The 95/96 might be the least desired, but i love mine LOL and i wrapped it myself!
Hey everyone!
Wasn't sure if I wanted to make a "build" thread or an "intro" thread, but ended up choosing the former just to help keep track of the car and if I ever sell it in the future (highly doubt it, but never know) then this would help add some history on the car too.
I've always loved the NSX when i first saw it revealed in 1990. I even bought a poster of a red one (separate thread in the Memorabilia subforum) and told my mom i would one day own this car. Took 27 yrs of learning how life can be a b*tch and not always fair, but dammit im here now making a thread about owning mine!! Brief car history for me is, 4 hondas, 2 bmw's, 2 toyotas, 1 audi, 1 infiniti. Grew up with what i consider the "glory days" of import racing back in the late 80s until the early 00s. I love all things automotive and am blessed to be working in the auto industry. I am also definitely an old school Honda guy at heart.
Bought my 95 NSX-T 5-speed Berlina Black with camel interior (JH4NA1186ST000713) earlier this year at the beginning of March. Searching on prime, looks like the car started off in the east coast and the 2nd owner was a prime member. 1st owner (according to the 2nd owners posts) was an older man who drove the car an average amount and not really a garage queen. Not sure who the 3rd owner was, but it ended up here in SoCal where the 4th owner purchased and owned it for about 4yrs i think? I don't think he was an active prime member, but was on here and how i found the car. Maintenance records only go back to when he (4th owner) had it but luckily it was maintained by Ramon at Niguel Motors the whole time who knew this car inside out. The car was almost bone stock when I got it... only mods were Racing Brake front bbk (calipers and 2pc rotors), ARK DTX exhaust, CC headers and an unknown HID low-beam kit.
Here's the car parked outside of the bank on the day i got the keys and title:
i loved the oem wheels, but the finish was pretty messed up with curb rash on the lips and faces on 2 of the wheels. Found a good deal on a set of og advan rg with tires from another prime member C30VTEC. I wanted to wait until i lowered the car before putting the wheels on, but i threw it on to see how the fitment looked and then just didnt bother removing it lol.
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well, the 4x4 look was way too funky so i got the car lowered, replaced the disintegrating original front lip with the later version of the NA1 oem lip and swapped out the power antenna with a short fixed antenna like the s2k. the original power antenna worked perfectly fine but i knew it was a matter of time before it eventually would start getting stuck so i just took it out and am storing it.
Next up was the oem steering wheel that had to go. it was actually in decent condition considering its age, but i just didnt like the way it looked exactly like my old 95 accord steering wheel haha. Got a smoking deal on a new Mugen3 wheel from a friend in Japan who shipped it over for me, and then bought a worksbell short hub and quick release for it. Got a free shiftknob from another friend and i liked the way it looked and the height, but was too small in diameter so eventually swapped it out for an oem euro accord r shift knob (a few weeks ago).
then 5 weeks ago, i decided to wrap the car........ by myself. oh man that was a WAY bigger project than i expected. i completely overestimated my skills having done only simple roof wraps and small interior pieces lol. However, thru the process i got to meet a few great people and support system that helped encourage me on and eventually finish after 53 grueling hours hahaha. The oem paint was "ok" but the front bumper had been resprayed for sure once by the 2nd owner and im guessing possibly one more time again later. Plus the original hood had a dent/scrape in it so i bought a replacement one but the black was a slightly different shade probably cuz it was 4yrs older than mine
so my car had 3 different very slight shades of berlina black... unacceptable. so instead of shelling out the money right now for a respray (eventually will do champ white), i decided to wrap. this was my first time ever wrapping a full car and damn. if i can give one advice, DONT DO IT ALONE. hahaha. i questioned owning the car a couple times and even wondered if this is what my life has become sitting and dripping sweat in a garage trying to change the car color with f***in vinyl. LOL. definitely a humbling experience and im more proud that i did it by myself than i am of the results itself! haha.
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The final 53rd hour was this past Saturday at 10pm. Added a Pride CF NSXR wing and the car was ready for the Nisei week parade the next day. Nisei week is a 1 week festival in Little Tokyo (LA) with the parade including several of the showcars that will be in the Nisei Showoff event (this upcoming Saturday).
I must say... Prime has been an AWESOME resource and the community is hands-down the BEST car community I've ever come across. Also, being fairly close by to Ramon who has immensely helped make this car run strong and healthy again, was a blessing for both me and the car! He's helped replace a few gaskets, all sparkplugs and coilpacks, realign front hood, swap both rear axles/driveshafts, install suspension, and basically check out the whole car with and for me.
Anyway, enough talking for now and here are some pics of the car as it finally sits after 6 months of restoring/modding:
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Hey everyone!
