Honda Fit Accessories and Modifications

Replying to: havingafit (Jun 03, 2006 8:02 am)

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Replying to: dewaltdakota (Jun 12, 2006 3:04 pm)

Ok, see...there is a reason my welding guy got the flu! They have yet been able to reschedule me. The one you reference sounds like a much better deal. I've already bought a rack for a 2" receiver, but haven't even opened it yet, so I'm sure I can exchange it. One point of clarification...I'm not a real car savvy chick, so can you explain what you mean by the skid shield or "udder". ( I'm sure "udder" should explain it to me, but I'm still clueless!) Thanks for keeping an eye out for me!

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Replying to: nethawk7 (Jun 12, 2006 9:11 pm)

I was driving to work this morning on a secondary street when I heard a loud pop from the windshield. I did not think it was a rock because there were no other cars on the road except one approaching from the opposite direction. I was only going about 30 mph. While driving I quickly glanced over the windshield to see if there was a new chip on it. Nothing. Later while I was on the interstate I noticed a horizontal line in the upper right third of the windshield. I hoped it wasn't a crack, but the line looked too perfect to be anything else. When I finally parked at work I got out and looked. It definitely is a crack, about 8" long. I went out to look at it later and it looks like it has grown. (It really stinks that my insurance has a $500 deductible.) The auto glass repair guy is coming this afternoon but doesn't think it is repairable. He's checking to see if they can even get the windshield.

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• jrlnc (Jun 13, 2006 12:23 pm)

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Replying to: havingafit (Jun 13, 2006 4:08 am)

The infamous Fit "udder" - if you look under the back end of your Fit, you'll see a black, cone-shaped thing in the center. It's a low clearance warning system, i.e., it will make a horrible scraping sound, if you're going to bottom out, before you endanger the gas tank that's under your butt. That gets removed, to make way for the hitch... which is okay, because then the hitch will serve as your early warning system.
 
Another good thing about going with this, instead of having someone cut off the tie-down and weld on a receiver... if you know you're going to have to take the car in for warranty work, you can always remove the hitch, and reinstall the udder.
 

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