Lude Generation

Hello,

I've just brought a '95 2.2 Vtec UK spec Prelude and would like your advice please.

I completed an apprenticeship at Honda during the mid to late 90's, working on these and Gen 5's throughout their production run, so I know them inside out. Sadly that was nearly 14 years ago, and rusty rear arches on Honda's was un heard of...

Having (stupidly) brought a car at night, in the rain, after too much beer (eBay...) I am now the proud owner of a Red 95 VTEC.

The car has an extensive service history and has been well looked after, with a full service history until 20k ago, at a whopping 166'000 miles.

Due to reasons unknown to anyone, Honda thought it would be a good idea to paint a car in super fadey Red, and then lacquer over the top, so you get a lovely pink car by about now...

(Can you see where this is going yet?)

So I have a Pink Honda Prelude, with a good (nearly mint apart from one crack in the rear 'door' card trim) interior, with all the LCD display working, the engine and box are good, as are the lights. Apart from the rotten rear arches, a broken spring, 4 bald tyres and a blowing flexi joint, it's not in bad nick.

The springs and exhaust can be fixed for less than £150, the tyres will cost £150 (Second had 16' rims and second hand good tyres), so with £300 investment I can have a good motor up and running with a weekends work...

However, would it be worth me breaking it to help others 'live on''?

Purely because if I do the rear arches, I can either buy a replacement panel (unless they do repair sections) for £200, then fit it and re-spray the whole car resulting in mucho money being spent on a 186'000 mile car...

So break it or save it?

Cheers

Mark

you can get repair sections the polish are making them

and how do we find these polish repair sectionists?? lol

they are offered on here I think @cebul organises the buys

Prelude999 wrote:Having (stupidly) brought a car at night, in the rain, after too much beer (eBay...) I am now the proud owner of a Red 95 VTEC.

been there and done that! (It's a black 92 though and I think Vodka Red Bull was involved rather than Beer)

I have a spare N/S repair panel, yours for £85 + post.

From the description, I think your lude is one we discussed recently when it appeared on ebay and concensous was we thought it looked like a great buy.

It all depends how much you like the car - if you love it, invest the money in it and keep it, if not then as you say you could break it.

If you take a look at the profile thread for my black lude, you'll see that was a cheap dog of a lude bought on ebay, which I've ended up putting some money into and I'm so glad I did.
(And I had to do the arches on my UKDM too)

All down to what you want really.

Welcome to the forum. I think wurlycorner summed it up quite nicely.
Regardless of the miles done, it's not a massive investment to get the car on the road - so just down to how much you like it, or will like driving it.

What Wurly said too ^^^

save and repair is my vote i hate to see a lude broken, and theres already too many out there being broken anyway. stay on the forum and build a great car, plus share your knowledge of the ludes owners to us all