While this probably won't be the most exciting build thread you will ever see, I like to take photos, so rather than make 83,712,830 threads I'll just keep posting new shots in this thread along with little stuff I do to the car as time goes on.

Long story short; I joined S2Ki many years ago for the simple fact I wanted an S2000, came close to buying a new one and finally bought a used one last year. It only took close to 10 years for me to make up my mind and do it.

Car is a 2001, Silverstone/black interior. Original 1 owner car, had 42,500 miles when I bought it last year.


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Some mild clean-up work after I bought it, notice all the gravel on the floor that came from the rear bumper haha.

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First coat of wax:

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I bought an OEM Honda front lip last summer, one of the last remaining ones in stock before they were discontinued.

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Front lip on:

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Whenever I built an S2000 online on the Honda website I always included the OEM hardtop lol, I hate convertibles and I love how the OEM top looks. When I found out they were discontinued after I bought the car I kept looking and looking for a top but they proved very hard to find.

So when NFR_AP2 said he was selling his S2000 I immediately sent him a message asking if he would sell it and how much, then I was on my way to Atlantic City to pick the top up (8 hours one way from where I live).

When I got back, my friend (who works at a body shop) and I both tore the top apart to prep it for the color change. He did a great job and the paint came out perfect.

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On January 2nd of this year I ordered a set of 17X10 +45 CE28N's in bronze and on June 5th I had them in my hands. I did quite a bit of research and I knew I wanted a 17" concave face CE28, from what everyone else said the 17X10 +45 was the easiest to fit out of the 3 sizes that concave.

While waiting for the wheels I ordered Fortune Auto 500 coilovers with Swift springs in a 10K front and 9K rear spring rate. I also purchased Project Kics R40 Neo-Chrome lugs, EVS axle spacers, and aluminum hub centric rings.

Originally I wanted Dunlop Star Spec 255/40 tires, but since I waited until the wheels shipped to buy tires and Tire Rack is the only place that sells Star Spec tires - they happened to be out of stock in that size. So I noticed the Tire Rack stocks Toyo R888 R-compound tires in 255/40-17 (Ive had a fixation with Advan A048's for a while) and I looked at it as an excuse to buy R-compound tires.

Im not a huge fan of stretched tires, on certain cars its ok. The R888's sit nice and square on the wheels. Absolutely perfect in my eyes and the car still retains function.

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I had my fenders rolled flat front and rear, but I also chose to slightly pull the fronts. In the shot below thats before the pull, with slightly more camber they may have fit without rubbing but I didn't want to risk ripping a fender off going around a corner at speed, especially if I hit a bump.

Next year I plan on buying Downforce front fenders since I can still use the fender liners with those fenders.

Final alignment settings are -2 front, -3 rear, stock caster settings, and rear toe as close to zero as possible.

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And the rest are in its current state.

Eventually I'd like to get a J's Racing 70RS single in stainless and maybe a few other small things (intake, etc).

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Fortune Auto titanium shift knob (I repolished and reburied the knob myself).

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I love how the car has come together Jim, and great photos as always!

 

very clean

 

Don't change a thing!

 

I love your car! Way to keep it clean

 

Fantastic car, part selection, and of course the pictures are amazing. Inspires me to get out and do some more shooting!

 

Very nice. Love the wheel size choice.

 

great job. should get the center cap deletes love the photography

 

hate your car

 

So simple and clean, great work!