Fefelarue's 3rd gen Honda Prelude

[fefelarue]

Hey folks, my name is Felix. I used to drive a peugeot 106 quiksilver which looked like this:




But anyway, onto better things! Here's my new car...

It's a gen 3 1989 Honda Prelude 2.0i 16v 150bhp with 4 wheel steering

It's only got 81k on the clock, and it's pretty much immaculate inside and out.

I got a couple of quick snaps on the long drive back from picking it up:






Then today I finally got some time to give it a clean, and start the free mods

First up was the numberplate. I hated the ugly numberplate mount it had, so did this..

Before:



Mount removed:



Cleaned:



Then re-attached the plate a bit lower down without the surround:




That's all the modding I had time for today, so I found a building site and took some pics:








Let me know what ya think

[fefelarue]

So today I did some bits on the rear end.

I started on the smoothing

So after painstakingly removing the badges and glue residue, I was left with these rather unsightly holes:


So off to halfords to get the filler, and I filled the drokk out of those holes:


160 grit:


800 grit wet:


2000 grit wet:


Then I just used high build primer and a touch up pen. This pic is before flatting and polishing:


MEANWHILE.. I removed the number plate mount again and stuck the plate to the rear bumper..

Before:


Removed:


Final result for the day: I flatted down the brushed on paint and it looks like this:

I didn't get time to do the centre badge today, so that'll have to wait for now...

I'll give it a proper polish and a blend in a couple of days when it's all rock solid, but even now you can't see where the holes were

Also, this is worth a watch. My mate attached his go-pro to the side of my car to get some 4 wheel steering action. And there's some nice exhaust sounds in there too! (this is with a completely standard exhaust):


As always, comments, opinions and suggestions welcome

[NafemanNathan]

Another one to the ranks! Welcome to the club Felix

Love the vid

[Doggo]

That looks stunning, Felix. Great car! I would reaaally like that. Welcome in

[fefelarue]

Thanks for the welcome guys Looking forward to getting stuck in!

I'm sure i'll be asking you all for a lot of help and info in the coming months

[honda-hardy]

NICE CAR. i dont want to sell mine but i have too.

i couldnt tempt you with a jdm prelude inx boot spoiler? its in dark silver at the moment, but looking at your painting skills, i think you would cope.









the brake light is full length and very bright. £50 plus p+p. this will include a home made harness and instruction on where to run the loom.

[fefelarue]

Hey mate thanks for the offer, it's a bargain but it's a bit too ott for what i'm going for. I want to clean the entire rear end. I was considering a little stick-on boot lip spoiler but that's as far as i'd go i think. Nice car though, shame you're selling it!

[honda-hardy]

the other option is... i have a spare new old stock led bar. perhaps you could cut a groove in the lip of the boot and flush fit it in to the boot.

[fefelarue]

Haha, tempting! But i'm gonna pass at the moment thanks dude. Any other mods you're selling?

[honda-hardy]

only a standard spoiler in white. w/o brake light.