should i.........? - Honda Prelude Forum

djcttb · 03-24-2002, 01:01 AM

next on my list will be custom body work. i will shave...

-emblems
-antenna
-vents in front/side
-vent in front bumper
-custom rear

i was looking on ebay and i saw feels widebody fenders for the 5th gen prelude. i talked to art at sabs conversions about it and he said it wouldnt be too hard to convert to my lude. should i do it?? or just go ahead and do stait custom work?? i dunno.

-ryan-

fourthgeneration · 03-24-2002, 02:45 AM

sorry for kinda backin out on the rim deal... I just bought new tires and I couldn't justify gettin rid of them...

As for the feels wide body. I would stay away. Preludes are wide enough.

My friend got the feels kit for his civic and I thought it was a good idea and so did he. But the feels kit is bondo hell, and with bondoing, especilally a wide body kit: it will not last or hold up too well. No matter what kind of job they do- It will crack over time. The kit is just basically a piece riveted, than bondod to the side of your damn car. And your car will flex causing the paint to bubble and for some of the actual feels to come loose. My friend has had to get his feels rebondod and repainted twice already. Paint + labor + more paint + more labor is not worth the widebody kit. I would leave it to trailer queens. Overall, everyone that I know that has tried widebodys, or even just basic molding has regreted it. Or just rivet them on and leave the rivets there, it will look like @$$ but it will save you money. But if it's not going to be smooth then why even get it?

sorry so long

shadowZZ · 03-24-2002, 03:52 AM

In my opinion your car looks nice already but ok if you want ill give my artistic view, shave the front bumper, emblems, and cu tout the middle section on the bottom of your rear bumper but dont listen to me, just me blabbing agai

shadowZZ · 03-24-2002, 03:54 AM

In my opinion your car looks nice already but ok if you want ill give my artistic view, shave the front bumper, emblems, and cu tout the middle section on the bottom of your rear bumper but dont listen to me, just me blabbing again

djcttb · 03-24-2002, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by shadowZZ
In my opinion your car looks nice already but ok if you want ill give my artistic view, shave the front bumper, emblems, and cu tout the middle section on the bottom of your rear bumper but dont listen to me, just me blabbing again

ahaha, thats exactly what im doing.

thanx for the advice. i want something that will set me apart from the rest.

so i figured widebody may be the way to go.

-ryan-