NSX Refresh

Then finally, all the aluminium is clean! I removed the dirt from the front, back and sides of all the part and also cleaned out the bolt holes.

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If anyone is wondering what is in the black tub, its basically a combination of brake cleaner, tar remover, engine de-greaser and road traffic film remover topped off with water at 150°C

To give anyone that doesnt know where these parts are on the car, its all inside the red markings

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I was going to clean down the bolts and nuts, but I think I'll just install new ones.

are you STALLING?! :rolleyes:

Results on the clean up are superb mate, will look the part when you reinstall them again. Your last sentence cracked me up! :)

Glad to see some of those parts that were out there in limbo land finally arrive for you

Cant believe it, ordered the nuts and bolts today and was given an arrival date of April lol

Only 4 bolts are NSX specific. The joys of NSX ownership continue..............

While waiting for my new bolts to arrive, I decided to replace the front combination light on Andrews car. We noticed towards the end of last year that the passenger side light was completely steamed up after a drive out. After a quick look it was easy to spot the problem, a small stone at some point went through the lens light a bullet and left a nice little hole.

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So Andrew decided he just wanted to replace it. One thing I was a little worried about was that the part numbers for UK/US/JDM cars were all different and I wasnt 100% sure why? I thought it was to do with the bulb holders being different as JDM cars use a different bulb for there indicator. But turns out the lamp unit itself is the same and the the actual bulb holders are interchangeable. So we can swap between UK and JDM setup very easily

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OEM JDM Bulb and holder

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Difference in JDM and UK

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UK bulb holder just plugs into the OEM wiring

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So all in all, was a nice simple install and I just re-installed the original JDM bulbs and holder.

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Continuing on, Andrew car is in for coolant hose replacement and AC Evaporator exchange.

So some pics of the stripping out process:

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Andrew was able to find a fully complete unit from a low mileage car last year, however the out plastic casing had some small damage so I decided to swap the swap the evaporator from the new unit to the old unit.

This was the condition of the old evap.

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This is the evap from the other unit. Some build up of leaves and the usual crud.

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I cleaned the evap down and

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straightened up the bent fins as best I could.

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When all is dry I'll be re-installing the complete unit then its testing time before I put all back together.

Good job. The newer one certainly looks in better condition!

Can certainly see where some of the weight of the wiring comes from! Interesting photos of the interior with the dash etc out.

Yeah the newer one certainly looks in better condition and there are no signs of the fluorescent dye on this one.

With the dash out I'm going to spend some time and tidy up all the aftermarket wires from the security system and other bits, to make it all a bit neater.

MY POOR CAR! :)

in all seriousness, great work mate!

not the biggest shock as i have seen her pretty stripped down before and have seen total removal on a car on prime before ... actually amazed about how calm i am ... bleedin evap is my main concern as you know for a VERY long time ...

just hope this replacement evap unit will do the job ... at least there is no leak detection sticking over all that one. bit shocked at the dirt of it but i guess from previous driving and lying around after being stripped out has taken its toll. amazing how much crap gets sucked up in there. I hope we are on the start/finish straight with the A/C system and thats it once and for all.

the dash all looks pretty complicated in behind there still, so cheers for taking the time to do a bit more tidying up. remember before putting the instrument cluster back in to stick in that dial u had made up so i can get her MOT'ed. :beer:

Not a problem! Hopefully all will go smoothly.

On that speedo gauge, It wont suit your car as it doesnt have the Cruise Control cut out, my car doesnt have cruise so the gauge was made to suit that, [similar to NSX-R]

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MY POOR CAR! :)

in all seriousness, great work mate!

not the biggest shock as i have seen her pretty stripped down before and have seen total removal on a car on prime before ... actually amazed about how calm i am ... bleedin evap is my main concern as you know for a VERY long time ...

just hope this replacement evap unit will do the job ... at least there is no leak detection sticking over all that one. bit shocked at the dirt of it but i guess from previous driving and lying around after being stripped out has taken its toll. amazing how much crap gets sucked up in there. I hope we are on the start/finish straight with the A/C system and thats it once and for all.

the dash all looks pretty complicated in behind there still, so cheers for taking the time to do a bit more tidying up. remember before putting the instrument cluster back in to stick in that dial u had made up so i can get her MOT'ed. :beer:

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Oh crap! :(

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on that speedo gauge, it wont suit your car as it doesnt have the cruise control cut out, my car doesnt have cruise so the gauge was made to suit that, [similar to nsx-r]

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So, are you using this opportunity to re-cover the dash in alcantara? :)

errr NO! :)

too skint to be thinking about anything like that. Would love too but not at this time

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So, are you using this opportunity to re-cover the dash in alcantara? :)

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So the new evaporator is installed and before fitting the interior I had my A/C guy do a pressure test which I'm glad to say was all good.

So went ahead with installing the interior, its all nice and tight with no gaps or alignment issues. Cleaned down the carpets before the seat install.

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With the seats installed I decided to take the opportunity to tidy up the drivers side bolster which had a few scuffs.

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Andrew noticed the door handle and door trim were not right when he received his car back from its recent re-spray. He also took the opportunity to go with upgrade door handle snap thingies.

So this was the way the handle and trim looked

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The handle was basically catching the grey door lock socket in behind so I moved it to the right place and handle sits correctly now

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Switch trim was a similar problem, just wasnt seated correctly

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So a little bit of care and adjustment
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Removed both door handles and upgraded the tiny mechanism thats know to snap.

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I also installed one of my intake scoops.

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I'll return to Andrews car shortly, as always waiting for parts from Honda lol

Another members car arrived for some upgrades and some fault finding.

