My S2K recently passed its MOT but the garage ( It is someone I know and would trust) said that the front drivers side shock absorber was leaking oil and should be replaced. I asked him to price up, he can only get Honda parts and whilst the whole unit used to be available its now three separate parts on back order or 2/3 weeks and adds up to £571 plus VAT, they also recommended that both sides were replaced so times two and adding other parts brushes etc and labour its coming out extremely expensive and probably prohibitive, does anyone else have experience of this?

 

Buy used parts. Should only be a couple hours labor.

 

Look for a quality aftermarket replacement if you can. They are typically much cheaper than going through Honda. We offer tons of aftermarket options for the S2K although the shipping might be high as you are overseas.


http://store.excelerateperformance.c...7678&pid=10038

 

Sue, take a look at the UK classifieds section https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/forum/120...le-and-wanted/

Lots of people fit after market shock absorbers and consequently, there are often second hand sets for sale for very little money indeed.

The only thing you need to be careful of is that the shocks changed depending on the model year (99, 02, 04, 06 & 08) so it's best to get replacements from the same as you have.

Here are a couple of examples of the sort of thing available: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/109...em-suspension/

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/110...suspension-72k