My Ex-Pace/Safety car - Honda Prelude Forum

rhangman · 08-02-2008, 11:24 PM

Bought it from Honda about 5 years ago. Still only done ~43,000km.

Brash22 · 08-04-2008, 09:33 PM

That is really nice! Where'd you find that?

And more importantly, what races did it used to control?

Tee-Dot · 08-04-2008, 09:39 PM

Interesting.

Take the stickers off..

Speed Stick · 08-04-2008, 09:47 PM

Never seen a car like that before lol.

rhangman · 08-05-2008, 12:22 AM

Found it at a Honda dealer.

Was used for the Indy 300 here up on the gold coast, also used for some other races I believe.

Stickers, etc. all came with it; installed by Honda. Got rid of the water cooled brakes and fuel cell (needed a fuel gauge, spare tire and boot). Also had to get rid of the half cage for insurance reasons.

Yeah, everyone said I should get rid of the stickers. Just made me want to keep them more.

dontbuyprelude · 02-05-2010, 07:54 PM

to bump or not to bump?

i think so... this car is pretty tight! is that an itr wing or the jdm high wing?
never seen anything like it.

i wonder if the us has cars like this

rhangman, how is the car doing? still got the stickers?

rhangman · 02-05-2010, 10:32 PM

Put EP3 wheels on awhile back.

fogs some time before that:

Since it came with Honda Access suspension, I fitted an OEM front strut bar:

Nothing special to you guys, but replaced the rear bar with a JDM one. If you look at the previous picture you can see the AUDM bumper which is three pieces and was coming apart.

So rear stickers are gone, although I still have the old bumper. Car is going good. Almost 50,000km on the clock now.

Not sure about the wing, but since the car came with JDM Honda Access suspension and muffler, I guess it could be JDM.

US definitely has pace/safety cars. There was a matching (colour wise) NSX that they shipped from the US. Also plenty of Corvette, etc. ex-pace cars available I would imagine. Which reminds me, I found a local mag featuring my car along with a yellow 3.5L supercharged yellow NSX safetycar.

thepreludedude · 02-05-2010, 10:46 PM

is the car painted red or is it a vinyl wrap? i only ask since the engine bay is silver.

rhangman · 02-05-2010, 11:12 PM

Paint. Car was originally silver. Honda resprayed it, just not the engine bay or boot (trunk).

thepreludedude · 02-05-2010, 11:43 PM

^cool. i see. nice looking lude.

dontbuyprelude · 02-06-2010, 07:50 AM

is that an aftermarket exhaust? or some honda access/optional exhaust? man this is an awesome ride

nevermind. i just saw you posted the exhaust was indeed honda acces.

rhangman · 02-06-2010, 10:04 AM

I guess something like: Used JDM Honda Access Axle Back Muffler Prelude BB6 97+ Rare - SOLD

Mine has a similar, but slightly different part no. Would also have been pre 2000.

Speaking of Japanese exhaust components. Haven't gotten around to fitting this yet: