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Got new tires put on and balanced that same day, And it started acting funny half way home which was about 1&1/2 hrs away. See I live in Nc and my dad's shop is in Richmond, Va 3 hrs away. I am leaning towards suspension only b/c I have the stock suspension w/ Tein springs. The shocks have 90k on them an the Springs maybe 20k. I do drive it hard time to time, only aggressive driving on these country roads out here, no dumb shit like drifting. I know I need to get my alignment checked out AGAIN. I'm making plans to do so this weekend.
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Oh Terror75, thanks, they are 2000 Civic Type R fogs that I Fabb'd. Its a pain in the ass. I would recommend seriously thinkin about how much you like them cuz once you start there is no turning back. Only b/c you have to cut the bumper and the fogs cover what you cut. Take them out and it look like shit.
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Originally Posted by S2Kitt,Sep 10 2008, 06:02 PM
Oh Terror75, thanks, they are 2000 Civic Type R fogs that I Fabb'd. Its a pain in the ass. I would recommend seriously thinkin about how much you like them cuz once you start there is no turning back. Only b/c you have to cut the bumper and the fogs cover what you cut. Take them out and it look like shit.
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Originally Posted by S2Kitt,Sep 10 2008, 05:58 PM
Got new tires put on and balanced that same day,
What did you get and what did you replace? (Brand/model/size)
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Originally Posted by snakeeater,Sep 10 2008, 11:38 AM
You're kidding, right? Your troubleshooting skills are severely lacking.
You got an alignment and it drove like crap while leaving the shop. Hmm . . that didn't bother you? You should have turned around and returned to the shop to deal with the problem immediately. Now you've given them wiggle room.
So your brother diagnosed the need for a replacement suspension and swaybars, huh. Unless he has some experience with aligning an S2000, I wouldn't spend any money on that advice. And someone says new coilovers . . .another says camber plates . . . can I get a BSK and an RCA? Amen brother! I'd love to be your vendor! STOP, timeout. Basics come first. Remember this in order:
Tires - pressure / balancing
Alignment
Suspension / steering hardware
Dude, they screwed up the alignment. Take it back to the alignment shop. Tell them its not right. Ask for the printout. If they don't have it (wink), ask them to put it back on the rack. Compare to factory spec (you can get that in the FAQ here) to see where they went wrong. Tell them to do it to factory specs. And get the printout this time. The printout is your ass covering. You'd rather have that printout than anything, even a receipt, should you two get in a pissing contest. It will be the evidence, the smoking gun. It is the proof of wether or not they actually aligned it to factory spec, within the given tolerances.
Youngun's, sheesh! Good luck.
You got an alignment and it drove like crap while leaving the shop. Hmm . . that didn't bother you? You should have turned around and returned to the shop to deal with the problem immediately. Now you've given them wiggle room.
So your brother diagnosed the need for a replacement suspension and swaybars, huh. Unless he has some experience with aligning an S2000, I wouldn't spend any money on that advice. And someone says new coilovers . . .another says camber plates . . . can I get a BSK and an RCA? Amen brother! I'd love to be your vendor! STOP, timeout. Basics come first. Remember this in order:
Tires - pressure / balancing
Alignment
Suspension / steering hardware
Dude, they screwed up the alignment. Take it back to the alignment shop. Tell them its not right. Ask for the printout. If they don't have it (wink), ask them to put it back on the rack. Compare to factory spec (you can get that in the FAQ here) to see where they went wrong. Tell them to do it to factory specs. And get the printout this time. The printout is your ass covering. You'd rather have that printout than anything, even a receipt, should you two get in a pissing contest. It will be the evidence, the smoking gun. It is the proof of wether or not they actually aligned it to factory spec, within the given tolerances.
Youngun's, sheesh! Good luck.
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I think I may have a similar problem. First the background.
Driving to work a few weeks ago, pulled into a new lane from behind a slow-moving vehicle, hit a brick or small rock on the road with front right. Tyre flat. Drove slowly till I could stop safely, although this was probably longer than idea.
Car was due for 15,000km (erm, about 10,000miles) service the following day, so I asked Honda dealership to replace tyre and check for damage to wheel and suspension. Replaced front right tyre.
Car seemed mostly fine afterwards, but have been having a real deluge for several days so I wasn't pushing the car even a little. Handling seemed a little odd, but I thought new tyre, wet roads, maybe that's normal.
Handling became worse. Sharp pull to left on lifting off the power suddenly (in a straight line). Eventually I twigged: Flat tyre. Back rear right was VERY flat. Pumped it back up, and over the next day it slowly deflated again. Pumped it up, and had it replaced the next day.
So now I have two new tyres on the right side. Tyres on left have about 15,000km of quite hard use. Car still pulls to the right on hard acceleration, and pulls back to the left on sharp deceleration. Seems less so on braking (compared with lifting off power suddenly) but that could be my imagination.
This morning driving to work, the car felt VERY odd. All over the place, back end felt like it was sliding out.
1. I will double check tyre pressure this afternoon. How likely this could be cause?
2. New tyres? Maybe they need time to settle in? Seems more drastic than this.
3. New tyres on one side only? Bad idea?
4. Alignment? Will have it checked anyway, but how likely this is the problem?
5. Something more serious? Damage to some part of suspension?
Any thoughts?
Driving to work a few weeks ago, pulled into a new lane from behind a slow-moving vehicle, hit a brick or small rock on the road with front right. Tyre flat. Drove slowly till I could stop safely, although this was probably longer than idea.
Car was due for 15,000km (erm, about 10,000miles) service the following day, so I asked Honda dealership to replace tyre and check for damage to wheel and suspension. Replaced front right tyre.
Car seemed mostly fine afterwards, but have been having a real deluge for several days so I wasn't pushing the car even a little. Handling seemed a little odd, but I thought new tyre, wet roads, maybe that's normal.
Handling became worse. Sharp pull to left on lifting off the power suddenly (in a straight line). Eventually I twigged: Flat tyre. Back rear right was VERY flat. Pumped it back up, and over the next day it slowly deflated again. Pumped it up, and had it replaced the next day.
So now I have two new tyres on the right side. Tyres on left have about 15,000km of quite hard use. Car still pulls to the right on hard acceleration, and pulls back to the left on sharp deceleration. Seems less so on braking (compared with lifting off power suddenly) but that could be my imagination.
This morning driving to work, the car felt VERY odd. All over the place, back end felt like it was sliding out.
1. I will double check tyre pressure this afternoon. How likely this could be cause?
2. New tyres? Maybe they need time to settle in? Seems more drastic than this.
3. New tyres on one side only? Bad idea?
4. Alignment? Will have it checked anyway, but how likely this is the problem?
5. Something more serious? Damage to some part of suspension?
Any thoughts?
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Yeah, Same here but now the car has a shit load of vibration mainly when just driving normal like on the highway and a little at decel. I can even feel it in the gas pedal. We are thinkin it might be one or more calipers siezing up. I can only hope cuz thats a cheap an eazy fix. but if not could be lookin at maybe damaged or broken motor/tranny mounts, wheel bearing issues. Its going in the shop tomorrow, So I hope I got some answers. An if so I will post my results in hopes of helping you also
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Hey My brother and the other guys at the shop believe that my rear CV axels are bad. An if that isn't the case then we need to see if the driveshaft is out of balance. 
Atleast both are inexpensive
Atleast both are inexpensive