rwheelz

The S2000 I bought came with PSS9's and is far too low to the ground. I definitely NEED to raise it back up, and am wondering about the proper ride height. I know the correct answer is to corner weight the car, but there are NO shops in MT that have corner scales, unfortunately. Until I am ready to shell out $1000 for a set of my own, I will have to settle for whatever recommendations I can get on the forum.

Has anyone corner weighted their car with these coilovers? I know every car is different, but it would give me a good starting point in terms of setting the height if someone who has done so would tell me their fender-edge-to-center-of-wheel measurements.

I am not at all concerned with the look of a lowered suspension. I simply want to set the coilovers for optimal handling.

Can anyone tell me the measurements on a stock AP1? If all else fails, I am going to set the coilovers at stock height, or at the very least, with the same ratio front-to-rear so I don't mess up the handling too badly.

Thanks!

chetly

Just measure the ride height at the fender well and then just go up how ever much you want from there. Just make the measurements the exact same plus however much you want to raise the car.

i.e. 24 1/4 + 1 1/2= 25 3/4

rwheelz

The only problem with that is I have no idea how the previous owner lowered the car. From looking at it, and comparing to pics of my old S2000 that was on stock struts, it appears as though he lowered the rear more than the front.

robinson

You could just raise it up, then make the front 1/8 lower than the rear, to keep your headlights from beaming oncomming traffic. It won't be balanced, but you won't be bouncing off your bump stops.

afzan

I have PSS (same minus the shock adjustability that PSS9 has) that are corner balanced.. I'll see it (in storage) this weekend if I can remember I will measure the heights.

lovegroova

The Bilstein manual gives the following measurements from the centre of the lower bolt to the bottom of the spring perch

Front: 310mm - 345mm
Rear: 205mm-215mm

I've maxed out the rear ride height to make it as high as possible and then did the front accordingly. Ground to the top of the arch is roughly 640mm. Stock is roughly 660mm.

Here's a link to the manual: http://www.dvsegmbh.info/PDF/einbau/...M4-Y529A01.PDF

tweaks2k

I have found that the best for me is to use a nice level flooring and measure from the ground to the pinch weld on each corner. The distance from ground to pinch weld on mine is set to 3 1/2 inch all around and ive also corner balanced it. It is suprising how off you can getting the balance of the car by lowering it to a slammed look. Allthough i did all of this on buddy club n+ it should be no different on your set up.

s2ka

Info on the install:

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/258...e/page__st__25

Pics:

25" = 635mm

Front:


Rear:

s2ka

And for the record, with spring rates close to CR specs the PSS9 suspension is great for the street but won't be stiff enough if you're building a car for extensive track time.

iam7head

do a ziptie test before you even turning any konb or perches, the first determinating factor is how much stroke available for your setup in your environment.