how would one know if they did, not sure what they look like

 

These spacers were in my front springs. I turned the steering wheel one direction, and was able to see the springs. The spacers on both left and right front wheels were *behind* the springs (ie. between the spring and the outside of the engine compartment. The only way I was able to remove them was to jack up the car to extend the spring.

I was unable to tell if there were spacers on the rear springs, so I removed the wheel. With the wheel removed, I was still unable to locate them. I am hoping that they are not still in there, hiden REAL well.

The problem with my headlights bouncing occured after I removed the spacers BTW. (It was daytime while they were still in there, so I couldn't test).

Has anyone found these spacers on the REAR springs as well as the FRONT ??

- Relson

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'01 blk/blk S2000

 

I just got pulled over tonight because the cop thought that my headlights were loose and shaking. He also thought I was flashing him. Nothing big... Are the spring spacers hard to see? I haven't had a chance to take my wheel off yet but just from peeking in there seems to be no spacers. There seems to be some kind of black residue from what looks like spring spacers. Does the spacer just rest on the springs or are they bonded on there?

 

Picture of spacers from s2ki faq:



From a previous thread, cdelena said there are 14 total. Three in front and four in back on each side?

Barry

 

ok folks, here is the deal on the HID's on the S2000...

The beam pattern for both the headlights is meant to converge about 100 meters (110 yards) in front of the car causing a beam pattern that looks like this:
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With a less sharp angle, obviously. The angle section is supposed to begin about a meter or so outside of the passenger side of the car. And for the RHD cars, in the opposite direction. For this reason, i will use driver and passenger side instead of left and right.

However, at distances less than 100 meters, each headlight has its own beam pattern of the same shape but the driver side one has the angle section start going up somewhere in the middle of the road. So, if you have a car in front of less than 100 meters, its rear view mirror is likely to fall within the lit area of this angled up section of the driver side lamp. The problem is roads are not all straight and nor are they bump free. So everytime you turn a little or go over a bump, the car in front's rear view mirror (or side mirrors for that matter) will fall in and out of this lit area - causing the effect of being highbeam flashed.

What some have done is to aim the lights lower - this reduces the problem but does not eliminate it. In fact, it has the disadvantage of losing you distance on your headlamps by quite a bit depending on how much you lower it.

The better way to go is to try to aim to driver side lamp further to the passenger side. Can anyone else provide the steps to do this?

 

One of our posters, earlier, suggested lowering only the drivers side just a little. Then on bumps the two lights don't flash at the same time. This may reduce the instance of police or others thinking you are flashing the lights at them.

Otherwise we could adapt the Porsche Boxster HID system that has little motors that lower/raise the lights using a system that senses the levelness of the car. Nice, and only a $3000+ option.

Otherwise I wouldn't mess with the lights much, since they are supposedly DOT approved & light up the road like the dickens, other than perhaps asking your Honda dealer to check the aim.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gbaker
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Otherwise we could adapt the Porsche Boxster HID system that has little motors that lower/raise the lights using a system that senses the levelness of the car.

 

I got chased about 15 miles because the person thought I was bright-lighting them. I passed this person and when I got in front of them they turned their brights on. Then followed way back (at first). I just kept driving cause I didn't know they were following me, per se. When it dawned on me that it was the same person I took off. I thought it was over, but as I exited to go to work, there they were behind me again. I ran 2 red lights and pulled off where the person couldn't see me. It would NOT have been a good idea to follow me any further. In Texas, if you take and pass a test, you can carry. And I do!!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gbaker
[B]Otherwise we could adapt the Porsche Boxster HID system that has little motors that lower/raise the lights using a system that senses the levelness of the car.

 

Ahh, once someone got behind me with their bright lights on the freeway and road my tail. I slowed to 30 mph They eventually passed me honking and giving me the finger.

One thing you should definitely do is make sure your lights are adjusted correctly. If they are a bit high, then they could always appear to be bright. But I think its mostly just people who think we're flashing brights at them as the car goes over a bump.

I told my wife if anyone ever follows her like that, just drive to the state police post up the road and lay on her horn when she gets in the parking lot.

-B