In JDM world, this is called "aero dressup". Why dressup? Because in road cars aero enhancements are little more than styling exercises. You might be able to have a JGTC-inspired car, but lets face it, unless you have access to a wind tunnel (none of the car kit makers have a wind tunnel, nor is inclined to seriously research their parts), and plan to regularly reach speeds in excess of 175 kph, anything you throw at the car is for looks only.
I have always loved the clean design of the NSX. Honda is well known for their no-nonsense approach to their cars, and the NSX, like the S2000 that comes from the same factory, extols Honda's Lotus-esque approach of "less is more". their cars have always been function over form, and elemental in design and execution. However, although timeless, that doesn't mean we can't do a few tweaks to bring the NSX up to date in current car designs. Again, my initial approach was to be on a budget, thinking I will sell this car eventually for the R35, so I scoured the classifieds of NSXPrime.com and came upon an ad by GTA NSXer, Nathan (red_dragon). Nate had a set of BYS skirts, rear wing and Gruppe M CF lip for sale as he was upgrading to a more aggressive Taitec nose with CF canards, Marga Hills Skirts and homemade aluminum diffuser. I bought the whole kit and kaboodle along with a set of bronze Volk Racing TE37's from a Vancouver NSX. Here's how it looked circa fall 2005 (pics taken at Mosport's Hanson Driving School).
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