I waited about a month and did not have any problems. Although I never heard of preloading the front so I changed my sway bar and found out later it was just the bushings popping.

 

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=597849

 

Oh that's the preload you guys are talking about. I didn't know the name for it, but yes, I "preload" the suspension before tightening or torquing anything with a bushing. I'm a newbie when it comes to S2Ks but not cars in general.

 

Normally you should wait until the springs have settled, so there is no more change in ride height. After that you can get your alignment done.

 

We do this for a living and if not financially successful, certainly move a lot of satisfied and successful autos.

Springs don't settle, if they do you have a totally different and major issue....

In autos with rubberlike bushings throughout their body, it is necessary for these to take a set. Whilst one might hasten the settling of these by loosening every jointed interface throughout the vehicle shaking and preweighting terribly, driving very hard&c, it would be at the least inconvenient.

What we recommend is to drive the vehicle moderately hard for 2 weeks and at least a couple hundred miles - then cornerweight and align. Assuming the alignment was relatively good prior to mounting the coilovers, it really is best just to stick with what you had as it was good at a known static setting. Things will be changing (rapidly at first and somewhat slower over the ensuing 12 days) so be patient. After that period and usage cornerweight and align. If anybody needs a DIY for these, PM me and we'll send a detailed document.

If you have monoballs and solid bushings throughout the vehicle, simply lower the vehicle, set every damping adjustment to minimum, unfasten sways&c and jump on the vehicle like a bunch of monkeys shaking it to and fro. Roll it onto the scales and proceed.

But of course, people will chime in that the S2000 is unique and different than every other vehicle ever produced so ignore the above....

 

That is a quote that should be posted in 99% of the threads on s2ki.

 

Please tell me you're not another of those....

 

No, I am not one of those folks. While I found most of your thread to be a bit pompously written if simply trying to offer help, I have to agree with that statement 100% since most people seem to think this car is some sort of automotive anomaly.

 

appreciate the candor. just the way I write but point well taken.

I too am amazed at this whole belief that the S2000 is unique. perhaps mistaken but have yet to find anything truely unique to the auto. sure,Porsches have a rear engine which is somewhat unusual but others have it too. there's the boxer engine but it is seen elsewhere. so maybe Porsches are somwhat different especially in N/A but the S2000 is pretty much a simple auto (meant in a very good way) but mainly just one of those rare beasts where everything was conceived, designed and executed on the money and to a pricepoint too!