After digging a bit more, it's going to be a tossup between 1994 and 1996, depending on whether you prefer power or manual steering. While I prefer the manual steering of the 1994, I think I might sacrifice the manual steering to get the stiffer chassis reinforcements of the 1996.
Why would you want the extra reinforcements if you don't need em - they were put in because of the targa top - it needed them.
They add about 150 to 200 lbs of extra weight - no one needs extra weight in their NSX.
My 2 cents - oh, I almost had to stand corrected until someone sad black is not a color....lol.