Project Prelude Gen5
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:57 pm
The Vec C is now in the hands of the wife, I have one of these rice boxes now:
It's a 2000W Honda Prelude 2.0 Auto with the Motegi kit. Nice smooth auto box, much better than anything else I've driven with an auto.
It has a few niggles that I need to sort (most seem to be brake related, old discs/pads are noisy and stone guard is bent on nearside front, and window runners on offside), but has comprehensive history backed up by receipts upon receipts, totalling serious money spent maintaining it, so I have confidence there.
A few photos from the dealer:
I'll be taking some more soon.
Future plans are all OEM+ touches, so wind deflectors, maybe some Mugen spats, and a single tailpipe backbox/system as I think it suits the rear end better than the twin. I'll be giving it a protection detail hopefully ASAP and it'll get the works in the spring. I'll be planning a couple of other things in the meantime to smarten it up, namely vinyl wrapping the wood trim on the interior (got receipt where the owner who had it from new had it fitted.........£500!), tidying up the window trims on the outside (slight corrosion and faded rubber) to freshen the outside a bit.
More to follow.
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OK, so we remember this?
Well it simply wouldn't do. Now having hunted through my kitbag, I had no 2000 or 3000 wet n dry, only 1200, so plan B it was. I had to try and improve them, for I could do with the extra light output. So, I dragged out the heaviest cut hand polish I possess and a microfibre cloth and went to work. I was very very surprised at what was achieved in a very short space of time (just over 5 mins and the passenger side was done).
Then:
Passenger side:
Job done
The product?
Very impressed. Would have done it with Enhance, but I realised my bottle was empty
AG Paint Renovator it is.
Also, whilst cleaning the car this morning, I found the source of the rattle from the driver side front. Stone guard appears to have corroded off pretty much and is sitting on the hub, rattling freely. Will remove when I do the brakes. Can you still get these as new parts?
It's a 2000W Honda Prelude 2.0 Auto with the Motegi kit. Nice smooth auto box, much better than anything else I've driven with an auto.
It has a few niggles that I need to sort (most seem to be brake related, old discs/pads are noisy and stone guard is bent on nearside front, and window runners on offside), but has comprehensive history backed up by receipts upon receipts, totalling serious money spent maintaining it, so I have confidence there.
A few photos from the dealer:
I'll be taking some more soon.
Future plans are all OEM+ touches, so wind deflectors, maybe some Mugen spats, and a single tailpipe backbox/system as I think it suits the rear end better than the twin. I'll be giving it a protection detail hopefully ASAP and it'll get the works in the spring. I'll be planning a couple of other things in the meantime to smarten it up, namely vinyl wrapping the wood trim on the interior (got receipt where the owner who had it from new had it fitted.........£500!), tidying up the window trims on the outside (slight corrosion and faded rubber) to freshen the outside a bit.
More to follow.
------------------------------------
OK, so we remember this?
Well it simply wouldn't do. Now having hunted through my kitbag, I had no 2000 or 3000 wet n dry, only 1200, so plan B it was. I had to try and improve them, for I could do with the extra light output. So, I dragged out the heaviest cut hand polish I possess and a microfibre cloth and went to work. I was very very surprised at what was achieved in a very short space of time (just over 5 mins and the passenger side was done).
Then:
Passenger side:
Job done
The product?
Very impressed. Would have done it with Enhance, but I realised my bottle was empty
AG Paint Renovator it is. Also, whilst cleaning the car this morning, I found the source of the rattle from the driver side front. Stone guard appears to have corroded off pretty much and is sitting on the hub, rattling freely. Will remove when I do the brakes. Can you still get these as new parts?
