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Greetings from New Zealand!
Just fulfilled my childhood dream (via Gran Turismo 1) to drive one of these in real life. And now it's permanent!
I went through the process of importing this beauty from Japan via an export company and after 2 months I finally have it.
She's a stock 1991 original manual circa 29k kms and I couldn't be more thrilled. The only thing not-stock I've noted are the Rays Volk SE37k wheels, which are stunning, but I've decided to find some OEM wheels with the Honda H on them. Very stoked that for this import they also shared all the service manuals, maintenance logs (all in Japanese so I've got to hunt for the cambelt change) and the security keyfob accessory also (doesn't seem to work despite checking the accessory manual).
Have already connected with my local New Zealand NSX Club and they've been super helpful, I've already gone a couple of light (50km) cruises and tried to listen out for anything that may need doing. The lack of power steering is always a wake up call and so engaging. Love driver engagement, coming from a Mazda Rx8 previously and currently a ND2 MX5.
Don't know what I'll name her yet, but she's an Absolute head turner - even though she still needs a wash/cut/polish.
Current plans are to:
Just fulfilled my childhood dream (via Gran Turismo 1) to drive one of these in real life. And now it's permanent!
I went through the process of importing this beauty from Japan via an export company and after 2 months I finally have it.
She's a stock 1991 original manual circa 29k kms and I couldn't be more thrilled. The only thing not-stock I've noted are the Rays Volk SE37k wheels, which are stunning, but I've decided to find some OEM wheels with the Honda H on them. Very stoked that for this import they also shared all the service manuals, maintenance logs (all in Japanese so I've got to hunt for the cambelt change) and the security keyfob accessory also (doesn't seem to work despite checking the accessory manual).
Have already connected with my local New Zealand NSX Club and they've been super helpful, I've already gone a couple of light (50km) cruises and tried to listen out for anything that may need doing. The lack of power steering is always a wake up call and so engaging. Love driver engagement, coming from a Mazda Rx8 previously and currently a ND2 MX5.
Don't know what I'll name her yet, but she's an Absolute head turner - even though she still needs a wash/cut/polish.
Current plans are to:
- Get a full service
- Investigate cambelt history & assess a changeout + water pump etc. Changing other hoses etc based on aged rubber etc
- Replace some other things while the guts are out (mounts? bushings etc). Unclear which yet.
- Revert to OEM wheels & switch to either Bridgestone or Michelins
- Source a bunch of parts and change out things like the Main Relay, all the small fuses & solenoids.
- Get a cut & polish, possibly PPF and ceramic coating.
