Honestly...if I were a track whore...I'd have oem ap1 wheels widened to run 255 all around and get over fender rear and wider front fenders. Those things are insanely light.

this was 17x9+45
215/45/17
245/40/17

cannot fuckin wait...
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Cars for Sale: 2004 Honda S2000 in LAS VEGAS, NV 89103: Convertible Details - 412154730 - Autotrader

is this too good to be true?

The hood and the headlights can be easily fixed.

 

Get it if it's true!

 

More pics.... exhaust is meh.... They seemed to have lowered the price.

2004 Honda S2000 Base 2dr Roadster In Las Vegas NV - Good Carma

 

fuck me, the advans look awesome. as much as I love the stock ap2 wheels, these look sweet and i really like the gunmetal finish.

if only they weren't so expensive. no way the wife will sign off on a purchase of $2k for wheels.

 

 

I think my favorite wheels on S2K is CE28. They just look perfect on the car.

 

Missing the antenna and the exhaust is an easy fix too. Something looks off with the visor too. No under the hood pic?

I am going to Vegas in 2 weeks... i will go check it out in person if it is not sold by then.

I think the car probably had more mods before it was sold to the dealer.

I checked out their inventory, the whole dealer looks suspicious

 

I do dig the ce @dennis...
but the advan are my jam...and damn, if Sam is being serious that's a huge compliment on my selection, given that he's so pro oem!

Trust me, the decision is tough, but in the end, with the deal the guy gave me for a set back...I couldn't pass it up. I don't love the RSII as much as my original RS. So I'm happy to get them back.

Can you tell I love the wheel?
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Was going to wait until spring but, wth, went ahead and swapped the Advans on it. The pair of 9.5 wide rears cost more than the full set of 7.5, but gotta pay to play. These 18's have no forgiveness at all on crappy streets. The mod at s2ki thought I may need negative camber in the rear, but I'm not that low on the coilovers which are fairly stiff and the rears were already rolled. I stuck with 245 for the rears over 255 which would have stuck out more.

 

Looks great, man...that advan has grown on me!
Can't really tell from the angles you took, but it does seem like you have some negative camber room to play if you wanted to go 255.

Being forced into negative camber is what kept me from going +35 17x9 on the weds...that and I didn't like them as much head on...I like evenly spoked 10 spoke, not 5 spoke v splits.

 

Ce28 > *. I'm a little biased tho

That gpw looks

 

Thanks. I even bought Comptech (just SPC units) adjustable ball joints, in preparation but didn't use them. Tried to set up mount, balance, installation of the ball joints, and alignment with a local shop that works a lot with the autoX crowd and he blew me off. Didn't like the idea of purposely running negative camber to make a wheel fit.

Oh well…

Took the rims and tires to discount for mount/balance and swapped them myself that evening to see that no new ball joints necessary.

Saved 20 mile trip to that dude's shop. Saved my wife the time of following me there and having to go back to pick it up. Saved the labor of not installing the new ball joints and getting an alignment. Thanks azzhole

Just need to sell the ball joints to recoup that money.

 

I love TE37s, SE37s, and the LE polished lip versions, but those are hard to come by as a staggered set with workable offsets and run $2k and up. I was already sitting on the set of 18x7.5 advans, so when the wider pair came up, the decision was easy.

 

Love forged SSR type C's and had those on previous cars:

 

5 owners and was involved in a rear-end collision on 12/5/14.

 

Damnnnn...Tyler on the case!

CE, dey alright...
I'll be honest, never cared for them, but now I do, but then they are usually VERY pricey!

 

Found aa 2007 lbp for 11k obo on s2k in Oregon. Needs a clutch. If I was nearby I'd snatch it up already

 

Dead serious.

Where can I get some that aren't so damned expensive? I'd even be ok with quality reps.

CE28's look aight to me but I'm not a huge fan of having wheels with a lip on them. I like the flush look more.

 

I'm all about the spokes so they end up looking bigger, visually...with a lip, normally you hafta go 18 to look good...like with the LM BBS.

If you want a quality rep...in a better price range, I stumbled on these:
SSR GTV02 seem to be based strongly on the same design...a little heavier than the Advan but looks very nice and includes the $240 center caps you'd have to run with the Advan #hardparkedlife...#notrackqueen...#ilikecentercaps

nice little stagger setup
Evasive Motorsports | PH: 626.336.3400 Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm PST: SSR GTV02 Wheel - 17×8.0 / 5x114.3 / Offset +45
Evasive Motorsports | PH: 626.336.3400 Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm PST: SSR GTV02 Wheel - 17×9.0 / 5x114.3 / Offset +45

Of if you want, go non-staggered and do the 9" all around...

If you have huge balls, you can find one set of 17x9 +29 on ebay...but that's over fender and eating front fender territory (that's like a 15MM spacer on the advan fronts I pictured).

 

^with those specs a roll is required tho

 

Honda intended for the fenders to be rolled...so it's oem. They just wanted to include you in the process and let you figure out having it done yourself.

 

lol no roll, need stock fitment.

 

You can do that too, Sam

 

Thank you sir.

Yah something did not look right to me about that car. so it was too good to be true.

Thanks for saving a trip to the dealer for me.

 

Anybody have any experience with WeatherTech lamp guards? Or any headlight film applications?

Headlamp Headlight Protection, LampGard by WeatherTech | WeatherTech.com

My S2000's headlights are getting pretty oxidized and I want to find a more permanent solution other than waxing them or using those headlight restoration kits.

Maybe I could wetsand, clear them up, and apply the WeatherTech film?

Thoughts?

 

Clearcoat might be something to look into too Tyler

 

Talk to J.

 

some swear by film...the one time i put it on, i could tell.
my rio s has professionally cleared headlights and i thought they were new.

 

I used the 5000, 3000, then 2000 sandpaper on my GF's car. The result is pretty good and it last 3x longer than the typical restoration kit, which only really last 1 month.

But eventually they will all come back.

Thought about film but dont know if the headlight will be hot enough to melt the film.

 

Anytime

 

It won't melt...
and you went backward Oow...you start with more aggressive and end up with 2000.

 

Start 2000, work up to 5000

 

I'd do the wet sand and then film for the cost. It's pretty cost effective but make sure you get the good quality stuff with UV inhibitors in it. If you're willing to spend more, get them cleared.

Just as a FYI, the film will still yellow even with the inhibitors. Everything will yellow, the inhibitors just slow the process down.

Do they even make 5000 grit paper? That's like newborn baby bottom smooth.

 

Also, you have to be in your boxers while doing it. I heard it works better....

 

Was just quoting J quoting oow... I guess that's what I get for following the blind


Yeah 5000 is just tissue paper

 

Yah i think i did go with 2000 first .. or whatever it was. I followed the instruction

 

The kit i bought came with 2, 3 and 5000.

i will get you some 5000 sandpaper and you can try to wipe your ass with it

 

You can't stop the yellow invasion.

 

Just got back from getting groceries ... Did one of those double-take look backs and had to snap a picture.

I love this car.