GaryB

Ordered a set today (Got 10% off after speaking to him) and they should arrive in time to fit over the weekend. Geo booked for Monday afternoon.

Now to have a browse through the fitting coilovers threads to find out how long I'm going to be getting cold for on Saturday.

An early Christmas pressie from me to me.

This should make the socks and aftershave I get from the family more bearable.

chrisr111

Depends how good you are with the spanners, I can change all four in less than two hours.

Remember to adjust the ride height before you torque the bolts under load otherwise the bushes can bind.

Chris.

GaryB

Before I torque the lower shock mount bolts?

I don't need to fanny about with suspension arms do I? It looks on the face of it like I should be able to leave all the geo bolts as-is.

I'll set that as my target time then, cheers.

mr-pitts

I agree with Chris,what I would advise is remove the front top wishbone bolts,it.makes removing/replacing the fronts so much easier.(leave the ball joint attached,you just need to pull the wishbone out to give you room)you don't need to do it with the rears,also measure your free length,to get you in the ballpark,as the ride height is the most awkward to alter when everything is bolted up.

mr-pitts

Tale the weight of the car on the wheel then torque everything up.I find it is easier to jack the corner up compressing the suspension on that corner than dropping it on the floor and doing it...If you get what I mean?

GaryB

Yep, I get you.

I see what you mean about top wishbone bolts now, thanks very much.

mr-pitts

I've edited the post above.

Benjamico

Just make sure you don't undo the captive nuts on the rear shocks like I did!
Everything else is very simple (maybe I should have read the 'how to' first!)

Serg2K

I found out after fitting mine that they come already set to OEM height. Don't be tempted to set same strut length to the OEM unless you fancy an all terrain S2k.
Its the turning of the height adjusters that is a pita. I ended up keeping the OEM ride height because our roads are shite and I bottomed out on the down ramp of a multistorey car park. I'm only in it for the improved handling.

Sanchi_ProjectR

Found this a while ago (skip the intro), this video shows you how to install coilovers on an S2000.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9k6LTUO6Sig