I will always lust over the B5 S4 - just the thought of electrical, MAF, seals, how bad it's been molested by it's past owner, and turbo issues steers me clear.

One day though, one day.

 

They need to bring the C-Estate here
Saw the CLA-Shooting brake on the TG website, not bad either.

 

Yeah, that new C-Estate looks SEXY.

I've spotted couple of the new C-class.. wow they have hit a home-run with it for sure in terms of design. Looks freaking HAWT!

 

After driving my Mom's AP2 over the weekend, I decided that I'm going to pickup some stock suspension and jump ship.

In my few experiences with F&F, they've been cheap and ride like garbage.

I guess you get what you pay for .

 

Just on the suspension, right? Not the car...

raising the car up?!?! Does not compute.

 

Correct! Just the suspension.

My F&Fs are at a pretty reasonable ride height, see below:



I just feel like regardless of what damper settings you put them on, the F&Fs are bouncy -I feel like the whole car is riding on the springs with no support from the shock itself.

If I budget right, the tax return will go towards some KW V3s as I originally planned

 

I personally thought the buddy clubs rode pretty well...my buddy that bought megan tracks thought his felt bouncy too.

Best ride I experienced was the original one, espelir springs on stock shocks.

 

F&F/megan/BC are all lower quality brands. They are usually super stiff and go loowwwwww.

Tein Flex in 2 months for me now.

 

If I could have swung that much money on a suspension...Tein all day. My Super Streets are going strong at 70K and ride so smoothly on my TL.

 

I'm getting a killer deal on my friend's Tein. He didn't have it for long. He's selling because he upgraded to Tein SRC... which is like $3,500.

 

Well, once you're a baller big tymer like that...yeah...fine...but I'll never be that inspired!

Flex are normally $1800 or so, no?

 

Yeah, he works in the aftermarket industry. So, I think he's getting some sponsors for his FRS. He's very into tracking now.

Yeah, Flex are usually $1700-1800, I think. You can get it for like $1300-1400 if you hit a great deal. I'll be getting his for $800 slightly used.

 

SHIEETTTTT...:thief: I might buy them from him for $801 and see if they fit on my TL!

What's his name number and paypal address?!!?

 

My BC rides better than stock

 

send it to my paypal. I can deliver it for ya.

Maybe your stock shocks were blown. There's no secret to BC being one of the lowest quality coilovers in the market. No offense whatsoever though! I know a lot of my friends have them too. They know what they are getting.

 

Highly doubt it as I have them on my TL as well. I guess stiff/quality is all subjective here

 

im with you, I've had about 6/7 different brands of suspension ranging greatly in price...

my car feels more solid on BC's than it did stock.

I agree, stiff does not equal bad in my case... I don't like squishy or "floating" suspension on my roadster, I want to feel whats beneath the car

Then again, if you know how to adjust the damper and spring rates, you can always make yourself more satisfied with just about any setup. (I've changed my damper settings at least 5 times since putting them on the car) I love how the car rides now.

 

I didn't realize the difference...

but to clarify, I said Buddy Club.

Dennis is talking BC Racing.

 

Update: Car goes in for a new clutch on Monday !

No more slipping

It'll be all OEM except I'm going with an AP1 flywheel (8 pounds lighter than the AP2), should make the car a little more responsive & rev happy.

 

Sweeeeet!

Man.. can't wait to go to the track with you again!

You will have a lot of fun at Streets of Willow. They are small-car friendly. hahaha

 

Who's doing the work? Billman?

 

Track day sounds good to me - car should be track ready in the next couple of months

Currently needs:

New tires (Potenza RE11s)
New rotors & pads
Alignment

Do you plan on doing any in February or March?

 

Also,

Got my mom an early Christmas present, love these lip spoilers

 

Things other Car forums/pages say about the s2000 on a daily basis.

"I hear the s2k are dangerous, they will spin out if you shift at redline."

"They are unreliable now because they are getting old."

these kids make my eyes bleed.

 

Those kids must have their head in the sand.

Bought with 115,000 on the clock in January, my AP2 just rolled over 134,000 last week and I don't feel any guilt driving it hard. Car comes back from a clutch job today

How's that AP1 treating you?

 

Got my hands on an oem hardtop recently. Not sure if I want to keep it or not

 

that is one of the hottest accessories for the s2000. Did you get it color matched to the body, or in black? (assuming you dont drive a black s2000)

 

Car is black, top is silver. Previous owner used it for 2 weeks in 2002 and had it stored ever since. That thing is mint!

 

What did you pay for your clutch job and where, if I may ask? I need to get mine done when it comes out of winter storage, I'm too much of a wuss to do it myself but I'm scared of the quote. I'll probably get a valve adjustment at the same time. It's sitting at ~105k right now.

 

$1400 at a shop called Infinite Motion, highly recommend this shop for any SD owners out there.

Yes - it's on the high side, however I'm getting a new & lighter AP1 flywheel instead of getting my old one resurfaced (adds roughly $300 to the job). Once it's all said and done, I'll get my old Flywheel resurfaced and sell it on Craigslist to drive down cost a bit.

Clutch job should run you around $1000 - $1100 depending on the shop.

 

Got pictures of my flywheel - lets just say it has seen better days



Clutch disk measured out at 6.50mm thickness, mechanic says 6.00mm is minimum.

I'll give driving impressions tonight and more so when it's broken in.

 

I still miss mine.

 

well lets see... I've put 20k miles on it since june....

its running flawlessly.

the bleeding will stop in the spring though. looking at a something with 4 doors and a hatch for a daily.. S2k will be paid off come march...

 

hmmmmmmm SSM?

 

Uh oh...potential sale!

Dennis, did you immediately feel like you spent too much money and it's a PITA to take off to go topless all the time? I didn't really miss mine at all!

 

You and I are in the same boat, but damn - 20,000 in 6 months is just downright impressive

I too am looking for a daily driver since my commute will be doubled starting next week - I'm thinking of buying my roommates '94 Toyota pickup with the indestructible 22RE.

 

New clutch impressions:

Wow

Things I noticed right off the bat:

1: Clutch pedal is much softer - I was almost convinced my car had a aftermarket clutch kit before getting the work done, but everything that came out was original. Could have been a lack of lubrication or maybe a bad throwout bearing?

2: Revs climb & drop effortlessly with the lighter flywheel, car feels like it has more throttle response. I'm excited because it'll only be more responsive when new motors mounts go in (confirmed that mine are shot)

3: Clutch engagement - much smaller window of engagement, almost stalled it this morning and on my lunch today.

All in all, for any AP2s doing a clutch job I'd definitely recommend spending the extra $300ish for a new and lighter AP1 flywheel and not getting a resurface.

 

I believe it is Sebring silver. Silver stone wasn't available in 02
I bought it because it was too cheap to pass up. I have yet to put it on the car but once I do I'll see how it looks with my spoiler. If I like it ill keep.

 

not sure how you define "cheap" but you should be able to net $3K or more for it with the hardware.

 

I know. I did my homework