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Post by mart609 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:50 pm

rust free 4g? too good to use as a track car! :lol:

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Post by bb1boy » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:09 pm

mart609 wrote:rust free 4g? too good to use as a track car! :lol:
:lol: agreed, it should be in a museum!
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Re: New member to the Honda family

Post by llocke » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:35 pm

Small update on the Prelude front,

the 5th gen is now sold due to time constraints to get it back up to scratch but that has given me a chance to spend some time on the 4th gen.

First thing I had to do was change the wheels and tyres, if there is one thing I cannot stand that is poor grip.

Had some OZ Superturismos hanging around so I decided to wrap them in some brand new Yoko Parada Spec 2's

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A few days after fitting the wheels I decided to fit some random sleeved coilovers I had to the car.

With a little help from a close friend at south coast plasti dip I made up a loom and fitted this beauty ;)

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Pretty pleased with the end product of this.

After fitting all these bits I took the old girl on a trip to Amsterdam for a weekend for Pacha music festival, one of the funnest trips I've had in a while due to the car.

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So at the moment she currently looks like this,

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I absolutely love the look of the spec 2's :D

Next few jobs will be small bits but will keep updating.

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:41 pm

Parada 2 are a great tyre 8)

This worries me a little though...
llocke wrote:A few days after fitting the wheels I decided to fit some random sleeved coilovers I had to the car.
Do you mean this type of thing?...

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Not that it even makes much of a difference, but are they Prelude specific?

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Post by llocke » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:43 pm

indeed, are these usually trouble?

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:50 pm

Unfortunately yes. They don't sit at all well on the base of the dampener and so quite often when risng over bumps can come unseated. Not good. And the lower they're made, the worse :?

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Post by llocke » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:52 pm

i did find that when fitting them that they didnt sit to well. with a bit of adjustment i've got them pretty good in there, planning on getting some actual coilovers in the next month hopefully.

Cheers for the advise though I never really liked the sleeve design.

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:57 pm

llocke wrote:with a bit of adjustment i've got them pretty good in there,
I bet they're not in the same position if you look again now ;) :lol:

Cool. Coilovers is certainly the way ;) 8)

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Post by mercutio » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:42 pm

yeah those sleeves are not good but fair play you made it to Holland and back :lol:
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Post by bb1boy » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:29 pm

mercutio wrote:yeah those sleeves are not good but fair play you made it to Holland and back :lol:
Holland and back?! Damn, man.. I wouldn't even ride to the end of the street and back on coilover sleeves!! Well done on getting home safe! :D
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