Widebody Kit on the Honda Fit, What to Expect
The Honda Fit is a tall, narrow hatchback on small 15- and 16-inch wheels, which is why a widebody changes it more than almost any other car on this site. Pushing each side out by about 50 mm turns the upright, economy-car stance into something planted, and it makes room for a wheel and tyre far wider than the factory ever fitted. What you can buy depends on the generation. For the 2001–2008 first-generation Fit (GD), J's Racing sells Type S wide front fenders, listed at about $533 a side at Vivid Racing. For the 2007–2010 Fit and Jazz Sport (GE), Fenderist's Spec S set is a true flare kit: +50 mm front and rear, 14 ABS pieces (four front extenders, six rear, four side steps) that bolt and rivet on, with the arches trimmed and drilled underneath. For the 2014–2020 GK5, CMST Tuning's wide kit set the template, and copies of its wide front bumper sell through Alibaba for around $540–$670. Below all of those sit universal 80 mm (4.5-inch) bolt-on flares at $85–$99 on eBay: cheap, riveted on, and they look like what they are. Full aero kits for the Fit from VIS (Techno R), INGS (N-Spec), ISM and Vicrez are bumpers and skirts, not width, so do not confuse the two. The Fit uses a 4x100 bolt pattern, so wheel choice is wide but the stock track is narrow, and the widebody is what lets you fill it.
Budgeting a Fit Widebody Kit Build
The flares are the cheap part. Fenderist lists its Spec S set at $1,000 before fasteners (+$80), a rubber seal (+$80) and EMS shipping (+$300), on pre-order with about three months of production time, and it arrives unpainted. Universal flares cost $85–$99 but still need the arches cut and the body drilled for rivets. J's Racing wide front fenders are about $533 each, so around $1,070 for the pair, and they replace the steel fender rather than bolting over it. Then come the costs the kit listing never shows. Painting and blending a 14-piece flare set to body colour is skilled work, and most owners budget more for paint than for the flares themselves. Wider wheels and tyres are the point of the exercise, and a used set of 15x8 or 16x8 wheels in 4x100 plus tyres is usually the next $800–$2,000. Coilovers to drop the car into the new arches are $500–$1,200, the same range as a plain stance build on the Fit. Add it up and a universal-flare Fit on used wheels can be done for $1,500–$2,500, while a painted Fenderist or J's Racing car on new wheels and coilovers lands nearer $4,000–$6,000. On a car that cost many owners under $10,000, that ratio is the real decision.
Try it on your Fit before you spend
Flares that look right on a GK5 in a forum photo can look like add-ons on your car's colour and ride height. Upload a photo of your own Fit, choose widebody kit, and see the +50 mm stance on the real car in about 30 seconds, before you cut a single arch.
Upload your Fit photo, free →How to Render Your Fit With a Widebody Kit
- 1Upload a photo of your Fit. A clear shot in good light is all it needs — side-on is ideal for bodywork modifications like widebody kits. JPG or PNG, up to 10MB.
- 2Select Widebody Kit as your style. The AI works from your Fit's own proportions, applying the style to your real bodywork rather than a placeholder model.
- 3Download your render. About half a minute later it's ready. Free renders carry a watermark; Pro ($14/mo or $69/yr) delivers 250 clean HD renders a month, great to hand an installer.
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