It took me about 2 hours (cause of drilling...) but I'm very satisfied!
I confirm all improvements already said in this post...
The only problem of this position is that sometimes sway bar hurts exhaust muffler.... I have to think a solution!

 

Do you have an aftermarket exhaust? If so it might be because of the bigger piping. But if you have a stock one your going to have to go to a muffler shop to modify it a bit to clear. I had that happen before when I had my 00' Civic with an RSR exhaust and neuspeed sway bar. The shop had to cut a new bend to clear the sway.

 

It's the stock one! The "problem" is that progress sway bar is for Honda Fit (mine is Honda Jazz) and had to be mounted in the opposite side..... as you can see

 

I guess your going to have to make a trip to the muffler shop. Or wait till you get an aftermarket muffler and do it then. Because why waste money to modify the stock one when it would probably cost the same to install a new muffler.

 

I don't like waste money.... I like DIY!!! ...when possible.

 

alf74

Are you sure you installed it correctly? From your pictures, looks like you have it reversed. The RSB is supposed to go OVER the exhaust pipe, not under:

http://progressauto.com/store/images/BarInstall.JPG

I just installed mine last night. I did it wrong the first time (like the way you have in your picture) and the bar was hitting the muffler. I figure that I have it reversed. After I fixed it and put it where it supposed to be. It was all clear. The bar should be very close to the beam connecting the rear wheels.

BTW, the RSB really improve handling a LOT!!! RSB FTW!

 

You need to read more than just the last post in a thread- that will keep you from asking foolish questions that have already been answered. Alf has explained his reasons for the backward installation.

 

Thank you manxman..
I could be wrong, but my car seems to drift now!!!!

 

Mine doesn't oversteer (at least not in the wet parking lot circle I tested it in.) It is possible that higher speeds could change the loading enough to get the back end to step out. It is definitely closer to neutral than previously. I wonder if the reversed install causes the swaybar to somehow have a bit more leverage on the trailing arms.

 

I think that that is the case with alf74, but I can't be sure because I have not seen a side-by-side comparison of the beam axle of the Fit and the Jazz. It's hard to imagine why the reverse mounting of the bar would be necessary, but I don't think that alf would have gone to this amount of effort if it could fit according to the instructions.

The fact that it can be attached backwards, with the only negative being a slight interference with the exhaust, suggests that a similar bar made with a slight curve to allow clearance for the exhaust, AND longer mounting surfaces with multiple bolt holes, could give you an ADJUSTABLE Progress sway bar.

See what a genius you are, alf74???

 

another possibility that just occured to me is that when it hits the exhaust, it could be unloading his suspension momentarily and causing oversteer.

 

Jazz and Fit rear ends are certainly different....
I have Eibach springs with rear aftermarket shock absorbers (different from those in picture); I still have to change front ones..
Maybe my Jazz seems to drift because I mounted eibach springs and then I raise my rear (It was too low with 5 people inside....)?!!!???
But it has a great grip, anyway!

 

In the meanwhile I took it off.... It isn't an easy work: I have to find the right pipes before, and then some free ours....
These are mine new modified fixed dampers....

 

For those of you who are on the fence about buying the Progress rear sway bar kit for your Honda Fit, I have an incentive for you! Free Ground Shipping to the lower 48 states on this item! I have a stack of these kits in stock so you could tell your sweetie that this is what you want for Valentine's Day (which is next week by the way) and get what you want instead of a box of chocolates!

Tony D
Cupid for your Fit!

 

From a happy customer-
Tony is "good people" and this is a good deal. I wish that "lilcat" in the SF Bay Area subforum had not already ordered his bar from the factory- could have saved tax and shipping.

 

The temperature finally got high enough to make my driveway garage usable, so the bar was installed this morning. Works as everyone has advertised, the fit feels totally different in the corners, much more planted to the road. Took me an hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. What a great mod!!

 

congrats. im kinda anxious to see how my bar-ends survive road salt...
will find out in about 4 wks.

 

going to order one tomorrow morning..just wondering if everyone else applied loctite on to the lower bolts?

 

From some of the later posts, it seems that there is either a change, or a mixture, of fasteners supplied with the bar. That's why Panducky offers yet another fastener package. I did the photo DIY along with leonine's introductory posts. My fasteners and his were Nylock nuts/bolts/washers which should be safe enough. I just chose to increase security as much as possible with the LockTite. It can't hurt.

 

im using different bolts/nuts on mine cause the screw head was too
big for my DF210's. the nuts have locking nylon sleeves in them.

also wanted to make sure the bar is wat i wanted so didn't use loctite.
i used about 55lbs/ft so it's on there pretty damn good. no issues with
rattling yet.