gawa's build 2012
 

Figured I'd start a build thread for 2012 and update you guys on what's happening to my Fit. Hopefully it'll keep me on top of things and complete what I've set out to do this year.

By the end of last year the Fit was pretty plain. Most of my time/money was spent saving up for the turbo kit, and ended up doing some stuff to the E46 daily driver as well. -_-;;

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The Fit as it sat before storage:
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There's some more shots of the Fit in my 2011 thread:
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...wa-2011-a.html

Picked up a new steering wheel to replace the Momo just before I stored the car for winter.

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And then the collecting phase began for the winter. Picked up a pair of Zeal buckets, the Kenstyle kit off of the Tjins, and I went to Japan for Tokyo Auto Salon and picked up random parts as well (more for collecting purposes than anything.. I doubt I'll end up using most of it).

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***note: didn't buy these knobs & caps all at once.. just what I've collected so far lol.
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Vertex - Spoon - Top Secret - Spoon
Varis - Seeker - J's - ARC

J's oil & rad cap are on the car.
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That's about it for now.. It's still cold up here and it's going to snow tonight so... will have to work on the car later. :\

And if you're curious about my travels, here's some pics:
Wald: 2012 Japan - Wald - a set on Flickr
Tommy Kaira: 2012 Japan - Tommy Kaira - a set on Flickr
Type One: 2012 Japan - Type ONE - a set on Flickr
Feel's: 2012 Japan - Feel's - a set on Flickr
Seeker: 2012 Japan - Seeker - a set on Flickr
K.BREAK (unfortunately was closed): 2012 Japan - K.BREAK - a set on Flickr
J's Racing: Japan 2012 - J's Racing - a set on Flickr
Backyard Special: Japan 2012 - Backyard Special - a set on Flickr
Some random cars: 2012 Japan - random cars - a set on Flickr

TAS day 1: 12-01-13 - Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 day 1 - a set on Flickr
TAS day 2: 12-01-14 - Tokyo Auto salon 2012 day 2 - a set on Flickr
TAS day 3: 12-01-15 - Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 day 3 - a set on Flickr
TAS parking lot: Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 parking lot - a set on Flickr

NEW BEST THREAD OF 2012.

Always love your car Gawa.

Been following your coverage of the Japan trip since the beginning on your blog.

Nice little collection of shift knobs, oil caps, and rad. caps you got going.
Been following your pics on some of the other forums.
Noticed you went to TAS last year and this year. You work in the business?

Thanks Mike! Didn't know you read my blog lol. How'd you find it anyway? o_o

Fitting: Nope, I don't work in the industry... just like Japan a lot so I keep going for vacation.

I saw it on one of the other blogs I follow, I can't remember where.

So excited to see what you have in store :D

oic.. just curious. :)


Thinking about a new set of rims or refinishing a set of 17's I have sitting around... but don't worry - they're not Viennas. lol. :hyper:

Small update... getting warmer around here so I swapped the tires off of the Loversouls and onto my temp wheels. Permanently retiring the Loversouls. I'll get some shots of the SSR's on the Fit once I take it out of storage in a week or two. :hyper:

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And on the side for the daily.. picked up a CSL trunk for cheap! :hyper:

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Im jealous of all the Japan trips you go on. Can't wait to see what you do this year.

Retiring the Lover Souls? :(

Yea.. I'll still keep 'em though. :)

Just brought the Fit out of storage this weekend and put a couple things on. :D

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Wheels look good and that seat is just too cool to put into words!

i have to know how did you wire in your jdm mirrors??
ive been trying to figure em out but no luck

Thanks! :D
Need to get another bracket for the passenger side and I'll mount up the other bucket. But I don't think I'll end up doing that till the end of the season.

My mirrors are blinker only and don't have auto retract. I used this post:
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/134525-post33.html
There should be 3 wires coming from each mirror for the power mirrors. The colours in that post didn't match mine though, but they matched the ones on my car. And for the blinkers, there's 2 wires, a power and ground. I just grounded to the door itself, and for the power wires, I tapped into the hazard switch. According to the pdf below (I don't remember where I found it but I have a bunch of wiring diagrams for the Fit), you'll need to tap into the green/red wire (pin 7) on the hazard switch for the left signal, and green/yellow (pin 10) for the right signal.

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I hope that kinda helps. :confused:

Looking good! Nice to see the Fit still getting some attention.

sweet thanx alot man
now i just have to find the time to get this done
maybe in sept when the wife and kid are going away for a week hmmmm

Thanks!
Hope to see you at the S&P meet? Are you still going?

No problem. :)
Let me know if I can help in any other way.

I'll definitely be there.
Also the Gumball 3000 rally arrives to Toronto on May 25th fyi. :D

Ohh nice. The last time they came I was there after work. Looking forward to going to check out the Gumball cars again. :D