Larger Than Life

Words by Andy Carter | Photography by Rick Lee

Imagine, if you will, that it’s 1999.  Depending on your age, you are either riding in your mom’s Suburban or driving your own car around jamming out to some Third Eye Blind.  You hear something like a demonic lawn mower closing in, and suddenly a lime green blur zooms by.  Candy paint, huge widebody kit, massive wing; the car resembles something more alien than anything terrestrial.  He’s not concerned with whether his sidemarkers are JDM or how rare his wheels are, he just wants to make sure that his car gets noticed by EVERYONE around.  His style is loud, ridulous, and over-the-top.  Fast forward to 2011.  The average tuner now has a stock bodied car with a couple of subtle aero pieces, painted a stock color, lowered a couple inches closer to the ground, and sporting another car’s stock wheels.

Chris Hall isn’t your average tuner.  His 2002 S2000 sports a full J’s Racing aero kit, Shine rear fender flares, Chargespeed carbon hood and truck, and Spoon hardtop, all covered in PPG Vibrance Orange Glow candy pearl paint.  NOBODY is going to confuse this car as OEM.  This is the car that little kids think of when you say “race car”.

Don’t think that this S2k is a show queen though.  Chris continued his overhaul by installing Tein Flex Coilovers with EDFC giving the car it’s functional stance.  The wheels are a set of classic forged Works.

The performance of the already capable S2000 has been pumped up via a T1R exhaust, a Megan racing header, an Invidia test pipe, and Fujita exhaust.  This obsession with quality parts continues inside.  A pair of carbon Bride Stradias keeps Chris secure as he pilots the tangy roadster, while a Cusco 6-point roll cage keeps him safe.

My point is not that we all need to go out and buy body kits and paint them rainbow colors.  Or that the current OEM+ trend is any less significant to the scene than the ostentatiousness of the early 2000′s was.  But I think the forums have scared into thinking that understated is the only way to go.  If you have quality, then there is nothing wrong with having quantity along with it.  Chris Hall has created something that transcends our mundane demands of a “clean” ride and supersedes our expectations of minimalism.  This S2000 has become something larger than life; a perfect mix of style, performance, and outright craziness that this scene was founded on.

Mod List:

2002 Honda s2000

Current Mods:
Paint: PPG Vibrance Orange Glow (3 stage candy pearl.)
Spoon Carbon Hardtop
J’s Racing Carbon Fiber Aerokit (front and rear bumpers and side skirts)
J’s Racing Carbon Fiber Canards
J’s Racing Wide Blister Fenders
J’s Racing Brake Duct Coolers
J’s Racing Tow Hooks (front and rear)
J’s Racing 3D GT Wing
Charge Speed Carbon Fiber Hood
Charge Speed Carbon Fiber Trunk (with molded out 3rd brake light)
Shine Rear Fender Flares
APR Carbon Fiber Side View Mirrors
Forged Work Emotions
T1R Titanium Lug Nuts
Project Kics Spacers 25mm/20mm
Bridgestone Potenza Tires
Tein Flex Coilovers
Tein EDFC (Electric Dampening Force Controller)
T1R-70EM (Evasive Motorsports Edition) 70mm Dual Exhaust
Megan Racing Header
Invidia Testpipe
Fujita F5 Cold Air Intake
APR Cooling Plate
APR Spark Plug Cover
Bride Stradias (Carbon Kevlar)
Bride Seat Rails
Cusco 6 Point Roll Cage (powder coated to match the wheels)
Moddiction Shift Knob
Ap2 Tail Lights
Ap2 Roll Hoops
Ap2 Center Console
Ap2 Door Panels
Ap2 Radio Door Cover
Kenwood KDC-MP628
Kenwood KCA-IP500 Ipod Controller
Kenwood KAC-X10D 1000W Amp
2 Kicker Competition 10″ Subs
Custom Fiberglass Sub Enclosure

Very near future mods:
Takata 4 Point Harnesses (this month.)
Powder Coat Valve Cover to match wheels and cage. (this month.)
Personal Quick Release Steering Wheel/Hub (this month.)
Moddiction Titanium Bling Bolts (this month)
Spoon Carbon Rear Diffuser (before summer)
Wedsports SA55M (summer)
Boost! (fall)
BBK. (fall)
…and much more…

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