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QPDO's GPW NA2 Refresh Build Thread
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18x7.5+40 with 215/35R18's
19x10+38 with 275/30R19's
18x7.5+40 with 215/35R18's
19x10+38 with 275/30R19's
This pic was taken with my humble little Android whilst on a photoshoot. I'll post the good pics when they come in! I don't have a brake kit so much as I have RB 2pc rotors and painted calipers... but they look nice! Haha
Very few people like the panda look... I get ragged on all the time for the exposed carbon, but I like it. Haha.
funny but with my car most non nsx people like the bee,amongst the nsx crowd it is kinda like the mona lisa with a mustache, or simply a goof.:redface:
Not true. I like the panda and bumble bee NSXs!
...just not for myself.
you and Ed !
Well, I guess this update isn't really "build" material... but an update none the less:
- New timing belt
- New alternator belt
- New A/C belt
- New water pump
- New spark plugs
- New v-tec selonoid gasket
- New cam plugs
- New CV boots
- Valve Adjustment
- New 275/30R19's in the back
- Raised the car up another 1/2"
- Dialed back the toe-in to half of factory specs (tire life)
- Connected the DC5 steering wheel cruise control buttons
May as well toss this in here as well:
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When you went through that longer tunnel... wow... sound was amazing.
Well, last winter was expensive year for exterior cosmetic surgery, so this year I plan to keep things inexpensive, and focus on the interior. Primarily some electronical gremlins and the center console.
Plans:
- Replace OEM shift boot with NSX-R shift boot *PURCHASED*
- Replace broken center console armrest with OEM leather armrest
- Replace upholstered (useless) hvac vent with OEM vent
- Tear suede off and refinish console with custom double din cutout
- Bring passenger side seat in to get small separation in seam repaired
- Complete electrical connections for DC5 steering wheel conversion
- Prospeed RDX injector conversion *PURCHASED*
Possibilities:
- LED tail light conversion
- New Double DIN unit
Plans:
- Replace OEM shift boot with NSX-R shift boot *PURCHASED*
- Replace broken center console armrest with OEM leather armrest
- Replace upholstered (useless) hvac vent with OEM vent
- Tear suede off and refinish console with custom double din cutout
- Bring passenger side seat in to get small separation in seam repaired
- Complete electrical connections for DC5 steering wheel conversion
- Prospeed RDX injector conversion *PURCHASED*
Possibilities:
- LED tail light conversion
- New Double DIN unit
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Well, one of the 'possibilities' was purchased today... AEM F/IC, wire harness, and the Prospeed injector kit! As well as the NSX-R shift boot. Time to tear apart my interior and start working on this console!
I'm always amazed how you can shoehorn yourself into such a small car.....you really have to love the nsx
Just about as much as I love my classic Austin Minis! If you love a car enough, you'll do what it takes to make it work! My avatar truely shows how small the NSX is haha :biggrin::biggrin:
First things first, Merry Christmas to all you Primers!!!
***UPDATE 30/11/12***
Plans:
- Replace OEM shift boot with NSX-R shift boot *PURCHASED*
- Replace broken center console armrest with OEM leather armrest
- Replace upholstered (useless) hvac vent with OEM vent
- Tear suede off and refinish console with custom double din cutout
- Bring passenger side seat in to get small separation in seam repaired *COMPLETED*
- Complete electrical connections for DC5 steering wheel conversion
- Prospeed RDX injector conversion *PURCHASED*
Possibilities:
- LED tail light conversion
- New Double DIN unit
Today I got started on the interior remodel. First things first... remove the passenger seat, which was set almost all the way back... with a f*$^ed up power seat switch. I zipped on over to a friends father's company who does reupholstery and he tidy'd up the separating seam within 45min. Then out comes the drivers side seat to give me more working room (damn my 6'7" frame). Out comes the centre armrest with broken hinge (to be replaced with new OEM leather), and centre console. I tore off the gaudy and now dirty alcantara upholstery to see what I had to work with under there. The USB connection on my stereo had been skipping so there had to be some electrical issues behind there... low and behold, a rats nest. I HATE hack jobs. 4 hours later, my interior bare, I called it a day and cracked a few beers.
F*&^ youuuuuu!!
Looking better already!!
No stereo bracket? No problem... styrofoam. Bloody hack jobs.
Time to rid the car of this ridiculousness... gonna get a new harness to clean up this rats nest.
Change that had piled up under the seats... Tim Hortons money!
Annnnnd done for the day.
