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My H23a1 Build Slowly but Surely
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My H23a1 Build Slowly but Surely
Ever since I was 10 or 11 I've wanted a Prelude and now I'm 21. First car I bought? a 1995 Prelude Si. It is my everyday car, and slowly but surely project car.
A little History:: -It had 107,xxx Miles on it when I bought it -My engine is an H23a1 My Build I will explain the pics as I go ORIGINAL FRONT (NO MODS YET) ![]() THE BACK, I INSTALLED AFTERMARKET TAILLIGHTS OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING CAME AS IS ![]() I KNOW IT'S DIRTY IN THIS PIC, BUT REST ASSURED I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING IT UP, REPLACING RUSTY PARTS ETC. ANYWAY UNDER THE HOOD***I ALSO KNOW I HAVE TO WIRE MY POWER WIRE THROUGH THE FIREWALL, CURRENTLY CANT DO IT BECAUSE I CANT UNPLUG MY BATTERY WITH THIS BREATHALIZER I HAVE ![]() I ORIGINALLY LEANED TOWARDS A BODY KIT, THESE ARE THE PICS WHEN THE FRONT WAS INSTALLED, BUT NOT DEALING WITH THE KITS ANYMORE THEY BREAK EASY AND DONT FIT PERFECT ![]() ![]() ![]() THESE ARE MY HALO PROJECTER HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT, HALOS ON ONLY ![]() BACK TO OEM FRONT BUMPER UNSURE OF LIP, HALO HL AND BLACKHOUSED CORNERS AND BUMPER LIGHTS, ALSO CHEAP PILOT FOGLIGHTS FOR NOW ![]() PICTURE IN THE DARK, FOGS AND HALOS ON ![]() JUST THREW ON A NEW VALVE COVER I GOT WITH MY LUDE WHEN I BOUGHT IT, MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE UNDER THE HOOD ![]() I ripped my trunk apart to lay some dynomat throughout my trunk and found some rust... so I wire brushed, sanded, and then sprayed it with rust reformer, primer, and black paint. heres the before and after BEFORE ![]() AFTER ![]() Due to someone badly wiring my foglights... a shop that did them for free while fixing up my front bumper also badly, after installing the aftermarket bumper..... (BADLY)... almost caused a fire the other day, melted my switch, found no fuse in the fuse holder..... so I rewired them today myself, if you want something done right do it yourself. Also figured I would rewire my power wire for my amp, got the new headers in there also, but will take more detailed photos in a few days once I clean my engine bay. But yea, NEVER go to Knoblocks for body work if you live in central jersey, that is in south river, NEVER GO THERE!!! ![]() ![]() I will update anytime I do something else, let me know your input
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Re: My H23a1 Build Slowly but Surely
Your car came with some good stuff on it when you got it. Glad you put the oem bumper back on muuuuuch better.
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you mean the rust lol???? I put everything on it so far, only thing I got was the rims, and the intake, the exhaust system I just threw on cause it was rusted out and there was a hole in it, I will post pics in a few days of the new one, but it is megan headers, and megan cat back with magnaflow hi flow cat
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Good looking car!!
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oh yea that it did come with lol, so yea it did come with some good stuff lol
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Dear God, that body kit makes me want to violently attack its creator.
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it will come off eventually, when i have enough for a paint job sadly
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Dynamatted my trunk floor, still need to do the walls and the ceiling right next to the seats where the speakers are, already did my trunk lid about 5 months ago or so.
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Nice, glad you got the car you've always wanted! I don't have a Prelude currently but I have owned a 90 and 93 Prelude. Now I'm on the verge of buying a 93 4ws Lude. But good job on your project! The pics are awesome man.
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thanks, good luck finding a lude if you live in jersey or near it I know of one white, needs a little work but only body as far as I know, for 2000 range
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So I ripped my car apart today to take the headlight out to dry out the condinsation and reseal it...
![]() But then I found the problem once I was about to finish taking off my reinforcement bar, THE CAP ON THE BACK OF MY HEADLIGHT WASNT ON.... it was hanging in the wires lol. ![]() So then I dried out my headlight with a hair dryer, took about 3 hours lol ![]() But it wasn't all to waste taking my bumper and fender off, cause one of my foglights were loose, and I have been putting off the cruise control delete for awhile, so I decided to do those today. ![]() and heres my engine bay, dirty but its getting there. ![]()
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just did the 5th gen glass sunroof conversion, got rid of that rusty panel finally
![]() if anyone has any ideas to how it will sit flush let me know please Before ![]() ![]() after ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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looking good bro. exact same model i have. except ive got a bit more work ahead of me. working on rebuilding the motor right now, gonna wire tuck while its out, did the cruise control delete, then once its back in i'll start working on the body. my desire is to sandblast the whole thing because almost the entire left rear quarter panel is bondo. wanna remove the paint to see how much and if the bondo has made it wider than its supposed to be. also my trunk is actually separating from the rear of the car. where it has that liquid weld/glue stuff to seal it. so my trunk has a bit more work than yours. i'd love to compare when we're both finished
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i got my o2 sensor today, and officially and feeling the power back in my lude, and no more cel
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got my wisdom teeth removed last thursday, sadly now have drysockets, but the day after i installed these LED interior lights. complete kit with wiring and everything, expandable light tubes, just got the 2 tube starter kit, 7 colors changing, pause, and sound mode. its pretty sick and looks amazing for $30. got them at LEDGlow.com
pics: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Video my girl took on the way to get cigs lights fade mode i think it was set to 18 second mode, fade http://s1169.photobucket.com/albums/...-15-21_164.mp4
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it does go with music, i just didnt show that feature in the vid, i will play with the sound sensitivity and take a video and post it up, i havent gotten it perfect and wasnt gonna play with it much until i got my system up and running again....
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good job on the sunroof bro!!! I can't wait to get my hands on one myself.
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thanks check car-parts.com all junkyard listings, got mine for 100 bucks the whole assembly too, so now i can attempt to sell the rest for parts and make my money back
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I found a 96 parts car for my 92 prelude at a salvage yard 10 mins away from my house. And luckily the car is in the " pull your own parts" lot. And that lowers the price greatly. I got both tail lights, rear bumper, hood, trunk lid, and some small stuff like screws and stuff for free but all that for under 150.. They love me cause I've got that car almost stripped..I've taken what I listed before as well as h23a1 which I got complete pull out for $107.00... Yep 100 dollars.. Front bumper, I took the el cluster, some interior pieces like the shift boot.. I haven't spent over 350 for it all.. Im glad I found it before anyone else.. They want 45 for both front seats with rails. My seats are good but does anyone need front seats? Haha I'm looking for a 5g sunroof though..
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lol damn man thats sick, take pics of the seats for me maybe
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Where did you mount your driver side LED tube? I have legit neons from StreetGlow that a buddy gave me and the only place I could find to mount it was so far forward, you can see it from the back seat.
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thats exactly where i have mine mounted then lol, i did it directly under the steering wheel as far back as i can get it...
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Hey man your lude has already came a long way! cant wait to see the progression further itsself and will stay subscribed for the entire build! btw the front lip is dope ;)
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please remove the color changing lights, your car is not a bowling alley.
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