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Project Prelude Gen5

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Project Prelude Gen5

Post by nick_s » Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:57 pm

The Vec C is now in the hands of the wife, I have one of these rice boxes now:

It's a 2000W Honda Prelude 2.0 Auto with the Motegi kit. Nice smooth auto box, much better than anything else I've driven with an auto.

It has a few niggles that I need to sort (most seem to be brake related, old discs/pads are noisy and stone guard is bent on nearside front, and window runners on offside), but has comprehensive history backed up by receipts upon receipts, totalling serious money spent maintaining it, so I have confidence there.

A few photos from the dealer:

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I'll be taking some more soon.

Future plans are all OEM+ touches, so wind deflectors, maybe some Mugen spats, and a single tailpipe backbox/system as I think it suits the rear end better than the twin. I'll be giving it a protection detail hopefully ASAP and it'll get the works in the spring. I'll be planning a couple of other things in the meantime to smarten it up, namely vinyl wrapping the wood trim on the interior (got receipt where the owner who had it from new had it fitted.........£500!), tidying up the window trims on the outside (slight corrosion and faded rubber) to freshen the outside a bit.

More to follow.

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OK, so we remember this?

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Well it simply wouldn't do. Now having hunted through my kitbag, I had no 2000 or 3000 wet n dry, only 1200, so plan B it was. I had to try and improve them, for I could do with the extra light output. So, I dragged out the heaviest cut hand polish I possess and a microfibre cloth and went to work. I was very very surprised at what was achieved in a very short space of time (just over 5 mins and the passenger side was done).

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Then:

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Passenger side:

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Job done :)

The product?

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Very impressed. Would have done it with Enhance, but I realised my bottle was empty :( AG Paint Renovator it is.

Also, whilst cleaning the car this morning, I found the source of the rattle from the driver side front. Stone guard appears to have corroded off pretty much and is sitting on the hub, rattling freely. Will remove when I do the brakes. Can you still get these as new parts?
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Post by nitin_s1 » Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:22 pm

Great work on the lights! 8-)

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Post by nick_s » Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:43 pm

Cheers fella, I'm itching to get out after dark to see if there is a noticeable improvement in the light output :)

Not bad for about 15 mins worth of work eh?
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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:27 pm

Massive improvement on the lights, well done!

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Post by nick_s » Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:38 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Massive improvement on the lights, well done!
Cheers fella :)

It's a temporary measure until the spring when I pull out the wet and dry and do them properly, along with a full correctional detail :) Stone chips will be filled, dink on the rear quarter will be sorted, full wetsand where required then the required amount of polishing to get her tip top.
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Post by honda-hardy » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:28 pm

nice looking lude, black lude do polish up very well indeed.
http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post123170.html#p123170

as for fitting the mugen spats, you will need to remove the motegi lip from the rear bumper and fit the standard rounded oem lip as the spats fit on to it.

like what i currently have.

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check out my build thread in my signature and get your details down on the members map too, this is also in my sig.

i also have a spare. unless of course you want to swap your rear lip with my standard lip and mugen rep spats that i was planning to fit to mine as i am now in the market for a black motegi lip to go with the wings west kit that i have just bought.

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Re: Project Prelude Gen5

Post by Donald » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:18 pm

If only there was someone on the forum with a WW rear lip :whistle:

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Post by honda-hardy » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:19 pm

Don't tease me.

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Post by nick_s » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:20 pm

Thanks for the offer fella :) I've got to concentrate on getting all the niggly bits sorted before I do any modding :D
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Re: Project Prelude Gen5

Post by Donald » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:22 pm

:lol:

Anyway, welcome Nick 8-)

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