***UPDATE 30/11/12***
Plans:
- Replace OEM shift boot with NSX-R shift boot *PURCHASED*
- Replace broken center console armrest with OEM leather armrest
- Replace upholstered (useless) hvac vent with OEM vent
- Tear suede off and refinish console with custom double din cutout
- Bring passenger side seat in to get small separation in seam repaired *COMPLETED*
- Complete electrical connections for DC5 steering wheel conversion
- Prospeed RDX injector conversion *PURCHASED*
Possibilities:
- LED tail light conversion
- New Double DIN unit
Today I got started on the interior remodel. First things first... remove the passenger seat, which was set almost all the way back... with a f*$^ed up power seat switch. I zipped on over to a friends father's company who does reupholstery and he tidy'd up the separating seam within 45min. Then out comes the drivers side seat to give me more working room (damn my 6'7" frame). Out comes the centre armrest with broken hinge (to be replaced with new OEM leather), and centre console. I tore off the gaudy and now dirty alcantara upholstery to see what I had to work with under there. The USB connection on my stereo had been skipping so there had to be some electrical issues behind there... low and behold, a rats nest. I HATE hack jobs. 4 hours later, my interior bare, I called it a day and cracked a few beers.
F*&^ youuuuuu!!
Looking better already!!
No stereo bracket? No problem... styrofoam. Bloody hack jobs.
Time to rid the car of this ridiculousness... gonna get a new harness to clean up this rats nest.
Change that had piled up under the seats... Tim Hortons money!
Annnnnd done for the day.
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F*&^ youuuuuu!!
BWHAHAHAHA! Classic. Pretty work, keep us posted.
BWHAHAHAHA! Classic. Pretty work, keep us posted.
love reading the updates.
Glad you enjoy it haha. I'm trying to make this build thread both informative and enjoyable to read.
It blows me away that someone would even think that this is acceptable... especially in our cars. I'm going to see if I can clean this up, but theres a good chance I'll bite the bullet and buy a new one.
The seat before/after shot:
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Started to pull apart the door cards as I'll be refinishing the door switch surrounds the same colour/fashion as the center console. When removing the vents from the switch surround, be sure to take any and all precautions as those 15yr old plastic snaps are brittle. Took me ~1hr to get them out, but I also saved breaking any of them!
Bits and bobs!
Needs some love anyhow:
Pieces that will match the center console:
Any updates?
Spent another afternoon tinkering. The drivers side door checker 'clicked' when opening and closing it. The 'click' was there from the day I bought it but I never got around to investigating further. I thought it was an issue within the door itself so I never bothered removing the door card and getting it fixed. Turns out the plastic bushing on the checker itself had worn away and as the door opened and closed to the next position the pin bounced from side to side making the clicking noise. For $5.37 this issue could have been fixed 2 years ago! Just as I determined what was the culprit, I stared down at the checker, which was trolling me all along, "LOL". Son of a b&@^$!!!!
Moving onto the bastardization, which is my center console... I started to chip away at the bondo. The 'custom' hack job is only getting uglier the more I uncover. I'm not sure whether I should keep on keeping on, or just scrap the project and buy a new one all together, but we'll see how the next few afternoons go. The hack glued the ash tray door closed, bondo'd over top, and called it good. There was no saving the ash tray or cig lighter so out it all came. The change dish was covered in a thin sheet of metal and the depression also smothered in bondo. I got the majority of it cleaned up in preparation for sanding and fiberglass...
Upwards of 1/4" of bondo here
Chiseling away...
What is that crack forming?!
Oh... that's what USED to be my ash tray door...
Time for you to go...
All the bits and bobs that were bondo'd over
As she sits, for the time being
Moving onto the bastardization, which is my center console... I started to chip away at the bondo. The 'custom' hack job is only getting uglier the more I uncover. I'm not sure whether I should keep on keeping on, or just scrap the project and buy a new one all together, but we'll see how the next few afternoons go. The hack glued the ash tray door closed, bondo'd over top, and called it good. There was no saving the ash tray or cig lighter so out it all came. The change dish was covered in a thin sheet of metal and the depression also smothered in bondo. I got the majority of it cleaned up in preparation for sanding and fiberglass...
Upwards of 1/4" of bondo here
Chiseling away...
What is that crack forming?!
Oh... that's what USED to be my ash tray door...
Time for you to go...
All the bits and bobs that were bondo'd over
As she sits, for the time being
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Get a new console !
OEM has no provisions for a double DIN, so I'd have to start cutting up a brand new part, which is my only hesitation. I can work with an already hacked up console, or hack up an $800 part.
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hey- whats the part # on the door bushing? My drivers door does the same.
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