Recent content by B. Kotcher

Oh, yeah, Augie's da man! Tell him that Bob with the red NSX sent you. I've been going there for ten years and have been super pleased.

For anyone in the south bay (or willing to drive), Foreign Affair in Santa Clara is absolutely awesome--been going there about ten years.

Someone got into my locked cherry '93, two floors down in my complex's "secure" garage, without damaging the door locks or breaking a window. They jimmied the ignition with a screwdriver and removed a panel underneath and forward of the steering column. For some reason, they didn't succeed in...

Thanks, guys. I do have a beater; that would have to be parked on the street or in one of the "open" spots outside the security gate. I did come up with an idea to use a fat 3.5" pool noodle with a microfiber loop near one end that would hang from the rear-view mirror in front and attach via a...

I'm considering a new apartment where my assigned spot would be between two others. My cherry '93 has never had a door ding because I've always parked it away from other cars or in an end spot, staggered to the side. The apartment's great but I'm worried that my car will become peppered with...

I got the Willman unit about five years ago and am superbly happy with it. Sound quality is dramatically improved over the stock unit (after you put it in the mode that accentuates the bass and treble...I forget what it's called). It's hummed along perfectly ever since.

From '93 U.S. car, left-hand drive, manual transmission. On e-Bay; buy-it-now price is $520: http://ebay.us/mNDUV0?cmpnId=5338273189

Sorry, a bit late, but I had Extreme Tint & Polish in Santa Clara do my roof a year and a half ago and am very pleased. See this thread: http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/189901-Painting-vs-wrapping

An update: I did go ahead and have my roof wrapped and I'm very pleased with it. It seems every bit as shiny as new paint! And now after a year and a half of near-daily driving, it still looks good as new. The only negative is if you're within about five feet of it you can see some very...

Update: The shop removed the boot, and now the clutch engagement is smooth as silk! All I can think is that either the boot was binding the lever arm or the mechanic did something that he's not telling me about (he did have sort of an attitude when he went out on a test drive with me--who knows...

Thanks, Bram. Wow; I never heard of "initializing" a clutch. I forwarded your link to them and will see what they say when I bring the car in on Monday. --Bob

A shop put in a new stock clutch in my '93. The new clutch worked BEAUTIFULLY. They did notice that the rubber boot (I think it covers where the clutch arm goes through the clutch housing) was missing and ordered me another one. So 3-4 weeks after the clutch replacement, the boot came in and...

Just wanted to provide a very late update to this: An auto upholstery shop suggested covering it with carpeting. I was skeptical that it would survive the heat, but they said it would be fine. So I did that, and it looked good--looked stock to anyone but an NSX aficionado. But now about eight...

I have a '93 with red body and black roof. All the red paint is still shiny and brilliant, but my roof pillars--and now, my roof--in recent years have developed splotchy worn-through clearcoat and oxidation. Places want a fortune to repaint all the black components--$3000 to $4500--but a...

141,000 '93 red/ivory. My daily driver since I bought it thirteen years ago. All original and all stock.