For the armrest, just buy the central one. Should be cheap and easy to install.

 

I've been trying to find one, but no luck. The ones on eBay they want a crazy amount. I've been trying to start a WTB thread but I guess I still have restrictions, since I'm rather new to the forum.

 

I don't like that my Fit is old and I'll have to pay a lot more for a CR-V in a few years.

 

Just K swap it and you'll have a new car lol

 

What shape is it in? How many miles on the odo.? How's the rust?

 

2009, 115k miles. The winters here haven't been kind, but not that bad for the age. Replaced the middle muffler and catalytic converter. I do all the mechanical work. Recently repainted the hood and part of the roof supports.
15 years though is old for a car. Hoping it gets me another 3 years, giving me time to save up for the CR-V. Those are 35k new and you save about 9k if they are 3 years old, which is what I'll probably do. EX model though, cause I want those options like heated seats...lol

 

I'm not sure if anyone else has this problem, but I hate the bumper on my 2008 Sport.
So far I have gone through 3 bumpers and all of them has had their cheap plastic break where it connects to the rest of the car, causing a big gap in the car my OCD does not allow it.
At this point I have given up on fixing the bumper, around 800 bucks spent on fixing it. I'm not going to bother with it.

 

Set up a "Go Fund Me" account.

 

wtf, is this a troll attempt? The fact that it’s a new account and only has 2 post is alarming

 

Hey,

I was just making a suggestion.

It's up to you to set up your own Go Fund Me account.

 

The model name. Googling a Honda Fit part just shows me parts that fit on all Honda models. A unique product name is underrated.

The drivers position. The seat sucks but I modified with added lumbar foam under the springs behind the zippers on the back of the seat, washer stack under the front mounts with longer bolts, and a wedge seat cushion. However, the position to the wheel and shifter are just wrong no matter where I move the seat, and I can't see the gauges unless I tilt the wheel way up which makes the steering feel odd at that angle.

Temp gauge. Seriously.

Road noise. Hey, it's a cheap AF car, its amazing how much they got right!

 

This can be very annoying, but an easy solution is to search for "Honda Jazz" instead. Jazz is the name for the Fit in Japan.

 

They should have also named it "Jazz" in North America. The "Fit" name sux. I suppose it's possible that some other car company already owned the rights to the Jazz name in North America.

 

It is Fit in Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, China and Americas.
Name Jazz is used in Europe, Australia, NZ, Africa, Southeast Asia and Middle East.

 

Woofy, then we would have to call ourselves "JazzFreaks" . . . ?

 

Amen on Milo Red fading to pinkish. Red is notoriously the worst color for fading. Amen on the seats not too comfy on long trips. We drive it a lot on long trips and egg sitter foam cushions help under your butt. We have a 2007 Fit Sport M/T which spent the first four years of life in Phoenix. When I bought it in 2011 with 123,000 miles the red looked good everywhere. I drove it to Western NY where I live in 2011 and it's been here since then. About ten years ago the roof showed fading and shows whitish primer underneath. The metal panels on the sides all are fading but the plastic bumpers and the Sport rocker panels are still the original red as well as the plastic door handles. Oh well, we didn't buy the car to win concours prizes. Headlamp lenses are a pain to keep clear. The Arizona sun wasn't kind to them. I've sanded and buffed them and sprayed with UV protectant about 4 times and after 3 years it's overdue for another treatment. It's been pretty reliable. Getting rust around the windshield frame on the A pillars and the roof. Starting to leak from windshield frame into the footwells during heavy rain. Need to use some silicone caulk. It won't look so pretty but it'll keep our legs dry. Some rust on the rear quarter panels. Car now has 265,000 miles and is mechanically pretty good with original clutch still working fine. Worst failures have been alternator at about 200,000 while on vacation 1500 miles from home and electric power steering module at 264,000, that was a nightmare to fix. Factory EPS module is now $1355 at a dealer, found used on eBay for $240. Took me two full days on my back to replace. Worst PIA job of my 60 years doing my own car work. Like many others, the rear hatchback latch gave troubles due to rust and I had to replace, found a Chinese version online for $15 which was a pain to replace but I greased it up real well before installing and think it'll outlive the car now. We are experienced manual drivers and put very little wear on the clutch. Clutch still passes the 40mph and floor it in fourth gear test with no slippage. Car still getting the same oil consumption when we bought it which is 6000 miles per quart of Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 5W-20 and still averages about 35mpg highway/city average. Overall car is pretty good but not perfect. Still fun to drive and run it up through the gears. I drove an automatic same vintage and it was a disappointing slug. Manual is much peppier.

 

First gen. Fit in the USA was 2007-2008. I normally never buy a first gen car but the Jazz was around the rest of the world for about 6 years before Honda decided to bring to USA so it was fairly well sorted out by 2007. The 2009 is second generation. First gen. you are correct, 1600cc and 109 hp. Wimpy with A/T, much peppier with M/T but you have to be willing to rev to 4-5000 rpm to get her to move ok. Spins like a noisy sewing machine on steroids.

 

Re: Milano Red...wax, wax, wax! Here's mine at 10.5 years. Oh, and we love the seats even after 10 hours.

 

2015 MT with 64,000 miles seems to have synchros that are wearing away at an alarming rate (for the mileage). I changed to MTF with Honda OEM, no change. Second almost always grinds and third is almost just as bad. Trans is certainly not dead, but it is not a smooth shifter and my confidence level with the trans is low.

 

How's your clutch?