st.ryder64

And here's how I ended up doing this, brought to you courtesy of a guy I work with that's much smarter than me. The sexy brackets on the top holding the angle iron from moving apart are actually the AutoZone spring compressors which didn't work originally, so at least they came in handy for something.

Slowcrash_101

Glad you got it sorted fellow A/C nerd.

freq

I'd love to know how this car rides when reassembled.

Seems like it shouldn't have been this hard but it was ....... why?

st.ryder64

Me too!, though I'm not out of the woods yet. I still have to get them back in the car and PRAY I didn't F up the ABS wire. Then on to the back...

At this rate I might have the car on the road in time for the leaves to turn!

st.ryder64

Yes, I worry about this as well. The statement above that different year S2K's have different length strut rods was alarming. I'm worried I may have a mismatch here now.

twohoos

It's easy enough to check. My springs paper (stickied in suspension forum) gives the color-dot patterns for each spring, and the damper bodies are actually labeled with the part number - just look it up on one of the online Honda-parts sites to verify the model year matches the colors on the spring.

Chuck S

Part numbers on the shocks are actually the part number of the while assembly (shock, spring, etc.) and they're the right number from what I saw for his '02 as are the blue-blue-blue dot springs he's retrofitting.

Shop manual prescribes a spring compressor so how guys are doing without one has gotta be because the non-OEM springs are shorter. No surprise that lowering springs are an inch or two shorter.

-- Chuck

st.ryder64

Oh, I forgot we put 02 springs in there...somehow I had the impression we'd put your model year springs in since your car's such a Cadillac.

Chuck S

Sheldon should be back to showroom suspension once all four OEM springs are in. With the super tech spring compressor you'll be able to change your mind if you want later. The '02 springs are softer up front and firmer in the rear. Not sure about the roll bars. The combinations were tuned by Honda engineers but we know they're idiots. Spring sets seem common enough on Ebay. My summer schedule is killing my S2000 time. Both driving and handing you tools along with constant gratuitous advice.

OEM Spring rates by year (front/rear)
MY00-01 = 218/291
MY02-03 = 240/230
MY04-07 = 256/207
MY08-UP = 274/225
MY08 CR = 375/264

-- Chuck

st.ryder64

Don't sweat the latter...Polly is filling in nicely in this category; though she doesn't have your experience with snarky sarcasm, she is built much nicer. Plus she'll make me a sandwich.