Disgustipated

Hi,
I recently put '07 AP2 shocks on about 2-3 weeks ago. I got them from another S2KI member with only 2.5k miles on them. My right rear shock blew on my <50k AP1 shocks. I'm lowered 1" on Swift Springs.

A week or so ago I let my cousin ride in my car with a girl on his lap, just to drop her off at her car. We drove maybe 0.2 miles, slowly, through a mall parking lot. Our combined weight was 185 + 215 + 140-150~ish. The S2000 is rated for 400 lbs, so we were about 150 lbs over.

Since then, my right rear shock has felt funny, and I can't say for certain whether or not it's bad until tomorrow when my friend and I test it.

Question is, could that much extra weight cause my right side/right rear shock(s) to blow, even though it was such a short distance and with no high intensity load placed on them?

dfvs2k

That is not going to cause the shock to blow. Maybe shocks were older than what you were told and had more mileage, but again that weight should not hurt the shock.

lg24

I highly doubt that would cause a shock to blow

ans2k

it is know that lower spring causes stock shocks to blow.

ans2k

sorry to answer the question. no, i have carried 5 or 4 total people in my car and my car has about 66K miles.

Disgustipated

Don't people drive with lowering springs for tens of thousands of miles? And Swift is probably the best brand of lowering springs... only a 1" drop and similar spring rates to '02-'03 OEM. Or is it just the drop that causes the shock to bottom out and die? I've only had these shocks on for less than 1k miles. :\

HondamakesS2000s

Do you ever drive the car "hard"?? Going over one funny shaped bump or slope or whatever at high speeds with lowered springs may be enough to blow a shock, even with only 1'' lowered. I have blown a shock at 60k in a stock s2000 driving fast through bumpy twisty roads. However, now at 115k, the two front shocks which were never replaced still work okay. What you are experiencing is probably a shock that was already blown or excessively worn.

CKit

Did the mall parking lot have speed bumps?