Wasn't sure if I wanted to make a "build" thread or an "intro" thread, but ended up choosing the former just to help keep track of the car and if I ever sell it in the future (highly doubt it, but never know) then this would help add some history on the car too.
I've always loved the NSX when i first saw it revealed in 1990. I even bought a poster of a red one (separate thread in the Memorabilia subforum) and told my mom i would one day own this car. Took 27 yrs of learning how life can be a b*tch and not always fair, but dammit im here now making a thread about owning mine!! Brief car history for me is, 4 hondas, 2 bmw's, 2 toyotas, 1 audi, 1 infiniti. Grew up with what i consider the "glory days" of import racing back in the late 80s until the early 00s. I love all things automotive and am blessed to be working in the auto industry. I am also definitely an old school Honda guy at heart.
Bought my 95 NSX-T 5-speed Berlina Black with camel interior (JH4NA1186ST000713) earlier this year at the beginning of March. Searching on prime, looks like the car started off in the east coast and the 2nd owner was a prime member. 1st owner (according to the 2nd owners posts) was an older man who drove the car an average amount and not really a garage queen. Not sure who the 3rd owner was, but it ended up here in SoCal where the 4th owner purchased and owned it for about 4yrs i think? I don't think he was an active prime member, but was on here and how i found the car. Maintenance records only go back to when he (4th owner) had it but luckily it was maintained by Ramon at Niguel Motors the whole time who knew this car inside out. The car was almost bone stock when I got it... only mods were Racing Brake front bbk (calipers and 2pc rotors), ARK DTX exhaust, CC headers and an unknown HID low-beam kit.
Here's the car parked outside of the bank on the day i got the keys and title:
i loved the oem wheels, but the finish was pretty messed up with curb rash on the lips and faces on 2 of the wheels. Found a good deal on a set of og advan rg with tires from another prime member C30VTEC. I wanted to wait until i lowered the car before putting the wheels on, but i threw it on to see how the fitment looked and then just didnt bother removing it lol.
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well, the 4x4 look was way too funky so i got the car lowered, replaced the disintegrating original front lip with the later version of the NA1 oem lip and swapped out the power antenna with a short fixed antenna like the s2k. the original power antenna worked perfectly fine but i knew it was a matter of time before it eventually would start getting stuck so i just took it out and am storing it.
Next up was the oem steering wheel that had to go. it was actually in decent condition considering its age, but i just didnt like the way it looked exactly like my old 95 accord steering wheel haha. Got a smoking deal on a new Mugen3 wheel from a friend in Japan who shipped it over for me, and then bought a worksbell short hub and quick release for it. Got a free shiftknob from another friend and i liked the way it looked and the height, but was too small in diameter so eventually swapped it out for an oem euro accord r shift knob (a few weeks ago).
then 5 weeks ago, i decided to wrap the car........ by myself. oh man that was a WAY bigger project than i expected. i completely overestimated my skills having done only simple roof wraps and small interior pieces lol. However, thru the process i got to meet a few great people and support system that helped encourage me on and eventually finish after 53 grueling hours hahaha. The oem paint was "ok" but the front bumper had been resprayed for sure once by the 2nd owner and im guessing possibly one more time again later. Plus the original hood had a dent/scrape in it so i bought a replacement one but the black was a slightly different shade probably cuz it was 4yrs older than mine
so my car had 3 different very slight shades of berlina black... unacceptable. so instead of shelling out the money right now for a respray (eventually will do champ white), i decided to wrap. this was my first time ever wrapping a full car and damn. if i can give one advice, DONT DO IT ALONE. hahaha. i questioned owning the car a couple times and even wondered if this is what my life has become sitting and dripping sweat in a garage trying to change the car color with f***in vinyl. LOL. definitely a humbling experience and im more proud that i did it by myself than i am of the results itself! haha.View attachment 147071
View attachment 147074View attachment 147075The final 53rd hour was this past Saturday at 10pm. Added a Pride CF NSXR wing and the car was ready for the Nisei week parade the next day. Nisei week is a 1 week festival in Little Tokyo (LA) with the parade including several of the showcars that will be in the Nisei Showoff event (this upcoming Saturday).
I must say... Prime has been an AWESOME resource and the community is hands-down the BEST car community I've ever come across. Also, being fairly close by to Ramon who has immensely helped make this car run strong and healthy again, was a blessing for both me and the car! He's helped replace a few gaskets, all sparkplugs and coilpacks, realign front hood, swap both rear axles/driveshafts, install suspension, and basically check out the whole car with and for me.
Anyway, enough talking for now and here are some pics of the car as it finally sits after 6 months of restoring/modding:
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