rjtrout2000

Good morning,

I have a new to me AP1 that has leaking shocks. The plans for this car are cruising, some mountain driving, and an occasional autocross or time trial track day during the summer. I am looking at the entry level ST coilovers as I have had them on a different car and enjoyed the ride quality and performance increase that they gave me. I would have looked at the Bilstein PSS, but they appear to be out of stock at the moment?

Any feedback on whether or not ST coils are a good option for this car is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

B serious

The ST is more agressively sprung. Its also a twin tube system. I think they're pretty over priced at ~$900-1K. I used them on a non-S2000 application and I wasn't all that happy with them in terms of ride. The plastic spring adapters were also prone to making noise. Maybe the application I bought wasn't very well thought out. The rear upper spring adapters/seats were aluminum. The fronts were plastic and they had a lip that interfered with the stock tophat. So once the tophat's rubber bushing ripped through...they started making noise.

Easy fix by just buying a different spring adapter that wasn't lipped. But...if I'm buying those type of parts...why TF am I paying the price for ST to design the system? Why TF does a zinc plated, twin tube damper with no valve adjustments cost $900 if it needs for me to buy spring seats?

Bilsteins are the better system hands down. For $100-200 more, its a better damper with monotube construction, external reservoirs to maintain rear travel, and...aluminum spring seats.

I would wait on the Bilstein, personally.

rjtrout2000

B serious, thanks for weighing in. I ran the ST on a Mini Cooper and loved them for what they were. Plus, I found a new set of ST locally for a smoking deal ($750) and thought that for the price, if I could find some feedback on the forums about their application for the S2000, they may be wroth my time. But I agree that Bilstein has been great on my GTI and my S4. I will keep an eye of the classifieds and see if a set Bilsteins pops up.

B serious

No worries, man.

I'm looking on THmotorsports.

$750 for used ones isn't really a great deal.



Also, I have a lot of notifications. What do these people want from me?!?

rjtrout2000

Haha I feel like that all the time! The $750 is for a new set locally so not a bad deal! It would put them about 350-400 behind the Bilstein PSS kits in price.

HawkeyeGeoff

Yeah. ST Coils are basically KW coils rebranded and using cheaper materials for the casing. AKA They WILL rust if exposed to moisture. The club racers are the only ones worth getting IMO.