For those of you who frequent our site you may recognize the name ‘Gawa’, as Galen Wan has been a long time contributor to illmotion. He has graciously sent pictures our way of all the major events out of eastern Canada, the most well done cars from his car family (and one of the hottest car crews out there), Level One, and even hooked us up with Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 coverage from his trip to Japan. Since Galen’s been running around snapping all these pictures and providing nothing but quality content, it makes you wonder what Galen himself drives.

Being exposed to the craziest builds that this automotive culture has ever seen, Galen undeniably has taken the best of the best that the aftermarket world has to offer, and showcases it all on what we find is one of the most underrated platforms out there, the Honda Fit. Galen has owned his Honda Fit for several years and just as expected from anyone who’s owned a modified vehicle for a long period of time, it has been through many stages. The Fit as featured, is Galen’s latest and without a doubt, the best his sub compact Honda has ever looked.

Immediately after purchasing the car, Galen felt the need for more power as the stock 1.5L just wasn’t cutting it. His resolution, enter a Greddy turbo kit to provide that much needed boost that Galen was looking for. Exhaust gasses are sent through a J’s Racing test pipe and mid-pipe before exiting the car, via a Greddy axle back exhaust.

With the Engine and Exhaust modifications ultimately under control, Galen’s next step was the interior of his Fit. By combining VIP elements found in the rear bench, and race spec bucket seats up front (uber rare Zeal buckets by the way), this is one Honda Fit that takes two different tuning styles, and puts itself on a level all on it’s own, just the way Galen wanted it. He is also able to keep a close eye on his engine vitals care of DEFI and the triple gauge cluster nested in the dash. Rounding out the interior is a Vertex King steering wheel, custom in car entertainment and a plethora of JDM Honda Fit parts.

The exterior of Galen’s Fit is complimented with a Kenstyle kit (lips, skirts and wing) which came off the Tjin Edition Honda Fit demo car, a fully vinyl wrapped body (including a crocodile skin vinyl roof) and a J’s Racing grille. The car’s stance is achieved by T1R and KW V2 coilovers in the front and rear respectively, J’s Racing chassis bars all over the car and 17″ SSR Competition rollers with Yokohama tires. Peaking out from behind the SSR wheels is the always coveted Endless 4 pot big brake kit.

As mentioned earlier, Galen has managed to combine the styles of VIP Tuning and functional performance, and pieces it all together nicely on what’s truly, a one of a kind Honda Fit. In a society where styles are segregated, and cars are deemed to only be “one thing or the other”, it’s people like Galen who come out and break this mold, that bring some much needed innovation and ingenuity to this car culture that we all live for. Believe us when we say that this indeed is not an easy task, yet Galen makes it look so effortless.

As we’ve done in the past on our collaborative posts, be sure to check out our friends at S&P! for their take on Galen’s Fit (with more pictures for your viewing pleasure) HERE.

Thanks again to Galen for everything he’s shared with us, alongside our friends at Stretch and Poke! Onto the feature…

Exterior
Kenstyle front lip (molded onto OEM bumper)
Kenstyle side skirts
Kenstyle rear lip (molded onto OEM bumper)
Kenstyle rear wing
J’s Racing front grill
Hexis Lapis Blue vinyl wrap
Gator/Croc skin black roof
ASM short antenna
JDM Honda clear-red LED tail lights
6000k H4 HID
6000k H11 HID

Interior
Vertex shift knob
Vertex King 330mm steering wheel
J’s Racing quick release
Daikei hub
Baller Bolts titanium steering wheel bolts
Garage Defend shift extender
Endless Zeal bucket seats
Bride RO seat rail + side mounts (driver)
Nagisa auto super low rail (passenger)
Clazzio quilting type seat covers (white w/ red stitch)
Defi Control Unit II
Defi BF white oil temp gauge
Defi BF white oil pressure gauge
Defi BF white water temp gauge
Blitz boost gauge
AEM UEGO a/f gauge
Spoon convex rear view mirror
SRP Racing aluminum pedals
T1R leather/suede e-brake boot (red stitch)
OEM Honda Civic SI shift boot
JDM Honda passenger side sunvisor
JDM Honda hazard switch
JDM Honda rear head rests
Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD headunit
MTX amp
Kenwood 10” sub
Beech wood flooring in trunk
Wrapped headliner

Suspension & Wheels
T1R basic coilovers / KW V2 coilovers
T1R stainless steel brake lines
J’s Racing front strut bar
J’s Racing front lower arm bar
J’s Racing rear strut bar
J’s Racing c pillar bar
Endless 4 pot BBK
Endless 282mm rotors
Endless CC-X pads
Endless valve stem caps
Ingalls camber bolts
Project Mu Super Lock Nut 7 wheel nuts
SSR Competitions 17×7.5 +42
Yokohama S.Drive 205/40R17

Engine
Greddy turbo kit
Greddy Emanage Ultimate
Turbo XS BOV
Greddy Evo2 axle back
J’s Racing mid pipe
J’s Racing test pipe
J’s Racing oil cap
J’s Racing rad cap
T1R short shifter
Strut King shifter hard mount bushings
Spoon magnetic oil drain plug
Spoon magnetic transmission drain plug
Spoon reservoir cover