inquiring - Honda Prelude Forum

skeem23 · 05-12-2002, 09:42 PM

waszup all peeps!
hey i just pickedup this 4 gen 1 month or so ago and want to give this car a great ass tune up and change the brakes !
can some of yall give me there opinions on the best partslike:
spark plugs
wires
dist cap
oil
filter
tran fluid
etc.etc.
i know it sounds pretty rookie of me to ask these question but i figure i go to the veterans with these cars
i have a 95 si

Satan_SRV · 05-12-2002, 09:50 PM

Well for oil I would say Mobil 1 Synthetic but I don't know how many kms on the car, or if it has been running synthetic. For Tranny Fluid I say go Honda...aftermarket ones have amplified the Prelude tranny problems for people I know, and Switching back to Honda Tranny Fluid made it better. And I'm pretty sure unless you go really high end...Stock Honda oil filters are best...

phatfarm · 05-12-2002, 09:58 PM

Get all the parts from Honda and you wont have a problem. Get the oil from any Automotive place, I run Castrol GTX.

Also change your fuel filter and air filter.

Tola · 05-12-2002, 10:22 PM

spark plugs - stick with NGK, Pepboys carries these for about $2 each.

wires - stick with your stock ones if you're not arching. I'm running on NGK wires, no difference from stock.

dist cap - don't forget the rotor as well. get it from honda.

oil - if you don't run your car hard, use regular oil. Synthetic does give you a piece of mind though.

filter - mobil 1

tran fluid - honda MTF

you said you need brakes too? Get front AEM pads from preludeparts.com and rear Axxis pads from coximport.com. And get Valvoline brake fluid from Pepboys.

skeem23 · 05-13-2002, 05:01 AM

thanxsfor the info

dflipmode · 05-13-2002, 07:06 AM

spark plugs= i love the bosch platinum plus 4....i could tell the difference with the performance between the ngk v-power compared to the platinum +4....but thats just me...and of course the bosch one cost like $6 per....

dennis

skeem23 · 05-13-2002, 12:19 PM

so in other words their cheaper and better quality than the ngk

dflipmode · 05-13-2002, 01:22 PM

its not cheaper than the bosch one though...the bosch platinum cost $6 per while the ngk cost $2 per

dennis

cantdrive55 · 05-13-2002, 02:32 PM

I would never put Bosch plugs in my car. My car gets NGKs only. I have NGK Wires. I use Mobil fossil oil, with STP filters. Excellent oil filter review by Marcucci of NTPOG I'd recommend a Honda dist. cap along with the rotor of course. Also, I'd put Honda MTF in the tranny.

Tola · 05-13-2002, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by skeem23
so in other words their cheaper and better quality than the ngk

I ran Bosch for quite a while, I didn't run the platinum plus 4 like Dennis, but the regular $2 Bosch. Then I switched to NGK, what a difference it made.

Dennis, you shouldn't compare your platinum +4 with the copper NGKs. Go buy a set of platinum NGK and give us a real comparison

, I'd like to know myself.