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I was in Richmond VA the other week on business and saw this car on a lot so I stopped to take a quick look. I did nothing more than a walk-around. I didn't even open the doors, much less try to start or drive it.
It's for sale at a consignment-only dealer. Current asking price is $25000. Stated mileage is 161,572.
Here are some of the pics I took walking around and my opinions.
This is the first thing I saw walking up to the car. The gap between the trunk lid and the rear tail light assembly shouldn't be that big or uneven. It should be roughly an even 1/4" all the way across.
Looking from the side the tail light assembly appears bowed out abnormally in the middle in relation to the trunk lid.
Aftermarket DC exhaust installed. I understand it also has an aftermarket cone-style air intake but I did not open the engine compartment. I did not crawl under to see if it had aftermarket headers. Rear valance doesn't line up with the rear bumper cover.
Taking a closer look at that taillight assembly situation I saw the lights were kind of popped out. It looks like someone tried to seal with with clear silicone or something, but that doesn't seem to have been very effective.
I took this not to show the scratches around the door handle on the drivers side, but the completely jacked up window trim (forward of the "NSX" logo). I have no idea why that gap exists between the rubber pieces. Obviously the piece below it that is all misaligned as well. The rubber sticking out crookedly under the door handle area isn't right either.
This isn't the best shot, but it's the reverse angle from above.. Shot with the camera beside the drivers window looking backward toward the B pillar and door handle area. You can see there is a gap between the glass and molding both to the back and bottom. The windows were all the way up as you can see in other photos.
The top of the drivers side window. Again, that strip of trim along the edge of the roof shouldn't have that gap above the rear corner of the window. The two pieces aren't fitting together correctly.
Paint on the wiper blades is pretty shot. I'd guess the car sat outside a lot. Inspection sticker from last month.
A couple pretty good gouges in the paint above the wheel well there. Some others on the hood and quarter panel didn't show up too well in this pic. Notice the nose/front bumper cover and right front quarter panel do not line up correctly either.
Front lower spoiler is a bit scraped up and pulled a little loose but really that's pretty normal on cars that are driven a lot. You can see the actual painted lower nose has been scraped as well, mostly on the left center (to the right of the license plate). A couple pretty good paint chips as well, but again that's probably to be expected on a 160k mile car.
You can see the front bumper cover and quarter panel misalignment from another angle here. The headlight gap is wrong - off center, as well as misaligned with the nose especially when you compare the gap between the front edge of the headlight cover and the nose on the left and right headlights. The hood is not flush with the nose evenly across the front either.
At first I was just looking at the gap at the top corner of the windshield between the glass and the molding strip that runs horizontally across the top and thinking that was unusual. Then I realized the whole molding strip is unusual. The factory molding is very low profile, this one is very thick. I am still unsure what is causing that gap in the corner. You can also get another angle on the way the rubber weather seal around the door handle trim is separated from the window glass.
The trim finish is bubbling up as is fairly typical of older NSXs that have sat outside a lot.
Leather peeling off shift knob. I wish I got a better shot of the seats, but they looked like they were just re-covered... They looked quite nice from what I could see!
Another question mark. How does the rubber around the window get torn like that? Misaligned window pinching it against the door frame? I have no idea.
The wheel well trim is sagging/misaligned here. I didn't crawl around in the mulch to try and see if it was just missing fasteners or if it's something more serious.
Unusual wear in the paint along the edge of the trunk lid/rear spoiler.
That's the main stuff. A few more pics I didn't comment on are in the gallery I attached to the VIN page for the vehicle here: http://www.nsxprime.com/jh4na1154rt000256/
Anyone interested in the car would do well to have a good body shop look it over, as it appears to have a number of issues with alignment of various body and trim panels.
It doesn't show up well here but the wheel is pretty well curbed. I couldn't easily see the ones on the other side.
I saw some recent paperwork from a repair shop in McLean VA (about 90 min north of Richmond) but I couldn't tell what was just a quote vs. what work was actually performed. Things referenced included: horn button, headlight and taillight bulbs, rear tires (though the rears on the car looked worn..?), oil and filter, rear trunk struts weak, r134a refrigerant and 15A fuse, a/c removal and re-installation, misfire between 700-1200 rpm when cold or warm which it says was traced to an ignition coil shorted by water, cracked vacuum hose, leaking valve cover gaskets and cam plug seals, floor mats, cup holder, and a couple misc. fasteners/stoppers. Again it's not entirely clear to me what was a quote and what was actually done.
