Sacrilege of an NSX......Comments please.

[Pride]

I just spotted this "slightly modified" NSX up for sale.
You really need to be either very brave or just plain dumb to do this:

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/06/someone-chopped-acura-nsx-into.html

Also check out the handbrake lever position in picture 21, sums it all up really. Lol:)

[mjames75]

seen some worse ones over here!

[Pride]

Here are some which you wouldn't think possible, as they say "Only in America" :)

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/118081-Transporting-tires-and-gear-to-track-with-NSX

[Nick Graves]

If that convertible's the one I'm thinking of, it was very expensively & thoroughly modified, before Honda did similar with the -T.

There are plenty of slammed NSXs with incorrect wheel offsets and plastic-pig wide body kits that I'd consider are far more sacrilegious.

[Mistercorn]

I can't possibly comment. I think a car looks too modified if it doesn't have a saggy number plate plinth.

MC

[britlude]

it always amazes me what people do with their cars. the reactions from people who see these cars are equally as interesting.

in my other car life i'm in the world of hotrods and customs. believe me there are some weird and wonderful creations, along with some truly hideous, but as long as it's intrinsically safe i have no problem with people doing what they want to THEIR car.

it's not for others to say what is good /bad as we don't know the back story behind it. it might be hideous but 'it's a replica of what their late father built in the 70's' sort of thing...

one of the first car shows i went to with my hotrod, i was put in the '30's car section, and spent most of the day being scowled at, 'ruined a good car' comments and all that guff... strangely they thought it was quite nice once i'd pointed out it was a fibre-glass replica body!!!

we really must embrace the diversity, it makes the std NSX rarer, and gives a little variety to the marque. a wide body might be a wide body because all the panels may have been damaged beyond repair and it was the only way to get the car back on the road.... if we were all the same it would be a very boring place indeed.

back to the original pic.... it looks fine, personally i would have lost the door handles, and subsequently lowered the engine cover line. but that seems to dismiss 98% of the work for the 2% i'd change!!!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1WcLVJ_GYBk/VXdCWUEVCqI/AAAAAAAA99c/OEiXMfs4lCw/s1600/Acura-NSX-Convertible-1.jpg

[Pride]

In many ways it does look good, so I've changed the thread title.
It's just just strange that there's no pictures with the roof up, that's if there is a roof???

[sigilobaphomet]

Should have just bought an mx5 and not destroy a proper car!

[Senninha]

There are several of these conversions on the road ....

[britlude]

It's just just strange that there's no pictures with the roof up, that's if there is a roof???

it's because they look 'not so pretty' with the roof up! i know it's design is limited by various factors, but a half tonneau and getting wet would be preferable!

http://www.carpictures.com/pics/640/09L1B471409779AA/Acura-NSX-Custom-Convertible-1991-09L1B471409779AA.jpeg

these will do you one.... http://newportspecialtycars.com/content/acura-nsx-convertible

plenty of nsx convertables in a google search.... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nsx+convertible&rlz=1C1CHWA_enGB610GB610&espv=2&biw=1173&bih=605&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIuuPirIGPxgIV4RTbCh3WbQAS .... including the Avengers car!

[soddy]

wondering like some how well it goes in the corners ;)

[duncan]

"You really need to be either very brave or just plain dumb to do this"
I'm assuming the car was customised / modified / converted prior to the introduction of the Targa in 1995 so -
third option - wealthy,
In the UK at least, when new an NSX cost the same as the average house price. That price to purchase and then a firm to undertake the work.

[Nick Graves]

IIRC, it was done by the ASC, since Honda had publicly ruled out a convertible version. And then introduced the -T.

The conversion was hideously expensive, so few were made and they must've lost money on the project.