I had a nice Jeep Wrangler until I was rear ended at a red light, I couldn’t just go without a car so I got a 2017 Honda Fit lx, my wife wanted a roomy car and something good on gas and I wanted a manual so I settled for it. After I got it I learned that my jeep was a total loss and I was stuck with this dad car. If I’m gonna drive a dad car I want it to be a good looking one, my only issue is finding a body kit for it and it don’t help I couldn’t be described as a “car guy”. If you could help me find stuff to make my dad car look good or even run or sound better it would be greatly appreciated.

 

You look way cooler in a regular old economy car than a try-hard looking jeep.

Source: My girlfriend loves my Fit.

If you must modify it, Swift lowering springs, a set of Enkei RPF1 wheels and a Tanabe Touring Medallion axle back exhaust will do everything you seek.

 

I always found that putting baseball cards in the spokes upped the cool factor.

 

Add a rear swaybar and some Koni Orange shocks to go with the springs and you don't really need anything else.

If you want to look around on the forum I think there are some people running more aggressive front lips off ebay, and the RS rear spoiler looks decent without being crazy.

 

much appreciated

 

[QUOTE=Brain Champagne;1444376]I always found that putting baseball cards in the spokes upped the cool factor.[/QUOTE
you ain’t wrong

 

Thanks I’ll look into it, How specific is stuff like that, like something that fits a EX should fit my LX right ?

 

You got a pic of what this dad fit looks like now?

 

Here is thou dad car

 

The racing strip came with it, it shows how fast I can pick up groceries.

 

Suspension stuff should be the same between trim levels, but my car is an LX, so you should be fine.

The shocks are actually the same as for the GE Fit, I got mine from eBay and installed them myself. If you're going to lower the car with aftermarket wheels, you may need camber bolts. I got the RPF1 wheels mike410b mentioned, 16x7", and the tires rub just a bit. Might be the tire shape, some are more square than others, so you might not have the same issue. But if you do, these are the solution-

SPC Front Camber Bolts - Axion Industries

 

sweet thanks man

 

Did some looking into the koni shocks and the swift lowering springs. I seen the shocks on this website and they marketed it as 09-14, however that it would fit 2015+ but is longer than what is stock so it can’t be used with lowering springs, I guess I just need some clarification on that situation (I’m terrified of getting the wrong stuff because I know so little about this stuff). Another question I have is would coil overs be good ? It’s my understanding you can adjust them which would be could because I’m stationed in Alaska and would love to have it lowered but in winter with all the snow ( most of the year) it’s not a good idea, so theoretically speaking I could have them adjusted lower during summer and adjust them higher in the winter ? Very confused any input is greatly appreciated 👍🏻

 

I have the Koni Orange shocks and Megan lowering springs, which have about the same amount of drop. They don't have any problems working together, the only issue I had was the tires rubbing on the front fenders, and the camber bolts fixed that.

Not sure how much snow you're talking about- obviously Alaska has more snow than Washington, but depending on what kind of roads you're on and how frequently they get plowed, you might not have any problems. I got an LX on purpose, so I could put snow tires on the stock wheels and summer tires on the Enkei set. Blizzaks let me drive around just fine unless it gets really deep, but I did get stuck on someone's driveway when I didn't realize it was 6" of mixed fresh stuff and icy chunks from a few days before that got me high centered.

Never tried coilovers myself, but if you're not familiar with adjusting them you ought to look around for a local shop to see how much it would cost to get the ride height changed. They're meant to be adjustable in part so you can get corner weighted, so just spinning the collars up and down in the driveway could leave you really out of balance.

 

Depends on the time of the year like right now there’s still ice and snow on back roads a lot of the main roads are plowed, but just two weeks ago we had like a mini blizzard and I got stuck every time I parked my car it was awful. I was thinking of doing the same thing with my stock wheels, putting winter tires and going to get the coil overs adjusted to lift the ride height for middle of winter then switching over to after market wheels and a lower ride height when it’s not a hassle to drive. I also looked into some coil over sleeves from my understanding those can adjust the height but not any thing else

 

Coilovers have a shorter service life than OE style dampers, generally. Also tend to ride less comfortably.

Corrosion may also be an issue, you wouldn't want your coilovers to seize from rust all the way raised up for winter.

100% get snow tires. Even if you do nothing else, get snows.

I've lived in Wisconsin all my life and snow tires are a game changer.

 

any brands you’d recommend ? I know I think it’s called blizzex is a big one up here I don’t wanna spend too much money cause I only got one more winter up here before I ets.

 

I have Blizzaks on my car, they're nice.

My friends have liked their General Altimax and Yokohama IceGuard. My folks have used Goodyear snow tires with good results as well.

 

Odd plug in the front but Alaska I assume that’s a preheated for the oil or something else?

 

yeah that’s for heating pads on the engine block battery and transmission to keep in warm in extreme negatives. Without it you’d have to go start your car every four to six hours in the winter.