Here is a link to the carfax report which shows one accident in 2012:
Hope this info is helpful to somebody!
It's for sale at a consignment-only dealer. Current asking price is $25000. Stated mileage is 161,572.
Here are some of the pics I took walking around and my opinions.
This is the first thing I saw walking up to the car. The gap between the trunk lid and the rear tail light assembly shouldn't be that big or uneven. It should be roughly an even 1/4" all the way across.
Looking from the side the tail light assembly appears bowed out abnormally in the middle in relation to the trunk lid.
Aftermarket DC exhaust installed. I understand it also has an aftermarket cone-style air intake but I did not open the engine compartment. I did not crawl under to see if it had aftermarket headers. Rear valance doesn't line up with the rear bumper cover.
Taking a closer look at that taillight assembly situation I saw the lights were kind of popped out. It looks like someone tried to seal with with clear silicone or something, but that doesn't seem to have been very effective.
I took this not to show the scratches around the door handle on the drivers side, but the completely jacked up window trim (forward of the "NSX" logo). I have no idea why that gap exists between the rubber pieces. Obviously the piece below it that is all misaligned as well. The rubber sticking out crookedly under the door handle area isn't right either.
This isn't the best shot, but it's the reverse angle from above.. Shot with the camera beside the drivers window looking backward toward the B pillar and door handle area. You can see there is a gap between the glass and molding both to the back and bottom. The windows were all the way up as you can see in other photos.
The top of the drivers side window. Again, that strip of trim along the edge of the roof shouldn't have that gap above the rear corner of the window. The two pieces aren't fitting together correctly.
Paint on the wiper blades is pretty shot. I'd guess the car sat outside a lot. Inspection sticker from last month.
A couple pretty good gouges in the paint above the wheel well there. Some others on the hood and quarter panel didn't show up too well in this pic. Notice the nose/front bumper cover and right front quarter panel do not line up correctly either.
Front lower spoiler is a bit scraped up and pulled a little loose but really that's pretty normal on cars that are driven a lot. You can see the actual painted lower nose has been scraped as well, mostly on the left center (to the right of the license plate). A couple pretty good paint chips as well, but again that's probably to be expected on a 160k mile car.
You can see the front bumper cover and quarter panel misalignment from another angle here. The headlight gap is wrong - off center, as well as misaligned with the nose especially when you compare the gap between the front edge of the headlight cover and the nose on the left and right headlights. The hood is not flush with the nose evenly across the front either.
At first I was just looking at the gap at the top corner of the windshield between the glass and the molding strip that runs horizontally across the top and thinking that was unusual. Then I realized the whole molding strip is unusual. The factory molding is very low profile, this one is very thick. I am still unsure what is causing that gap in the corner. You can also get another angle on the way the rubber weather seal around the door handle trim is separated from the window glass.
The trim finish is bubbling up as is fairly typical of older NSXs that have sat outside a lot.
Leather peeling off shift knob. I wish I got a better shot of the seats, but they looked like they were just re-covered... They looked quite nice from what I could see!
Another question mark. How does the rubber around the window get torn like that? Misaligned window pinching it against the door frame? I have no idea.
The wheel well trim is sagging/misaligned here. I didn't crawl around in the mulch to try and see if it was just missing fasteners or if it's something more serious.
Unusual wear in the paint along the edge of the trunk lid/rear spoiler.
That's the main stuff. A few more pics I didn't comment on are in the gallery I attached to the VIN page for the vehicle here: http://www.nsxprime.com/jh4na1154rt000256/
Anyone interested in the car would do well to have a good body shop look it over, as it appears to have a number of issues with alignment of various body and trim panels.
It doesn't show up well here but the wheel is pretty well curbed. I couldn't easily see the ones on the other side.
I saw some recent paperwork from a repair shop in McLean VA (about 90 min north of Richmond) but I couldn't tell what was just a quote vs. what work was actually performed. Things referenced included: horn button, headlight and taillight bulbs, rear tires (though the rears on the car looked worn..?), oil and filter, rear trunk struts weak, r134a refrigerant and 15A fuse, a/c removal and re-installation, misfire between 700-1200 rpm when cold or warm which it says was traced to an ignition coil shorted by water, cracked vacuum hose, leaking valve cover gaskets and cam plug seals, floor mats, cup holder, and a couple misc. fasteners/stoppers. Again it's not entirely clear to me what was a quote and what was actually done.
Here is a link to the carfax report which shows one accident in 2012:
Hope this info is helpful to somebody!
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