hey everyone. been a minute.
trying the gold thing on my honda at the moment.
thoughts?, ideas.

they are a bit slim in the back so i will need some small spacers.

but overall looks. whatcha think. ( i can always count on AZ being blunt )

ps. the hood is brand new from honda, hence the primed black color. havent had a chance to take it to the shop just yet.

 

I love it man. Keep it up!

 

I like the wheels. Car looks great. Any more pictures?

 

me gusta

 

not many, i just took a few for now. i dont like taking pics of my unpainted hood
i can most definately take some more today/tomorrow.

a certain profile you'd like to see?

wheels are 18x8 with a very subtle +40 offset.
im gonna put 10mm spacers in the rear. front fit great

 

Looks good to me.

 

I like. Welcome back

 

one of my favorite cars

looks great man

 

wooooo

i knew i missed you guys for a reason lol.
thanks alot, i've been very iffy about them since i put them on.

 

I've always been a fan of those Preludes. The wheels look nice. Just needs a spacer like you said.

 

Looks really good with the gold. The spacers will definitely help in the back. Nice work!

 

Nice!

 

needs to go back for an alignment tomorrow. usually after switching wheels of the same size i dont have too.. front passenger showed some wear after 2 days.. blah.

paint will have to wait another few days now.

 

look great!

those volks?

 

schweet! *two thumbs up*

 

The gold looks great on that car. I love Preludes...

 

I love it. Prelude is just an awesome looking car.

 

I'm normally not a fan of gold wheels but looks great on this car.

Do you have anymore pics of the whole car? The first one is kind of dark. I love that body style Prelude too

 

I like!

 

looks good

keep up the good work!

 

I've always liked black on gold

 

i'll work on it. im not a fan of my hood at the moment. should be taken care of soon and i'll update this thread with any additional shots i take.

thanks for the compliments guys. this thing was used and abused when i got it. on my way to making it gorgeous again.

 

is it nbp?

 

yes sir. blue and purple flakies everywhere lol.
there small swirls from the previous owner though, i'll be doing some clay bar treatment soon.

 

i see i see

once i get around to repainting my car im not sure if i should go with nbp or another black

 

you doing door jams and engine bay?

 

dont think so, would you be able to tell? it would be another black

 

Sick, these are my favorite ludes. They are getting harder and harder to find a nice example.

 

i know how that goes.

when i got this one it had...
a fuxored hood
wheels that didnt fit.
driver headlight was yellow.
spoiler was held on by lock tite.
both cv joints were busted.
right side ball bearing worn out.
oil leak from the valve cover.
and seats that looked like a tiger played with them.

so far it has.
new hood.
new wheels.
replaced cv joints.
new headlight.
spoiler is installed properly.
new valve cover and seal.
all new black interior. (had tan).

and STILL a long way to go.
its a shame people let them get this way. it was always one of my fav. cars growing up and now i have the chance to make it a beautiful car. cant wait till its done.

 

:jizz:

 

Wheels are nice, but IMO, those style of wheels "cheapens" the look of the car...Just me though...

 

i hear ya.
only thing i can say about that is the car was in fact cheap. and a hot mess at that. everything i've done up to this point i can say i think made the car nicer from when i got it. but you guy's opinion matters and i appreciate it.

i wanted to put the wheels i had on my TL, on the lude. but i felt like i wanted something new.

if i change my feelings towards them later down the road i always have a set of SH wheels i can put on till i find something different.

but thanks for the input. all opinions are welcome.

my tl's wheels.

 

I normally hate gold minus the occasional subie but that looks really good. Keep it up

 

So beautiful. My 97 Lude is so banged up thanks to my 18 y/o daughter, with blown out suspension and an AT about to go south any day now.

 

heard that... those AT tranny Ludes were no better then our 2nd Gen TL ones...
and its hard to find a 5spd in (salvagable) shape.

ps. thanks!

 

Looks great. Now all you need is a J series swap

 

Looks clean. I hear you guys on how difficult it is to find a clean 5G Prelude.... my cousin had one for years, a stock, 4AT, but clean Milano Red. Then her little sister inherited it, and by mostly no fault of her own it got trashed. It got hit-and-runned in the back bumper while she was at work, then another day she forgot to take off the headunit faceplate, and somebody broke in and took it. Months after that, someone hit her hard in the quarter panel and the car was undrivable.

 

BTW, the first car that I wanted to get once I got comfortable driving was this model 'Lude. Was never able to make a deal at the time, but it was one of my favorites, especially the Type-SH.

Every so often I look around to see if I can pick up a nice used one..

 

i'm a big fan of the gold on black. looks very... smooth? very clean. definitely a head-turner

 

you find a way to swap it in and make it practical for daily driving (and do the swap for me). and im on board i'll even pay you 1k to do it.

to my knowledge i havent seen anyone who has done it... only heard stories of one guy, but no visual proof.