well i have had coilovers on previous cars and as much as i loved them they are a large amount of money and i really dont want to go too low with thte s2k. she sits fairly low standard. springs wont break the bank and so if i do want to upgrade in the future i cn always sell them on.

 

if anyone has any pictures of their car lowered on just springs it would be a huge help

 

I fitted Eibach springs to mine a couple of weeks ago. Nothing else required. They dropped the height by about 20mm. and I got the look I was after. I haven't really had chance to test the handling yet but with normal driving it feels the same as before & doesn't feel any harsher. With these springs they only just about managed to get the correct settings on the rear when I took it for a geo.



I think it may have dropped a few mm. since this photo.

 

My previous s2000 on spoon progressive springs.




To be honest i didn't notice any negative effect on ride quality it just gave me the look i was after.
Hope this helps

 

Any lower than 30mm and the car will scrape on speed bumps etc so unless you're careful then you will end up with front end damage, especially if you have a front lip. My previous S was lowered by 30mm and I had no issues with it but my new S was a fair bit lower from the previous owner. Although I liked the look it wasn't very practical so I have since increased the ride height to something a little more sensible as it was approximately -40mm. Although I hadn't had any problems in my area with speed bumps etc then it was very close and I know in some other places in the country it would definitely be a problem.

Speed bump regs state that they should have a max vertical height of 100mm. with a drop of 40mm the car sat about 95mm off the ground from the middle of the front lip to the floor on the pre-facelift style front lip. The facelift front lip protrudes more though so at -30mm the car sat about the same...95mm off the floor from the lowest point on the lip.

As others have also said, if the car is lowered 30mm or more you will need aftermarket rear toe arms as there isnt enough adjustment in the OEM ones to have the correct geo set up.

At standard height with a facelift style front lip the car is still too low to clear a kerb when parking in a space nose first.

Springs from experience generally drop a car about 20-25mm so I would have thought you'd be fine. If you don't have a front lip then I don't think you'll have a problem at all.

I can't pass comment on handling with springs on the S though as I have had coilovers on both of mine.

HTH

 

thanks for the pictures guys. from them pictures the spoon springs look lower. is that the case or is it just the camer angles/size difference in wheels

 

Mines lowered with Tein springs on stock shocks, ride quality difference from stock is negligible, slightly less roll.

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I've never had problems with speed bumps, but I did beach mine once parking on the grass at the edge of a car park.

 

I have spoon springs fitted, bit stiffer but ride comfort is still good, lowers about 25mm from what i know.

 

ITS A SPORTS CAR so it will be fine, its not a cheap mondeo running on crappy shocks.

OEM Honda shocks are very good quality and they will be fine if you are going for a nice subtle drop and you will gain a small amount of natural camber from the drop, stop trying to tell everyone what they are going to do will have a negative effect on the car chris.

and the so called CHEAP coilovers chris mentions are absolutely fine, will have full shock movement and be adjustable for damping so you can run stock damping and have all the comfort you need with the ability to change ride height.