There was a headlight issue in that they would not pop up. I checked the usual things first, fuses, relays, retract control etc, all were fine. So I decided to check the cable and socket. I noticed on the socket there was a build up of corrosion especially on 2 pins.

So I removed the pins, cleaned them down and applied the dielectric grease. Happy to report the lights are now working correctly.

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Sudesh,

2nd last photo of the interior install, what is the item at the top of the dash near the tax disc please?

regards, Paul

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Sudesh,

2nd last photo, what is the item at the top of the dash near the tax disc please?

regards, Paul

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Thats the GPS antenna.

In my opinion thats the correct place to put it [as in up around the window]. Most of those antenna have a magnetic base and a little flat metal plate is provided that has a sticky base and the top is coated in a smooth black surface to match in with the dash. The antenna sits on the plate.

Thanks Sudesh,

I have one on my NSX in the same place but have no records of previous owners having installed a GPS system. Hugo installed a 20g digital stereo thingy that Steve kept, but this didnt have any Nav functions. Curious as to why its there. I had thought it was some kind of digital aarial for the previous stereo install. I have an Alpine head unsit that uses the OEM aerial.

Nice work on the seats BTW ... charcoal dye I presume?

regards, Paul

Regarding the GPS antenna.

When fitting one of the DD stereos the console is obviously removed. It's then very easy to fit the antenna hidden away under the dash. Makes for a cleaner installation and it works just fine when mounted on the under dash steel tubing bar...

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Regarding the GPS antenna.

When fitting one of the DD stereos the console is obviously removed. It's then very easy to fit the antenna hidden away under the dash. Makes for a cleaner installation and it works just fine when mounted on the under dash steel tubing bar...

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Yes that is true, and as some have mentioned does work. But for me it still not the correct location. The magnet used on GPS antenna is not overly strong so if it was attached to the chassis tubing and you came under hard driving conditions, it possible it could detach. It may never happen but if it did, would be a pain to start stripping down to sort it out. Even if you look at modern day cars, GPS antenna is either built into the window or a roof type antenna.

Not saying your method is wrong but from my experience, aftermarket antenna was always placed around the front window, which is why the small plate was included.

Horses for courses but I've had afermarket units in several cars as well as OEM units.

I agree manufacturers place them on the roof etc but I have never had any issue with them being under the dash. Should it fail then on the NSX it's just a case of removing the clock and centre vent then tracing the wire to the unit. . With an OEM roof mount you'd have to potentially remove the roof lining if there was no access aperture in the lining (there isn't in my OEM unit in my daily runner).

As for security, I don't just rely on the magnet. There are plastic cables ties in place as well to ensure fixing. I just prefer this to a bump/wart on my dash. If you'd seen what the original dash in my car was like with the alarm fitters shocking effort you'd know what I mean!!!

glad to see that Shane's headlight issue was easily resloved and everything is working fine again.

MANY thanks for doing all the wee tidy up's in the interior mate, your keen eye amazes me the majoirty of the time; had noticed some of the issues but did not see that vent on the door console!

with regards to the posts re the GPS antenna, as i own the car i personally prefer the placement of it there ... my previous cars had them installed there and i have never had any signal issues EVER! i know people who have hidden them and have had issues, so its not my intention to hide it. they are so small anyway these days you hardly notice its there and it never moves or rattles. hell the amount of people that have been in my car have never even noticed ... too busy loving the sitting position, looking out front between the wing arches and listening to the lovely VTEC behind their earholes! :)

GREAT JOB ON THE SEAT! Pleased as punch with that mate ... SWEET :)

What did you use to get those seats right Sudesh?

Top effort!

SS

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Hi Kare,

Thanks for the comment, that was a quick going over with a first application of the scuff treatment, I'm going to do another layer and a few other bits.

I used this product: http://www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm

Cant comment on the longevity of this product as I've only used it once on a previous car which has since sold, also everyone has there method of entering and exiting the NSX which can involve allot of pressure/rubbing against the bolster. But from that quick test on Andrews car it really helped to hide the wear marks.

Sudesh im glad you got my lights sorted. Was a major pain!!
Looking forward to getting her back and to see what Enkei's are like on a darker car..

Have you got the rear hatch garnish fitted yet?

Not a problem! Glad it was a simple job to work out and repair.

Havent fitted the rear hatch garnish yet, they are made to order and I'm just waiting for my guy to call me, to let me when to collect.

Well its nothing I dont know about, and something everyone should have done if you have no record of it ever being carried out.

Once again I was lucky with my coolant hose, and similar situation to what happened a long time back. Anyway today was my second time driving my NSX this year, I had the car sorned and garaged over the winter and only a few weeks ago put it through MOT which it flew through. Weather was nice here today so decided to take it out for most of the day. All was going great until I called to a friends house, as soon as I opened my door I could smell coolant, had a look round and didnt see any immediate signs. Then I got down and looked under the car and noticed some drips in the middle of the car, noting too serious and not enough to affect the coolant level and temp needle stayed in its proper position.

However I had a feeling I knew what the problem was so decided to take it easy and get the car home. Once home I got the car up and removed the centre cover to the 3 coolant hoses. I started the NSX again and noticed a small pin hole where the coolant was coming from, I then had a look around the rest of the hoses while I was there and within a few mins the tiny pin hole erupted and coolant poured out!

So once again, I have been lucky that I was at home when a coolant pipe burst, nobody to blame but myself as I have yet to carry out a full hose change on my own car, but at this rate I'll have them done eventually lol. Anyway ordered up 3 new centre hoses and the 2 main ones at the front. Would just be my luck as the weather is to be amazing this weekend and no chance the hoses will be here before then.

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Anyone by any chance have 3 new middle hoses spare that they could kindly send me?

As soon as I get the 3 NEW ones from my dealer I will send them to you.