Fefelarue's 3rd gen Honda Prelude

[fefelarue]

Oh my that exhaust. It hurts

That's what your mum said.

Tuck that muffler up a bit. Bend the last 4" of pipe before the muffler upward and it would look much better.

As i've said, the exhaust is not fitted permanently yet, it will be tighter to the bumper and ideally with a bit more upwards rake to it watch this space..

[willie@stance]

nice prelude man. these cars handle so good its crazy when they are lowered. cant wait to see the end result mate!

[rice4life]

Tuck that muffler up a bit. Bend the last 4" of pipe before the muffler upward and it would look much better.

[calibornn1979]

Oh my that exhaust. It hurts

[fefelarue]

Hello again!

Got a few bits done today, first off was the rear speakers, as I had some spare ones of the same size lying around from my old car.

Got the old ones out:


Old vs new (that's what shite speakers look like after 24 years! - They fell apart in my hands)


And the new ones in: (so much better quality, but still planning on amped front comps and a 15/18" sub when I can afford it)


Next up was the exhaust, I got a few bits delivered from t'internet:




Old back box off ready to chop:


And after lots of measuring, fitments and gaffa tape, I finally got it all welded into one hybrid mega japcan beast:


I've attached it temporarily, but i'll be sorting some proper hangers asap and get it nice and tight against the bumper as it's a bit low here:


Thanks for looking! comments welcome

[fefelarue]

Haha I love the picture with the rear emblem off, looks like a super happy smily face one picture then at a different angle looks like it's crying

Hahah, exactly what I thought!

Yes! That's exactly what I thought too! Was gonna write that, then forgot to when I was typing it up haha.

And thanks for your comments everyone

[FunfGang]

Haha I love the picture with the rear emblem off, looks like a super happy smily face one picture then at a different angle looks like it's crying

Hahah, exactly what I thought!

[Nick475]

4ws yes!

[Skraight.]

Haha I love the picture with the rear emblem off, looks like a super happy smily face one picture then at a different angle looks like it's crying

[Nagah]

Beautiful! Subbed!

[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!

[fefelarue]

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

[dgoizo]

This car is incredibly clean! Def in for updates

[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.

[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