:::Thomas97::: 1997 Base

[thomas97]

Engine:
-K&N Typhoon Shortram Intake
-Stainless Steel Header
-STR Aluminum sparkplug cover
-NGK Spark Plugs
-New EGR Gasket
-Fram Oil Filter
-Fram Fuel Filter
-Repainted Valve Cover
-Steel-fiber TB gasket
-New Battery
-Resonator Delet
-Main harness tuck
-Skunk2 Cam seal
-Safety Killswitch
-Aftermarket battery terminals
-Intake Manifold Port Match

Interior:
-Painted Gauge Bezels [Silver]
-All season Rubber Mats
-Blue Under Dash Neon
-Blue-converted Climate Control
-Blue converted ROOF,CRUISE, & dimmer switches
-Blue Trunk Light
-Recovered speaker baffles

Exterior:
-Clear turn lights
-Cleared side markers
-Red parking/running lights
-S2k replica Honda badge
-"PRELUDE" lettering Shave
-New OEM Bar style Grille

Suspension:
-Vibrant Aluminum Front Upper Strut Brace
-Skunk2 2" Drop springs
-Tokico Blue Gas Struts
-Yokohama 205/45/16's

I.C.E.:
-Vr3 180 Watt Stereo Head Unit [Blue]
-Rear 6x9" Kenwood
-Front 5.25" Pioneer
-Stock Amp Bypass

Future Mods:
-Exhaust
-Fog Lights
-Catalytic Converter
-OEM timing belt
-Sparkplug wires
-rear lower tie bar
-valve cover repaint
-fresh bb6 blades
-blue conversion clock and gauge cluster.

Extras:
-OEM 97-99 Prelude service manual


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[Brash22]

She's coming along nicely mate. ROFL at "If H22 dies"

[yogi_pahl]

about time man lol looks sweet love the painted gauges rings

[3rdGenCrazy]

lookin good thomas! i was gonna get that same freakin headunit! sweet!


edit: ERRBODY is startin to make a "member's ride" thread! haha

[twokexlv6coupe]

well its about time you made a page.

[sfields]

Woo, finally a members ride thread!

[thomas97]

Ahh, thanks guys!
once i installed the Vr Unit the Mod bug bit me hard
i thought id show Prelude Zone that all my babbling has not been for nothing!

Thanks again guys!

[thomas97]

Update on The spark plug cover, hope you guys can appreciate that one ;]

[3rdGenCrazy]

i have to admit the spark plug cover is pretty sweet! altho i really see no need to have the "H" light up under the hood! but pretty sweet mod! i think somebody needs to make a DIY!!!

[thomas97]

I take the prelude to local car shows and stuff, plus i had them, why waste ya know?

[3rdGenCrazy]

gotcha! its still pretty sweet! and yeah no need to waste!

[Prelude13]

Looking good so far Tim, keep it up...don't lose your faith! :smile:

[Si Speed]

Buy my spoiler and slap it on there!

[thomas97]

LOLZ~
fine, im interested.

its black right?
how much?

On a side note,

thanks for the comments, hopefully going to pickup the last two speakers this weekend!

[Si Speed]

$90 shipped?
Yes, it's black. The clear coat is peeling slightly but the spoiler is in great shape.

[thomas97]

yeah ill try to scrounge up money when i can,
remember im 15 lol

keep trying to sell it, and if like in maybe a month its not sold ill probably have the money by then.


Edit:
maybe not even a month, ill keep you updated

[dens_310]

nice..

[thomas97]

thanks dens!

[2.2Lude]

shes comeing along nicely

[HondaNeedsBoost]

do not sell her...if u have to sell it...make sure its to a fellow luder...or someone that will take good care of her...cuz its a clean car

[Oceanborn]

Deffinatly lookin good. I've got to hand it to you, thats one of the cleanest engine bays I've ever seen ;) Making good use of the Simple Green?

[thomas97]

no actually, i call it the dirt ball, the intake mani and all of that is like black with crap

i picked the carup and the engine and interior looked like that!

i should take pictures of the service records this lady left me..lol

Unfortunately there is some rust on it, but were painting soon so dont worry, she'll be fine!

[thomas97]

oh man do i have some updates for you guys for tomorrow!

Updates will include
Removed Honda Mic's
Upgraded Speaker Harness

and my personal favorite!
My trunk glows red now :cool:
(red bulb for the trunk light)

[baddasslude97]

Nice

[thomas97]

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[preludejayes]

hey thomas97....i think i seen you around the cpc forums...is that you?

[Pooponurhead]

sweet base man. In love.:redface:

[thomas97]

hey thomas97....i think i seen you around the cpc forums...is that you?

Yeah i know Importsandrice [atif] he goes to my school
i actually saw the link to CPC on your car window or whatever, and then i saw atif at school haha:biggrin:

sweet base man. In love.:redface:

tanks bro.

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[thomas97]

ttt
updated

[sfields]

Tim's ride is getting nicer every day.... now if only Todd would get his painted both the young 'n's would have nice cars!

[thomas97]

now were talking,
s i just ordered a header from e
so thats the next mod!

[HondaNeedsBoost]

hey man its goin in on the 2nd..;thats wednesday:biggrin:...


also i like the neons...im throwin black lights under my dash...for the matts

[thomas97]

yeah you should do that,
the neons were one of my favorite mods of all time,
especially because my new mats look cool and i couldnt see them,
i highly recommend it todd!

