Prelude13
01-01-2007, 05:14 PM
Congratulations to Playlude for winning Jan. 2007 Preludezone Ride of the Month!
Members ride thread (http://preludezone.com/showthread.php?t=1487)
Some words from Matt, Playlude himself:
I bought this Prelude for $4500 back in 1999 with 180,000 plus on it. At the time I was 20 yrs old and didn't know anything about Preludes. I just wanted it because it looked cool. It progressively went down hill for awhile and I began to get pretty depressed with it. Both axels were clicking so bad I thought my wheels were going to fall off. I left huge oil spots everywhere I parked. The paint was very faded... It had 270,000 miles on it by now. I wanted a new car.
One day I spotted a 95 Black Prelude for sale at a used lot. It was perfect and beautiful. Black leather, EL gauges, perfect paint and H22 VTEC! I tried to see what I could get for my car on a trade in and I was told that my car would add negative value to the deal! This really bummed me out and after some thought I decided... Why put myself more in debt to get another car when I can fix this up. So I decided to do it.
I took out a small loan and did my JDM H22 swap and got the spoiler (which I don't really like anymore) and sent the car out of town with a "friend" to get painted. After a very long time I finally got the car back with its new crappy paint job... Overspray everywhere, interior trashed... Fish eyes, light spots and trash in the paint everywhere. Two days later, it got backed into, damaging the hood and the bumper cover. After getting screwed by the Insurance company (AllState), I had to drive it like this for awhile.
Meanwhile I met a guy through a friend who had actually bought that black 95 VTEC I mentioned earlier. He bragged on his car so much it made me sick! Quite awhile later on, my friend told me that the guy totalled that black Prelude. I don't know why, but it never dawned on me to go after any parts. I already had my H22 and was about to paint mine again.
One day, looking for a hood in a junkyard, purely by accident (or fate) me and the black 95 Prelude met again. Everything from the engine back was perfect! After a 40 yard dash to the office, I learned I was $600 away from owning that interior. It took awhile to get the money together but my Prelude now has the exact same interior and EL gauges I once drooled over in a used car lot a few years back. I also got the 6x9 bracket/cover for between the back seets and the dash tweeter housings.
Later I stumbled across the Wings West body kit, brand new in the box on eBay being sold by an individual in Atlanta. I won it for $300 and drove 4hrs to Atlanta to pick it up. All at once I was ready to add the interior, JDM headlights, body kit and fresh paint.
This time I used a local guy who painted out of his home and he let me put my own labor on the job to save money. I worked on it nights and weekends and sanded my fingertips off working it. This time, my baby got the TLC she deserved. The rest is history!
Moral of the story. Never give up. It will always be two steps forward and one step back, but if you keep your vision in mind and work hard at it, one day, everything will finally fall into place. A new car could never be as satisfying to me as the compliments I get on my Prelude now. It is one of a kind and all mine!!
To everyone who nominated and voted for me and to PreludeZone.com... A HUGE THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
1992 Honda Prelude S
Engine
-JDM H22A 5MT P13
-Injen Cold Air Intake (Black) with AEM Air Bypass Valve
-Greddy SS Header
-CarSound Hi-Flow 50 State Legal Cat
-RS*R ExMag Cat-Back Exhaust
Suspension
-17" 5Zigen Fire Rims with Hyper Black Finish
-Falken Azenis Tires
-Neuspeed Sport Lowering Springs
-Tokico Blue Gas Shocks
-ARC Front and Rear Upper Sway Bars
-Slotted Rotors & Organic Metal Pads
Interior
-Complete Black Leather Swap
-Forbidden Short Shifter Black
-OEM EL VTEC Gauges
-Scosche 2Way Alarm with Keyless Entery and Remote Start
-Alpine IVA W200 6.5" Widescreen In-Dash DVD
-Alpine 6.5 Type R Compnents up front
-Alpine 6.5 Type R in back
-Alpine 6x9 Type S between back seats
-Working A/C!
