CAR SPOTLIGHT>>Honda S2000

Gee

Gee

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It's hard to choose between these two cars. Both cars are special in their own way. The S2000 GT1 build by Amuse and the Spoon S2000 have shown what they are worth. The cars you see in the pictures are customer cars photographed by Chester NG who lives in Hong Kong. Both customers have gone through the products database from their favorite tuner and ordered everything there was.

I'm still a big fan of the ‘orange' Amuse S2000 that was used in several Hot Version DVD's. Keiichi Tsuchiya thought that the car was so good he used it as a camera car and benchmark. After that success it was time for something different so Hideki Tanabe of Amuse designed a new bodykit for S2000 what became the widebody GT1. Spoon also made a widebody kit for the S2000 that's very popular within the Honda community but was build with a different approach.
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The rear of both the cars is very impressive with their dual exhausts and massive GT spoilers. The fenders on the Spoon S2000 adds 25mm where as the Amuse rear fenders add 40mm. So in this case the Amuse version wins. In case of the spoilers I like the Spoon one better because the stands are further apart. Of course both spoilers are made from carbon and specifically made for this application.

Another big part of both designs are the hardtops, Both Spoon and Amuse have one in their catalogue. But looking at the pictures it looks like the owner of the Amuse S2000 has opted for a hardtop made by Mugen.
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A real nice shot of both the front fenders. The gap behind the front wheel is there for better airflow, but you can clearly see the difference between both the fenders. The one made by Spoon has a more complex design and adds 20mm. The Amuse made fender increases the front width with 50mm.

The Spoon car obviously has Spoon calipers and rotors, but the Amuse car has a Endless brake setup.
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Here is the one thing I do not like about the Spoon bodykit. The way the frontend looks, I'm sure that Spoon tested the design in the windtunnel but it just doesn't look good. The frontend of the Amuse however does look good in my opinion.
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Gee

Gee

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These kits are monstor money thou, modding these things is not cheap.

I bet there is £20,000 on the cosmetics a lone.
 
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Corey_gt

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I think its mad the first time I saw an S2000 I could'nt get over at how long it was they look tiny in pictures I thought they'd be like the size of an Mx 5.
 
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gv1.3

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I was talking to Frankie about a few cars I was looking at over here and he found a clean s2k for 11kUSD ... I wouldnt mind something like that but in Ireland they are big money and the road tax will be stupid money too.
 
Kelly

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A s2000 came into the petrol station yday Gee it made me think of you :p i know how much you debate with yourself over getting one!
 
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PSI JOE

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s2000's are sick if I had one I would def make it look like this one



just the long hard top pretty stockish body dumped out on sick ass wheels.

only prob with these cars is going from a turbo car to them is a lot diff.

most of the guys on the mr2 boards sell there mr2's to buy s2's and end up keeping them for a while then selling and buying another mr2 due to the fact for every day driving the s2000 well. is kinda boaring...dont get me wrong i love driving them but only if im smashing around. if your just cruzing id rather be driving the mr2! just my personal opinion. oh another reason why i wouldnt get one is just as stated above to make it look the way id like it forget it. the hard top alone is like 7000usd.:haha: not happining.
 
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Sigma

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That hardtop makes a good looking car, amazing..

Really like the way these drive, and with a small turbo running manifold pressure, they are astonishing!
 
Gee

Gee

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rickw said:
got myself one last week, well impressed with it, it alot faster than i expected too;)
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Full review please!

With pictures and everything!

Would be interesting to know your thoughts, as you have come from a high powered Starlet too.
 
rickw

rickw

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ye tink der 240 alright, ill get sum pics up later. Well its a lil bit hard to get used to witout a turbo, but when the v tec kicks in she can move.;) hits 0-60 in no time! couple bits on mine, light weight rims, full exhaust lowered and a heap of strut bars on it, the handling feels amazing, its just stuck to the road.:)
 
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