:thumpup: on tires. They can make a greater difference per dollar than any other suspension change.

But it depends on the year of the car and the condition of the streets and roads where you live.

Our streets and roads are pretty poor, mostly due to Katrina and the heavy equipment used in the clean-up. They are being improved but it takes time. So I stick with a relatively soft setup with plenty of suspension travel...in other words, stock.

too on a good alignment. Do your research before you head to the alignment shop, thoug. A degree or two of toe or camber may have a big impact on oversteer or may even intruduce understeer. There can be some noticable handling changes within the range of factory alignment specifications. The so called U.K. alignment is within US OEM specs (at least for AP1s), for example.

Watch the offset on your wheels if you go after-market on those. Big changes in offset can mess up the scrub radius enough to increase oversteer or introduce understeer, depending on where it is (front/rear/both). And stay away from the 18s and 19s.

 

Go with Eibach or Swift springs if you are looking for 1" drop.

Go with Espelir springs if you are looking for a 1.5" drop.

 

You could consider weight loss a suspension upgrade. So lighter wheels and seats (also with better body retention) would help.

 

That's probably not a good idea because the R&C ppl will slam a thread like this for asking pretty general questions.

My suggestion would be to look around in S2000 Talk, S2000 Modification, and Racing & Competition. Figure out the individual types of mods you're interested in, and search them out in the aforementioned forums. here are some threads to get you started:

R&C FAQ (there is a section for suspension mods in the first post):
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=520674

Official Parts Review thread in the Modification forum:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=598993


What you desire for the street will be different from what other people want for the street. Best thing to do is research information on the parts themselves and determine what you want. Otherwise you might end up adopting someone else's preferences which might not be the ideal setup you are looking for.

 

Would the street Setups mentioned above good for the canyons?

 

So it sounds like all the bars/brace's are useless on the street?

Best thing to do is have good tires, a good alignment, and go for a decent set of coil overs and call it a day?

 

1. Bilstein PSS9 (Lowered an Inch or so)
2. Alignment
3. Direzza Star Specs
4. Done

 

ding ding ding!

if you don't care about lowering your car though, i would stick with the stock coilovers. once you feel you've driven the stock coilovers to the limit (stock suspension is hard to beat), only then should you upgrade. better driver with stock car > noob driver with modded car

 

Lowering the car is controversial, I've read mixed reviews on the handling advantage, some reported no gain in handling, and some even thought it made it worse due to reduced suspension travel, so I would research this little more, the OEM setup is great for the street, Direzza Star Specs 225/255 is certainly a great upgrade, and check UK specs for alignment as well.

 

falken rt 615 215/ 255 w/ aggressive alignment from westend, then go run it