Lude Generation

Well, I was browsing the classifieds a few days ago when this caught my eye. It's a 2.2 5th Gen Motegi and as far as i'm aware, the only changes from standard are the Black roof, rear tints and Powerflow exhaust...but I might be wrong. I went down to see it that evening and ended up taking the car home with me. I was pleasantly suprised with the condition and feel of the car and the amount of history that came with it.


I got the car home still smiling like a cheshire cat and decided to make the most of the long weekend to give her a good going over and see how much of a toll time had actually taken on the old girl.

Saturdays weather was decent so I got stuck in. Here's a quick rundown of what I got done.....
The wheels and trouble spots got a good soaking in Autosmart g101
Then I gave It a full going over with Autosmart Car Shampoo
Then Dried the car and started with the Claybar which made the biggest difference
Then Polished with Poorboys Pro Polish and sealed with Dodo Juice Wax
Finished off by cleaning the windows with Autoglym Glass Polish and Dressing the tyres with Autosmart Highstyle Silcone Dressing
Followed up by a few much needed Beer!!











The weather wasn't playing ball on Sunday so I waited until today to get started on the interior.
Gave it a quick hoover and clean then Took into the leather with Autoglym Leather Cleaner and done the plastics with Autosmart Bubblegum silicone Spray





Still haven't got round to the engine bay yet but that'll keep me out of trouble for a few hours this weekend hopefully...
The only future plans I have at the minute are get the engine bay tidied, rocker cover painted etc. and then sort out the sound system. Need to source a decent cd player with ports for the subs as i'm stuck with a cassette player atm.



On that note, can anyone advise the on the best way to run the wires for an amp from the bay to the inside...in my old mb6 civic there was a rubber grommit in the firewall which was very handy for running from the bay to the inside. Haven't had a chance to have a proper look round in the Lude yet.

Cheers,
Hamo

Looks like a good buy

Rare interior too, only other set I've seen like that were in @nitin_s1's old car.

damn, you got a really neat and clean looking example there! that leather interior looks mint Couldnt help you with the best way to do it, previous owners run mine through on my mk4, not sure how but i can have a look, see if its applicable to your mk5

That was in my old Jdm sir, half leather half cloth. Very strong and durable seats, even more durable then the Type-S. This must be an optional extra here or must have been swapped over from a Jdm prelude.

Nice car.

Great looking car! Did they swap the heat pads over to the new seats?

That really does look mint bud

There are 2 places you can run your power cable, 1 rubber grommit on each side of the firewall. When you look you won't be able to miss them

I chose to run my cable across my strut brace and through the passenger side, the cable comes oit whims the glove box.

There is a lower grommet on the drivers side that is good for running stuff through. You might need to move the engine bay fuse box out of the way to access it.

Oh my, i love this car! Looks sick!

Thanks for all the comments lads, I'm well chuffed with the car so far.

Merlin wrote:Great looking car! Did they swap the heat pads over to the new seats?

I haven't actually tried them yet....i'll give that a try later to see...Fingers crossed

mills wrote: There are 2 places you can run your power cable, 1 rubber grommit on each side of the firewall. When you look you won't be able to miss them

I chose to run my cable across my strut brace and through the passenger side, the cable comes oit whims the glove box.

Merlin wrote:There is a lower grommet on the drivers side that is good for running stuff through. You might need to move the engine bay fuse box out of the way to access it.

Thanks lads, I will have a look and see what suits best.

I want your seats!

Nice car