Mission Accomplished - Honda Prelude Forum

ds2000 · 09-08-2003, 06:21 AM

Mission accomplished

Here's a few bits of the work involved

I've got enough pics to do a write-up if anyone wants me too? I prolly will anyway

Dave

Mark94 · 09-08-2003, 07:07 AM

Looks like a lot of work Dave, GLAD MINE CAME WITH IT

Looks good!

Mark

ds2000 · 09-08-2003, 09:30 AM

Bowt 3.5 hours in total Mark

My ludes slowly catching yours up

Got the 2.2 VTEC, JDM 1 pieces on order and full respray next week (S2000 silver) can't wait.

Yours will still be the daddy though

ds2000 · 09-08-2003, 09:31 AM

BTW I love that Carbon Fibre lip you have, could do with finding one myself

Mark94 · 09-08-2003, 10:16 AM

3.5 hours isn't too bad. The dismanteling and reassembly of the dash seems like it would take longer.

The car is going to look great Dave, I'll bet your glad you kept the 4th gen and sold the 5th gen!

My splitters are actually made of urethane, just like the bumper. I wanted something with a bit of flex to it so I had them made to match the flexibility of the bumper. After I received them from the shop, I filled in all the dimples, painted them with about 5 coats of automotive flat black and then put about 5 coats of clear on them.

Not quite CF but I like the look.

Mark

concLude · 09-08-2003, 10:23 AM

looks good, i did mine with out the whole harness, thanks to prelude styl's right up, it just basically came down to matching wire colors

you didn't do them in blue

hope ya enjoy

irishpilot · 09-08-2003, 02:11 PM

so what did you mod?

Did it used to have a 6500 redline?

Is that really 190 MPH speedometer

concLude · 09-08-2003, 02:42 PM

km/h sure it is....he just blacked out the k in the KM/H

Mark94 · 09-08-2003, 03:48 PM

He converted his speedo to the 94+ electroilluminscent gauges (along with knocking out the "k" in kmh

Sneaky Dave.

Mark

preluda92 · 09-08-2003, 04:31 PM

did you just reverse all the pictures or is your car RHD?

CrazieLude · 09-08-2003, 09:11 PM

I'm going to say UK = RHD...but dont hold me to it.

T

prelude styl · 09-09-2003, 09:34 AM

lol. it's RHD...

[SUB[EX] · 09-09-2003, 10:26 AM

darn, man. How can you tease me like that. I was definately going to find that speedo. Im getting sick of not knowing how fast im going after 140. But if its KM then its worthless. DO they make a Speedo that goes past 140mph?

ds2000 · 09-09-2003, 02:24 PM

Yep this speedo will ago above 140mph, how accurate it is I dnt know. In the 2nd to last picture you can see the conversion 'box' (Its a small package with a few wires) on top of the dash.

AFAIK this is accurate, can't tell you though till I do a top speed run, from what I can gather from my friend, he has a JDM lude, it is accurate

Dave

ds2000 · 09-09-2003, 02:26 PM

Mark - yep really glad I kept the car, when the respray is finished this years spending is over, its been faaar too heavy

Next year (prob March/April) will see new shocks, new exhaust system and possibly a type-s build...

I love the spliters buddy, they look fantastic

prelude styl · 09-09-2003, 03:26 PM

ds.. that box you're talking about, that's the inverter for the gauge lighting.. it's not a "conversion box". Your speedo will only go up as high as mine will, but yours will read in KMPH.

ds2000 · 09-10-2003, 02:36 AM

My friend seemed pretty sure that was the conversion box as it intercepts the signal and converters it. It is definately MPH, at 5000rpm in 5th the guage reads 100mph, both needles pointing north.

Since sorting my suspension the car has felt smooth, I was unsure that 60mph was reading correctly, so I had my girl follow me in her new car and sure enough 60mph was spot on.

The donar car was a JDM lude converted for the UK market.

Zimmlude · 09-10-2003, 02:53 AM

Your talking about that little black thing on top of the cluster in one of the pics right? How can I get one of those? I would love to have those gauges, that are very pretty.

ds2000 · 09-10-2003, 04:41 AM

Yep thats the one.

I can try and find one for you. Can't really promise anything

It maybe worth you dropping an email to these:

http://www.japanesecarimporters.com/ or
http://www.prestigeimports.co.uk

They are pretty big importers, I'll ask a friend as well though.

I maybe able to find you a JDM cluster with the box already attached if the worse comes to the worst. Don't think they are cheap though

I landed on my feet when I bought mine, paid Â£70 ($110ish) for the whole dash inc the loom

Dave

prelude styl · 09-10-2003, 10:08 AM

OOOHHH.. I totally missed the black thing with wires comin' from it! I thought you were talking about the silver box... that's the inverter. My bad, that's freakin' awesome! I want! LoL.