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- 18 March 2014
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Took this baby in from the mean streets of Toronto from Jvu3 a month or two ago. Not having another ride, it was his daily driver, and it shows! I guess to say brutally neglected, would be a slight exaggeration, but it definitely wasn't babied,and clearly it has seen better days. Salvage rebuild title so I'm dreading the day the body splits in two on an off ramp or something. Probably the worst specimen of an NSX on the road, but me being.. well let's just say "financially impaired", I didn't have many options in my budget. They say an NSX is a poor man's Ferrari? Well this can be said to be a poor man's NSX. lol. The front wheels don't sit properly in the wheel wells (not detected at the time of purchase as I didn't have it 'properly' inspected apparently, and the seller apparently 'never noticed' the 1-1/2" shift of the wheel, so that was a nice little surprise for me. At least a control arm, and possibly some frame issues. There are plenty of other smaller issues and deferred maintenance, but alas, I couldn't bear to see this thing, caked in salt, plowing the snow all over town, in the dead of winter, so, against my better judgement, I took it in. Now comes the fun part of countless $$$ being poured into it to bring it back to a semblance of a decent ride. In fact, I'll be going ahead with an '02 conversion, so all the goodies being removed are up for sale. Rob Magro at Octane is handling the repairs, so I know its in good hands. Also looking for a decent set of 18/19's but torn on style and finish. Already have a pair of Downforce side skirts ready to mount, and a set of Pride headers is very tempting. Definitely will not have the budget to refinish the car properly in the short term, so it looks like I'll be keeping the matte vinyl for the time being and matching the '02 front end to it. It doesn't look bad, but Jvu3 did the application himself and so its apparent upon close inspection that it wasn't a professional job (the edges and deeper curvatures would seem difficult to wrap; don't know how the pros do it!). Also, its apparent to me now that a matte finish is actually MUCH more prone to blemishes as you can't just 'polish out' a nick or ding. I guess it's like putting a patch on a stucco ceiling; near impossible to match the exact texture. More good times. At least it'll be an exercise in acceptance. The words "character" and "individuality" are going to be a much more commonly used part of my vocabulary as the scratches and scuffs pile on <insert frowny="" face="">. Anywho, down the road, would LOVE to get some sort of forced induction, but the chequebook is going to be hurting pretty bad after this recent escapade, so it'll have to wait. Will definitely post pics of the transformation as it progresses; wish us luck!
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