!The car is almost finished, I just need a rear spoiler and a set of new Mats and it will be complete
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I like this. To shift with the left hand again. Interesting seeing a cig lighter.
You whole car is looking good. Park it in front of the pub next series_
You whole car is looking good. Park it in front of the pub next series_
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I Finally got a hold of some decent second hand car mats from eBay! Iv been waiting for ages for a decent set to come up at a cheap price !
Out with the Old
And in with the Slightly Used
The new mats could do with a good shampoo to get out all the soiling, but I will do that when I have some more time! Im just grateful to not have a hole in my mat now!
!Out with the Old
And in with the Slightly Used
The new mats could do with a good shampoo to get out all the soiling, but I will do that when I have some more time! Im just grateful to not have a hole in my mat now
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I really like the standard Enkei wheels on my Jazz, but to me they looked too standard! So I bought some Enkei Decals to make them look abit more aftermarket !
I might get some Enkei Centre caps, Iv not decided! I think the Honda ones are not too bad anyway, as they are the same colour as the wheels and don't particularly stand out!
This is the Stingy mans modifying!
!I might get some Enkei Centre caps, Iv not decided! I think the Honda ones are not too bad anyway, as they are the same colour as the wheels and don't particularly stand out!
This is the Stingy mans modifying
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Major Update
After the poor experience I had with the replica spoiler I purchased, I decided to go on the hunt for a genuine Honda spoiler. But the UK spoiler was only an optional extra, and very few people ticked that box when buying a Jazz, so my only other option was to buy it new, which, when I got quoted from a discount Honda distributer, would be £170 ($277) unpainted or £250 ($407) pre-painted, then I would need to have it fitted. I didnt really fancy paying these prices, but It would be near to impossible to get hold of a used one!
But it was shortly after that I realised I had made a really stupid mistake
! When I was looking at Modified Jazz's, I was looking purely at the US market, as they are the leaders in this field, and I had failed to spot that their spoilers are actually completely different to the UK one. The US and JDM market spoiler has little points at the end which make it look more like the EK9 spoiler, but the UK one is basically a tray that curves at the ends to follow the body curves, which I really didn't like as much.
After finding out this information, I set about trying to get hold of a USDM spoiler, as the USDM spoiler is exactly the same as the JDM spoiler but the JPY is too high at the moment and the USD is at a low against the GBP. I was lucky enough to find Scala on here, who had just bought him self a Mugen Spoiler, and he had his standard For Sale. I was lucky enough that it was in the same blue (Vivid Blue Pearl) as my Jazz. So we talked, and he agreed to sell it to me and send it to the UK.
Well six days later, and no custom charge, it arrived in perfect condition! After having the genuine artefact, you can really appreciate the quality and the craft Honda put into their products! Plus the ABS plastic is so light, it barely weighs anything!
USDM/JDM Honda Fit Sport Spoiler
Heres it when I got it:
I took it to my local bodyshop and nearly fainted when they told me how much it would cost to fit it (£70/$114), But I checked around a couple of others and they were a lot more! I guess because they have to cut off and sand down the 3 centre studs, drill 2 threaded holes, paint the holes so they don't rust, align it all up and bond it on, so I guess its alright.
Heres it fitted:
It really finishes the car off I think!
As far as I know, Im the only person in the UK with this spoiler on their Jazz!
I also thought I would see what the H on my centre caps would look like blue, so I got my trusty blue marker out and coloured them in :P!
I will do a better job when I have some more time!
I will get some better pictures of the car with the spoiler on when the weather is a bit sunnier.
I dont really have any more plans for the car. At some point I will sand down and repaint the callipers, as they look pretty rusty round the edges. Im sure I will find a few little things to do, but I doubt I will be doing anything major to it like lowering it or putting new wheels on.
Im happy with the way it looks with the spoiler on now
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P.S. A big thanks to Scala, who made a great effort to get this spoiler to me! So thanks a lot!!
