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http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/151472-New-owner-Mini-fix-it-build-thread
My previous NSX has been sold. Though I planned to take my time with shopping and buying another one, I came across a deal I could not pass up and picked up a ’95 Targa literally 3 weeks after selling my previous one. I took a gamble and purchased it sight unseen.
Working on and owning an NSX since 2011 has been quite the journey. This build thread will document everything I do to the “mark II” which aims to be greater than my previous build in every way.
Goals for this build have not been set in stone, but it will be OEM clean, innovative, balanced, light and fast.
So lets get into it. (keep in mind, I meant to start this thread back in September ’13, so the first post will be overwhelmed with info and photos compiled from the past 6 months… my apologies).
Delivery Day:
As soon as the car got off the truck, I knew I had my work cut out for me. The car is what I call a 50 footer. It looks good from 50 feet away, but me with my obsessive compulsive nature, I began picking the car apart in my mind… making a list of things that bothered me about it.
First things first. . . get it sitting right. I purchased some BC coilovers with Swift springs to get the car sitting where I wanted.
I dialed in the suspension and rode around on the Enkei’s for a while.
I then found a set of one of my all time favorite wheels. The Desmond Regamaster Promoda in NSX specific double staggered fitment.
they were beat up, and needed to be refinished. I opted to go a different route and decided to refinish them as the Regamaster EVO model. I sent them out to powdercoating and bought the EVO decal set from Memory Fab:
Mounted up:
REALLY love this wheel/tire and suspension setup.
Next order of business was my interior. The center panel audio/Hvac surround had seen better days. It was previously attempted to have been refreshed. . .but it was poorly done. I stripped the console and vent surround down to bare plastic and had it repainted a color that closely resembles the factory finish.
Refinished in a semi gloss single stage using automotive paint:
and the finished product (while the parts were being painted, my boy Tae hooked up my interior with red stitching):
Something HAD to be done about my exterior. Sadly, the car isn’t by any means a super clean car. I knew this going into the purchase, and just took a gamble on it. I wanted a car that didn’t really have the big resale value behind it, that way I could do what I wanted with it without feeling guilty of modding it and “killing the value”. The car had previous paint work done to it, and by anybody else’s standards, it looked good. I began picking it apart and pointing out the flaws in the hood, quarter panels, fenders, trunk. . .shit, everything had paint bleed on it. Some panels didn’t match the others. I knew there was only one way to bring this car to my standards. I bought some new body parts (02+ rear valence and DF 02+ replica sideskirts). Test fitted these parts and broke it down to rebuild it from the ground up:
The car was going in for paint. Fresh respray in Formula red so all the issues I had with the paint are fixed.
Man, did it pay off:
The painter giving his seal of approval
The car is currently sitting the way it is in the last photo. It will be ready for pick up this coming week and I will begin reassembling everything. As always...stay tuned.
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My previous NSX has been sold. Though I planned to take my time with shopping and buying another one, I came across a deal I could not pass up and picked up a ’95 Targa literally 3 weeks after selling my previous one. I took a gamble and purchased it sight unseen.
Working on and owning an NSX since 2011 has been quite the journey. This build thread will document everything I do to the “mark II” which aims to be greater than my previous build in every way.
Goals for this build have not been set in stone, but it will be OEM clean, innovative, balanced, light and fast.
So lets get into it. (keep in mind, I meant to start this thread back in September ’13, so the first post will be overwhelmed with info and photos compiled from the past 6 months… my apologies).
Delivery Day:
As soon as the car got off the truck, I knew I had my work cut out for me. The car is what I call a 50 footer. It looks good from 50 feet away, but me with my obsessive compulsive nature, I began picking the car apart in my mind… making a list of things that bothered me about it.
First things first. . . get it sitting right. I purchased some BC coilovers with Swift springs to get the car sitting where I wanted.
I dialed in the suspension and rode around on the Enkei’s for a while.
I then found a set of one of my all time favorite wheels. The Desmond Regamaster Promoda in NSX specific double staggered fitment.
they were beat up, and needed to be refinished. I opted to go a different route and decided to refinish them as the Regamaster EVO model. I sent them out to powdercoating and bought the EVO decal set from Memory Fab:
Mounted up:
REALLY love this wheel/tire and suspension setup.
Next order of business was my interior. The center panel audio/Hvac surround had seen better days. It was previously attempted to have been refreshed. . .but it was poorly done. I stripped the console and vent surround down to bare plastic and had it repainted a color that closely resembles the factory finish.
Refinished in a semi gloss single stage using automotive paint:
and the finished product (while the parts were being painted, my boy Tae hooked up my interior with red stitching):
Something HAD to be done about my exterior. Sadly, the car isn’t by any means a super clean car. I knew this going into the purchase, and just took a gamble on it. I wanted a car that didn’t really have the big resale value behind it, that way I could do what I wanted with it without feeling guilty of modding it and “killing the value”. The car had previous paint work done to it, and by anybody else’s standards, it looked good. I began picking it apart and pointing out the flaws in the hood, quarter panels, fenders, trunk. . .shit, everything had paint bleed on it. Some panels didn’t match the others. I knew there was only one way to bring this car to my standards. I bought some new body parts (02+ rear valence and DF 02+ replica sideskirts). Test fitted these parts and broke it down to rebuild it from the ground up:
The car was going in for paint. Fresh respray in Formula red so all the issues I had with the paint are fixed.
Man, did it pay off:
The painter giving his seal of approval
The car is currently sitting the way it is in the last photo. It will be ready for pick up this coming week and I will begin reassembling everything. As always...stay tuned.
