looking for ideas... what to do next - Honda Prelude Forum

munscher · 03-21-2004, 08:42 PM

I'm trying to decide what to do next and thought someone might think of something i havent...

As of now i've done the following to my 93 Si:
AEM CAI
JDM 1 piece
B&M short shift adapter
LED climate control and switches
EL cluster
RS*R catback
GC/KYB suspension
SPC camber kit
OEM fogs
Clear tails
Powdercoated stock wheels
other random interior stuff

So now ive got somewhere around $200 or so i'm looking to spend on the next item. I don't want to get into the engine b/c i havent decided if i'm gonna stay with the H23 or go H22 in a year or two after i've graduated. The things i've thought to go with next are:

Sell B&M and go with forbidden SS
ES engine mount inserts
Spoon FSTB

Any other ideas?

i3luemrld · 03-21-2004, 09:02 PM

if your gonna go with a front strut bar i would get the neuspeed, spoon for rear.. but here is a better idea, a neuspeed FSB cost around $110 new and $125 for a 4bidden i know thats above $200 but thats what i would do

munscher · 03-21-2004, 09:09 PM

i've almost ordered a neuspeed bar so many times... i just can't get used to how ugly they are. I know they are the crowd favorite and i have no doubts on their performance, i just hate the look. I might break down and buy one though if i dont go with spoon. And yeah, if i can get a few bucks out of the B&M adapter, i'll go with the forbidden SS. Thanks.

i3luemrld · 03-21-2004, 09:12 PM

i hate the black neuspeed but i like the polished one... i think its lighter then the spoon, its also a 4 point bar instead of 2 point (like a tripod would u want one with 2 legs or 4), the nesupeed atached to the control arms and the spoon to the strut bodies.

and as a side note if u have ABS u have to modify the bracket on the spoon bar to make it fit with abs. the neuspeed fits right in there. dont get me wrong i love my rear spoon bar i very much like spoon all together, i wanna get some of them ebay spoon seatbelt pads, resivior socks, and radiator cap

cleanLude · 03-21-2004, 10:12 PM

Go for the 4Bidden short shifter...Just get the neuspeed strut bar and save urself a little bit of change and hassle in installing the spoon bar...

yohan420 · 03-22-2004, 12:57 PM

4bidden short shift or JDM climate control

that'll keep ya busy a while.

rear accord lip also..

munscher · 03-22-2004, 03:41 PM

yeah, i think the rear accord lip will happen when i get unlazy enough to find one in a junkyard... as for the JDM climate control i think i'm gonna steer clear. I like my custom blue/red LED climate control

Now just get someone to give me a few bucks for my B&M and ill hop on the forbidden ss wagon!

Scalifludesi · 03-22-2004, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by yohan420
4bidden short shift or JDM climate control that'll keep ya busy a while.

rear accord lip also..

Agreed...especially on the JDM climate control. It just looks way better than the USDM control. While you're at it convert it blue LEDs like mine

munscher · 03-22-2004, 10:01 PM

mine's not tooooooooooo bad now is it?

yohan420 · 03-22-2004, 10:26 PM

holy fawk .. i never saw that photo!!
thats hot !!! jdm cc with a new origina ltwist..

you come up with all the good techno mod ideas!

MidNiteMysT · 03-22-2004, 10:37 PM

how did you change ur speedometer color?

Scalifludesi · 03-22-2004, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by munscher
mine's not tooooooooooo bad now is it?

yea it looks pretty damn good

munscher · 03-22-2004, 11:04 PM

speedo is changed the same way the fuel/temp gauges are... just takes slightly more work to get inside it.

Si_g · 03-22-2004, 11:25 PM

yep, rare are we with the blue interior.

anyway, just save some money, and go with the accord front and rear lip like i did. it ll look slick, on your car. if not, i ll say try to do your tails like mine.

by the way, that rear lip is photoshoped its currently black, but soon to be like u see.

MidNiteMysT · 03-23-2004, 10:51 AM

so u used a blue film? i currently have the blue fuel/temp guages and put the blue film on my speedometer gauges too but i feel that in the daytime, its hard to see my redline. on the fuel/temp gauges, i took it apart and put the blue film right over it, but for the speedometer, i cut blue film and put it over the glass because i wasnt able to take my my speedometer and put it inside the glass. i was wondering if you changed the leds in back, or u just put a blue film.

those leds are lookin hot!!

my cruise control button light is starting to messed up. i see it struggling to be on. maybe ill fix it and change it to blue but it looks like a very hard process because i saw a write up for the blue led conversion and it was really really long!

heres my gauges

munscher · 03-23-2004, 10:58 AM

the speedo/tach can be somewhat hard to see during the day, especially when there's a glare on the dash... but what helps alot is cutting the blue film so that it doesnt go behind the red dashes and numbers... cut it so that it only filters the light coming through that is white to begin with,not the red...hope that makes sense.

as for LED's, the climate control takes a little more effort, but the individual buttons are simple... just remove the stock bulb and solder on an LED with the proper resistor in line, simple as that.

MidNiteMysT · 03-23-2004, 01:53 PM

o really? for the individual buttons, i can just solder in some new leds with the same resistance and thats it???

i think i know what u mean. your saying to make a cut out on the blue film where the red line is right? the prob with that is, at diff angles, the light is gonna come through different cuz i put the blue film in front. where did you put the blue film for your speedometer? IN the speedometer behind the needle, or just behind the first piece of glass?

munscher · 03-23-2004, 02:47 PM

solder in the LED and the PROPER resistor... you have to supply the LED with the voltage and current that it is designed for or it will blow/die prematurely.

as for the speedo.... yes the blue film is behind the needle, behind the black gauge face actually.

MidNiteMysT · 03-23-2004, 04:38 PM

o, i guess its more complicated then i thought it would be. i know nothing about resistance and voltage and current and blah blah blah.

and wow, you did it the really serious way. thats what i wanna do! how did you open up the speedometer cluster tho? did you have to crack it up then seal it up again? or does it come looks pretty easily?

munscher · 03-23-2004, 07:01 PM

i just looked at it and figured it out... its just screws and tabs, no sealing

Picture of the speedo/tach dismantled