After the poor experience I had with the replica spoiler I purchased, I decided to go on the hunt for a genuine Honda spoiler. But the UK spoiler was only an optional extra, and very few people ticked that box when buying a Jazz, so my only other option was to buy it new, which, when I got quoted from a discount Honda distributer, would be £170 ($277) unpainted or £250 ($407) pre-painted, then I would need to have it fitted. I didnt really fancy paying these prices, but It would be near to impossible to get hold of a used one!
But it was shortly after that I realised I had made a really stupid mistake
! When I was looking at Modified Jazz's, I was looking purely at the US market, as they are the leaders in this field, and I had failed to spot that their spoilers are actually completely different to the UK one. The US and JDM market spoiler has little points at the end which make it look more like the EK9 spoiler, but the UK one is basically a tray that curves at the ends to follow the body curves, which I really didn't like as much. After finding out this information, I set about trying to get hold of a USDM spoiler, as the USDM spoiler is exactly the same as the JDM spoiler but the JPY is too high at the moment and the USD is at a low against the GBP. I was lucky enough to find Scala on here, who had just bought him self a Mugen Spoiler, and he had his standard For Sale. I was lucky enough that it was in the same blue (Vivid Blue Pearl) as my Jazz. So we talked, and he agreed to sell it to me and send it to the UK.
Well six days later, and no custom charge
, it arrived in perfect condition! After having the genuine artefact, you can really appreciate the quality and the craft Honda put into their products! Plus the ABS plastic is so light, it barely weighs anything!USDM/JDM Honda Fit Sport Spoiler
Heres it when I got it:
I took it to my local bodyshop and nearly fainted when they told me how much it would cost to fit it (£70/$114), But I checked around a couple of others and they were a lot more! I guess because they have to cut off and sand down the 3 centre studs, drill 2 threaded holes, paint the holes so they don't rust, align it all up and bond it on, so I guess its alright.
Heres it fitted:
It really finishes the car off I think
!As far as I know, Im the only person in the UK with this spoiler on their Jazz
!I also thought I would see what the H on my centre caps would look like blue, so I got my trusty blue marker out and coloured them in :P!
I will do a better job when I have some more time
!I will get some better pictures of the car with the spoiler on when the weather is a bit sunnier.
I dont really have any more plans for the car. At some point I will sand down and repaint the callipers, as they look pretty rusty round the edges. Im sure I will find a few little things to do, but I doubt I will be doing anything major to it like lowering it or putting new wheels on.
Im happy with the way it looks with the spoiler on now
!P.S. A big thanks to Scala, who made a great effort to get this spoiler to me! So thanks a lot!!
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Thanks for the comments guys!!
I thought I would post some better pictures of the Jazz now I have the Spoiler fitted!
When all my coursework is finished, Im going to paint the calipers with Halfords blue caliper paint, as it seems to be the closest blue to my car!
I thought I would post some better pictures of the Jazz now I have the Spoiler fitted
!When all my coursework is finished, Im going to paint the calipers with Halfords blue caliper paint, as it seems to be the closest blue to my car
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UPDATE
Weather was nice on the weekend, so I finally got around to painting my Calipers!
Halfords had a nice Blue paint that I thought matched the paint work well:
Gave the brakes a quick clean before painting:
After painting:
Left it over night to dry before I put on some 'Honda' Caliper stickers", I also Painted the H centre cap blue:
I also got hold of some Mugen badges off eBay, just to make the car look abit sportier:
I cant really see my self doing more to the car to be honest. I will be getting a flat soon with the gf, so all money is reserved for housing costs for a while.
Weather was nice on the weekend, so I finally got around to painting my Calipers!
Halfords had a nice Blue paint that I thought matched the paint work well:
Gave the brakes a quick clean before painting:
After painting:
Left it over night to dry before I put on some 'Honda' Caliper stickers", I also Painted the H centre cap blue:
I also got hold of some Mugen badges off eBay, just to make the car look abit sportier:
I cant really see my self doing more to the car to be honest. I will be getting a flat soon with the gf, so all money is reserved for housing costs for a while.
