ju5ta5 5g gold lude

[ju5ta5]

Hi everyone!

Since I bought my prelude it felt somehow special from day 1 and put more time and energy into it, I feel happier and happier - its like a drug! Over the last couple of months, I have been checking how it handles, what is broken, what I don't like and put up the to do list. Strange, but after completing a mod, I add 2 more on the list! so it becomes bigger and bigger and seem that it will never end. Being self employed I simply spent too much time on prelude instead of running the business, so put a cap and made it official, that weekends are my prelude days.

My lude on the day I bought it:





So the current list and the status (it will probably change and I will update once things are completed or new added )

• Replace ripped steering wheel
  Reinstall bootlid spring (hand made tool)
  Install led lights to interior and boot sections
  Replace front number plate to JDM square style
  Remove broken under bonnet sound deadening trim
  Restore rubber trims around windows and roof trims (used Autosol metal polisher)
  Oil sticky sun roof
  Clean bonnet latch
  Replace speakers (JBL fronts 6.5in, rears 6x9 with amp on the back seat)
  Replace mats
  Find remote fob and code to the car
  Replace broken front grille
  Install fog lights
  Replace cracked speedo cover
  Install custom made sub box in the boot (Rockford 12" 500 RMS)
  Replace side repeaters with white covers
  Repair cracked side skirt (fiberglass)
  Replace cracked rear light
  Replace cracked passenger side under dash trim
  Replace cracked boot (near lock) trim
  Replace broken engine oil cap
  Replace star wars effect horn!
  Repaint wiper arms (satin black)
  Replace front discs and pads
  Replace head unit to 2 din
  Install strut bar (to paint legs black and finish polishing the mid section)
  Upgrade to s2000 leather seats
  Polish headlights
  Repair driver window not closing properly
  Full engine bay clean
  Install lowering springs
  Replace exhaust
  Replace rear discs and pads
  power coat rocker cover
  Replace sticky bonnet release cable
  Install sound deadening
  Remove brake light from parcel shelf and cover the hole
  replace front discs and pads
  Polish front bumper indicator lights
  Polish fog lights
  Polish back lights
  Install bonnet dampers
  Install tailgate dampers
  Replace brake fluid
  Replace power steering fluid
  Replace gearbox oil
  Replace 4WS oil
  Treat and repair rusty arches
  Tint all windows?
  Full car wrap or paint (satin chrome gold, gloss black roof and mirrors)
  Repair dents and scratches
  Convert rear number plate lights to LED plates
  Paint brake calipers gold colour
  Clean and repaint suspention parts in gloss black
  Clean and treat under arches with rust protection
  Upgrate to digital climate control
  JDM fog lights (maybe swap anyone?)

I will cover the works done in the next posts, hopefully with some photos. If anyone has any parts of my list, feel free to PM me

[ju5ta5]

One of the first thing I did, was to re-attach the boot spring. I found one brand new in the boot when I bought the lude, so it was a matter of putting it back. And so I tried I did everything, used all the tools I had - and could not slide it back in.. nearly killed myself doing it.. haha

I found a picture online that honda sells the special tool, with the help of my neighbour, decided to make my own from various spare bits I had arround and here it is:



I did the spring in less than 10 sec! and cost me nothing!
If anyone wants to borrow it, feel free to ask

[mercutio]

really nice

[NafemanNathan]

Wow, what a list! I'm sure a lot of us have got lists that long, but it's scary when you see it all written down

Either way, she looks great bud

[ju5ta5]

Then it was time for foggy headlight.

I used this stuff from halfords:


before picture:


after:


I think it looks way better, but to make it 100% clear, I still need to get more sandpaper as the ones provided they were only small sheets and I cant think it could possibly last for the amount of polisher you get with the pack.

Since I had no sandpaper, I need to get some and polish all lights: headlights, indicators, fogs & rears. Didnt have much time to look into what grade of sandpaper to get. Has anyone done it before and could share some light?

[ju5ta5]

Thanks guys.. I only started with a small list, but since I finishing one and adding 2 new ones, it grows quickly!

There are no bits in the engine bay yet, dont want to start yet and want to finish this first or as much as possible

[honda-hardy]

ju5ta5, as your coming to the national meet, i will bring over some 3m 2000 grit wetordry paper. this is great for the headlights.

[NafemanNathan]

And I'll bring my elbows

[wurlycorner]

Nitin supplies the grease?

[honda-hardy]

you surely wont be using them to suply any elbow grease nath, just stood round watchin leaning on them more like.