1998 prelude recently purchased - Page 3 - Honda Prelude Forum

lilredlude · 06-08-2011, 08:44 PM

why not buy 4 then? why do you want 2 coil overs and 2 springs?

98ludaEK · 06-11-2011, 03:36 PM

So my climate control doesnt light up so I need to take it out and replace the bulbs or fix a fuse does anyone know how to take the climate control out and where the fuse is for it?

lilredlude · 06-11-2011, 03:43 PM

i'm sure that is all in the helms.

98ludaEK · 06-11-2011, 04:27 PM

Yeah I'm just going to take it to an auto electric shop that I know of. How can you tell if headlights are projectors or just stock.

lilredlude · 06-11-2011, 04:46 PM

this is a projector on my car.

stock would be you see a little silver dome over a bulb
there is some for sale in the fs section with a pic

98ludaEK · 06-11-2011, 08:29 PM

Okay thanks man that helps a lot mine are oem style then there depos too is that just a headlight company that makes replacement headlight housings?

indylude18 · 06-11-2011, 08:46 PM

Couple things:

First, your front wheel is backwards in the picture you posted.

Second, if you've got mismatched shocks and springs, you should deal with that. It can't be good for the handling dynamics of the car. You also seem to be confused about the terminology. The terms strut and shock are also used interchangeably. They are the same thing.

Third, removing the climate control to get to those bulbs is a bit of a PITA, but if you got a few free hours it is certainly doable. If you don't yet have one, download a copy of the Helm's manual. It should have a detailed step by step guide to troubleshoot/fix just about everything on your car.

Forth, lilredlude isn't a man.

But yes, depo's are aftermarket replacements.

If you want to know what exactly it is that you just bought, post up a bunch of pictures. It is pretty easy for anyone that's familiar with Preludes to pick out anything that isn't OEM.

lilredlude · 06-11-2011, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indylude18

Couple things:

Forth, lilredlude isn't a man.

98ludaEK · 06-13-2011, 12:57 PM

What do you mean my wheel is backwords? I understand the terms know it was just at first i was getting confused about it.

indylude18 · 06-13-2011, 10:13 PM

Look at your front wheel, then look at your back wheel. Looks different? That's because your wheels are directional and they are facing different directions. The back wheel is the one the is going the right way. It just a cosmetic thing and has no bearing on how the car drives, but it doesn't look right to have them going opposite directions. You need to swap your driverside front wheel and whichever wheel is backward on the other side of the car(you didn't post a picture of that side) to get them all pointed the right way.

If you don't have directional tires, it only takes ~5 minutes to swap the wheels over. If you have directional tires, they will need to be remounted on the correct wheel so you can swap wheels from one side of the car to the other to avoid having backwards directional tires, which is a big no-no for safety. From the pic it would appear you have directional tires, but I can't tell for sure. If they are directional, they will have left or right written on the sidewalls.

98ludaEK · 06-21-2011, 07:04 PM

Haha wow I just realized that now I'm going to fix that tomorrow I can't believe the previous owner put the wheels on the wrong side lol So I'm thinking about trying to fond one coilover sleeve to put on my front drivers side so I can adjust it or should I just replace the sleeves with just lowering springs? I want to do something somewhat cheap to get my suspension kind of back to normal but I still want it lowered somewhat, any suggestions?

indylude18 · 06-21-2011, 09:56 PM

You should have matching shocks and springs on all four corners of your car. How you go about doing that is up to you. Switching to lowering springs all around would likely be cheaper (unless you can find someone selling a single coilover sleeve), but then you will lose the adjustablity you have with your coilover sleeves.