Vanct's GE8
#181
The radius (curve) of your fenders almost identically match the radius of your rims. In other words, the amount of distance between the edge of your fenders and the edge of your rims is consistent almost all the way from the front of the tire to the rear.
Finely crafted auto designers (mainly exotics) almost always match the curve of fender to the tire/wheel. If there's space at all between the top of the tire and edge of the fender it's even all the way around the tire. Fits tend to have a huge gap at the front and back of the tire compared to the top of the tire which disappears into the wheel well. Fit fenders are not designed to be a near-perfect circle.
The amount you're lowered, plus your choice of 17" rims made the wheel and fender radius nearly a perfect match. You go any lower and it will ruin that even, almost-designed-for-each-other look.
Your ride looks borderline incredible, btw. That wheel choice makes your Fit one of the best-looking I've ever seen... unique! I wouldn't have thought that possible if I had seen those wheels by themselves, unmounted.
It's a "looker", man. Good eye... nice selections!
Last edited by annunC8; 12-29-2012 at 08:41 PM.
#183
Ok now your just rubbing it in.. Sell me those rims.. I still can't believe you found those in that size... I've been looking for a while.
I wanted to quote all your pics.. Beautiful photography!!! very deserving of a great build. Great job on the whole package!
mike find me a set of Vienna's like that.
I wanted to quote all your pics.. Beautiful photography!!! very deserving of a great build. Great job on the whole package!
mike find me a set of Vienna's like that.
#184
I want to, but I don't know if I'm about that life lol. If my funds are good next year, I may be picking up some HKS coilovers. That or some Buddy Clubs, but I'm still looking at others. Looking for suggestions and tips on coilovers, because I honestly don't know enough about what the best specs to look for yet.
#185
IMO there are very few members here that could give you any good/decent input on coilovers. Most are going to have input on their own specific coilover they are using, or say "I had 'x brand' coilover on 'so and so car' and they are awesome", yadda yadda yadda. Only thing I would take from their reccomendations are possibly on build quality, ride quality would be irrelevant. How many people on here do you know that have had multiple coilover setups on their Fit?
#186
It looks great with great wheel/tire/fender proportion now... but who cares! Go low just for the sake of going low. If you tear your ride up underneath at least it was as low as low can get while you could still drive it! And who cares about the expense accumulated when you tear the underside up!
Remember Raaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!? He totaled his Fit by being as low as the pavement would allow. But who cares... it was as low as low could get!
Sorry guys... I just don't get the whole thing of going low just to see how low you can get without dragging. Maybe that's style to some, and it definitely is in some instances depending on the particular ride. But if it already looks great, why screw with near-perfection by going lower just to, well, just go lower... all for the sake of going lower?
Last edited by annunC8; 12-30-2012 at 02:13 AM.
#187
Ok now your just rubbing it in.. Sell me those rims.. I still can't believe you found those in that size... I've been looking for a while.
I wanted to quote all your pics.. Beautiful photography!!! very deserving of a great build. Great job on the whole package!
mike find me a set of Vienna's like that.
I wanted to quote all your pics.. Beautiful photography!!! very deserving of a great build. Great job on the whole package!
mike find me a set of Vienna's like that.
IMO there are very few members here that could give you any good/decent input on coilovers. Most are going to have input on their own specific coilover they are using, or say "I had 'x brand' coilover on 'so and so car' and they are awesome", yadda yadda yadda. Only thing I would take from their reccomendations are possibly on build quality, ride quality would be irrelevant. How many people on here do you know that have had multiple coilover setups on their Fit?
#188
Dude the car looks great. The whole low debate is as simple as this: some people only think a car looks good lowered, others think cars can be beautiful at stock height (some cars that is, the Fit maybe not so much). It's all PERSONAL TASTE people so how can you possibly argue over it??
As far as going lower w/ coils, your idea of 1-1.5 inches lower is great. I'm tucking tire ever so slightly right now with the stock 16s and 205/50 and I don't have any problems. Fenders are rolled so no rubbing and I get over every speed bump and driveway/entrance I attempt. You can do it!!!
As far as going lower w/ coils, your idea of 1-1.5 inches lower is great. I'm tucking tire ever so slightly right now with the stock 16s and 205/50 and I don't have any problems. Fenders are rolled so no rubbing and I get over every speed bump and driveway/entrance I attempt. You can do it!!!
#189
Yup, all personal taste for sure, and for me it's definitely more towards slammed cars lol. But I like a balance too since this is my daily driver.
Here's a quick edit of the lowest I'd want to go for daily driving (and maybe lower for some shows).
At that height, I'll probably have maybe 2 inches of clearance in front at the lowest point, so I won't be able to make it over some speedbumps without wooden boards. This also leaves me enough leeway to still be able to carry passengers. I want a set that allows me to go this low with the collars still in so I can raise it up for long drives.
