Mike's Fit

Finally finished up the "carbon fiber" roof and spoiler wrap on the car.   More info on the product I use is here.  Below are a couple of pictures, and more can be found here and here.

 Well, I haven't been great about rotating my tires on a timely basis... so it was time for front tires.  Problem with a 205/45/16 is availability.  Ended up going with the Kumho Ecsta ASX's again.  2 of them transfered in from Houston to my local Discount Tire connection.  Arrived in 1 day!  Got them installed today at 28,300 miles.  These now come with a 30K mileage warranty, so at least I won't be paying much for the next set 

Car has been great and no new modifications over the past year, thus no posts 

My company NovoWorks is now a certified Cerbond installer and yesterday (at 26,100 miles) we treated the Fit with the engine and air conditioning treatments.

The engine is already noticably smoother, especially at higher speeds.  Power delivery comes on quicker as well.  As for the A/C, we saw a 9 degree temperature drop immediately after treatment!  The increase in engine efficiently is quite nice, and emissions have been reduced quite a bit (not that it was terrible before).

Next on the list is to do the transmission/differential, which I will do in the coming weeks.  I leave today for our next 24 Hours of Lemons race down at MSR Houston.

Well, my alignment is more off then I thought... so front tires wore quicker then expected.  Also finally wore the backs, so time to replace all 4.

Went with BFGoodrich g-Force Sports this time around.  So far so good... got a great deal from my hookup at Discount Tire.  Current mileage?  12,150

Well, I've been really busy lately... even though I've had all the equipment for my audio system install for months.

Finally decided to toss in the head unit (Kenwood DDX812) at least.  Install wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.  Next is to finish up the sub enclosure I started forever ago, and find some time to start the other parts of the install.

A few pictures are here.

As I've stated before... the car can really handle.  Well, the Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport tires that came with the HFP wheels wear quick on this little car.   I typically rotate my tires about every 4000-6000 miles.  However, it looks like I'm going to need to do it about every 2000-3000 miles!

I have not yet rotated the tires, and a good look at the front tires showed almost no tread pattern (other then the primary pattern) left.  The back tires still look quite fresh... so I ordered some new Kuhmo Ecsta ASX's for the front (same tires I've used on other vehicles with good results).

So... with 6620 miles, I have new front tires already.  The Kuhmo's have a 420AA rating, which is a bit better then the 340AA of the Potenza's.  I'll rotate more often from now on... and we'll see how well the Kuhmo's wear.

Well, I am building a new work table for the production room at work.  As such, I figured I needed about 14 8' 2x4's in order to build them.  I headed up to Home Depot, bought the 8 casters I needed, as well as 14 8' 2x4's. 

Everything fit just perfect! Here are the pictures.

It's taken a while, but the engine cover is on the car.  I wanted all the original texture from the factory cover gone, so that took time to sand and fill.  Few coats of paint and clear, some sanding, and some buffing, and it's done.

Pictures are here

Not sure why it took me this long... but anyhow:  Finally hardwired my radar detector into the fuse box.  Just tapped the radio power, so the detector is only on w/ accessory power.  Much cleaner then having the lighter cord, etc.  Tucked all the wiring under the headliner, etc.  A few pictures are here.

There was a Fit Meet put together in Austin this past Saturday, so I rode down with Marcus and Jeff to check it out.  Not a large turnout, but a good little event nonetheless.  About half of us stayed the night and we stayed in the same hotel, which gave us an opportunity to hang out and talk more as well.  It was a good group.  Hit some of the nice curves around Lake Travis, which was nice.   My pictures are here. 

Had this on my truck, and have one on my Grand Prix too (I sell them).  Wanted to hide the wiring, so I ended up drilling a hole and adding a grommet.  More information with the pictures.

Finally got my VentureShield paint protection kit for the Fit.  Got the hood, rear view mirrors and front bumper kits.  Will also be doing the headlight and fog kit also.  Thanks Alan for helping me put the hood kit on today for the upcoming trip to Austin.   If time allows, I will get the mirror pieces on before I head down there as well.

The bumper piece is going to be a bit more difficult for sure.... so I'll wait until I have a lot more time and Alan is around to help again (grin).

The 07-08 Fit doesn't have a very elaborate rear suspension.  As a matter of fact, it doesn't even have a sway bar in the rear.  Progress makes the only real option right now, and people seem to be quite happy with it.  MPG-Motoring had a group buy on it, so I got in on the buy. 

The bar arrived yesterday, so I popped it on this morning in about 35 minutes or so.  Pictures are here.  In the limited driving I've done with it so far, it definately seems to help.

Well, since the headunit I plan on using isn't quite out yet, no rush on doing my system install.  I do have all the other components I'll be using though.  As such, I figured I'd start the sub enclosure since that's fairly time consuming and can be done as a stand alone project. 

I am fairly specific in my needs, wants and requirements for a system.  In this vehicle, the trick is keeping the back end fully usable.  As such Here are pictures of Step 1 of the sub enclosure project. 

Well, since my car is already red, I decided to do the white reflective Fit overlay from MobileImage.  Here are the pictures.

MobileImage now has a Fit 3rd Brake Light overlay... here are pictures of the installation process, which only takes about 5 minutes!

Took a few beauty shots of the car after I did the springs.  Here they are.

Decided to put the springs on this morning.  Took just over an hour.  Woulda been a little quicker, but I popped the driver side axle out and had to get it back in place.  Install was pretty straight forward overall.  Here are some pictures

Ordered the Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust and the Tanabe GF210 Springs from a friends company, and they arrived today.  Thanks Dave :)

Today I did the exhaust installation... Installation was a breeze, and only took me about 15 minutes including time to pull it into my shop and pull it back out.   Really like the mild tone of the Touring exhaust over the others I've heard.  I like something a bit more subtle.

Pictures are here.

I decided to go hit a local car show with a few friends today, so I took the Fit.  This show had quite a few exotic and hard to find cars, as well as some more regular cars as well.  Once the event got going, I popped the hood and had interest in both the car and the air horn setup.  

Had at least 4 people that were very interested in buying a similar air horn setup, so I have to finish some work on getting that tank setup into production and available.  Also showed off the versatility of the car to a few interested parties as well.  Great weather today too.