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Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23A

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Re: Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23 - Back on the Road

Post by prahunt » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:42 pm

Cheers all. Really appreciate the kind words :D

So I've got a lot planned for this weekend.
Friday - service at Honda.
Saturday - raise bonnet on passenger side, fit front strut brace, remove rear wiper, spray and fit rear tow hook, fit front number plate mount, adjust ride height of the rear (lots of scrubbing when driving fast), fix drivers door check strap, sort speaker wires (as in so there not attached via Sellotape), fit double din stereo.... Breath!! :shock:

Then give her a good valet clean. Inside and out. So she's show quality clean :rock: Then get the engine bay back to standard. As it us currently... Ahem.... Dusty!
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Got 2 meets planned, one Saturday night and then a Honda meet in Bedford Sunday.
So needless to say it will be all systems go.
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Post by ddoubledanny » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:56 pm

Honda meet in bedford on Sunday 8-) what time and where abouts I might have to pop along

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Re: Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23 - Back on the Road

Post by prahunt » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:31 am

ddoubledanny wrote:Honda meet in bedford on Sunday 8-) what time and where abouts I might have to pop along
@ddoubledanny
200 Ampthill Road
Bedford
MK42 9BW

Starts 10:30-1100am

Be a couple of photographers there as well.
Would be good to see another LG member there. :)
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Post by ddoubledanny » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:34 am

Cool is that next to the ford/honda garage

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Re: Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23 - Back on the Road

Post by prahunt » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:21 pm

ddoubledanny wrote:Cool is that next to the ford/honda garage
I believe so.
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Re: Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23 - Back on the Road

Post by prahunt » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:18 am

So I have a lovely long weekend.
Booked a few things to do, one of them mainly to be spending time on he Lude.

Did a few jobs yesterday before heading to London to see Corrison of Confirmty. Any one a fan? :rock:
Anyway...

Firstly I took her down to Honda to get her serviced. Continuing the full Honda service history for the car.
They love my car down at Norton way... Had about 3 mechanics/staff members poking around it. I asked for the free complementary wash and vacuum and then also got told she's too clean to clean. :lol:
Hondas standards aren't the same as mine obviously. The service all went fine, and nothing got thrown up on the health check. I also love that on the check sheets they did not mark a single issue on the body work check :D

So then moving onto some subtle mods done to my Lude afterwards...

I was never a fan of the rear wiper, and seeing as pretty much most other coupes do not have one I quickly removed it off, and bunged it over. Literally only took 10 minutes. And I think she looks much better for it.
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I then also finally gave her the badge of honour.
It annoyed me she had been debadged, it's not to my taste, and it was looking silly sitting around with the holes there. So in went the Prelude badge.
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I also picked up a tow hook of my mate for free. Nothing special but I wanted one on the car, hoping it will act as a deterrent for any rear bumper lovers.
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This was only a test fit. Know I am comfortable it will go on I'm going to spray it up matt black.

I have also had this changed in my car since last years JAE... Just never took a picture of it.
D1 Spec weighted gear knob.

Makes such a difference. The old gear knob, was well.... Old. One of the items which instantly shows an age of a car, similar to worn steering wheels... But that's another story.
I hadn't really thought much about the weight before, but it does feel nice when changing gear. The throw just seems to really sync in better.
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Then finally a cheeky shot of her looking very sexy.
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Excuse my friend in the background. He was working on his Alfa.
We then did attempt to remove the front bumper and fit my bracket for the number plate however we ran out of time and called it a day.
Thus I returned to my home and went to store her in the garage. First time putting her in by myself without someone watching me in.
All going smoothly I thought..... And then I hear something slightly off!! :evil:
Pull forward slightly, jump out. And I managed to catch the passenger side rear arch on the door frame. Some minor scuffing of green paint.. :facepalm: :puke:

I think the neighbourhood heard me swear!!
I didn't have time to sort it then, I had to rejig my parking and got in no problem on attempt two. It'll teach me for folding my wing mirrors in before I am lined up.

Going to give the car a good clean now, and see what I can do about this scuff!
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Re: Petee's Lude 4th Gen H23 - Back on the Road

Post by prahunt » Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:43 pm

Well thankfully the damage was not as bad as I remembered.
I think we have all been there where a small scratch/scuff looks like a write off to us. And everyone else is like... What?? :geek: I can't see anything.

So this was the damage... :facepalm:
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After some careful consideration and about 40 minutes attention.
Not perfect, but it is a lot better than it was. May wet and dry it a bit with some very fine paper then redo a tcut, then was it down and polish it up.
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Then I gave her a quick once over. Love how dark this colour looks 8-)
Also, note the Suzuki Ignis Sport looking very dirty. Daily runner, is getting washed after the F1. :lol: :D
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Post by mercutio » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:00 pm

i would still be crying :lol:
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Dino wrote:I loves the 5th gen really.... just dont quote me on it... ;)
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Post by prelude91 » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:23 pm

Bad luck with that, bet you sat down and broke into an almighty sweat. Fancy coming down to Portsdown Hill next Sunday, bit of an informal meet going on, love to see the machine. Bring a few others with you.

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:18 pm

Go back to the garage and get them to wet sand and machine polish it for £30. They will know how thick they applied the lacquer.
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