Since i'm still coming to the odd RR day etc I thought i'd best stick a thread up here.
As I picked her up a couple of months back
As I picked her up a couple of months back
Red Honda S2000
- Thread starter UncleFester
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Few more updates.
Alpine 9887 is in, KT400 Bluetooth in, Dashboard Audio control adapter in, Mids and Tweeters now in but the doors need deadening - that's a job for the coming weekends. Fitting a headunit in an S2000 is a complete ass of a job, there's no space and there's sharp ( i cut all of my knukcles) edges all over the inside of the aperture.
Crossovers fitted into the doors
After much mick taking, the hard top is in the house and i've been using the soft top. Since taking it off, the roof has been down every trip i've done for the last 6 weeks.
A few weekends ago, what was meant to be polishing was largely been taken up with debadging, not sure what glue honda attach the side badges with but it sticks like proverbial sh*t to the barn door. Even though i'd already had the small Honda badges off, the S2000 ones were even more of a pig to remove - took about 30 minutes of careful prising to get them off and then I was left with the glue.
Badge off
Tools used - 3 credit cards, 02 top up card, petrol, degreasant, lots of soft cloths and some detailing clay - time taken ... roughly 4 hours from start to finish. To be honest, not a job I want to do again for me or anyone else!
Alpine 9887 is in, KT400 Bluetooth in, Dashboard Audio control adapter in, Mids and Tweeters now in but the doors need deadening - that's a job for the coming weekends. Fitting a headunit in an S2000 is a complete ass of a job, there's no space and there's sharp ( i cut all of my knukcles) edges all over the inside of the aperture.
Crossovers fitted into the doors
After much mick taking, the hard top is in the house and i've been using the soft top. Since taking it off, the roof has been down every trip i've done for the last 6 weeks.
A few weekends ago, what was meant to be polishing was largely been taken up with debadging, not sure what glue honda attach the side badges with but it sticks like proverbial sh*t to the barn door. Even though i'd already had the small Honda badges off, the S2000 ones were even more of a pig to remove - took about 30 minutes of careful prising to get them off and then I was left with the glue.
Badge off
Tools used - 3 credit cards, 02 top up card, petrol, degreasant, lots of soft cloths and some detailing clay - time taken ... roughly 4 hours from start to finish. To be honest, not a job I want to do again for me or anyone else!
Car has been in with Pristine Alloy Wheels this week getting the wheels powdercoated gloss black.
That of course means that the centre caps needed sorting out.
After black paint, badges applied but before lacquer
After several coats of lacquer
Once i get the car back i'll take some more pics.
Next up is more sound deadening before i even think about exhausts i will mostly be spending the next few weeks driving around with no interior other than a drivers seat whist I sort out the biscuit tin acoustics of the S2000.
Plan is;
1. Lay sound deadening pieces over the major panels of the car, not full coverage just pieces.
2. Cut laminate foam into suitable sized pieces and lay that over the top of the metal and over the top of the sound deadening pieces with a liberal coating of spray adhesive.
3. Lay a final full covering of thin sound deadener over that, roll it down so it's stuck firmly in place.
4. Cut door card shaped pieces out of the carpet and spray glue that to the doorcards. I will also add more sound deadening to the outer door skins at the same time as well as making up a foam trim piece to stick to the white plastic cover inside the doors - will stop it flapping around.
5. Make up the rear cover for the shelf area - 3 pieces of sound deadener, one layer of foam glued on top and then finally a layer of the carpet above on top of that.
6. Boot and area around fuel tank / spare wheel will be treated to sound deadener, foam and a final layer of sound deadener on top.
I reckon this will add roughly 20kg max in terms of weight but will allow me to have the exhaust of my choice without worrying or caring about drone.
That of course means that the centre caps needed sorting out.
After black paint, badges applied but before lacquer
After several coats of lacquer
Once i get the car back i'll take some more pics.
Next up is more sound deadening before i even think about exhausts i will mostly be spending the next few weeks driving around with no interior other than a drivers seat whist I sort out the biscuit tin acoustics of the S2000.
Plan is;
1. Lay sound deadening pieces over the major panels of the car, not full coverage just pieces.
2. Cut laminate foam into suitable sized pieces and lay that over the top of the metal and over the top of the sound deadening pieces with a liberal coating of spray adhesive.
3. Lay a final full covering of thin sound deadener over that, roll it down so it's stuck firmly in place.
4. Cut door card shaped pieces out of the carpet and spray glue that to the doorcards. I will also add more sound deadening to the outer door skins at the same time as well as making up a foam trim piece to stick to the white plastic cover inside the doors - will stop it flapping around.
