Mike9000

Hi all,
I picked up on many posts relating to this potentially costly issue further to having done a search of this site.
Without wanting to bore many of you here by going over well-trodden ground, I would nonetheless be grateful if some of you could provide me with the benefit of your opinions thus. Having just bought a June 04 reg S2K with only 2800 miles up (always been garaged - MINT underneath everywhere & FHSH), at what point in the future should I be concerned about geo alignment and bush lube issues etc?? The car will by me be kept on a driveway and used one-to-several times a week in dry weather only. (The car still has almost 2 yrs extended Hondacare warranty left to run.)
TIA
Mike

Boab01

Get the car up to the midlands for a CG adjustment bolt grease and allignment. Other than that what's there to worry about? If the suspension bushes seize, they seize.

Lurking Lawyer

It's really only a problem if they seize and the alignment is out of spec - the seizure prevents the suspension being re-aligned to bring it back into spec.

There are things you can do to minimise the likelihood of seizure - slathering them in copper slip grease (or similar) seems to be the preferred option. This keeps the moisture out and so reduces the possibility of corrosion and seizure.

A number of members have had Chris Franklin at center gravity, the suspension guru who has done a lot of work with s2ki members, re-do the alignment to bring it back into spec and then take preventative steps to stop seizure going forward. A couple of hundred quid VERY well spent.....

eSeM

Also take a look at this thread ....

Letter To Honda UK

Shopman

And add that having the alignment correctly set transforms the car.
Steering, braking and above all the handling is improved so it is worth getting it done for that alone. Better value than bling strut braces for it's effect on the handling.
Even new cars have been proved to benefit from it.

My car was similar to yours when I bought it and despite getting underneath and greasing everything I found later when Chris at COG adjusted it there was quite a lot of bolt corrosion.

COG webpage

mikey k

I concur with all the above
This is a 10k mile 18 month old front cater bolt I managed to catch beofre it seized.

Good on the top, bad on the bottom

Itchy Dick

Depends on where you live as well. If you live next to the sea then your bolts are probably going to seize before somebodies S who lives inland.

mikey k

To a point
My 53 plate 04GT had 4 front bolts seized on a car that was a daily drive in Yorkshire
It had 17kmiles on it when I found the seized bushes

Mike9000

OK folks. I get the message! A visit to CG it is then - a bit of a trek from oop here in North Yorks, but I've seen enough here to figure that it's worth the hassle & expense.

Many thanks for the input and advice.

Mike