This level of restoration is very common in Asia. This channel is fascinating!
Impressive level of refurbishment of a 200 series (1 Viewer)
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This level of restoration is very common in Asia. This channel is fascinating!
hoser
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That's 15 years in the desert.
Love the seat refurb, they look comfy. Thats the one of many things I love of the car scene in asian markets, pure talent in upholstery. You can literally find any seating surface foam etc by going into one row of shops, and they will tailor fit it.
Dayum, that's impressive!
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Would love to know the cost of that in Asia. It would probably be cheaper to ship your 200 there, have the work done and ship it back than to do it here in the U.S.
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Yea for sure. I watched some of their other videos and they rebuilt and refurbished an Audi A8 W12 for $10k USD. like took it apart, washed and dry iced cleaned and replaced all wear items and rebuilt the bottom end of the the w12. Insane.
That's SPECTACULAR !!! Really amazing !
Getting a LX600 here would be cheaper than that, but sadly in China and many other countries, labor is so cheap, that projects like this are more feasible. What a craft that group of fellows have, amazing and amazing !
Thanks for sharing i t!
Getting a LX600 here would be cheaper than that, but sadly in China and many other countries, labor is so cheap, that projects like this are more feasible. What a craft that group of fellows have, amazing and amazing !
Thanks for sharing i t!
hoser
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In Japan, Honda offers a "Refresh Plan" for 1st gen NSX's (Last produced 2005). $100k USD with paint.
Wonder why no one does that kind of work here.
Also wonder why automakers don't offer 'upgrade' programs where you bring in certain older vehicles and they upgrade them for about 20K.
Refurbished engine, new driver/passenger front seats, new trim and new suspension components.
Imagine adding the hybrid motor to the 5.7 and having upgraded seats and infotainment system?
Also wonder why automakers don't offer 'upgrade' programs where you bring in certain older vehicles and they upgrade them for about 20K.
Refurbished engine, new driver/passenger front seats, new trim and new suspension components.
Imagine adding the hybrid motor to the 5.7 and having upgraded seats and infotainment system?
This would go against the very core of USA auto manufacturers. Convince people they need a new car every 2-3 years. In a society that always wants the latest and greatest, manufacturers based refurbishment would be a money loser.
As a NSX owner I appreciate that, however, mine is too mint to need that.
There is a guy in Hawaii thats been selling a nsx thats been "refreshed" by Honda on BaT few times. its pretty trashy
Mercedes classic center does it. My neighbor has had two cars there last 1 year
hoser
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There's a menu of choices and so they are not all the same level of refreshing. If he/she chose the $100k option, it won't look trashy... unless maybe it was done 10+ years ago.
Nissan also had a refresh/restore program and sold restored 240z from the dealerships in the mid 90's. Finding one of those now would be gold.
Yup couple of local ones... albeit cheaper than these
hoser
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I guess there were only 37 of them....
www.thedrive.com
Factory-Commissioned Datsun 240Z Restoration Sells for Over $100K at Auction
It's one of 37 Z-cars restored by Nissan North America as part of its Vintage Restoration Program.
www.thedrive.com
If you look harder or search better, you will find someone to do it.... the question is not if you can find who to do it, it is is if you are willing to pay what it is going to cost you to get it done in USA Dollars ! For $20K, you will not get what you are asking for in your comment, sadly. Check open auctions and you will see the sale price of some "restored" vechicles to give you an idea ! And besides, like have been said here, car manufacturers are in the biz of getting folks to buy/lease every other three years or so... In many places of the world, folks keep a car for almost forever !
