You Said
"Your Fit would look so badass with a set of Equips tucked into the wheel wells...with a healthy offset." --Elgin Zeiber
"I support fitting your GD3 with some Mugen accessories such as ventilated window visors and a spoiler."--Joseph Hallberg
"It could use suspension tweaks to flatten out in the corners."--Ted Moores
 Before removing anything else,...  Before removing anything else, position a jack beneath the lower ball joint. This will keep the suspension from drooping too far, which can lead to a damaged CV joint. |  Unclip the ABS wire from the...  Unclip the ABS wire from the strut body, unbolt the brake line bracket, and remove the two bolts that connect the strut to the knuckle. |  The Function Form coilovers...  The Function Form coilovers feature brand new bumpstops and dust covers. Leave everything on your old struts. |
 The Function Form coilovers...  The Function Form coilovers aren't just double-adjustable, their bodies are significantly shorter. Notice the GE8-specific brake line and antiroll bar brackets. While the antiroll bar brackets are expected, many aftermarket coilovers don't go to the trouble of providing such factory luxuries like ABS wire clips and brackets. |  Well, almost everything. You'll...  Well, almost everything. You'll need the top hats from your old front struts (shown on right) in order to mount the Function Form coilvers to the chassis. This means that you'll need a spring compressor to disassemble them. |  Position the upper portion...  Position the upper portion of the strut against the chassis and finger-tighten the supplied nut. |
"A swap is probably the best way to motivate this hatch. It would be nice to see a well thought out turbo build."--Tim Ryan
"If you guys could keep the 1.5-liter engine, that would be great."--Shawn B.
"I think a K-series swap would be tight, but a V-6 swap would be serious." --Kyle Mitchell
 Raise the jack and push the...  Raise the jack and push the two strut-mounting bolts into place. If your ride height is set, fasten the brake line and ABS wire into the provided brackets using the original hardware. |  Double-adjustable coilovers...  Double-adjustable coilovers like Function Form's vary ride height via spinning the two spanner nuts up or down and by rotating the lower part of the strut body. |  |
 The rear shocks include the...  The rear shocks include the upper mount bushings and even new nuts for up top. |  Since the Fit uses a solid...  Since the Fit uses a solid beam rear suspension, it's easiest to install both sides at the same time. Position the jack in the center of the beam and lower it enough to get the old springs out. Lower it slowly as the springs are under a lot of tension. You can do one side at a time, but it'll be difficult to remove the taller OEM spring once the short Function Form one is installed on the opposite side. |  You can insert a hex wrench...  You can insert a hex wrench into the shock's shaft if it spins on you while trying to remove it. If you have air tools, you likely won't encounter this problem. |
 Be careful when lowering the...  Be careful when lowering the rear axle beam. The OEM springs are under much tension and can pop out and hit things if you aren't careful. |  The Function Form rear springs...  The Function Form rear springs and shocks are installed exactly how the OEM ones are removed. You want some tension on the rear spring before installing the shock so that it doesn't pop out. Use the two collar nuts up top to adjust it accordingly and then raise the jack and bolt the shock to the hub assembly. |  There's only one bolt holding...  There's only one bolt holding the rear shocks to the trailing arms, so height adjustments are relatively easy. Remove the bolt and turn the lower shock body to raise or lower the suspension. You'll need to adjust the spring height accordingly at the same time. If there's too much tension on the spring, ride quality can suffer. If there's not enough, the spring assembly will move around. |