Moonrock Honda S2000
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Thought I would share my S2000 build with you guys. I bought the car in May as a 22nd birthday present to myself.
Its my 2nd Honda, the first being an EP3 I modified heavily (And slightly stanced).
Here is it, 2005 Facelift S2000 in moonrock grey, currently at 86k miles, with an exedy stage 2 clutch, lightned flywheel, yellowspeed racing coilovers, 4x new eagle F1 tyres, strut bracing, engine torque dampner, full stainless steel exhaust system, Skunk2 weighted gearknob, few other bits i've missed out probably.
First thing I did was give it a full detail, spent about 8 hours on it.
I then decided I was not a fan of the colour coded alloys so I resprayed them back to silver using the old playing card trick.
Before:
During:
After:
I then also did the worlds worst paint job on my brakes, but they'll do for now.
Then for the part that people are going to have divided opinions. I had a set of rota grid drifts on my civic that I had mirror polished by hand:
HOWEVER, I sold them last a couple of days ago as the fitment was off and would have needed stretched tyres to fit.
I have now ordered a set of brand new Enkei NT03+M's in 18x9.5 et40 and will be running a 245/35 tyre front and back. This will fill the arches nicely without ruining the handling. Here is a photo I found of the setup:
They do have a very small amount of stretch but nothing much. Although I know alot of pistonheads will be 100% against this small amount.
Along with the Enkei wheels, I also have sitting at home an OEM rear lip spoiler, and a CR front lip (That was very hard to find) and the car will be going to the bodyshop on the 16th August to have the arches rolled with the bumper tabs relocated, spoiler sprayed and fitted, and CR lip fitted while having the plate screw holes and front Honda emblem removed.
I realise I will get some s
t for having a stanced car in the past, but feel free to comment on my current one.
Its my 2nd Honda, the first being an EP3 I modified heavily (And slightly stanced).
Here is it, 2005 Facelift S2000 in moonrock grey, currently at 86k miles, with an exedy stage 2 clutch, lightned flywheel, yellowspeed racing coilovers, 4x new eagle F1 tyres, strut bracing, engine torque dampner, full stainless steel exhaust system, Skunk2 weighted gearknob, few other bits i've missed out probably.
First thing I did was give it a full detail, spent about 8 hours on it.
I then decided I was not a fan of the colour coded alloys so I resprayed them back to silver using the old playing card trick.
Before:
During:
After:
I then also did the worlds worst paint job on my brakes, but they'll do for now.
Then for the part that people are going to have divided opinions. I had a set of rota grid drifts on my civic that I had mirror polished by hand:
HOWEVER, I sold them last a couple of days ago as the fitment was off and would have needed stretched tyres to fit.
I have now ordered a set of brand new Enkei NT03+M's in 18x9.5 et40 and will be running a 245/35 tyre front and back. This will fill the arches nicely without ruining the handling. Here is a photo I found of the setup:
They do have a very small amount of stretch but nothing much. Although I know alot of pistonheads will be 100% against this small amount.
Along with the Enkei wheels, I also have sitting at home an OEM rear lip spoiler, and a CR front lip (That was very hard to find) and the car will be going to the bodyshop on the 16th August to have the arches rolled with the bumper tabs relocated, spoiler sprayed and fitted, and CR lip fitted while having the plate screw holes and front Honda emblem removed.
I realise I will get some s
t for having a stanced car in the past, but feel free to comment on my current one.russy01 said:
Dont like the Rotas or the dropped look. But I love the cars, had a 2005 Royal Navy Blue Pearl S2000 at a similar age, was going for Moonrock but got a great deal on the Blue car. Great car, but dont miss it that much...
Engine & G'Box is brilliant. Enjoy it.
Couple pics...
Haha that was the colour I initially wanted but couldnt find any at the time! I should also add I got the car for an absoute bargin, being at 85k miles with full history I only paid £6400. Was hard to find a decent pre-facelift for the same money at the time.Engine & G'Box is brilliant. Enjoy it.
Couple pics...
Edited by russy01 on Monday 27th July 20:08
Looks great in person, plus all the American forums go mad over it as it was not available over there!lewisf182 said:
Car looks really nice, I think rota grid's suit S2000's so so well, not sure on the polished look though. The Enkei's will look great anyhow.
Still looks such a modern design! Might be tempted into one on day. You got that for an absolute bargain of a price, was it through a friend or something as that is unbelievably cheap? Surely it's worth close to £10k?
I know what you mean, but i'd had grids for the last year and wanted to change it up, plus its nice to have 'genuine' wheels for once haha, nothing against Rota I don't understand the hate they get as they're just as strong as other brands. Still looks such a modern design! Might be tempted into one on day. You got that for an absolute bargain of a price, was it through a friend or something as that is unbelievably cheap? Surely it's worth close to £10k?
And I got it off a friend of a friend, was up for £7000 but I knocked him down on a couple of bits such as paint flake on bumper (Having that sorted soon anyway)I've always wanted one, and since prices have started to rise recently I thought now was better time than any!
RossB_eg4 said:
Like the car but i'm giving you 0 out of 10 for front number plate positioning; it's so far off centre my OCD would have st itself if the impending mess didn't worry it.
Haha I never noticed that, it was put on by the previous owner, im having the whole area 'smoothed' by having the screw holes filled in and will be moving the position back anyway t itself if the impending mess didn't worry it.
patchb said:
Very nice, should look good on the new wheels, you do need to lower the front a little more though as it's got a bit of reverse rake going on at the moment.
