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firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Mon May 07, 2018 3:26 pm

Greg. wrote: I would be interested in a 2.3 if it was in good enough condition though.

mine fits the bill as you can see i have done all the hard work ready for the new owner

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Tue May 08, 2018 11:48 am

Welcome back, im sure given a little time you will find a decent 4th gen and sure folk on here will help you.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed May 09, 2018 8:47 am

Could probably do a lot worse than this one
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3667109819
Looks very straight and original.
Slightly confusing spec tbh - it has a set of non-el clocks without a 4ws light and bb4 cloth, but it's a facelift ukdm car and according to registration look-up, it is a vtec.
If you're going to see it, check under the rear to make sure that it does have 4ws and if so, make sure it has a 4ws light somewhere (did Honda move it to the clock / temp and fuel gauge section during model run out???) and that it lights up with ignition and goes out a few secs after engine running. If it has the rack but not the light, that could explain the wrong instrument binnacle - changed to hide a fault with the 4ws (which is probably easy to fix but good for bargaining power!)

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed May 09, 2018 8:53 am

Or this one could be a diamond in the rough... (not needing much to sort it)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3199062171
If interested in the second one, I could go take a look at it for you if you like - it's near me.

Greg. · Post by **Greg.** » Wed May 09, 2018 10:44 pm

Yeah I've seen both those advertised, the first is only the 2.0l and the second is an auto so I'll have to give them a miss.

Thanks for taking the time & effort to look/post links though, much appreciated.

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu May 10, 2018 8:31 am

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-prelud ... %7Ciid%3A1

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu May 10, 2018 10:59 am

Manual conversion on an auto lude is pretty easy/cheap to do, tbh.

Even 2.0 to vtec engine conversion isn't that difficult.

If the rest of the car is good (not rotten) that's what I'd be most concerned about now due to age/rarety and then just convert the other bits afterwards. Depends how long you're prepared to wait really.

Greg. · Post by **Greg.** » Sun May 13, 2018 4:34 pm

What is everyone's opinion on this?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/honda-p ... 1298517233

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Sun May 13, 2018 11:03 pm

Greg. wrote:What is everyone's opinion on this?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/honda-p ... 1298517233

Looks nice

really like the colour

Bit of rust on rear arch by the looks and the bay needs some work but looks good for the money.
Cheers

Toadster

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon May 14, 2018 12:44 pm

Nice looking car.

Bear in mind you can't get rebuild kits for the K sport coilovers in the UK (the UK agents no longer sell coil overs, only brakes and flat out REFUSE to help on anything). You can order them or send them away for repair to the US I think, but cost wise it isn't worth it (by the time you've done that you would have been better off getting a replacement set of other makes). So bear that in mind.

As that's a custom colour, you'll need the paint code off the seller of you want to get the arches repaired.

Doesn't matter, but just to be pedantic... DC Sport manifolds aren't ceramic coated as standard, so I don't believe when he says it has been (plus if ceramic coated, why also wrapped?!)

Can't think of a member nearby there who could go and look at it for you, unfortunately.