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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RockyMountainS2k,Jun 29 2009, 10:14 AM
Sorry to say it but your driving a stock S2000.

The only spec's you'll be able to adjust is about .5 - .8 degrees of camber in the front or rear.

Caster and toe is un changeable.

well you can change toe, but your tires will be done in 5k.
I'm not really looking for aggressive specs since I daily drive my car, but I am anal about getting the specs accurate, that's all.

Bert's eh? I'll give them a shout.
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RockyMountainS2k,Jun 29 2009, 08:14 AM
Sorry to say it but your driving a stock S2000.

The only spec's you'll be able to adjust is about .5 - .8 degrees of camber in the front or rear.

Caster and toe is un changeable.

well you can change toe, but your tires will be done in 5k.
Caster is adjustable on the S2000 (as is camber and toe). See page 18-6 of the service manual.
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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I think sherwood honda has a sale price of 69.99 and I've seem them do a lowered s2k before
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by seriousbusiness,Jun 29 2009, 08:33 PM
I think sherwood honda has a sale price of 69.99 and I've seem them do a lowered s2k before
Yes we do have it on for 69.95, but were not going to spend 3 hours on a 1 hour allignment so buddy can get his stock s2000 "track prepped"

Berts will do it all for you, 110h
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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^does he work sat?
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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Why not give em a call?
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by RockyMountainS2k,Jun 30 2009, 11:00 AM
Yes we do have it on for 69.95, but were not going to spend 3 hours on a 1 hour allignment so buddy can get his stock s2000 "track prepped"
Is this aimed at me? What's with the passive-aggressiveness?
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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Just head to Bert's, and they'll sort it out. They probably won't mind if you sit in the car either. I didn't, but I probably could have the last time I went. They didn't mind me speaking to the tech when he was under the car. I forget his name off hand, but he did my car both times I had it in. White guy, maybe early 40s, glasses. Nice guy. First time he did the alignment, he went and did a quick test drive and remarked that the S2000 was "a lot better than those My-atas."

Also, if you go with the UK alignment specs, note that the toe spec is in degrees, not in mm or fraction of an inch. The alignment machine at Bert's can show the angle in whatever, but you will need to ask them to re-set the machine to show in degrees, because it defaults to either mm or inches. I asked them to do this for me last time out. The difference isn't huge, but you might as well get what you want exactly.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by GTS Jeff,Jun 30 2009, 03:04 PM
Is this aimed at me? What's with the passive-aggressiveness?
No not at all it's just when all shops charge 1 hour or 120 bones to do a standard allignment, and we charge 69.95 people like to think that because they are paying so little that they can just get there car fully track prepped.

We had a 240sx with no motor come in and tires that pooked out a good inch and he wanted to have it slammed with no camber.... Like what?! are you kidding?

If you want to sit in your car and have them adjust it and then take it for a spin to see if you like it and redo it all again.

Berts is your best bet.

Thats all i'm saying
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RockyMountainS2k,Jul 1 2009, 09:47 AM
No not at all it's just when all shops charge 1 hour or 120 bones to do a standard allignment, and we charge 69.95 people like to think that because they are paying so little that they can just get there car fully track prepped.

We had a 240sx with no motor come in and tires that pooked out a good inch and he wanted to have it slammed with no camber.... Like what?! are you kidding?

If you want to sit in your car and have them adjust it and then take it for a spin to see if you like it and redo it all again.

Berts is your best bet.

Thats all i'm saying
Maybe because it is on the internet and not in person, you do sound kinda like a douche. I understand what you're saying, but you come across in a negative way for you and your buisness. That's just my opinion and it doesn't mean shit though to anyone but me so yea.
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