anybody got a tutorial on how to do this without the compressor/??

 

Sent you a PM

and I dont know of any s2000 tutorials.

 

When you remove the top nut retaining the OEM spring, there is only a LITTLE pressure behind it. Point the shock at a cardboard box and the nut will POP off, but the spring won't, and if you are careful you will find the nut without any problem. When you put the lowering spring back on, you just thread the nut on. It is not under compression at all.

To put OEM springs on, they need to be compressed slightly to get nut back on.

ALL that being said, that is the EASY part of the install. Getting the rear shocks back on the car is a PITA. This is the part you are paying for when you have someone else install them.

 

[quote name='ruexp67' date='Dec 24 2008, 09:49 AM'] When you remove the top nut retaining the OEM spring, there is only a LITTLE pressure behind it.

 

Installing a shock in the rear is a PITA. Coilover, lowering springs, OEM springs, you name it.

 

Yeah rear is no fun. At the top or bottom

 

how will the skunk2s on my 06 w/ oems sit compared to that 500 hp s2000 at GTmotoring wheelgap / height wise after settled?

 

Well as you can see in this picture:



Jae's Turbo S2000 (on the left) sits fairly low. To my knowledge (which isn't very vast in the area of springs) I don't think anybody makes a spring for the s2000 that will lower it that much.

Your ride height will be much more similar to Greg's old AP2 on the right, probably slightly higher.

Best bet is to find someone with skunk2 springs in the appearance forum and look at those pics. I have never personally lowered a car with skunk2, only tein and espiler.

 

well this is after 2 years of driving... dropped over 2 inches the guy said in the rear over time. NO finger gap at all around now

 

Yeah thats why I am not a spring fan, that car looks bad now. Looks way too low in the rear. In my opinion the s2000 should have some rake to it, be slightly higher in the rear.