^ wut? That would be quite embarrassing.

 

I drove with the stock suspension for 5 years and the front bumper scraped on many occasions. I've since dropped the height about 1 inch and it seems very similar, nothing worse thus far in terms of scraping.

The limits for handling improvements on the S2000 when it comes to lowering is about 1.25 - 1.5 inches drop, go beyond that and you can be reducing the handling traits of the vehicle. If you choose to drop the ride 2 inches you have to expect the negative aspects of that kind of setup as it is purely cosmetic at that point.

 

Lower your car to go faster, then have to go slower everywhere to keep it from scraping.

 

First thing I noticed when driving the S2000 everyday, is the great view you have of other car's exhaust pipes. What do you folks see after lowering the car? Other car's oil drain bolts?
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I had been driving around about an 1" lowered for a while. It did not bother me too much although I had to pay extra caution to lot of driveways and road imperfection more than I did with the stock height. Now back to stock height, I do not wish to go back to lowered height anymore... I still like the look of lowered s2000 but comfort of driving stock height is just too much to give up. Now I almost never worry about any driveways. Ones that I need to, it's too extreme anyway so other cars have to be careful too.

 

I find that the hardest thing about driving a lowered S2000 is that other drivers are not aware of your presence and you may get cut off frequently; especially from SUV's and trucks. Some larger cars have a hard time noticing me as well.

As for the scraping, I lowered a little better than an inch all around. The front strakes scrap every now and then and it takes a little more attentiveness to get around, but thats about it. I would not lower my car further. I can easily still climb rolled curbs when taken at a proper speed and angle without scraping. The worst scenario when lowered is a grade change where you are going down then the grade changes uphill. This will almost always cause a scrap.

 

I recently purchased my first AP1 S2000 less than 3 weeks ago. So far, (and I SERIOUSLY doubt I'll alter my opinion anytime soon) considering it came with Tein lowering springs, I have absolutely no regrets. I knew it had the Teins on it before I bought it but I also didn't realize how much lower it was from stock initially. Still, it wasn't as bad as I anticipated and nowhere near as bad as my old lowered 1G CRX.

That being said, while I think these cars look really awesome lowered, I don't think I'm going to keep these springs on here long term with the OEM shocks. For a few reasons, primarily of which is I have to drive up onto some 2x4s just to get my jack under it. Not particularly liking that but I can adjust to it as long as I need to I suppose. That, and I know they could use some better dampers with these particular springs, still not sure if these are OEM or not but I'm betting they're original.

Secondly, I was hoping to do some Solo events with the car and the Teins will put the car in STR (?) or, at a minimum a class other than stock or street or whatever they call it now, which is what I was hoping to run it in. If it does put it in STR, then that means I'd eventually need to get some new wheels (17x9) & tires. Long story but I probably won't be going that route anytime soon. It has been 13 years since I've run a SCCA Solo event after all, . Regardless, I'm actually kind of looking forward to it, how can you not with a car like this?

 

 

Lmao that had me dying laughing over here. If you are seeing oil drain bolts then Houston we have a problem.