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Old 07-14-2024 | 07:06 AM
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Wanted to post something here to help track everything on my s2k, had it a year now and is my summer weekend toy.
I got a royal navy blue 2005 gt in 2023 with full honda history (112k miles). Bones are good, just tatty paint, laquer peel and the starts of rust on one of the arches so got it straight into the body shop:
  • Arch cut out including the inner skin and replaced, rolled and bumper tabs relocated
  • Full respray in a toyota colour from the chr, compeltely dismantled window out job.
  • Smoothed front bumper, washers jets, honda badge and plate mount holes plastic welded out
  • USDM/JDM genuine rear bumper new through Honda UK
  • Mugen style Carbon Fibre wing from japan
  • OEM replica front lip
  • PPF on the front bumper
  • Tint wrapped front and rear lights
  • Mirror integrated reverse camera
  • Tegiwa ali radiator
  • Sony 4x100 BT head unit and jbl door speakers
  • Alcantara steering wrap











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Old 07-17-2024 | 06:50 PM
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Beautiful color, can't wait to see it done!
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Old 07-18-2024 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian300D
Beautiful color, can't wait to see it done!
thank you
The body shop seems to like the colour judging by their dent hammer! Car is now being reassembled after a few days of wet sanding and polishing. I am so excited about this colour.






Old 07-21-2024 | 11:33 AM
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All back and super pleased, tinted some more lights after my pictures below, and wheel spacers are on the way to tye me over till I upgrade the wheels.
I wont be driving too much for the next 30 days as i need to get the front end ppf'd.
Colour is very close to my s5 tucked in the back, i definately have a favourite colour.








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Originally Posted by Ian300D
Beautiful color, can't wait to see it done!
I concur on the Beautiful color! And now it's done!
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Old 07-22-2024 | 05:36 PM
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Thank you, super pleased.
minor tweak now I have tinted the rear lights and popped them back on.
personal preference but i think it looks better against the bright paint
Old 07-23-2024 | 05:49 AM
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Color has grown on me. Too bad I'll never see it on the ground but there'd be no problem spotting it in a crowd.

Though headlight washers were required by MOT. Guess not. We don't have them here.

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Only annoyance is they painted the grill inserts body color and they should be black, referring to the front bumper.
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Originally Posted by Chuck S
Color has grown on me. Too bad I'll never see it on the ground but there'd be no problem spotting it in a crowd.

Though headlight washers were required by MOT. Guess not. We don't have them here.

-- Chuck
Thanks, i do love a good marmite colour.
Headlight washers are required , but checked with my usual mot guy and if they aren't fitted any more rather than broken he will pass it.

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Only annoyance is they painted the grill inserts body color and they should be black, referring to the front bumper.
totally agree!
But they have been left because they are being cut out and replaced with brake ducts very soon, no point masking and fiddling when they are being cut out
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Originally Posted by meemo
totally agree!
But they have been left because they are being cut out and replaced with brake ducts very soon, no point masking and fiddling when they are being cut out
Ah, makes perfect sense then



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