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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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The Order of Upgrades/Mods You Took!

Hey all,

Another post for the day and I just had to ask.. what parts/mods did you do purchase first for the fit?

My girlfriend bought me some kick ass JDM decals, which I cant put on because I want to tint my car. Then I've decided the rims I want to get, but I cant get them also, due to my brother telling me to drop the car with some coilovers. I just don't know.
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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Ideally, I would have done chassis/frame reinforcement and suspension first, then power mods, but instead I did interior mods first (door handles, center console, etc.), some exterior (rain visors, LED tails), and I'm just about to finish up my IHE bits. Suspension/reinforcement is next.

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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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drop>tint>visors>tail lights>rims>exhaust>intake>front lip
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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all accessories/mods in order:

1.) tint (I live in Texas)
2.) Remove dealer's ugly ass pin stripe
3.) Zeta dead pedal
4.) Zeta armrest
5.) LED interior lights
6.) Escort radar detector (hardwired controls into dash)
7.) LED License Plate lights
8.) Factory Floor Mats
9.) Factory Cargo Mat
10.) shift nob
11.) Mugen pedals & zeta dead pedal cover
12.) Skunk2 short throw shifter
13.) Mugen window visors
14.) Mugen Shift Boot
15.) Mugen e-brake boot
16.) Zeta hood deflector
17.) Locking gas cap
18.) Honda first aid kit

Stuff I still want to do when I can afford it:
- new head unit w/ GPS
- New Speakers
- Anti Sway bars
- seat covers
- overhead console
- Depo Smoked tail lights
 

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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Just bought my 2008 Fit Sport/Auto two days ago; First mod was black leather interior. Next will be tint.
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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Shift knob - The second I pulled into my driveway.

Red H badges, Mugen Door Sills, JDM Fit badge

New shift knob

Kevlar manifold cover

Mugen Short Shifter

JDM sunvisor, JDM footlights, JDM clear 3rd brakelight, Progress rear sway bar

Kevlar shifter ring.

The next step is coilovers. Then I'm done. Nothing more nothing less
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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1) Factory Floor Mats
2) Factory Cargo Cover
3) Factory Wheel Locks
4) JDM Passenger Visor
5) Zeta Dead Pedal
6) Factory Cargo Cover
7) JDM Center Console (Payment made, product arrives in August)
8) Tint (Next Week Hopefully)
9) JDM Roof Console (Sometime in '08
10) JDM Map Light (Sometime in '08)
11) In-Dash Nav (Sometime in '09)
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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see sig.

more coming very soon.
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Firefly
Just bought my 2008 Fit Sport/Auto two days ago; First mod was black leather interior. Next will be tint.
do you have a pic of your leather? was it from the dealer or elsewhere? $$$$?
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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My first batch of mods I had before even owning my Fit.

Mugen visors, T1R springs, coin holder, and Spoon res covers. The day after I got my car I installed all of it. And I got the windows tinted.
Basically a 24hr make over.

I have too many mods to list currently.
 
Old Jun 20, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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1. Tint
2. Wheels
3. JDM coin holder
4. Zeta dead pedal
5. Zeta armrest
6. JDM LED Tails
7. Megan axle back
8. Fujita SRI
9. LED interior lights
10. I <3 JDM sticker
11. Pedo Bear Sticker
 
Old Jun 21, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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i can barly remember what ive done, ordered, used, sold, upgraded... the list is just toooo retardly long
 
Old Jun 21, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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JDM red badges, skunk2 shift knob, tanabe df210 springs
painted intake mani cover
vti replica spoiler, spoon antenna
megan coilovers
alpine headunit w/ipod hookup
black housed headlights
black housed foglights
skunk2 pro-c coilovers
16" konig helium redline edition
PIAA headlight/foglight bulbs
cheap intake
20% window tint
t1r vip exhaust, jdm smoked eg sidemarkers, depo red/smoked taillights
 
Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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im thinkin about getting the OEM front lip for my base first.. if I get the front lip, you guys think if I skipped the side skirts, the car would look funky?
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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I live in Florida so Tint is always first. Looks like you live in Vegas, so I would assume you're always hiding from the sun too.

R2
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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stuff i did.

Tint, Dead Pedal, Red Badges, Intake , Drop, Exhaust.
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by R2D2
I live in Florida so Tint is always first. Looks like you live in Vegas, so I would assume you're always hiding from the sun too.

R2
I totally lucked out yesterday, my co-worker won a free tint from a raffle that we did at my work. His car was tinted already, so he gave me his certificate, which I'll be using to tint my car on Wednesday.. I finally can put my stickers and then get all the other parts for my car.
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Firefly
Just bought my 2008 Fit Sport/Auto two days ago; First mod was black leather interior. Next will be tint.

Just wondering.... how much did leather interior set you back?
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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This list if items I have installed on my fit is longer than my RESUME - I've already lost count what I have done to my fit/ How much I've spend on Mods (And I am too lazy / scared to check my bank stmts)

I do remember, however, that the first thing I did to my Fit is to install HID.
 
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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Tint, LEDs, drop, exhaust, rims.

That was the first couple things i did.

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