Lude Generation

Get ready, I hope you like pics !

Hi everybody,

In addition of my presentation, here is my BB9 prelude from the day I bought it to today !

This one was my first car, a corolla 1.4 88Ch liftback (first time with japanese cars ) :



(this is the right one )

and the Prelude, just after the purchase :


I replaced the catalytic converter :


how shiny it was 4 years ago
Then a guy sold his Prelude for parts, so... I bought a black leather interior !




The driver seat needed a little sewing...


I disassembled the seat to remove the leather part :





F***ing little metal circles !



Why is the foam subsiding ?

Nearer, foam is torn :






After repair the leather needed to be cleaned :

Marseilles soap !
Black is practical as you can't see it's dirty !

The cleaned part is already clean, gloss isn't :

final result :

I applied Meguiar's gold class cuir to protect.


OEM Honda fog lights :



My doorsills, obviously not the original ones but those were made by a guy who could laser-cut aluminium plates :




Here is my H23 intake header :

after a bit of cleaning :





The F20A4 intake was quite clean, barely a little oil...



Engine bay with all the marks

and the #£¤~$% gasket !!! Took me hours to remove it....



Finally fitted :



Nice plugs



I also replaced my clutch master/slave (it leaked) because it gave my trouble to shift correctly :
the fluid I removed from the tank :

What the clutch lines contained :

The leaking master :

and his friend

Nice work, especially with the seats.
I did something similar with my seats. The evil little metal circles I replaced with cable ties.

^ seconding Pushki, I'm going through the same nightmare with those circle fuckers

Nice prelude

f**king circles indeed, they are horrible

Front upper strut bar (Megan racing, quality ) :



the fitting of the rear one is not really "plug'n'play" :

to give an idea of the metal amount I had to remove (I love my grinder ) to fit this bar (normally the 2 circles were concentric) :

H-shapped holes :

done !

perfect !



Koni shocks (-2cm front, -1.5cm rear)








New brakes and calipers (H23) 260mm -> 282mm :






before

after

rear disc really needed to be changed !



before :

after :

/my-wheels-are-disgusting-proof









It's alive !!!




Replacing the power steering fluid (I guess it was the first time )




Rear wheel bearing was a bit loud




My new wheels being powdercoated







center cap :

painting :


and with the tyres !
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Replaced the neiman contactor (the motor was stopping while driving , very dangerous...)






inside :






I painted my old wheels (the ones with winter tyres)


you may not like, it i'll understand

The Sebring silencer and the type-S airbox :







and that's all for now

Nice.

I'm liking this thread. Lots of quality pictures.

you should get your mate to make more of the sills

Wow, what a lot of great work

Oil temp guage is awesome