I am going to put them on the lower perch. The pictures are of someone else who is running stock springs on the lower perches.



For now they look like they will get rid of the wheel gap, of course I will be getting different springs down the road.

 

Found this thread and I was wondering if anyone else had any high mileage on their Swift sport mach springs. 10000+.

I have some japanese s2k owners that swear by these things and now I don't know what to think. I bought the springs but they aren't installed yet.

help!?

 

10K on springs isn't bad at all..

I think it's worth the install, from what i read it's not a costly job to reverse if your not happy.

 

Swifts are sponsored/made by taniguchi san I believe?

 

didn't realize that shocks were so expensive

 

I'll let you guys now when and if my stock shocks have problems. I'm at a little over 50k miles now, and on an Eibach ProKit (also a 1" drop). We keep a very close eye on every part of the car (because of the way it's driven), so we'll know when the stocks start to go. On paper the spring rates of the ProKit springs appear to be compatible with the stock shocks, and that can make a big difference; I'm not familiar with the Swift springs, but I'm well over 15k miles with ProKit over OEM (KYB?) shocks, and so far, so good.

 

same here, about 11k on mine.

 

to me thats perfect hieght, is that only stock springs and koni yellows on 2nd perch for sure? If so thats perfect!

 

Keep us posted. We're always hearing from people who have problems, but people who have no issues are rarely motivated to post their experiences, and that often gives others the wrong impression. When we installed the ProKit on my car we worked the suspension through its entire range of travel, and I can find no reason for the lowering alone to cause the shocks to fail prematurely. However, we really need more unbiased data to be able to say for sure which springs cause problems and which ones don't. Clearly, springs that are of a vastly different rate than the stock shocks were designed for might cause issues with the stock shocks, but that does not seem to be the case with at least some of the spring kits. You pay more for springs that have gone through a rigorous test and development cycle, but that's what it takes to minimize the downsides of lowering any car.

All shock absorbers wear out eventually, and the operating conditions have a big impact on their longevity. Cutting the bump stops excessively or removing them entirely is inviting suspension component failure, and we usually aren't given those kinds of details when people do have failures.

This is just like the problem with timing chain tensioners. Just a few days ago I let some of the guys here convince me that every S2000 had to have its tensioner replaced periodically, then last night I find out that Modifry, among others, has never had a tensioner problem (and Modifry put 180,000 miles on his S). People misdiagnose the causes of problems all the time, and assume that if they and a few others have a problem that can be attributed to something they've modified that the modification is the cause of the problem, and that's not always the case. We see examples of this here on S2kI almost every day, and it makes some owners needlessly paranoid. I should know better after all this time, but I still let it get to me sometimes. Most of the time though, I go with what I know rather than what I read here, and that has worked out pertty well so far.

 

Definitely, and I give you credit for that. I bought my car with springs on it, but I knew the previous owner and I know he didn't replace or buy aftermarket shocks. I have had no problems with my suspension, and although people say "You won't know until it's too late" I just don't think about it. I don't have time until next friday to take a look at my shocks, but when I do I'll either post something here or PM you...I'd appreciate your input. Until then...thanks