After installing the Spoon front X-brace, I noticed my car has very slight tendency to pull toward right. My dealer installed it for me using the pneumatic torque gun. I noticed that they replaced the original screw with the ones come with Spoon.

Is there a recommend ed torquing sequence or I just need alignment work?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by asin:
[B]After installing the Spoon front X-brace, I noticed my car has very slight tendency to pull toward right. My dealer installed it for me using the pneumatic torque gun. I noticed that they replaced the original screw with the ones come with Spoon.

Is there a recommend ed torquing sequence or I just need alignment work?

 

No way for it to affect alignment.

The installation of almost anything should be torqued down evenly.

 

Chris could you explain the diff between the Mugen front sway bar and the Spoon X brace
thanks

 

Yeah, these are totally different pieces with different functions.

The Spoon brace is just that, a brace. It reinforces the body structure under the engine, preventing very minor flexing that can affect steering and suspension.

A sway bar is part of the suspension that braces the body against the lower arms reducing body roll. It is designed in a way that changes the balance of the vehicle in a turn both side to side and front to rear. The Mugen part is exactly the same as the stock bar but larger in diameter providing more stiffness and altering the dynamics if the car slightly.

 

cdelena, I was fascinated how you used the word "slightly" in your post, yet others herald the difference as "night and day".

Why do you consider it slight? BTW: I don't have either of these so I realy can't comment first hand. I'm just interested.

 

I guess I used that terminology because it only affects handling in a dramatic way when pushed hard in a turn (some drivers would never notice the difference) but does not have any large affect at other times (if you are very perceptive you might catch that there is even less body roll). It does make a substantial difference in handling as you approach the limit without any real negative, and as I posted elsewhere, Honda should have delivered the car this way.

 

Thanks Chris..Did you hand torque the X brace using a long hex key or did you torque it with pneumatic gun like my dealer did to mine?

I don't drive my S2K everyday;
But last weekend, I do notice much tighter steering response during cornering on bumpy surface. I am also considering to add Strut bar ...do you think I can notice additional improvement?

 

I don