its just such a pain in the ass... i wanted to go all out Spoon, but it seems that wont happen now. i am very impatient and have many expenses, so i cannot wait months with my money tied up in car parts.

 

I was in the area near GoTuning, so I decided to stop by
and bought The Spoon Front Sway Bar

It came with the new end link too !

Hope to install tomorrow...

 

DIY plz BMW ALPINA lol <3


My wife 1cm lol 9 more to go haah were still walking she still in no pain

 

Sway bar is too hard without Car Lift, so I am going to let a shop install it for me

Wow, soon, Baby Wafulz will meet Papa Walfulz

Congratulations

 

awesome, i think you will love it.

i just lowered mine on swift springs and the car feels like a proper sports car now... with junky all season tires. cant wait to see what it can really do with some good tires.

 

Thanks,

here are the pictures of the Spoon Sway Bar with New End Link and New Rubber Bushing:

 

How much did you pay for the Spoon front bar?

 

Very Cheap, only $155 plus Tax (since I am local in CA)...
so I think it was $167.4 including tax...

you might pay a bit more for shipping to NY...

I was thinking of buying from Rakuten/Amazon Japan,
but then GoTuning price is so cheap it will be similar at the end,
plus they have it ready stock

 

yeah, its half the price of Cusco and its 1mm larger. can't beat it.

did you tell him it was for a FIT? those guys wont stock anything for our cars (it fits the CRZ) and called FIT owners cheap.

 

^Really? That's cheap.

The more I think about this upgraded front sway bar the better idea I think it is. Maybe not for auto-X.

 

my car rotated quite well with just f + r sway bars, i think it'd be perfect for autox. problem is i added the swift springs and that changed the balance. then again, i have a base, so no stock rear swaybar. i would imagine it being perfect if you had a sport.

 

From what i've read on here the Progress rear sway actually negates the stock sport sway bar because it doesn't allow the stock one to come into play at all.

 

Does anyone know if the USDM OEM is 23mm or 21mm?

Same part # as the CR-Z... 51300-ZF1-000 ?

 

When I came into their office, I told him (turn out his is the Owner/President) that I want to buy Spoon Sway Bar for Honda Fit which is the same as CR-Z and right away he smile and said he have in stock.
He is very friendly too, and we exchange some story on somehow we have
same connection
Then I ask about Spoon Rigid collar for REAR Axle of our Honda Fit and he did say that he have to special order and he don't have them in stock because nobody buy it, so I guess he means most Fit owner's won't buy that kind of stuff
Then I ask about Cusco Ver 2 for CR-Z and he said he don't have in stock too although it was available on his website, I guess he just run out of stock...
Then I ask about Recaro SR-7 and want to see the seat in person,
although I told him that I won't buy it right now, but perhaps in about 3 months... unfortunately he said that Recaro SR-7 just DISCONTINUED,
and he already sold all his stock of SR-7, too bad...
But if I were him, I also would NOT stock many of Honda Fit parts,
since the typical buyer of Honda Fit is different then the CR-Z buyer
I would NOT want to have dead stock too

Yes, I think $155 is VERY CHEAP for a Made in Japan Sway Bar,
that have SPOON brand, and don't forget it came with NEW BUSHING,
and NEW END LINK !!! yes NEW END LINK !!!
Because the End Link on the spoon had opposite facing stud,
while original Honda Fit End Link have same side facing stud,
so the Spoon sway bar is actually more compact (shorter) in overall length
compare to factory sway bar.


Huy Bui, if someday you interested in buying a SPORT Rear Axle,
don't forget to contact me (My Salesperson mode: ON),
because I want to sell my SPORT Rear Axle and install my JDM Rear Axle (with disk brake)... so you can have the sway bar inside your rear axle,
in addition to the Progress Sway Bar
Oh, currently my car had just around 2,350 miles on it, so the sooner you want to buy my USDM Sport Rear Axle,
the better for you since that mean you are getting almost new Sport Rear Axle, complete with almost new rear drum brake and it's pads, bla bla bla
hehehe, please pardon me, you know, I am just trying to sell my stuff

I don't think this is true, ok, imagine this,
if you have leaf spring stack on top of each other,
the more you added stack of spring, the harder your car will be,
and those spring are only tied with a steel clamp,
while Honda Fit SPORT sway bar were WELDED to the rear axle,
so they are working together with the Progress Sway Bar.
Yes, some people said that the Progress Sway Bar are so stiff,
that they prevent the factory sway bar from working at all,
but my own common sense think it is not...
this is just as simple as welding both the factory sway bar and the progress sway bar together, which mean it is similar to one even thicker sway bar...
now, if the factory sway bar were not welded and have some kind of bushing joint, than I believe if people say it do not work after you had
progress sway bar, but if that factory sway bar is welded,
no way it don't work at all.



Glad I could help in answering this question... since I just install my Spoon Sway Bar today,
On the rubber bushing of my USDM 2013 Honda Fit Sport Front Sway Bar,
it say 21mm !!!

while the Spoon Bushing say 25mm

I will wrote review of this Spoon front sway bar later, need to take shower now (had been saying that
for the past 30 minutes hahaha) and drink some coke (again coca cola not cocain) hahaha

 

Here is my very lengthy review on the Spoon Front Sway bar that I wrote on my other thread,
but I think rather than copy and paste it here (which mean double post hahaha)...
I think it would be better if I just provide the link
to that single post of mine.
so here is the link :
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/1185943-post116.html

 

oh, by the way,
I don't have any experience at Auto-X,
but if I am not mistaken an Auto-X involve a small circuit with very tight turn... is it correct?

anyway, most of my driving is a high speed driving on freeway so high speed stability is the most important for me, (like at high speed corner or sudden lane change maneuver on freeway),
and for that purpose, this Spoon Front Sway bar fit perfectly.

But if you are doing tight corner kinda race,
then too much stability might make the car less eager to turn at tight corner, so maybe this Spoon front sway bar will not be suitable for that.

 

the ride is kinda stiff now with springs, but the pluses cancel out the negative. i am sure the sway bars contribute to it, but they also contribute great handling. on stock springs, i could feel the ride getting a tad harsher, but not anything to complain about unless you were going over speed bumps and dips. now its pretty rough, but no harsher than my NSX or a Porsche 911 Turbo. it really does ride and handle like a sports car now.

as to the Progress rear sway, it definitely helps with stability. my car is very solid. i got an alignment today and only have .75 degrees neg camber. its not a lot, but probably will suffice for now. i do lots of highway, so i don't need more at the moment. handles great with a little toe out though.

i dont think i will do any more on the car, aside from wheels and tires and brake pads. as much as i am tempted to see how the sport rear will do, i am content with the set-up for now.