Well I just got a used 2000 S2000 grand prix white that had 15k miles and bone stock for only $24k... i hope it was a good buy...
So far I LOVE this car... but i want to lower it. What is the Best suspension that should be installed in this car... I have fixed up a 95 accord coupe before low budget style, but I want to this car to have the best... If anyone knows please post something... thx to all you S2k lovers.

 

I would say for the most part.....stock would be perfectly good enough until the shocks wear out. what other cars have you driven to make you question the suspension that the R&D team fine tuned.

It's better than 98% of the cars on the road today. Most "modified suspensions" on other cars with the exception of the Spyder and Miata fall far short of what the car comes with stock.......and even the two mentioned come with moderately comprimised suspensions compared to the S.

 

I agree on that stock suspension tuned by R&D but the height just doesn't cut it for me...
It does ride very good and control is flawless... but looks-wise.. i dont know... I want it slammed you know?
I heard from some people that the handling gets worse once you lower it, but that is why I am looking for a very good suspension system...

 

If you can afford it, get the Spoon dampers. Nothing bug good things to say about them. Firm but not harsh! Contact Ben at A&J and tell him Charles sent you. A&J's a board sponsor. If that's too expensive, consider the Buddy Club coilovers.

And congratulations on your new car.

 

This is just my opinion, but I would not lower the car at all. It's already got Showa dampers (same company that makes dampers for Mugen's N Zero kit for the S2000), but not sure about who made the springs.

There is also some talk about how lowering the car may have a negative impact on the CV joints. This has not been substantiated however.

 

I refuse to believe that manufactuers would tune a car to the point that deviating from those specs would cause the handling to suffer. to have that level of tuning and precision in a car would price it right outta profitablility.

if you lower it correctly by allowing the springs and shocks to do thier jobs given the weight of the car WHILE the center of gravity has changed.......then you'll be fine. when you lower the car to the point where the suspension can't work within it's tolerances.....you get the picture.

 

Can you prove that?????

 

no I can't.....I'm stating my opinion based on what sounds reasonable to me based on what I understand about suspensions.....if something is incorrect.....let me know.

 

It's self evident that if you lower the suspension you are reducing the amount of potential suspension travel. You will need to compensate with stiffer springs. Ride quality is therefore likely to suffer at least to some degree. It's your choice at to where you want to compromise. My daily driver is a Mercedes 430 CLK to which I had the AMG suspension from the CLK 55 AMG fitted. Essentially this means lower harder springs, different shock absorbers and thicker anti-roll bars (I think you refer to them as sway bars in the US) both front and rear. The car sits about 1 1/2 inches lower and the ride is much firmer. This happens to suit me. Driving my S2000 I appreciate that it could be lowered but one of its great virtues is that the ride is both firm and supple. Lowering the car might do something for the aesthetics but before you spend your hard earned $ I'd suggest that you find a car with modified suspension and decide whether it is really what you want.

 

So it seems that lowering the S ends up all for looks and not performance?