5. Make up the rear cover for the shelf area - 3 pieces of sound deadener, one layer of foam glued on top and then finally a layer of the carpet above on top of that.
6. Boot and area around fuel tank / spare wheel will be treated to sound deadener, foam and a final layer of sound deadener on top.
I reckon this will add roughly 20kg max in terms of weight but will allow me to have the exhaust of my choice without worrying or caring about drone.
Took the boot carpets out and surprised to find the trim is actually well thought out. What isn't thought out is the total lack of sound proofing behind the trim.
Carpet out
Wheel out
Toolwell deadened
Wheel area deadened
Extra layer of carpet with deadening layer added on top and spray glued down.
Cheap toolbox lid with layer of carpet spray glued to it - stops it rattling
All back together.
Carpet out
Wheel out
Toolwell deadened
Wheel area deadened
Extra layer of carpet with deadening layer added on top and spray glued down.
Cheap toolbox lid with layer of carpet spray glued to it - stops it rattling
All back together.
Looking good Pat! Never did get to try to shoe horn myself into the drives seat yesterday did I......... Always next time. 
The keener eyed amongst you may have noticed a change in plates, despite what i'd always said about them, this one was a bargain and perfect for the car and me.
Looking good Pat! Never did get to try to shoe horn myself into the drives seat yesterday did I......... Always next time.
I'm quite sure i'll see you at a meet soon enough - we can always bring talcum powder and crowbars
Cheers Adam - not a huge amount left to do really, run some wiring for a sub and the main speakers but i'm in no rush to connect it all - sorting out the final wiring is for the winter months .... i just need the power cable, RCAs etc run whilst the main carpets and trim are out. There's an american chap who makes a lovely sub box for these that doesn't use up the spare wheel area on top of the tool tray. Simple install - components and one 10" sub
Looks superb Pat saves me following the car on the honda forum now
What is that sound deadening stuff you got? Going to do the boot of the Leon me thinks.
3 things
1. Dynamat or similar - aim for 25% coverage
2. Laminate floor foam underlay - spray glue to entire area over the above
3. Final sound barrier layer, hondas carpet is hard plastic backed so is ideal or you can use a full layer of Dynamat over the foam.
The idea is to create acoustically inert panels with a closed cell foam insulating layer topped off with a sound barrier layer. Keeps road noise out, inside noise in and not have any resonating panels adding their own noise.
Having done the rear of the car and both doors there is a vast improvement. Radio was distorting at volume 18 before, it now goes cleanly to 23 needing lass bass / treble adjustment to get the same bass and treble.
Hi love your new car, wheels look better for the colour change. I really like the dash in these S2000s. Any performance mods planned bar the exhaust? I hear the HKS systems are quite nice on these but quite expensive? Also the Gruppe M and Mugen air filters are supposed to be good too but at a cost too I guess. I dont mean that in a patronising way at all as my friend has a DC5 Integra and he has mentioned stuff to me. Anyways good work so far with your new car
Very nice Fester.
The car looks totally different with the soft top on, TBH I think it looks better (in the pictures anyway).
Nice small interior to get a good quality sound after you've done the sound deadening.
You getting some back wheel drive action on the go?
Or is there too much grip in the dry for that?
The car looks totally different with the soft top on, TBH I think it looks better (in the pictures anyway).
Nice small interior to get a good quality sound after you've done the sound deadening.
You getting some back wheel drive action on the go?
Or is there too much grip in the dry for that?
Hi love your new car, wheels look better for the colour change. I really like the dash in these S2000s. Any performance mods planned bar the exhaust? I hear the HKS systems are quite nice on these but quite expensive? Also the Gruppe M and Mugen air filters are supposed to be good too but at a cost too I guess. I dont mean that in a patronising way at all as my friend has a DC5 Integra and he has mentioned stuff to me. Anyways good work so far with your new car
Tuning parts are indeded horrendously expensive for comparitively little gains so I won't be doing much down that route
Cheers - might come back to SEAT at some point but for now a change is good.
Work is 2 miles from the house ;-)
Looks very nice, Pat
Plate is indeed perfect L)
Cheers and I still haven't forgotten about that gauge unless you sourced another one
Hifi is almost there in terms of the doors and the HU, it's just the amps and the wiring and i can do that once the carpets are out. Had a couple of loose back end moments but nothing overly scary - that said i'm not driving like an idiot. There's a lot of grip but I really don't have the skill or experience to explore what happens after it goes.
As a drive, it's everything I wanted. I did miss petrol a bit but not as much as i missed induction noise, something a car with a turbo was never going to give.
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