[HondaNeedsBoost]

woo 1000...damn didnt thikn itd be in here lol

anyway...i planned on hookin them up so when i turned my over head light on they came on...or when the parkin lights r one...or just have a switch to turn um on and off :biglaugh:

[thomas97]

i wired in a toggle
best idea, you dont want them on all the time, theyre annoyign when on all teh time

[HondaNeedsBoost]

well in my state u cant run with parkin lights on...so theyde be on when my parkin lights and halos were on

[sfields]

i wired in a toggle
best idea, you dont want them on all the time, theyre annoyign when on all teh time

That was the first mod I ever did to any car... I put two blue neons in my blue JEEP
wtf was I thinkin....
Anyways they blink to the beat, took up on vibrations.. so the mod after that was amp/subs.. still got em, now theyre in the lude, this is the third car for them.. haha

Back on topic.. totally got pulled over for the lights, probably because they were blue, but the cop said they were distracting to other drivers... so I'd watch it, but they were fun at the time. I dont think I'll ever do it again... however itd be cool to put a neon tube in the space under the radio, and cover it up with like some frosted plexi glass that had PRELUDE in unfrosted.. so when you turned it on thatd stand out.. itd look totally pimp.. haha

[HondaNeedsBoost]

well yea its illegal to drive with them on...its blinds u aswell...but ill find sumthin out...my halos and black lights till both be on with the flip of the same switch

[sfields]

totally possible

[thomas97]

hmm, if you do it let me know
i might do that,
but i like it cause the switch is hidden and only i know where it is
kinda makes me feel cool haha

[HondaNeedsBoost]

evil....:painkiller:

[thomas97]

lol my drivers seat is gonna be so ballin once im done, i wanna put more secrets in hahaha

idk whatelse needs a toggle though
maybe ill split the neons to two toggles just cause i have store credit at menards lol

[thomas97]

YES!
I ordered a Vibrant front upper strut bar!!!!!

woooo hoooo!
goooooodbye body roll :cool:

[Brash22]

As good an investment as a front strut bar is it won't stop body roll. That's what sway bars are for. The FSB just keeps the strut towers from moving indipendantly.

But it's coming along nicely, you're making quite good progress there young one.

[thomas97]

ohhh!
thanks for clearing that up Brash

yeah im pretty happy, im giving a big push for mods before my birthday rolls around in april and i have to start working nd doing things like paying for gas,
and sinc eim a kid with nothing to pay for im dropping everything i can into her before i have to pay for gas and stuff D:

[HondaNeedsBoost]

ask jesse...hes doin that too isnt he

[thomas97]

i talked to jesse about it
he gave me some tips and stuff, now
what can brown do for me?
HURRY THE HELL UP AND GIMME MY BAR!

nice, ordered the EGR Gasket,
anyone know where the EGR cleanout is located, thats why i bought the gasket, looks like were gettin dirty soon lol

[sfields]

as for toggles i got two wired up but thats only because of my headlights.. the aftermarket lights wanted to leave my highbeams on on all the time.. so i wired in a switch for them.. and i wired in a switch for the halos because i wanted them to be independent of the other lights.

[thomas97]

now thats cool, what do you do for the stalk then, is that just useless?

dont even feel like resizing all of those pictures, so just enjoy for now

updated!

[mcimo]

May I please make love to your engine?

[thomas97]

haha, she doesnt look so bad now huh?

you notice all the little stuff i did to make it nice?
all of it was so easy, the hardest part was keeping my hands off the paint to let it cure and dry rightly.

[mcimo]

Haha well she wouldnt be so clean after I was done with her.

[thomas97]

hahahahah, thats sick rofl
but i take the compliment :wink:

[mcimo]

LOL but shhh don't say anything else, or my baby will get jealous.

[thomas97]

ah, you havent even seen the trunk yet!
i need to finish that up before she gets sanded down this weekend =/

[distant]

dig the headers. when i opened this thread i looked at the first pic.. and was like wtf? oh.. the first pic is when you bought it.. it is amazing to me when people don't have headers on their ludes.. yeah it costs money to mod them.. but air flow is goooood.

[thomas97]

yeah, i felt a big diff. with the engine when i put them on, not even talking about like a power gain because we all know thats a controversial issue on here, but they're nice, I bought them offa E

[DJ Prelude]

good lookin car man. when you say "stainless steel" header, is that an ebay header or something? and do those ebay headers give any gains at all or is it more for show?

[thomas97]

thanks dude!
stainless steeel header is indeed off of ebay,
its minimal gains, made the engine run alot smoother for sure, and throttle response was alot better.

[mcimo]

How much did it set ya back?

[thomas97]

got it from E for 60 bucks and he gave me a gauge pod!

[thomas97]

as per request by tedd,
i managed to put the valve cover back on resprayed i might add, and i was able to make the firewall nice and clean as per E and D's request,
enjoy teh pics!

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[HondaNeedsBoost]

looks dope dude

[thomas97]

thanks man :biggrin:
came out pretty good, ispent like less than 20 bucks on this all.

[dewynsd]

nice attention to detail

[PreludeBoy95']

hey man sweeeet lude lovin the bezels..oh yeah

[thomas97]

thanks dude, i should get on the updatin, shes changed alot

[HondaNeedsBoost]

shes not ever red anymore...or anyless

[thomas97]

yeah, i might be getting new headlights with a CF eyebrow
not sure, depends what price he gives me!

[rc114]

Car looks great. Keep up the good work.

[mr_y82]

Love the Lude,

Hope you guys around Chicago are doing okay since the tragedy.

[thomas97]

thanks for caring dude^

update on the first page.

[thomas97]

a Much needed update...
pictures of my completed body work and drop in a day or so.

[red98]

sweet ride, I have been wanting to see a red lude with clear side turn signals. Now I can decide if I want to get them.

[ogsmakdade]

sweet ride, I have been wanting to see a red lude with clear side turn signals. Now I can decide if I want to get them.

get the red rear side markers from a 98-02 accord. :love:

[thomas97]

i'm pleased with them, they're clear by day, amber by night.