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Guys,
There's an 2017 NSX I'm looking at that has 12K miles on it. Is that too many? It's priced at $130k.
There's an 2017 NSX I'm looking at that has 12K miles on it. Is that too many? It's priced at $130k.
This is my first car with ceramic carbon brakes and I absolutely love them. Had my car 2 1/2 months 1.500 miles and never once washed my calipers and the they still look brand new, no brake dust or very very little.
+1 to this.This is my first car with ceramic carbon brakes and I absolutely love them. Had my car 2 1/2 months 1.500 miles and never once washed my calipers and the they still look brand new, no brake dust or very very little.
While an expensive option, the CCB's are awesome for what you stated. They also offer significant weight savings (~52lbs) over the iron brakes (for those who care about having the lightest NSX possible). The other CF "fluff" option that I would consider getting is the CF roof. I've heard it also offers another 50lbs or so of weight savings.
CCB are 52lbs lighter than the iron rotors. If you want to go full weight savings you will want to get the Y-spoke wheels, manual seats, CF roof as you mentioned, as well as no tech package which will save the weight of parking sensors, an extra speaker, and other additional audio system amplifiers. I'm digging into specifically how much weight can be saved if you were simply trying to go as light as possible but it's tricky to get for some of the options.
I predict in the future someone will take a 2nd gen NSX maybe a salvaged one and strip all the electric power parts for a straight 500hp RWD NSX. Should be fun and light as a can be.
CCB are 52lbs lighter than the iron rotors. If you want to go full weight savings you will want to get the Y-spoke wheels, manual seats, CF roof as you mentioned, as well as no tech package which will save the weight of parking sensors, an extra speaker, and other additional audio system amplifiers. I'm digging into specifically how much weight can be saved if you were simply trying to go as light as possible but it's tricky to get for some of the options.
Great info! Interesting tidbit...Some folks have weighed both the Y-spoke and the optional interwoven wheels, and the interwoven wheels are just as light, if not a tad bit lighter, than the Y-spokes. The front 19" Y-spoke wheel weighed in at 19.2lbs, while the front 19" painted interwoven came in at 19"lbs even. Acura did a great job providing lightweight wheels for the NSX. For the people wanting to upgrade the wheels, be careful in choosing wheels if weight/rotational mass is of any concern. Most of the aftermarket wheels (except for the super expensive options) will most likely be heavier than the stock ones.
Very interesting. I did not actually know that. From everything I had heard about the Y-spoke wheels being the track focused option I assumed they would be lighter. I think the Y-spokes are still the way to go for any car you are trying to save weight on as most likely you are doing so for track purposes and the Y-spoke wheels have better brake cooling properties than the interwoven wheels. Wouldn't mind seeing a few more wheel options or having the Y-spoke wheels available in more colors.
I think Acura got it right. The painted interwoven wheels are upscale. The Y spokes are nice but rather simple so makes sense they are the base wheels. Except for the chrome ones. Those are gross.