Fefelarue's 3rd gen Honda Prelude

[fefelarue]

Hey folks, my name is Felix. I'm from Nottingham, England. I used to drive a peugeot 106 quiksilver which looked like this:




But anyway, onto better things! Here's my new car...

It's a gen 3 1989 Honda Prelude 2.0i 16v 150bhp with 4 wheel steering

It's only got 81k on the clock, and it's pretty much immaculate inside and out.

I got a couple of quick snaps on the long drive back from picking it up:






Then today I finally got some time to give it a clean, and start the free mods

First up was the numberplate. I ***** the ugly numberplate mount it had, so did this..

Before:



Mount removed:



Cleaned:



Then re-attached the plate a bit lower down without the surround:




That's all the modding I had time for today, so I found a building site and took some pics:








Let me know what ya think

[244Brick]

hella cleannn! what's your plans? there's a few nice ones around this site

[fefelarue]

hella cleannn! what's your plans? there's a few nice ones around this site

Haha cheers mate

I'm planning to lower it when I have a bit more cash in the bank, then wider wheels, though haven't really decided on the specifics of that yet.

Only bits i've decided on so far are that I want a slanted jap can back box (sorry), omp corsica suede steering wheel, and de-clutter the engine bay as much as possible. After that i'll start looking at engine mods. I'd love iTBs purely for the noise, though not sure if it's been done before

Any suggestions welcome!

[fefelarue]

Oh and i'm considering smoothing off the three rear badges

[FunfGang]

Very nice, looking forward to this!

[fefelarue]

Smooth rear end? (just a photoshop)

[Alexridesabike]

That looks incredibly clean! I have a 5th gen but I really dig the 3rd gens. I like the smoothed rear but I would keep the Honda emblem. It looks empty without it.

[FluidMotorUnion]

Badge delete would be pretty clean.

Can't wait to see what you do with it! Great choice for a project base!

[fefelarue]

Well i guess if i smooth it all I can always add the badges back on with some sealant if i don't like it

[fefelarue]

So today I did some bits on the rear end.

I started on the smoothing

So after painstakingly removing the badges and glue residue, I was left with these rather unsightly holes:


So off to halfords to get the filler, and I filled the fuck out of those holes:


160 grit:


800 grit wet:


2000 grit wet:


Then I just used high build primer and a touch up pen. This pic is before flatting and polishing:


MEANWHILE.. I removed the number plate mount again and stuck the plate to the rear bumper..

Before:


Removed:


Final result for the day: I flatted down the brushed on paint and it looks like this:

I didn't get time to do the centre badge today, so that'll have to wait for now...

I'll give it a proper polish and a blend in a couple of days when it's all rock solid, but even now you can't see where the holes were

Also, this is worth a watch. My mate attached his go-pro to the side of my car to get some 4 wheel steering action. And there's some nice exhaust sounds in there too! (this is with a completely standard exhaust):
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-HZ8_HY3dw"]3rd Gen Honda Prelude 4 Wheel Steering Action - YouTube[/ame]

As always, comments, opinions and suggestions welcome

[Mr Von Smack]

Hey man, love what you did with the badges on the rear, glad you kept the Honda Logo badge. I also own an '89 Prelude, basically exactly the same as yours except with a boot spoiler, different stock rims and dark metallic red paint. Really looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

[dgoizo]

This car is incredibly clean! Def in for updates

[fefelarue]

Cheers folks working on some more updates but waiting until they're finished before posting.

[C-Hutch]

My first build was a 90 Prelude Si that I swapped the 4ws system into. Loved that thing. Excited to see what you do with this!

[Nagah]

Beautiful! Subbed!