I miss my S2K a lot, I bought it when I was 21 then sold it to move to New Zealand, I want another one now I'm back but I can't afford one now and the prices seem to be on the rise.
I agree but im too lazy to do it at the moment and will do it when I fit my new wheels hahaI miss my S2K a lot, I bought it when I was 21 then sold it to move to New Zealand, I want another one now I'm back but I can't afford one now and the prices seem to be on the rise.
Talking of those, theyve arrived:
Just need to get some rubber for them now.
Im currently running Eagle F1's and they are by far the best tyre I've had. Previously had Potenza re050a, Ventus V12 Evos, Conti Sports, but none have felt as good as these, so I will be getting them again!
When I got this car I told myself it was lovely as it was and all I wanted to do was give it some nice wheels and some OEM goodies. Im good at lying to myself.
I saw this picture earlier today, and now im going down the route of getting quotes to have my leather dyed tan, and red carpets replaced with black ones:
As much as I like the red & black interior, I think the tan leather looks absoutly amazing.
Also found a picture of the tan leather in my colour:
I have no idea why the tan leather is so rare in the UK, i've never seen one in person, maybe Honda just didnt sell it over here.
I saw this picture earlier today, and now im going down the route of getting quotes to have my leather dyed tan, and red carpets replaced with black ones:
As much as I like the red & black interior, I think the tan leather looks absoutly amazing.
Also found a picture of the tan leather in my colour:
I have no idea why the tan leather is so rare in the UK, i've never seen one in person, maybe Honda just didnt sell it over here.
Not really updated this in a while but here is how the car sits now, I had a little photoshoot with a friend of mine, he does really great work, check out his facebook page!
I also went to Mimms Honda day yesterday, had a nice little parking spot:
Im now selling the Enkei NT03+Ms and looking to get some RPF1s in 17x9et45 rather than 18x9.5et38" and get some AD08s on them. Still have some bodywork issues I want to get sorted and a hard-top when I find one up for sale.
I also went to Mimms Honda day yesterday, had a nice little parking spot:
Im now selling the Enkei NT03+Ms and looking to get some RPF1s in 17x9et45 rather than 18x9.5et38" and get some AD08s on them. Still have some bodywork issues I want to get sorted and a hard-top when I find one up for sale.
s2tommi said:
What a great looking s2000. This is so weird, last night I was talking to a friend saying how much I would love a set of NT03's for my s2000, and then I notice your thread today. This just confirms how good they look on this car!
How are you finding the Yellowspeed coilovers? I've been toying between them and Miester R's
I appreciate that, I spend ages looking through a 40 page thread on S2ki.com regarding NT03's, its just a shame they dont come in the concave face like much anything under 9.5j, would have liked to have staggered them.How are you finding the Yellowspeed coilovers? I've been toying between them and Miester R's
Yellowspeed are actually very good, rate them as good as the buddyclub ones I had on my old Type R, good rate of dampening settings, they can also go VERY low if you wanted them too, im very low and not even half way wound down, Im sure you could get it sitting on the floor if you wanted. I can throw it into a corner and have 0 noticable body roll, however I do have the stiffness set to max.
Small update, I got hold of a genuine mugen hardtop off the owners forum. Very rare and they look so much better than the OEM hardtop in my opinion. Its currently silverstone so I need it painted, and i'm also waiting on the brackets to arrive, so its sitting in my flat currently.
Heres what it'll look like once fitted, although a different colour:
Heres what it'll look like once fitted, although a different colour:
DanielSan said:
Raise it up a bit and add some Eibach or H&R spacers to the oem wheels and that'd be bob on. The oem 17s are hard to beat on these, I looked long and hard when I had mine and gave up in the end as I liked them too much.
Yeah I really do like the OEM wheels but I just fancy a change. Im looking at the Work wheels range at the moment but just can't decide, RPF1's are another option but I know a couple of guys running them and I just want something a little different. Feel free to give me some options! Rota wheels are a cheaper option too and they do some very good sizes and offsets for some chunky tyres on the S2000. Some Rota Grid Drifts with some 255 AD08's work out at around the same price as a set of Work wheels. My dream wheels would be some 17x9 Volk CE28's but they are just out of my budget at the moment. Maybe next year!
Podie said:
Riknos said:
Looks naked without the H badge at the front!
badgeless look doesn't "work" for me either.
PH XKR said:
thats it, thats it done - the black rims work brilliantly!
It was an s2000 that we toured to the south of France in a few years back that swayed the decision to get a convertible again for this summer. Loved the s2000, yours is just the perfect colour. Ours was yellow and whilst we loved it, yours makes it look a bit more defined.
I love them in yellow actually I think it's one of the best colours they did, I like that mine can blend into the traffic sometimes in grey though and not be too 'look at me'. I desperately want to get a standard exhaust back on it too to make it a bit more subtle. Thank you though!It was an s2000 that we toured to the south of France in a few years back that swayed the decision to get a convertible again for this summer. Loved the s2000, yours is just the perfect colour. Ours was yellow and whilst we loved it, yours makes it look a bit more defined.
cb1965 said:
Car looks fantastic. The S2000 is the best car I ever owned for all round 'greatness'. I debadged the wings and it looked much cleaner. I think yours looks great without the bonnet badge.
Appreciate it mate thank you! Friends who have driven mine also say that it's a bit of an experience to drive, mainly because of the super low driving position and interior.Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff