Hello! This is my first post in that community but always or sometimes I try to read and learn a lot of things.

I have an Ap1 from 2007, and I want to upgrade the current suspension.

I ran stock with 100.000 km, then switch to bc racing coils now again in stock form.

The car is used in weekends, routes in twisted roads, and for the moment, not really track days, only the past year in Nur and Spa.

My options are:

-Koni sport + some springs (eibach, swift spec r)

-Bilstein Pss

-Other?

My current setup is FSB whiteline and 225/255

Any advice will be positive, my budget it's about 1.000€

Thanks in advance and have a great weekend.

 

Unless you're tailoring the car to a specific track an adjustable or modified suspension is just as likely to hurt as help. The OEM suspension is fine for everything else. Surprising as it may seem the Honda engineers knew a little bit about what makes this car drive and handle well.

Tires will have more effect on handling than springs. Not sure what's available in Europe. So-called extreme performance summer tires offer the best handling here in North America.

-- Chuck

 

At the moment i have the Federal 595RSR in 225 front and 255 rear on the stock wheels.

I think the same and when i changed again to stock, i was thinking how good are the stock suspension with 100K Kilometres.

But I think it can be the moment for the change, stock suspension it's expensive and sure with the same amount of money I can upgrade the overall system with something better.

It's more for replacement with a plus, than for the track.

 

These look like good tires (according to their own website). Many of us here in North America rely on the Tire Rack tests and reviews but these tires aren't part of those tests.

62,000 miles (100,000 km) seems to be of no concern for the S2000. And I understand your suspension has less than that.

If you're going to track the car an adjustable suspension can help if you know how to set it up. A couple of weekends a year and I'd leave it alone. The guys really into track time will always be faster -- and spend a lot more money!

-- Chuck

 

For an off-the-shelf solution, koni yellows with ground controls are fine.

Bilstein PSS is a good base if you're going custom valving and spring rates, but otherwise is about equal to OE at best from what I've read, aside from the fact that you can lower the car.

For an OE solution, you could try ordering CR suspension, which costs the same as regular OE suspension new.

But to echo what Chuck said, 100k is nothing on the stock dampers. You might want to think about it when you get closer to 200k.

 

The tires are like a semislick but in the cheap category, are like nankang ns2r or khumo ku36 dunno if in the USA they sell them.

And only springs? Any of you run springs in stock dampers? Works any good? Destroys de original damper with the new rates?

 

The cr whole kit will be expensive, I'm sure that will cost more than 1.500€ plus shipping on Spain, if I will be able to get for less sure they will be the first option

 

Have 595 RSR 225/255 here and like them
Koni yellow with stock springs will lower 20mm and well rated.
Had Eibach with OEM for short time,would rather have the above combo for your budget

 

For the sake of ride quality and shock travel, I'd get the Bilstein PSS or PSS9. I'm a huge fan of those kits within their price ranges.

How is the Spanish market for Tein? Tein makes some pretty nice street coilovers. I'd rather have the Flex-Z than Koni/GC for a simple street car setup.

 

Many people put tein in their cars but I don't know anything about them, I'll research