trschant

I got this 2004 Silverstone S2000 in August 2020 as my first car. I had just finished college and had started a real full-time job. For many years I watched the Hot Version touge videos and other similar shows on YouTube, and I always wanted to modify a car. One of my favorite “touge” cars is the J’s Racing Demon King S2000. So, when a clean 81k mile stock S2000 went up for sale near me I decided to buy it. I bought it with the plan to do the J’s Racing Type GT body kit, but the plans changed. I also wanted to Itasha wrap the car. There are a lot more details than that, but anyways…

I drove the car stock for the first 2-2.5 years. I then decided I wanted to start modifying it, but I was too afraid to cut the body. I bought the Voltex bumper, EVS fenders, and Voltex Side Skirts. I planned to just have these parts paint matched to the car. Eventually, I ended up having the whole exterior resprayed and body cut for the ASM flares.

I am also focused on doing a lot of weight reduction. I have removed the A/C, heater, evaporator, heater lines, gutted rear, soft top delete, among other things.

Since this is the first car I’ve modified, there are things that I would have done differently knowing what I do now (still have so much to learn). I also go down rabbit holes on stuff and have a hard time finishing projects.

Here is how the car looked when it was last driving:



Here are the current mods, there might be some other minor stuff. I have also replaced a lot of bolts as I’ve gone along. I’m going to update this more as time goes on and organize it more, but I wanted to finally get a first post out there. Right now, the car doesn’t run because I am trying to do some other projects on it.

Mods:

Exterior:
ASM - Rear Over Fenders
ASM - Dry Carbon Trunk
Rockstar Garage - Amuse Style Carbon Hardtop
R1 Titan - Amuse Dry Carbon Hardtop (Not Installed, I want to figure out how to brace the roof panel more)
Craft Square - Side Mirrors
EVS - Front Wide Fenders
K1 Laboratory - Spoiler
Professional Awesome Racing - Splitter Mounts for Rear Diffuser
Voltex - Side Step Version 1 (Race)
Voltex - Front Bumper Street (Wet Carbon Lip)
Voltex - Canard Single Set
Voltex - Type 7.5 GT Wing 1700mm (Swan Neck)
Voltex – Diffuser
Honda (OEM) – Clear Side Markers

Interior:
Rockstar Garage - Hardtop 1 Piece Front Brackets and 2 Piece Rear Brackets
Honda Access - 00-09 S2000 Premium Floor Mat Set
Jade - Recaro Seat Belt Guide
Momo/ASM - Steering Wheel
PCI - Seat Bracket + Sliders
Recaro - Seat Side Protector
Recaro - Pole Position
Works Bell - Short Hub
Works Bell - Quick Release
Car Garage Amis – Trunk Support

Suspension/Drivetrain:
Cusco - Front 32mm Sway Bar
HKS - Hipermax IV SP Coilovers (16kg/mm F&R)
Honda OEM (New) – Inner Tie-Rod
Ikeya Formula - Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arms
J's Racing - S2 Offset Ball Joint
Ikeya Formula - Adjustable Front Upper Control Arms
Nagisa Auto - Front Sway Bar End Links
Nagisa Auto - Rear Sway Bar End Links
Super Now - 3 Way Adjustable Tie Rod Ends
Honda OEM (New) - Front and Rear Lower Control Arms
Super Now - Front and Rear Shock Spherical Bushing
Cusco - Rear Lower Control Arm Rear Spherical Bushing
Cusco - Front Lower Control Arm Rear (Caster) Spherical Bushing
Cusco - Rear Lower Control Arm Front Spherical Bushing (Not Installed)
Cusco - Front Lower Control Arm Front Spherical Bushing (Not Installed)
Cusco - Rear 32mm Sway Bar
Honda OEM (New) - L/R Front Knuckles, Hubs, Bearings, ABS Rings, Dust Caps, Snap Rings
Hasport - Differential Mount Kit (Race)
J's Racing - Adjustable Rear Control Arms (Not Installed)

Wheels/Tires:
Rays - O Ring Center Cap Adapters
Rays - O Ring Center Caps
Skunk2 - Open Ended Lug Nuts
Volk Racing - TE37SL - 17x9.5 / +40 / 5x114 (Diamond Black)
Volk Racing - TE37 Wheel Stickers
Yokohama - AD09 255/40/R17
ARP - Front + Rear Extended Studs
Unknown - 5mm Front + Rear Spacers

Engine/Exhaust:
Fumoto - Oil Drain Valve
Fumoto - 1/2" Adapter
J's Racing - Shizuki Project Radiator Cap
Tomei - Expreme Ti
Spoon - Baffled Oil Pan
Berk - 70mm High Flow Cat
Shorai - LFX36L3-BS12 Battery
Toda – Lightweight Tension, Idler, Crankshaft, Alternator, and Waterpump Pulleys

Brakes:
Project Mu - SCR Rotors 300mm (Front) PMU-PGPRH039
Project Mu - PS Brake Pads (Front+Rear)
Spoon - Monoblock Calipers
StopTech - SS Front + Rear Brake Lines
Project Mu - Single Piece Rear Rotors

Body/Chassis:
Splin Mota - Subframe Stiffener
Spoon - Center Brace
Renegade Motorsports - Reinforced Front Impact Bar

Other:
Super Now – S2000 Bushing Die Kit

Here are some pictures. The bodywork and paint were done by Dan’s Auto Body in Peabody, Massachusetts. A lot of the photos are vertical, and the aspect ratios are all over the place, sorry about that.

kos

Executed to perfection.

Ian300D

Coming from a J's GT Widebody owner, your car..............MEOW!!!!!

Love this build, keep is going!

Dibsen

That’s a lot of work. Maybe better to forget but you consider the cataloging the parts cost as well as any work you outsourced?

trschant

I have a spreadsheet that I try to keep all the parts in. I kept track of the cost of everything in there for a while so I could get an agreed value insurance policy. Once the car is on the road again, I have to add up the cost of the new parts to get a higher agreed value. The biggest cost has been the bodywork, paint, front end PPF, and ceramic coating. I had these done at the same time and it came out to about $18,000 (the horribly fitting fenders didn't help). I have done all the other work myself which has helped save some money.

TsukubaCody

Hoo boy, you really went wild here! What’s next for it?

What’re some things you’ve learned or would do differently now that time has passed by?

RAizzle

Been following your build on IG. Glad to see a write-up and looking forward to seeing where it goes from here!

trschant

I was looking at photos of the CWest S2000 and they cut out part of the frame rails behind the rear subframe and “tube framed” it. I’ve been thinking about that, mostly because I think it looks cool. My overall plan for the car is to get the weight to around 2450 – 2500 lb and then make more power with a supercharger or NA build. Have to put some more thought into that.

Doing it over again, I would have gone all out on a J’s Racing Type GT or Amuse GT1 build. I didn’t have plans to cut the car up in the beginning which is why I didn’t get a full kit. I don’t think there would have been a huge cost difference in bodywork between those kits and what I eventually did (maybe I’m wrong). I also bought wheel/tires in a size that I could run on a stock body. At some point, I’d like to go to a wider 18” wheel and different brakes. Some other stuff… I originally had a Chargespeed trunk that fit bad. Wish I had just spent the money on the ASM trunk instead of wasting money on that. I didn’t know how flimsy these Tomei exhausts are. Should have spent a little more for an Arvou Titanium exhaust. There is other stuff as well, but that’s what I can think of at the moment

Dibsen

should I bother getting on IG or just wait for the next thing?

I am resistant to change

Bri

What a beautiful build man! Love everything about it.