My GP White S2000

gambithh

iv always fancied s2000 especially in their grand prix form with red seats.its seem like a natural progression from they type r taditional heritage.
around four years ago i spotted a s2000 on honda tech ,white but this time not just the seats were red ,the whole interior dash,all door cards center console were bright viberant red.its was known as the full red interior (surprisingly),but it was rare and cost a premium in the states.

After further research i found out it only the U.S. got the full red/white combo option from the factory and only in the 2002 - 05 model year.

europe and even japan only gave the full red interior with silverstone grey and berlina black and again only 2002+ models.

so that left me with a choice of buying a black/grey car with red interior and respray it.

or buy a gp white car and go looking for the ultra rare interior elsewhere.
i chose the former.

so on the 11.11.11 i purchased a Berlina black 65,000 mile,bog standard irish s2000 with a full service history and a personal s2000 reg which was nice!!
i bought it from cameron cars in dublin,i was happy to pay slightly above the odds for the blank canvas i wanted.









then the spending started!!

i bought the 18"BBS Lm reps derekm was selling.i think they really suited his s2000

18 x 8.5 front
18x9.5 the staggered fittment needed for s2000

gambithh

Badly in need of being slammed as you can see in the pics

so barry motorsport gave me a great deal with these bc full adjustable coilovers





i also came upon a rare set of 4 piece mats only sold on the 08+ s2000 really finish off the interior nicely!



i decided to get it 100% mechanically before i started on the body work.

diff oil ,gear oil etc


put in a brand new honda timing chain tentioner (TCT) just in case



a full K and N Induction kit was ordered for some much needed grunt




security was next,a falcon alarm and immobiliser coupled with a microwave sensor (buts an extra primary bubble zone around the car) kill switch etc



while it was being fitted i started looking for some extra body parts.i found a badly broken jap rear bumper (gotta have the square jap plate )

gambithh

shine rear spats


i always fancied the facelift front bumper of an 04+ s2000 do i ordered a brand new bumper,grill and tow cover from honda





so it was ready for paint.joe crash in limerick is the best around and a month or so later it was ready.

looking a little bare with out its side badges


sorted,along with red badges and eireplates jap metal plates.




picked up a set of these muteki wheel nuts from the states.have them on my teg in a titanium finish these are neo chrome.

These are a proper heavy steel nut you can give a confident squeeze to with out damaging the finish.

sorted out the ice with an alpine ida-305s media player




and icetronix supplied the replacment to the crap oem speakers



the painter got nicely inside the door too bt:)



oh yeah,picked up an oem spoiler too..in the bodyshop.

gambithh

had it finished just in time for the rally of the lakes.more updates to follow hopefully when i persuade the polyuratne oem replica facelift lip to fit:wallbash)



phase two coming soon..

ottostreet

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Well done, that is serious dedication, and a serious car. I personally would have preferred it in black, but that paintjob looks perfection. Can I ask the ballpark figure for the full colour change?

We need more of these threads on Boards.

gambithh

ottostreet wrote: »

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Well done, that is serious dedication, and a serious car. I personally would have preferred it in black, but that paintjob looks perfection. Can I ask the ballpark figure for the full colour change?

We need more of these threads on Boards.

since the pics iv been back to the garage for airwalker side skirts,a front lip and a hard top (must get the pics up)
id have a little change out of 2k,but its a proper paint job,engine bay is still black but its a neutral colour so iam not bothered.Top expensive and messy to remove it.

Supraman

Stunning S2k , my car now has gambits bbs rep wheels , look great , thanks paul .

tossy

Lovely car,would love to own one of these one day,did you ever think about leaving the side badges off after the re spray? Looks well.

Good to see people putting up progress/build threads about their cars - not enough of that on here.

BUBBLE WRAP

gambithh this looks fantastic. I also think it looks super in white, was never a fan of black, the black looks dull and boring IMO. Anyway, it's coming along great and keep up the great work.

Graham_B18C

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

was never a fan of black, the black looks dull and boring IMO. Anyway, it's coming along great and keep up the great work.

I'd hardly call the black dull and boring :rolleyes: Any I've seen have been smashing cars.

@gambith, that's a beautiful car. The white looks the dawgs! Love the red H badges too, looks very Type R S2000! Thanks for the thread!

BUBBLE WRAP

Graham_B18C wrote: »

I'd hardly call the black dull and boring :rolleyes: Any I've seen have been smashing cars.

@gambith, that's a beautiful car. The white looks the dawgs! Love the red H badges too, looks very Type R S2000! Thanks for the thread!

I don't want to drag this OT. But different people like different things. That's just my taste in the S2000. But Black is alright on other cars.

conzy

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I don't want to drag this OT. But different people like different things. That's just my taste in the S2000. But Black is alright on other cars.

I kind of get what you're saying, for me personally, just IMO of course yellow italian cars really grind my gears

dar83

lol

CianRyan

Poor TT.

I'm really into have more of these threads!

colm_mcm

conzy wrote: »

I kind of get what you're saying, for me personally, just IMO of course yellow italian cars really grind my gears

If its a punto that's probably the syncromesh

MugMugs

colm_mcm wrote: »

If its a punto that's probably the syncromesh

I see what you did there!

gambithh

thanks for the comments

i left the wings with out the badges for a few days,but with the sheer lenght of those wings it makes the side profile of the s2k very bare looking.

i think different cars look better in certain colours
for example i went out of my way to buy a black uk twin cam this summer which i also love,my fave colour on them (dont like white twin cams at all)

but i will say white is by far the easiest colour to keep clean and black is perhaps the hardest.

BUBBLE WRAP

Great work, what next on the agenda?

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

If its a punto that's probably the syncromesh diff about to go

FYP

gambithh

A full year since i update this the car is pretty much finished now.Here is the best of the updates.
Picked up a genuine set of airwalker skirts and ap1 lip.


lip is currently for sale
as we left it in japfest last summer

replica bbs lms were always a stop gap while i searched for something more genuine.
With my dc2 in winter slumber i drove for some time on its borrowed TE37s

however although beautiful the 16s were a little lost under the arches

I eventually found a set of genuine BBS LMs.Specs were 8x8 front and 8x9 rear et 35 all around which was tipping the max for standard s2000 arches so i had them professionally rolled by Kruizer on here who did a super job.
225/45/17 and 204/45/17s slightly streched bridgestone potenza Re50 and uniroyal rainsport 2s were the tyre of choice.

The wheels came off a drift car and although straight were in a pretty poor condition

So i got them split and custom polished.Came out pretty snazzy


New BBS valve stems


Picked up an oem hardtop,fitting kit and a genuine honda hard top stand

big transformation in the car



Next came the small niggly jobs.
I replaced a sticky caliper with a refurbished pair

gambithh

Shinetsued greased up the seals to prevent a leaky roof

found out the start button should stay lit and never did in mine,had a few other annoying dash bulbs not lightinging so i changed the lot.
Had to lower the steering colume to get at them

out with the old

in with the new

decied to rust proof the car.got the full dintrol kit off cleancar.ie

up on axle stands and the dirt work began.



the underbody wax leaves a lovely almost fresh paint finish


dropped her another 20mm in the front.
gave it an oil change before its nct last month,passed bar the jap plates (they passed them at the same center 12 months previous)

a few pics from the rally of the lakes a few weeks ago






Thanks for reading.

BUBBLE WRAP

That looks brilliant..

Graham_B18C

Absolutely smashing looking car

Supergurrier

Very nice, did the full respray set you back much ?

Wibbs

That is one sweeeeet looking car.

Duff

Unbelievable. What's the going rate for kidneys these days?