Exterior
-Milano Red Paint
-Tinted Windows
-Shaved Embelems
-JDM 1pc Black Housing Headlights with amber bulbs in corners
-Black Bumper Lenses with amber bulbs
-Custom Black Housing Taillights with amber bulbs in turns
-Wings West RS Full Body Kit
-Wings West 3pc Mid Spoiler
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01145.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01162.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01163.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01182.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01191.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01152.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01155.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01294.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01283.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01289.jpg
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Members ride thread (http://preludezone.com/showthread.php?t=1487)
Some words from Matt, Playlude himself:
I bought this Prelude for $4500 back in 1999 with 180,000 plus on it. At the time I was 20 yrs old and didn't know anything about Preludes. I just wanted it because it looked cool. It progressively went down hill for awhile and I began to get pretty depressed with it. Both axels were clicking so bad I thought my wheels were going to fall off. I left huge oil spots everywhere I parked. The paint was very faded... It had 270,000 miles on it by now. I wanted a new car.
One day I spotted a 95 Black Prelude for sale at a used lot. It was perfect and beautiful. Black leather, EL gauges, perfect paint and H22 VTEC! I tried to see what I could get for my car on a trade in and I was told that my car would add negative value to the deal! This really bummed me out and after some thought I decided... Why put myself more in debt to get another car when I can fix this up. So I decided to do it.
I took out a small loan and did my JDM H22 swap and got the spoiler (which I don't really like anymore) and sent the car out of town with a "friend" to get painted. After a very long time I finally got the car back with its new crappy paint job... Overspray everywhere, interior trashed... Fish eyes, light spots and trash in the paint everywhere. Two days later, it got backed into, damaging the hood and the bumper cover. After getting screwed by the Insurance company (AllState), I had to drive it like this for awhile.
Meanwhile I met a guy through a friend who had actually bought that black 95 VTEC I mentioned earlier. He bragged on his car so much it made me sick! Quite awhile later on, my friend told me that the guy totalled that black Prelude. I don't know why, but it never dawned on me to go after any parts. I already had my H22 and was about to paint mine again.
One day, looking for a hood in a junkyard, purely by accident (or fate) me and the black 95 Prelude met again. Everything from the engine back was perfect! After a 40 yard dash to the office, I learned I was $600 away from owning that interior. It took awhile to get the money together but my Prelude now has the exact same interior and EL gauges I once drooled over in a used car lot a few years back. I also got the 6x9 bracket/cover for between the back seets and the dash tweeter housings.
Later I stumbled across the Wings West body kit, brand new in the box on eBay being sold by an individual in Atlanta. I won it for $300 and drove 4hrs to Atlanta to pick it up. All at once I was ready to add the interior, JDM headlights, body kit and fresh paint.
This time I used a local guy who painted out of his home and he let me put my own labor on the job to save money. I worked on it nights and weekends and sanded my fingertips off working it. This time, my baby got the TLC she deserved. The rest is history!
Moral of the story. Never give up. It will always be two steps forward and one step back, but if you keep your vision in mind and work hard at it, one day, everything will finally fall into place. A new car could never be as satisfying to me as the compliments I get on my Prelude now. It is one of a kind and all mine!!
To everyone who nominated and voted for me and to PreludeZone.com... A HUGE THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
1992 Honda Prelude S
Engine
-JDM H22A 5MT P13
-Injen Cold Air Intake (Black) with AEM Air Bypass Valve
-Greddy SS Header
-CarSound Hi-Flow 50 State Legal Cat
-RS*R ExMag Cat-Back Exhaust
Suspension
-17" 5Zigen Fire Rims with Hyper Black Finish
-Falken Azenis Tires
-Neuspeed Sport Lowering Springs
-Tokico Blue Gas Shocks
-ARC Front and Rear Upper Sway Bars
-Slotted Rotors & Organic Metal Pads
Interior
-Complete Black Leather Swap
-Forbidden Short Shifter Black
-OEM EL VTEC Gauges
-Scosche 2Way Alarm with Keyless Entery and Remote Start
-Alpine IVA W200 6.5" Widescreen In-Dash DVD
-Alpine 6.5 Type R Compnents up front
-Alpine 6.5 Type R in back
-Alpine 6x9 Type S between back seats
-Working A/C!
Exterior
-Milano Red Paint
-Tinted Windows
-Shaved Embelems
-JDM 1pc Black Housing Headlights with amber bulbs in corners
-Black Bumper Lenses with amber bulbs
-Custom Black Housing Taillights with amber bulbs in turns
-Wings West RS Full Body Kit
-Wings West 3pc Mid Spoiler
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01145.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01162.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01163.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01182.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01191.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01152.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01155.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01294.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01283.jpg
http://www.pictub.com/users/2006/03/30/Play/albums/Playlude/photos/dsc01289.jpg
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