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Honda S2000 AP1/AP2 1999-2009 — Coilovers

The AP1 S2000’s appetite for rotation is the first thing any owner learns: lift mid-corner in an early car and the tail comes round with a speed that flattered nobody. Honda softened that geometry for the AP2, but the underlying character – a short-wheelbase rear-drive roadster carrying an F20C that only really wakes up past 6000rpm – is there in every 1999-2009 car. A coilover kit is how you take charge of that balance rather than riding it.

XYZ Racing build this Honda S2000 AP1/AP2 coilover range around exactly that problem. Nine specifications span fast road to circuit to rally and drift, so the kit you fit is matched to how you actually use the car, not a single compromise bolted under every chassis.

What this coilover range does for your 1999-2009 Honda S2000 AP1/AP2

Ride-height adjustment lets you sit the S2000 properly on its double-wishbone geometry and set corner weights across a platform that already runs close to 50:50, which is where the chassis rewards you with cleaner turn-in and a more progressive break-away. Independent damping control is the real prize on this car: it gives you the means to calm the AP1’s snappy lift-off behaviour, or add bite to an AP2 that the factory deliberately took the edge off. Firmer, better-controlled rates keep the nose from diving under hard braking into a hairpin, so the front tyres stay loaded when you lean on them. The result is a roadster you can trust on a trailing throttle instead of one you have to nurse.

About the XYZ Racing coilover range

This is a full coilover conversion, not a lowering spring, so each corner runs an adjustable damper on a threaded body for independent ride-height setting. The nine specifications each target a different job: Super Sport and Street Advanced for fast road, Top Sport and Circuit Master for track days and circuit work, Racing Spec for the committed end of that, Drift Spec for a car set up to slide, and Tarmac Rally, Gravel Rally and Pro Rally for stage use on their respective surfaces. Damping adjustment runs through the kit so you can tune to suit your spring choice and tyre. Because the S2000 reacts so sharply to suspension changes, having that breadth of spec for one chassis matters more here than on a softer car.

Fitment for the Honda S2000 AP1/AP2 (1999-2009)

This kit is built for the AP1 and AP2 S2000, chassis code HN47, covering the full 1999 to 2009 production run. Both generations share the core double-wishbone layout the kit is designed around, so the conversion suits early 2.0 cars and later revised-geometry examples alike. Confirm your build year in the configurator before ordering.