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Old 05-07-2012, 05:37 PM
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Love the suspension choice!
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Old 05-10-2012, 12:21 AM
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Nice!
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bbs for ftw! good looking car.
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Old 05-11-2012, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by chikia12187
bbs for ftw! good looking car.
Thanks! LMs tend to work very nicely with the S

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Love the suspension choice!
Can't cheap out on the S
Old 05-11-2012, 11:43 PM
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Holy hell those tires are massive.
Old 05-11-2012, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Holy hell those tires are massive.
do it on your tofu delivery car too!

17x9!
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Old 05-12-2012, 12:14 AM
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mount em!!!
Old 05-12-2012, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jwr0ng626
mount em!!!
as you wish

also put on my Cusco front sway bar to keep it balanced without having staggered tire sizes

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Old 05-13-2012, 07:23 AM
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Old 05-13-2012, 09:13 AM
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New shoes look great Tommy.

How does the new sway bar feel?
Old 05-13-2012, 03:13 PM
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With the bar and the sticky tires, this thing handles like you wouldn't believe.

I'll have to let you feel the difference next time you're around, Mark.
Old 05-13-2012, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
De-smurf?

The '06 has a black dash and black door panels

It looks MUCH better (IMO) than the previous years.
didn't catch that. it does look good
Old 05-16-2012, 03:25 PM
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Tommy...RS3 FTW now that they are actually in at tirerack. I waited 2.5 months on my 225 fronts, had a set of 255 rears waiting.

You will love the grip, esp with a stiffer front bar ( I have a Saner)
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Saner bar is nice. I couldn't find one or a Gendron bar, so I bought the thickest commercially available one. The Cusco is 1.25" solid, where others like the Eibach one, are the same diameter but hollow. Feels good so far but I haven't pushed it too hard and I am going to run less toe in the rear and more front camber, so that'll change the balance a bit.
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http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2012/5/2...S2000-7708855/

A little S2000 history. I enjoyed this brief treatise on the life of the S2000 immensely. Hopefully, you will too.
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:24 PM
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I'm deciding on an exhaust. HKS Hi-Power Dual.... Anyone have any experiences with it in the s2000? I've watched lotsss of videos on it. I'd like to hear it in person but so far no one local has one/replied to me.

There's someone selling it locally but he already took it off...
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How's everyone doing in terms of MPG ?

Three tanks so far. Two around 28 and one at 23
Old 05-23-2012, 09:58 PM
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I averaged 26mpg over 15,000 miles of ownership.
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25-26 mpg in mixed city-freeway driving. Lowest to date is 23 mpg. Highest was on my single road trip to the Dragon, 30 mpg, got almost 300 miles to a tank.
Old 05-24-2012, 05:45 PM
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I get 22, almost all city
Old 06-13-2012, 01:14 PM
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Driving to Boise tomorrow, over 550 miles for me. We'll see how the S2000 stacks up after a long trip
Old 06-13-2012, 01:57 PM
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So much win in this thread! I'll add to it with my friends AP1 on SBC RPF-1s.




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Old 06-20-2012, 08:18 AM
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Well I did a grand total of 1400 miles this past 6 days. The S2K fits me, just barely in almost every dimension. Once I fiddled with the seat 'just right' I was able to drive a few hours in between stretches.

I took the car north of Boise which has some excellent twisty roads for pushing the car a bit. I also had a chance to do the same run the next day with my uncle in his '07 Miata for comparison.
Old 06-20-2012, 09:31 PM
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I'm 6'3 and feel the same way. I'm gonna get the backyard special seat rail to lower it a bit and keep my quads off the steering wheel. I think an extra inch or so of room will really help
Old 06-27-2012, 01:32 PM
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my latest mod includes some asshole stealing my ap2 exhaust tips...
Old 06-27-2012, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TommySalami
Are those the 17x8 +40 Team Dynamics? I have a set of those for my AutoX tires. On my AP2.
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Here's my Album for my S2k since I've owned it. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...3&l=300cf89168

and here's a little video teaser I did for a little project I'm working on:
http://youtu.be/39TGJOdE56Q?hd=1

Let me know what you guys think :-D
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Originally Posted by mr5parkle
my latest mod includes some asshole stealing my ap2 exhaust tips...
Old 06-27-2012, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by H22A_CD5
Are those the 17x8 +40 Team Dynamics? I have a set of those for my AutoX tires. On my AP2.
17x9 TR Motorsports C3 wheels, for my autocross tires

Here's my fastest run from this past weekend

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Now that's using an S2000 as it was intended to be used. Hats off to you!
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Originally Posted by neuronbob
Now that's using an S2000 as it was intended to be used. Hats off to you!


I need to do that. Time to buy a helmet.
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^^^^
Yup, I've got a helmet (used when drag racing the V). I just need time and for my wife to be not afraid I'm going to die from an autocross course.
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Just looked at the value of my 2002 S2000 with only 24k miles on KBB for giggles. Private sale value is now $19k! That's a little more than I paid for my car four years ago.

I know KBB values are inflated and I know it's the middle of convertible season, but this almost, ALMOST, makes me tempted to sell. Of course I really won't. Just sharing that prices for S2000s are appreciating more than they have in the past, and faster than I thought they would after the discontinuance of the model.
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^ Which sucks for us on the outside looking in. Getting a clean, well maintained S2k will run into the $20s from what I saw
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Paid just over $22,000 for my '06 with 33,000 miles. I lucked out!!
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Originally Posted by neuronbob
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Yup, I've got a helmet (used when drag racing the V). I just need time and for my wife to be not afraid I'm going to die from an autocross course.
I brought my mom along for a run and had her pretty scared

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFbip...ature=youtu.be
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^^^^^^^
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My wife would be worse, though, she'd be clawing her way through the passenger door with the car moving. That is, if she made it out the door with me. She'd rather stay home. Wuss!


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