Here's a quick edit of the lowest I'd want to go for daily driving (and maybe lower for some shows).
At that height, I'll probably have maybe 2 inches of clearance in front at the lowest point, so I won't be able to make it over some speedbumps without wooden boards. This also leaves me enough leeway to still be able to carry passengers. I want a set that allows me to go this low with the collars still in so I can raise it up for long drives.
#190
I know Buddy Club N+ would allow you to look just like that with the collars still in. I have 16s and with mine all the way down w/ both collars still in the rear it looks close to that, and adjusting for your 17s I'd say they'd be perfect. But of course I can only give you my review of those specific coils.
#191
Yup, all personal taste for sure, and for me it's definitely more towards slammed cars lol. But I like a balance too since this is my daily driver.
Here's a quick edit of the lowest I'd want to go for daily driving (and maybe lower for some shows).
At that height, I'll probably have maybe 2 inches of clearance in front at the lowest point, so I won't be able to make it over some speedbumps without wooden boards. This also leaves me enough leeway to still be able to carry passengers. I want a set that allows me to go this low with the collars still in so I can raise it up for long drives.
Here's a quick edit of the lowest I'd want to go for daily driving (and maybe lower for some shows).
At that height, I'll probably have maybe 2 inches of clearance in front at the lowest point, so I won't be able to make it over some speedbumps without wooden boards. This also leaves me enough leeway to still be able to carry passengers. I want a set that allows me to go this low with the collars still in so I can raise it up for long drives.
#195
The p/s looks to be about where I used to sit on my BuddyClub's:
I sit a little lower up front now, but I ran maxed out with no perch at all in the rears for about a week or so:
At that height there wasn't a single speedbump I bottomed out on, I bottomed out on some streets, and I almost got stuck on a few higher speedbumps / driveways. Looked fantastic, but I couldn't handle DD'ing it that low. Not to mention that the rear springs didn't seat properly without the perch and I couldn't have anyone in the back seats.
I sit a little lower up front now, but I ran maxed out with no perch at all in the rears for about a week or so:
At that height there wasn't a single speedbump I bottomed out on, I bottomed out on some streets, and I almost got stuck on a few higher speedbumps / driveways. Looked fantastic, but I couldn't handle DD'ing it that low. Not to mention that the rear springs didn't seat properly without the perch and I couldn't have anyone in the back seats.
#196
I know Buddy Club N+ would allow you to look just like that with the collars still in. I have 16s and with mine all the way down w/ both collars still in the rear it looks close to that, and adjusting for your 17s I'd say they'd be perfect. But of course I can only give you my review of those specific coils.
The p/s looks to be about where I used to sit on my BuddyClub's:
I sit a little lower up front now, but I ran maxed out with no perch at all in the rears for about a week or so:
At that height there wasn't a single speedbump I bottomed out on, I bottomed out on some streets, and I almost got stuck on a few higher speedbumps / driveways. Looked fantastic, but I couldn't handle DD'ing it that low. Not to mention that the rear springs didn't seat properly without the perch and I couldn't have anyone in the back seats.
I sit a little lower up front now, but I ran maxed out with no perch at all in the rears for about a week or so:
At that height there wasn't a single speedbump I bottomed out on, I bottomed out on some streets, and I almost got stuck on a few higher speedbumps / driveways. Looked fantastic, but I couldn't handle DD'ing it that low. Not to mention that the rear springs didn't seat properly without the perch and I couldn't have anyone in the back seats.
I noticed they sell some kits with a different urethane mount, instead of reusing the OEM. How necessary would it be to get these, and are they critical for camber adjustment?
"Upper Mount Notes: The Buddy Club upper urethane mounts have several advantages over your standard OEM mounts. First, they will tighten up your ride and give you quicker steering response. Second, on Imports with McPherson struts, they allow for camber adjustment."
Last edited by Vanct; 12-31-2012 at 11:55 AM.
#198
Nice, that's all the camber I'll probably ever need lol. Thanks for the tip on the rear collars, I might just take those out then as long as there is no chance the spring will pop out. I'll probably only need to keep the collars in the front so I can raise it up about an inch for traveling.
#199
Front collars probly won't be a problem. You can lower them a ton before they hit the collars. And yeah in the rear you'd still have the perch to hold the spring in, just wouldn't have the two locking collars on it. I think FittedOnEm had taken the whole perch out altogether to go lower and that's why his springs were slippin.
#200
I ziptied my rear springs down when I removed the perches. I used 4 zips and only zipped the last bottom coil. The rear coil never spins so it works out well. The ride quality does go down. But it never really bothered me much.