iv always fancied s2000 especially in their grand prix form with red seats.its seem like a natural progression from they type r taditional heritage.
around four years ago i spotted a s2000 on honda tech ,white but this time not just the seats were red ,the whole interior dash,all door cards center console were bright viberant red.its was known as the full red interior (surprisingly),but it was rare and cost a premium in the states.

After further research i found out it only the U.S. got the full red/white combo option from the factory and only in the 2002 - 05 model year.

europe and even japan only gave the full red interior with silverstone grey and berlina black and again only 2002+ models.

so that left me with a choice of buying a black/grey car with red interior and respray it.

or buy a gp white car and go looking for the ultra rare interior elsewhere.
i chose the former.

so on the 11.11.11 i purchased a Berlina black 65,000 mile,bog standard irish s2000 with a full service history and a personal s2000 reg which was nice!!
i bought it from cameron cars in dublin,i was happy to pay slightly above the odds for the blank canvas i wanted.









then the spending started!!

i bought the 18"BBS Lm reps derekm was selling.i think they really suited his s2000

18 x 8.5 front
18x9.5 the staggered fittment needed for s2000






Badly in need of being slammed as you can see in the pics

so barry motorsport gave me a great deal with these bc full adjustable coilovers





i also came upon a rare set of 4 piece mats only sold on the 08+ s2000 really finish off the interior nicely!



i decided to get it 100% mechanically before i started on the body work.

diff oil ,gear oil etc


put in a brand new honda timing chain tentioner (TCT) just in case



a full K and N Induction kit was ordered for some much needed grunt




security was next,a falcon alarm and immobiliser coupled with a microwave sensor (buts an extra primary bubble zone around the car) kill switch etc



while it was being fitted i started looking for some extra body parts.i found a badly broken jap rear bumper (gotta have the square jap plate )

shine rear spats

 

i always fancied the facelift front bumper of an 04+ s2000 do i ordered a brand new bumper,grill and tow cover from honda





so it was ready for paint.joe crash in limerick is the best around and a month or so later it was ready.

looking a little bare with out its side badges


sorted,along with red badges and eireplates jap metal plates.




picked up a set of these muteki wheel nuts from the states.have them on my teg in a titanium finish these are neo chrome.

These are a proper heavy steel nut you can give a confident squeeze to with out damaging the finish.

sorted out the ice with an alpine ida-305s media player




and icetronix supplied the replacment to the crap oem speakers



the painter got nicely inside the door too bt



oh yeah,picked up an oem spoiler too..in the bodyshop.







had it finished just in time for the rally of the lakes.more updates to follow hopefully when i persuade the polyuratne oem replica facelift lip to fit:wallbash)

 

That looks amazing, I love white S2ks and with the red interior, it looks absolutely incredible. Good job!

 

I think the red interior is horrible but I love the paint job!

 

nice work

 

Looks stunning with that colour combination.

Did the speakers need adaptor/spacer?

 

Paint looks good!

Number plate looks not so good at all though.

 

Looking good, did you get the engine bay painted?

 

Lush Lovely modern look mate

 

That's not correct I'm afraid, you could buy GPW + full red interior in Japan

(and Moonrock full red in the UK + Japan).



Looks like you've done a good job with your car

apart from the number plate

Chris.