Hey gang,

After about 3.5 years of ownership I think it's about time I make a build thread. Though, I have always wanted to create one ever since I obtained the vehicle, I am a rather lazy person. That laziness reflects on my effort to shoot photos constantly.

I daily drove this car up until April of '11 and it is now my secondary/weekend warrior. I'm sure I'm going to get some hate about any decals I have on my car. But, quite honestly decals are a love/hate thing for me - especially since I love clean cars as much as I love race cars. As of lately, I've been getting the itch to completely wipe the S of every decal but yet again, laziness strikes again So, save yourself from posting if you're just going to bitch about any decals I've placed on my car as it's not seen on the road that often...

Although I do sometimes drive fast in public, I do not street race. This car is primarily focused for track weekends - no shows or anything.

2025 Update: I still have the car and lots of unshared photos to post! Times have changed including myself! I will be posting updates to get caught up to where the car is now.

Mods as of Feb 02 2025:

Engine

-AFE intake
-Brian Crower stage 2 cams
-AEM v1 - 216whp Tuned by Boost Logic/tuning concepts (walking distance from my condo!)
-Alloy Craft AEM bracket
-PLM header w/70mm TP
-HKS Hi-Power Single
-Mugen thermostat and fan switch
-Mishimoto Oil cooler kit
-Radium catch can
-new OEM radiator hoses
-new OEM coil packs and plugs

Suspension/Body/Brakes

-Inertia Lab coilovers w/Hyperco springs 12k front/10k rear
-Eibach upper ball joints
-Eibach Front Sway Bar
-Spoon Rigid Collars
-J's Racing half shaft spacers
-diff collars (Can't remember what brand I went with)
-replaced OEM engine and trans mounts @ ~115k mi
-Racing Brake BBK

Wheels:

-Rays 57CR 18x9.5 +38 in white w/Advan Apex 255/40s (cruise)
-Volk ZE40 18x10 +35 in GT Green w/Advan A052 265/30 (track)

Interior:
-Red OEM interior swap
-JDM OEM visors
-OEM hardtop liner wrapped in "Alcantara" red material
-PWJDM Carbon airbag delete tray
-Rockstar roll bar Single diagonal - mostly paint-matched
-Recaro pole positions in Red w/PCI sliders
-Ultrashield 6pt harnesses
-Hybrid Racing delrin tear drop shift knob
-J's Racing carbon fiber meter panel
-Renown 130R Brazil edition steering wheel 350mm
--Optional: Personal Grinta Red suede steering wheel (yellow stitching) 330mm
--Optional: J's Racing XR Type F Red stitching steering wheel (Osaka store only) 325mm
-Red radio door signed by the president of J's Racing and Feel's Twincam
-Backyard Special radio door

Exterior:

-R1 Titan FRP hood
-Ballade CR one-piece bumper
-Custom CF splitter built by s2ki user Ian300D
-EVS fenders
-J's Racing rear fenders
-AP1 rear bumper, trimmed
-Nine Lives Racing 71" wing
-J's Racing Front tow hook
-EVS rear tow hook
-Lamin-X yellow headlight tint
-yellow tint on the doors and hardtop

Mods to be installed:

-All available Mugen bushings
-Hardrace Rear Upper Arm Bushings (rubber)
-Gas tank baffle, replace sock filter
-New OEM valve cover with Doryoku track baffle
-Doryoku front crash bar



Previous mods no longer installed:
Volk TE37SL 17x9.5 +39 all around
KW V3
Litespec exhaust
AEM V2 cai, chopped
J's Racing rad and oil cap
T1R radiator hoses
Mugen 5spd shift knob with OGMade shift extender
CR radio door
T1R suede shift boot restitched with yellow stitching
PWJDM Race canards
BYS wing with the emblem arch shaved
Personal Grinta 330mm suede - yellow stitch and Personal Grinta rasta leather
Lowpro aero side diffusers
Recaro pole position black on buddy club rails
Sparco 4 point harness
WASP Composite 4" (2"side) splitter/undertray w/tire spats
'voltex' style diffuser, chopped up a bit with custom steel mounting brackets welded to the car. (thanks Ian300D!)
J's Racing type 2 S-Tai wing, center mounts
Carbotech XP12 front, XP10 rear
Personal Grinta Kingston edition

Hope you enjoy


From the beginning:



First PCA event (literally a week and a half after buying )



Next weekend was an autocross at the same location (Cabaniss airfield)



First mod: Shine top + soft top delete







Once I heard Honda was ceasing production of the S I posted up the top for trade and snagged an oem



Advan RG wheels, followed by KW V3







More to come!

 

Got a T1R suede shift boot that I had restitched in yellow, added a Mugen 5spd shift knob, OGMade shift extender, and wrapped up the silver on the center console (I now have a CR door).





Traded the Advans for some SSR Type-C's that were painted white. Had them powdercoated and hot damn she looked hot!









I kept the OEM wheels wrapped in Star Specs for track time, which are now sold.

(86 in photo is my buddy Joshiroku, same 86 that came 3rd place in Street Car of the Year on Speedhunters )

 

S looks nice with the black hardtop and RG's

 

looks good

 

You should take those decals off.






























Just kidding. hopefully there are more flicks to come.

 

yellow + white =

 

Very nice!!!

 

nice nice nice

 

Keep up the good work....

 

thanks guys!

Here are some more photos. During the time between the first photo and ones thereafter, these mods were applied: exedium bump steer kit, pwjdm front rotors, pwjdm race canards, APR front splitter, Mugen thermostat& fan switch, T1R radiator hoses, camber ball joints, exhaust, wheels, and added some color

here are where more decals come into play! in which most might actually come off this weekend. really I don't want to ditch my race group's logo, but I know it'll look clean without it.




17x9 +45 w/255/40 all around






Kind of a random shot I found. I saw that another Rio had this going on too, decided to post mine. Been slowly adding on for the last couple years.







so..i was pretty inebriated when I put the KW logo on. really regret it because now i'm too lazy to hit up KW for another since no one sells them






here is the exhaust - plm w/70mm tp + Litespec catback - sounds really good.