Mike tracks his car a lot and it does pretty well against more expensive cars. I run stock suspension with aftermarket springs also. I just bought kw v3s cuz I got a great deal and they are pretty much the only coilovers less than 5000 I would consider

 

KW V3's are what I was shooting for also... however I dont think I will be adjusting height much at all once I get it where I want, which is why springs may be a better/cheaper route for me. The last thing I want is to decrease the cars performance though and some people on this forum were saying any suspension mods besides upper end coilovers WILL diminsh the S2000's stock performance.Dont know how true it is. I am taking Mikes advice serious about the springs however since he tracks his car. Thanks for the advice!

Has anybody noticed any negatives from springs?

 

Coilovers were concieved for racecars, so they could adjust rideheight to the largest bump on a track. Some tracks are pretty smooth, while some older trackes are very bumpy especially in the brake zones. Coilovers on a streetcar means that you have too much money to waste on your car. PS I raced sportscars for 30+ yeard.

 

If you drop TOO low (much more than 1.5" I think you're asking for much shorter life out of your dampers. Many popular springs are Swift Sport, Tein S-Tech, Eibach Pro-Kit, and Espiler ASD.

-Mike

 

Only picture I have as of now. I'm lowered on Espelir(about 1.5inch drop) and you can still see a gap between wheels and fender. Before the fenders were rolled, fronts barely scrapped and the rears scrapped because of the bumper tab and inner rear bumper lip.

 

Thanks for the advice guys! Think I may go with Eibach springs afterall. Thanks stookay for the pic.

 

I went with coilovers for a couple reasons, once there in its all brand new suspension, its ride height and dampening adjustable. Plus i bought my 05 bone stock with 74k on it and both rear struts were blown. Also any decent coilover will be the inverted style where the strut body itself is threaded so the spring moves up and down you don't collapse the spring to lower the ride height thus cranking the spring rate. I know 99% of people on here HATE Megan tracks but that's what I went with and with the dampening set at 17 out of 32 it rides just like stock. My only complaint is adjusting the rear dampening is an incredible pain in the ass because of lack of room, especially the drivers side with the gas filler going across it.

 

unfortunately 3 out of 4 of my OEM shocks gave up the ghost at about 35k miles.
They let there magic juice out and I decided not to with stock again.
I went with the Bilstien pSS9. I like the adjustable damper settings.
I can crank it down to skate board rigid or fairly soft and floaty for the long highway drives.
I just wish it was dash selectable.

 

Jerry, yours probably blew out from lack of use!

 

I just got 10x8 225/35 on front and 18x10 235/40 on back rolled the rear fenders my self with a heat gun and rubber mallet its really not that hard just take your time and make sure that paint is hot to prevent cracking. I have to relocate the bumper tab since it still rubs on hard bumps but not a big deal. BTW im on Tein Springs and Koni Yellow adjustables about a finger gap all around. Good luck!