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Went from Lexus GS to Vintage Honda

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Old 05-16-11, 07:44 PM
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There are more pics of the red one on NSX Prime in a topic called Hella Flush, or something like that. I think its in the picture section. It is definitely Hella Flush. When you see other angles you'll see how crazy the camber is. It's as much as VIP cars on airbags. At that stance it is definitely just a cruiser as I'm pretty sure there is no way you can drive it even remotely spirited. Traction would be pretty bad especially on a mid engine car. Not too mention you'd probably mangle the aluminum fenders pretty fast. To each their own though. I bought the NSX so I can drive it like a sports car. With a mid engine car with a low polar moment of inertia you really don't want to reduce the rear end traction any more than you have to. Wide meaty tires on the rear of the NSX is pretty important.
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You sold a 03' gs430 for 5k? where do I sign up for 3 of them.

That NSX is Great buy, one of the best damn hondas to own, Congrats, but don't let ****-adkt see, he'll give you a spanking.
Old 05-16-11, 08:32 PM
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awesome car grats!
Old 05-16-11, 08:34 PM
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My neighbor has a widebody nsx, took me for a drive....definitely better as a sports car than a non functional hellaflush car. I'm excited to see what you do to yours. The widebody has larger diameter wheels and the car gets UP
Old 05-16-11, 09:52 PM
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very cool cars!
Old 05-16-11, 10:02 PM
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nice, sick
Old 05-17-11, 12:06 AM
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Always wanted one myself in champion white. What a great pickup!
Old 05-17-11, 06:05 AM
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Very nice upgrade! How many miles did the GS have when you sold it?
Old 05-17-11, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bigguppy
Always wanted one myself in champion white. What a great pickup!
Championship White would be virtually impossible to find unless you did a repaint. Only the NSX-R came in Championship White.

Originally Posted by Lexlthr
Very nice upgrade! How many miles did the GS have when you sold it?
The GS had high miles. 150K.
Old 05-17-11, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by speedaddic
My neighbor has a widebody nsx, took me for a drive....definitely better as a sports car than a non functional hellaflush car. I'm excited to see what you do to yours. The widebody has larger diameter wheels and the car gets UP
I would love to do a widebody, but that might be a little too aggressive for me yet. I want to at least do some Stacey's Side Skirts (Similar to the one I had on my old White one), some Carbon Fiber bits here and there, full A/V like I had in my other one, and maybe an 02 front end conversion if I keep this one. My other option is to do all of that, but no 02 conversion and just buy an 02+ later and swap the parts. At some point I think I might want to go back to a lighter color, like Silver, Yellow, or even one of the Blues.
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awesome pick up
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WOW........great pickup chris. one of my top 5 fav cars with a proper suspension that car is second to none IMHO on the track. one the best handling cars i have EVER driven
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Thats the only Honda I would consider buying.
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With those wheels on the nsx, its not gonna be going too fast lol =P
Old 05-17-11, 08:49 PM
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Nice! I also have an NSX but use the GS for my daily. Heres a quick pic of the two. Are you on prime?

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