Jo2

Are comptech and ground control the only companies that offer adjustable springs for the s2k? I just want something relatively affordable for daily driving + the convenience of raising the car in the winter time. I don't track my car at all so I don't want to drop the cash on a serious coilover setup.

sidenote - cheapest place/price for the comptech setup? $700 seems sorta steep. I remember paying under $500 for skunk2's when I had a civic.

Ek9

Well, if you use GC's with stock shocks it's $399 I believe. If you go with the koni-yellows, you've got another $600 in shocks to buy.

Jo2

i'd use stock shocks for the time being, no point in replacing it if it isnt' blown yet.

PrimoGen

I use the Comptechs and have not looked back. Good stuff IMHO

Paul S

The S2000 is far from a Civic. You pay to play. Don't cheap out on parts. I was paying $50/tire for my 95 Integra LS, now I'm paying $150-250/tire for my S. I'm not complaining, because these are the things I expected when I bought the S.

vtec9

lowering the stock shocks will cause them to blow sooner than later. stock shocks were not designed to be lowered. koni yellows are designed for moderate lowering. people have run a long time with stock shocks lowered, but they could run longer with a peoper setup.

Ek9

I agree that lowering on stock shocks is pretty futile. I don't consider the koni's to be a cheap solution though. That seems to be a prevalent opinion here on the forum. Basically an S2000 is nothing more than an FR civic. There's nothing particularly special about the design or construction. Many a prepped civic will outhandle an S2000.

I'd have no problem slapping $100 Falken Azenis 615's on an S2000. I'm sure it's a decent upgrade over the stock tires. Cheap GC coilovers, as long as you use decent shocks are the same. Some of the upgrades people are pushing, like the KW's seem to be more bling than performance. At least, I haven't seen a decent set of numbers showing me why a $2000 KW setup is better than an $900 GC/Koni setup.

The KW's are 515 lbs/in front and back. Something that's easy to replicate with GC's and stock Koni yellows.

Paul S

Before everyone jumps down your throat here, do you mind sharing with the rest of us how the S2000 is a RWD Civic? Don't get into modding this and that, because when you put modifications into the equation, everything goes out the window. (My friend's modded EG tears up Evo's, M3's, etc. on the track)

Veering back towards topic -- Jo2, you will wear out your shocks much faster when you're lowered. Then you've got to take them out again and replace them. It will be better to do it right the first time to save time and headaches in the future.

vtec9

yea um remind me to disregard anything that comes from this guys keyboard again. that statement couldn't be further from the truth..

Ek9

Haha. I wondered what the reaction would be.

I'm not talking about the shitty 2001 and newer Civics. I'm talking about the older ones with the A-arm front suspension (like the S2000) and the vtec engines, like the S2000. Disk brakes all the way around, like the S2000. I lump the Integra's in there too since they have identical suspensions to the civics.

I'll back off and say a prepped civic is about the same performance as an S2000. My 98 civic hatch out handled and was faster or as fast in a straight line as an S2000 with KW's at VIR last weekend (I'm not naming names). Integra R motor and tips the scales at about 2100 lbs.

I was objecting to the elitist attitude. What I like about the S2000 is that it's in the same family as the Civic. That means it's reliable and easy as shit to work on. It means some of my race parts will swap right over from my Civic too.

I want the S2000 because it's more confortable than my (street legal) civic track car. I don't expect it to be faster.