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Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

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Kaz-kzukNA1
, 24-10-2016 at 09:57 AM (2444 Views)








2nd round of pressure bleeding.
No bubbles came out so not required but considering the structure of the rear brake piston, I always prefer doing this.







Brake pads and discs were re-used so I prefer setting the fluid level to here and not to the max line to show it’s not new.
Just set at the lower side of the triangle of the arrow.










Old Main Relay re-soldered, coated and to be returned to the owner for an emergency spare.

Please keep it somewhere on the car so that it can be used for yourself as well as for another owner.
Already some of the owners in Japan and US are experiencing the 2nd Main Relay failure on their NSX that
they replaced long time ago.

Probably they used the previous batch of the replacement Main Relay before the manufacture increased the amount of solder used.







Collected the JDM spec wiper blades for driver and passenger side from my local Honda dealer.
Unlike UK spec, it comes with the spoiler at the driver side and of course, it won’t scratch the back side of the bonnet/hood.

It’s 550mm compared to the UK spec of 500mm so if you need replacing just the rubber blade in the future,
please order 76622-SZ3-003 (about GBP9 each!! although it’s graphite coated) or
the aftermarket one with suitable rubber block shape and the length.

However, if the price doesn’t change, quite often, you are better off replacing the entire wiper bladed again because
the whole bits are only about GBP13 and it’s cheaper to order in UK than Japan for some reason.

76620-SL0-309: Driver side for RHD model, GBP12.58 at the time of writing
76630-SL0-309: Passenger side for RH model, GBP13.00 at the time of writing
Not sure why the driver side is cheaper when it has extra spoiler compared to the much simple passenger one….








As always, real black is the key for the appearance of any cars.
New wheel arch liner and with the a/c condenser fan cover at the FR side.
The later spec one with extra clearance against the wheel so bit of trimming required but it's already marked on the liner itself so easy task.








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  1. Pride's Avatar
    Hi Kaz, can you use the "spoiler" type wiper blades for both passenger and driver sides or are there length and/or fitment restrictions??
    Updated 24-10-2016 at 04:06 PM by Pride
  2. Kaz-kzukNA1's Avatar
    Hi, Pride.

    Never tried it so can’t confirm but I presume it will fit as long as your NSX doesn’t have the mechanism on the wiper arm that other European spec NSX has.
    The question mark would be why Honda put the spoiler only on the driver side.
    Only effective on the driver side, wind noise issue, local safety regulation, etc??? Don't know....

    For other European models, there is an electrical mechanism inside the driver side wiper arm.
    I took some photos in the past but it was long time ago so can’t remember the exact operation but I think it changed the length or the angle of the wiper arm in order to assist the pressure against the windshield.
    Not sure whether the car speed or other factors are triggering this feature.


    Please double check the local regulation especially for the protection of human body under unfortunate situation.
    FIA spent lots of time in this area.
    For example, the switch height on F1 steering wheel, etc.
    In some countries, there could be a regulation that may prohibit you from installing spoiler like parts on the windshield.

    For example, the Balance/Treb/Bass switches on the audio head unit are different depending on the country spec.
    With European spec, they don’t protrude when pressed (or depending on the models, only the treb sw can be pulled out a little if you want to switch off the backlight).
    With other market spec, they stay almost flat to the surface of the head unit front face and you can press them to extend/protrude their length when you want to make sound adjustments.
    Pulling the Balance switch will switch off the backlight. Not sure of the exact reason but may be something to do with the body protection under high G impact.

    Similar reason why I prefer using the OEM steering boss/hub when installing the non-SRS equipped steering wheel.
    OEM one has extra fixing for holding the wheel itself plus crushable structure in order to reduce the impact to the driver’s body under high force impact.

    Kaz