Here is the latest response from Joey at progress...

 

Driving home casually from work just now and some yuppie d!@khead in his CLS or some S*#T like that comes up behind me riding my ass. What an A%!HOLE!

So i drop it in "S" mode and downshift to 2nd and take a 90 degree turn at 30 mph or so. Coasted halfway thru and then put the pedal to the floor. Lost his ass by about 4 cars Then mr. biff d#%kwad takes the same turn and winds up in the other lane facing oncoming trafic his rear end swaying all over the place.

Can you say DUMBASS!

Progress RULES! I am sure my new 17's and BFG's helped a little too

P.S. i am riding on stock springs/struts.

 

Yay, leonine!!
Very good illustration of the benefits of this bar! I have done some similar things recently, and you can almost hear the gears whirring in the heads of the idiots behind you- "how did that little car DO that?"

 

Mine is sitting at my house waiting for me to install it!

 

You must be REAL busy, or not want to work in the lousy weather! Delayed gratification sucks.

 

Well yesterday was my birthday, and today its pouring out, and I have work, this weekend I'm going away, so probably monday or tuesday night after work!

But yes delayed gratification sucks! I got a real big tax return!!! I smell a K20A2......... SMELLS SWEET!

 

Happy b-day Bro! I wanna be their for the swap. I'll bring a sleeping bag

 

Happy Birthday!

 

I already said happy birthday to him on the phone!!! By the way this seem like a very good mod. I was wonder how much is it, leonine can u PM me??

 

If that happens, add the ajr's front one and the lower bar to balance ( as it counter act to each other, auntil you find your desired balance/behivior).

 

I ordered a bar from New Edge this past week and they shipped it right away. Received it with no problems. Just waiting to put it in.

 

I just ordered my sway bar! I hope you get more stuff for the fit as I love that you are East Coast and not shipping from CA as I am in PA. How about getting a T1R Intake?

 

WOW, ordered yesterday @ 2:30 pm EST and was delivered at 11:00 am today, Thanks.

I did some investigating of the cars suspension last night and it seems that this bar is designed to limit the amount of twist is the rear axel, as some have noted earlier in this thread. It does not function as a nomal "sway" bar like the front bar does. You may ask "how much does the rear axel beam twist" Well I have some pretty fancy dial indicators and last night I did some measuring. If you place a jack under the driver side rear spring seat and jack it up 3/4" or .750" the passenger side perch only rises 1/4" or .250". So that is 1/2" twist in the torsion beam while the car is level and in a stationary position. When you are cornering hard and the weight of the car shifts I would image that this twist could be greater. I will post the results of how much deflection is noted afer the bar is installed tonight!

Erik

 

These gems must be in full production 'cause I ordered from New Edge Monday, and here it is on my door 2 days later. Fed-Ex ground, no less. Can't wait to put it in tonight.

Hats off to you early adopters who make it so much easier for rookies like myself to make informed decisions. You know whoyou are. You guys rock!

 

Shipping took a while, but mine arrived today.

Install will be tonight or tomorrow, depending on how much time I get.

 

Thanks!

Tony D

 

Just installed the sway bar.

On the drive from the garage to home I could immediately tell a difference.

Great item!

 

You all did such a great review and write up of the sway bar I just had to have one too.

Called Joey at Progress Yesterday only to find out that they sold the last 9 to New Edge Performance. Joey gave me their number (301) 729-3000. I got a hold of Tony there around lunch time and placed my order.

I'm not sure but if I'm right that would put the remaining number available at 7 since he mentioned selling another one.

Tony was easy to deal with. I have problems getting things by FedEx and he was more than willing to ship it by UPS instead. I should have it in time to do the install this weekend which works out good since my C-Pillar Bar should arrive by then too.

In case anyone is wondering when more will become available I asked both Joey at Progress and Tony at New Edge. Basically it will be the beginning of July at best but most likely a little after that. 6 weeks was the actual estimate.

 

2hot,
Welcome to the "Progress Sway Bar Club"!. With the "crap shoot" nature of buying accessories for your Fit from Ebay vendors and other sources, I predict that you will find this purchase to be worth more than anything else that you have bought for your car.

It was nice of you to pass along the current availability status of this product for the people who haven't bought one yet, and I am happy to have Progress Technology and their dealers setting such a high standard for other makers and marketers of "Fit Stuff".

You did a good thing- congratulations!.

 

manx
Thanks. You're so right about it being a "crap shoot" there's no better description. This and the C-Pillar Bar will be the first suspension mods for the car.

From what everyone has said I believe you're right this will be the best mod for suspension and handling. I'm glad that there are companies like Progress Technology and their dealers like New Edge providing quality upgrade options for us.

That goes for all the vendors and manufacturers that provide us with quality parts and upgrade options.

More than happy to provide the availability. Couldn't very well leave that out since that's what everyone reading this really wants to know at the end.

Even sent a link to my Brother since I saw they have one for the Scion Xb which he has. He always has to get any mods I do, if he can...

Now I just need a front strut bar, still looking on that.