Honda Sensation

    Photos: Jake De & Aleks B. | Words: Nathan Kumar
    cha·ris·ma

Noun:

Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others. A divinely conferred power or talent

    Now that you’re on par with the term and the dictionary definition lets delve deeper, how does one
    define  charisma or appear to be charismatic? Charisma in the car scene is usually defined through the
    way the owner presents his car to the rest of the scene. With the stance movement swooping in fast
    and hard, many people opt to play it safe and go for vehicles that they know will be widely accepted
    by the majority. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but every once and again we get to see a
    glimpse of someone who dares to think outside the box and break the set moulds that the culture follows.

    Here we have here two friends who walk the same path in life both as students studying and both with a
    passion for cars. Both drive Honda’s but that’s as far as the similarities list goes.

    First up we have Areis with black FD2 Honda Civic, who has taken the “less is more” approach at
    modifying his car, the late model Civic keeps in contact with the tarmac with its work XD9’s running
    17×8.5 up front and 17×9.5 with the aid of 20mm spacers to fill out the rear guards. +32 offset for the
    front and +18 for the rear ensures there’s enough poke to fill out the Civics sleek guards.

    An “air force air suspension” kit plays the role on this Honda as gravity does on all else, making sure it’s
    constantly at an ideal height for the given situation or simply just slammed, just how we like it!
    Visual mods were kept to a minimum as if though not to ruin the original lines of the car that Honda
    engineers had worked on to get right.

    A Mugen lip kit and a duck tail spoiler just to ensure this isn’t mistaken for “mum’s grocery go getter”
    gets the job done and ensuring his ride is subtle yet stands out for all the right reasons.

    Next  up, we have Luke with his pearl white S2000, who has seem to opt for a some-what more in your
    face approach to his build. The S2000 sits incredibly low thanks to a set of BC Racing coilovers,
    allowing the 17×9 inch Rays TE37s to do their job and fill up those guards, running +22 offset all round
    the car has enough poke to make you choke!

    The pearl white hue contrasts amazingly with the full cream re-trimmed leather interior on the inside of
    Luke’s S2000. Every S2000 has a boy-racer stigma attached to it and it wouldn’t be right to allow the
    little Honda to live up its huge potential, taking care of this is a K&N air filter to allow the F20C between
    its struts do what its known to do, breathe! and loudly when the VTEC pops, to say the least !

    Dual titanium exhaust expel the exhaust gasses from behind and look like absolute porn, all whilst
    delivering a very nice exhaust note.

    So here we have it two friends, two Honda’s, two very different approaches that work well when played
    out resulting in two charismatic cars rolling around the streets of Sydney.

    Diversify people!