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Old Jun 8, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Hey everyone,

I've been looking into coil overs for my S2k and I've been having trouble deciding on exactly which ones I want.

Some of the ones I'm looking at are the Megan Street, Track, Yonaka, and Godspeed RS and Mono-RS. These are appealing to me because of their low price, adjustable dampening, and recognizable branding.

My first question is, do any of these coilovers have camber adjustment? In fact, do any s2000 coilovers have camber adjustment?
It's not 100% necessary, but it would be awesome to have.

Also, how does the quality of these 3 compare? They are all within the same price range, so I would love some feedback on them.
It is my daily driver, and yes I plan on slamming my car (not crazy slamming though) and occasionally doing some autocross.


I apologize if these questions have been asked before, but I couldn't find a good answer anywhere.
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 05:25 AM
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I am installing some AST 4150s next week and got camber adjustment plates since I am runninf 255 square at the track.
My max camber was 2.1.

So to answer your questions the only camber adjusment in a coilover comes with the height impacting the adjustment range
It is not necessary unless you need the additional camber for some reason (track, larger front fit).

Can't comment on those sets as I didn't look at them during my research.
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 06:02 PM
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Camber adjustment on our cars can come in a couple of ways.

The stock camber adjusters are not on the coilovers. So any one of those you choose will do the trick. When you go lower the car naturally gains more negative camber. What you might find is you can't adjust enough positive camber to flatten the bottom of the tire when you go low. If you have too much camber for your sertup you may need the second way to gain or remove camber.

SPC sells an upper A-arm offset balljoint. These work on the front or rear. Depending on how you mount it you can gain or lose a couple of degrees of camber. Search for images and you'll see what they are

The last way is really to gain more neg camber. The lower front balljoint under the spindle can be replaced with a J's, hard race or Megan kit.

I hope it helps clarify one of your questions.
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 09:31 AM
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Thanks for the responses!

That does answer my question about the camber. In some cars you can adjust camber by the top mount of the coil over, I just wasn't sure if you could do this on the S2000.

So I guess now my question is just about the quality of those few coil overs.

The Megan Street, Track, Yonaka, and Godspeed RS and Mono-RS are the ones i'm considering. (Kind of leaning towards the Megan street)

A few of them are Mono-tube coil overs which I like, but if anyone has any experience or information on any of these it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, do all of these go extremely low? I don't want to get a set and then be disappointed that I can't go as low as I want to
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 01:13 PM
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If all you want is to go lower, just get Swift lowering springs. None of those coilovers will improve handling over stock, so if you were hoping to improve handling, you will need decent coilovers.

This isn't a 1986 Civic. Please don't ruin it with the usual ricer crap parts.
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