Hey guys just bought my car a week ago.. 07 white on red and black s2k.. =).. anywayz i wanna drop it... but dunno what coilover system to get from TEIN.. wat would u guys recommend with a flexible price and a nice ride.. my friend says i should get the flex.. but he has the 1800 one.. i think the RA... also does anyone have a used one.. that maybe their selling? or might kno someone thats sellin it for a good price .. thanks alot

 

if you're going with Teins, get the RA's for sure. From what I've gathered, the ride quality with the Flex wont last very long. Check out the sponsor group buy forums for tein products and PM the vendors for pricing.. shop around between the vendors on the forum here they offer competitive pricing on certain items at certain times why are you dead set on tein?

 

Teins are garbage except for their upper models. i'd say at the very very least, get the RA's. you would get more realistic answer if you gave us a price range as well.

 

Sorry, double post.

 

You do realize that "dropping" your new S2000 will ruin how it handles, right? Did you buy your car for it's performance or just to look "cool"? Take that into consideration when you make your decision.

Oh, and congrats on your new purchase. I however would suggest you get to know the car as-is before messing with it.

 

that's 100% untrue, that it "will ruin" the handling of the car. it very well COULD, but you are saying it as an indisputable fact... and that just isn't true by any stretch. if that were the case S2000 race cars would use stock suspension. please don't spread the idea of generalized assumptions.

 

My statement is based on 5 years and 175+ days monitoring this board and the ownership of 2 S2000s both AP1 and AP2. The overall consensus is that dramatically lowering an s2000 (dropping) will negatively effect the handling of the car. Read the competition forum for more details. I would not call this 100% untrue. Many of the hardcore racers on this forum are running lowered cars but they also have different A-arms installed to correct the suspension geometry changes made by lowering.

More advice on lowering from those who really know the S2000 suspension here: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=429897

 

I don't know the S2000 suspension at all, but depending on the geometry, lowering might actually be detrimental to handling depending on the spring rates, shock valving, shock travel and control arm geometry.

 

I think quite a few have found that the KW Varient 3 and the Bilstein PSS9 to be good bang for the buck. Many of the west coast track day addicts use the KW.

 

cant go wrong with pss9, but i you really want a slammed look, go w/ the teins RA, bilstein doesnt have as many perches like teins