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I would like to start off by saying that when I initially purchased this car, I only planed to do minor modification such as after market wheels,exhaust,suspension, paint refresh and suspension; Well we know how that goes, after performing a few of the above mentioned and looking at so many modified NSX's here on Prime I became certain that I wanted to modify my car in to what I had re imagined to be the the ideal NSX, I also discovered that the pop up headlights that I like to think of As the scalpel version vs butter knife version (02 front) had IMO a Cinderella effect as I found my self avoiding late driving in order to not use the lights/up position which I soon discovered that even though I preferred the slick look of the pop ups while in their down position I also learned how much I disliked them in the up position (I call this the Cinderella effect) so my new goals to create what I envisioned as the ideal NSX (what I referred to as my project NSX type X ) :
- OEM front end (to avoid the Cinderella effect and modernize the look)
-body/exterior enhancements to achieve a little more aggressive look & wheel fitment, while attempting to maintain OEM lines as much as possible; while searching for the right exterior enhancements I searched the current available options, and while liking a few, I reached the conclusion that I would have to get custom body work to extend the front fenders 25mm each and rear quarter panels 30mm, I wanted to avoid fiberglass and maintain it's original aluminum construction while achieving this look, I also could never find an available option for a rear spoiler that meet the look I was after, I replaced the OEM wing with a Procar NSX-R replica and immediately felt the need to revert as I thought the OEM wing flowed best (IMO) but felt that it needed a kick, so I had my OEM wing custom modified to my specifications, which of course is also my re imagined OEM with influences from current designs, which I call version X (a hybrid OEM/TK/Do-luck). As a big fan of CF I purchased the following items for my build Procar NSX-R hood (replica),mirrors, trunk deck spoiler, NSX-R wing (removed) and DF Side scoops/vents;as for side skirts I chose WW as I think they complement the body lines really well and the fact that they are made of polyurethane made this a no brained choice for me yet to complement the planed body modifications I added custom CF winged side strakes, JP lip (I just refuse to use any thing constructed from fiberglass at least if avoidable when it comes to exterior body) as for the rear I had a CF 02 replica installed and partially painted to my specifications, now for the color selection I felt that the car needed some what of an aggressive/exotic paint scheme to compliment the body enhancement so I decided on a Satin Titanium Metallic while keeping the roof black, also in order to keep a clean look the following were shaved off and filled with welded in aluminum:antenna & side markers and windshield spray nozzles on hood.
-Engine compartment: I selected a CTSC due to it being a CA car (carb certified) and its well documented benefits (this is waiting to be installed), Pride headers & test pipes with a custom quad tip titanium exhaust.
At this time a few more minor external additions are awaiting to be installed as well as an interior update is currently in the works, wheels and stereo upgrade; for now here are a few pictures of the before in between and after:
(Not such great great iPhone pics)
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- OEM front end (to avoid the Cinderella effect and modernize the look)
-body/exterior enhancements to achieve a little more aggressive look & wheel fitment, while attempting to maintain OEM lines as much as possible; while searching for the right exterior enhancements I searched the current available options, and while liking a few, I reached the conclusion that I would have to get custom body work to extend the front fenders 25mm each and rear quarter panels 30mm, I wanted to avoid fiberglass and maintain it's original aluminum construction while achieving this look, I also could never find an available option for a rear spoiler that meet the look I was after, I replaced the OEM wing with a Procar NSX-R replica and immediately felt the need to revert as I thought the OEM wing flowed best (IMO) but felt that it needed a kick, so I had my OEM wing custom modified to my specifications, which of course is also my re imagined OEM with influences from current designs, which I call version X (a hybrid OEM/TK/Do-luck). As a big fan of CF I purchased the following items for my build Procar NSX-R hood (replica),mirrors, trunk deck spoiler, NSX-R wing (removed) and DF Side scoops/vents;as for side skirts I chose WW as I think they complement the body lines really well and the fact that they are made of polyurethane made this a no brained choice for me yet to complement the planed body modifications I added custom CF winged side strakes, JP lip (I just refuse to use any thing constructed from fiberglass at least if avoidable when it comes to exterior body) as for the rear I had a CF 02 replica installed and partially painted to my specifications, now for the color selection I felt that the car needed some what of an aggressive/exotic paint scheme to compliment the body enhancement so I decided on a Satin Titanium Metallic while keeping the roof black, also in order to keep a clean look the following were shaved off and filled with welded in aluminum:antenna & side markers and windshield spray nozzles on hood.
-Engine compartment: I selected a CTSC due to it being a CA car (carb certified) and its well documented benefits (this is waiting to be installed), Pride headers & test pipes with a custom quad tip titanium exhaust.
At this time a few more minor external additions are awaiting to be installed as well as an interior update is currently in the works, wheels and stereo upgrade; for now here are a few pictures of the before in between and after:
(Not such great great iPhone pics)
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