Guys,
I just recently dropped some coilovers in the car, got an alignment, and put on some 18" weds sports TC005. Had all that done less than 1 week and I bent both my front fenders from angling up driveways or steep areas, cracked my front lip, and busted up my side spatz. Now I think I'm gonna need to take the s2k to a body shop for some repairs.

How come this all happened? I've seen some really low s2k, much lower than mine and they seem to be fine. Can someone advise or maybe give some suggestions on what I should change as far as setup goes? As much as i don't want to, I'm just a bit tired of so much hassle and probably will just put it back to stock unlesss I can resolve this issue.

specs are as follow for the wheels:

Rims specs:
Front: 18" x 7.5" +48
Rear: 18" x 8.5" +53

Tires:
Front: 225/40/18
Rear: 255/35/18

Here is a pic of my car taken before I busted up the fenders, as you can see...it's not that lowered. 1 finger gap all around.

 

whats the width and the offset? they look like bbs the best thing to do is get some 17's with the correct offset then it should be fine and getting your fenders rolled depending on the rims. keep the coilovers though.

 

specs are as follow for the wheels:

Rims specs:
Front: 18" x 7.5" +48
Rear: 18" x 8.5" +53

Tires:
Front: 225/40/18
Rear: 255/35/18

 

Roll your fenders.

 

What coil overs are you running? To me you should be fine with sizer and all offsets here. I think the issue is really that your suspension is too soft meaning tehre is too much give on any dip or bump. If you can adjust the hardness of the shock, tighten it up and that would help tons.

Also go alot slower up things!

remember this would be no different if you ran a 215 up front, its hitting the contact patch when turning,

Good luck, Hopefully youp have coilover that you can stiffin!

 

Offsets are a little low
But AP_ONE is spot on
Try stiffening the coilovers up
Did you get the geo done after?
You may not have enough camber

 

Well, a combination of things. Your offset isn't "right" for the s2000. Your fenders probably need to be rolled, you probably need negative camber. I'm running stock sizes w/ -1deg front, -2deg rear dropped just with Espelir coils and I get the occasional light rub up front over dips, and I have to crawl over any driveway because my front end scrapes, and I don't even have the lip spoiler you do.

 

I have a similar setup with the wheel widths and tire sizes and I'm dropped 1" but I have never rubbed.

 

 

those offsets suck for lowered S2K's. I'm running 18's also +53 front +64 rears and flush all around and still get a bit of rubbing up front.