Hello everyone,
I've decided that the first modifications to my s2000 will be reducing the road noise and making the ride less bumpy.
I want to cancel out the road noise and make it a smoother ride.
What would you all suggest that I do for this?

Thanks for any replies!

Badarkus

 

Sell the car and buy a luxury car.

 

In what condition are your tires in?

 

A hardtop will reduce road noise quite a bit. I have 2006 shocks and springs on my Ap1 and I find the ride to be pretty comfy, what model year S2k do you have?. If you want a real soft ride buy some Koni yellow shocks and put them on full soft setting.

 

I have a 2005 and so coilovers would be the best you think?
I have heard of people dynomatting underneath their seats to cancel vibrations. Ever heard of this?

 

Coilovers will not make the ride better. It will handle better but not be smoother. Honestly if you wanted a smooth quite ride the s probably wasn't the right car for you.

 

New tires. Re11a

 

You purchased the car for the very wrong reasons buddy. Sell and buy a diff car. If you really must, a proper fitting hardtop with QUALITY fittings (rubber seals etc), dynamat everywhere with kwv3 coilovers will get you the quiet comfy ride you're looking for (though stock sussie is already very comfy and of high quality. Man up)

 

Bilstein PSS9's are a relatively soft coilover, but I haven't been in a stock car for a long time so I can't tell you whether they're "less bumpy" or not.

Remove the entire interior and sound deaden everything with QuietCoat/QuietCar, Dynamat, or a similar material and then cover everything with closed cell foam. There are certain areas that are more important than others. The well in the trunk, doors, and transmission tunnel are important. This will probably take a couple of weeks, but you will be very happy with the improvement. It makes the car much quieter to drive. The predominant noise will then be wind noise.

Tim

 

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