My 86 Prelude Thread

[2ndGenGuy]

Hey cool stickshift!

[Hazwan]

That 'stickshift' has fooled 6 people so far

Took some PICS today with my buddies CRZ



















That thing is so fat compared to mine lol

[scania360]

Fuyyooo...crz tu...
That normal..mostly now car design is obese-fat...
Can see in our country...

[Dr_Snooz]

The styling of the CRZ looks so awkward compared to the old-school Prelude. The lines in the old cars, Hondas especially, were so intentional. They started logically at the front of the car and proceeded rationally to the end. Now designers put lines any old place, going every which way. They impart a schizophrenic feel to the design. The belt lines are too high. The entire shape is amorphous and bland. And lines go wherever.

Yuck.

Your car is rockin' though.

[cygnus x-1]

The styling of the CRZ looks so awkward compared to the old-school Prelude. The lines in the old cars, Hondas especially, were so intentional. They started logically at the front of the car and proceeded rationally to the end. Now designers put lines any old place, going every which way. They impart a schizophrenic feel to the design. The belt lines are too high. The entire shape is amorphous and bland. And lines go wherever.

There are two reasons why car styling is not so great today: aerodynamics and crash safety. Most cars are bubble shaped now because that's the most aerodynamic form, and they need to be aerodynamic for fuel efficiency. Crash safety also means that the windows are shrinking (how do you see out of the back of that CRZ?) to make room for pillars stuffed with airbags. I fear before long we will be driving cars that have video displays and cameras instead of glass.

C|

[Dr_Snooz]

I think the future involves the cars driving themselves. We will just be cargo.

Google's driverless cars to be allowed on roads after ministers rewrite Highway Code - Telegraph

Oh BTW, the cars of the future won't have steering wheels or brakes either. What could possibly go wrong?

[Hazwan]

The back window of that CRZ might as well not be there at all. I had to move the car around and I am so used to turning my head back and look outside the window. Not this time. That fatass C pillar and tiny ass quarter window isn't helping either. Its a small car compared to mine but then it feels bigger than it should have been.

[scania360]

Crz=successor crx??

Very similar design...

[Hazwan]

You can say that but I think the CRZ has lost its 'sportiness' of the original CRX

[cygnus x-1]

I think the future involves the cars driving themselves. We will just be cargo.

Google's driverless cars to be allowed on roads after ministers rewrite Highway Code - Telegraph

Oh BTW, the cars of the future won't have steering wheels or brakes either. What could possibly go wrong?

Oddly enough I would trust computers to drive better than most people.

C|

[Dr_Snooz]

I have to agree with you. I keep inventing new swear words with which to curse the brain dead zombies who drive around here. At the same time, I'm acutely aware of how reporters' cars explode and crash under mysterious circumstances just before they print an explosive story about government corruption at the highest levels, and congressmens' planes have inexplicable mechanical problems and go down in the night if they turn maverick. Then I think about Google's CIA connections and realize that I'm not very excited about allowing them to drive me around in a car I can't control.

[Hazwan]

I've decided to find something to work on for cheap if not free while I collect all the remaining 5 speed swap parts.

I did acquired a flywheel few days back though. Gonna pick up the shift linkage and pedals this weekend. Then I can start rebuilding the tranny and buy the rest of the parts like clutch, clutch cable, axle and misc other crap ($$$)


So I've decided to turn my attention to my interior, mainly seats. The thigh bolster on both passenger and driver's side are basically flat from years of use. Driver's side bolster was fixed sometime ago by the PO so its still holding up

Passenger's side:








Driver's side:

[Hazwan]

I didn't get pics of the foam before or even the driver's side foam ><


Had to resew this piece that were used to stretch/tighten the cover to the foam. idk what they're called but they're all ripped off making my covers look loose and shitty






I didn't get the rear seat pics but the cover was torn and I had to sew them back together lol

Washed them all while I'm at it and they're actually a lot cleaner than before! You wouldn't wanna see the color of the water that is coming off them lol

Total cost: $5.00

Here are some after pics:

[Hazwan]

Here are some pretty pics of the interior


















All that left now is the door panels. The adhesive somehow came off the vinyl and its looking real shitty now -_-

[scania360]

Just finish read your thread...finally...
See so many thing you do for your car...

Cayalah...kagum saya tgk bro jaga kereta...
Dah berapa banyak rm habis kat kete ni bro...

[scania360]

Another one...cool gearknob..
At first glance,looks manual tranmision...

[Dr_Snooz]

You're pretty handy with the needle and thread there. Just another thing that Hazwan can do and the rest of us can't. LOL

[Hazwan]

Meh I wouldn't say that. This is actually my first time sewing something too actually. It wasn't perfect but nobody is going to see what I did so its all good

So I've had enough of the bouncy and crappy ride from my ebay coilover sleeves. So I've decided to slap the stock springs back on. Not before I've chopped about 2.5 coils off. I know for sure that it won't ride as bad as the ebay coils as I had cut springs on my Accord and it was dumped and still rides okay. By okay I mean yeah sure its stiff but it doesn't bounce surprisingly. I guess you just have to know what you're doing and don't cut too much.

Boooooooo. I'm surprised my shocks didn't blow


Stock spring with 2.5 coils off. Yes I painted it red for moar bling


Decided to give that drop fork mod a try


Took about 1/4" off. Wish I would have gone more but I don't wanna weaken the forks too much

[Hazwan]

The result:


I guess I am really good at guessing how much to cut from the springs to get the height I wanted Its about 1/2" higher than what I had with the ebay coils. 2 fingers gap now vs 1 before




I didn't like it. Looks jacked up to me so I did what a normal people would do, cut moar!! Oh no what have I done. I didn't get pics but I took another half coil off and its sitting perfect!!

Its not even that low but my jacks still won't fit
http://i.imgur.com/LK5Hsow.jpg

The result


Much better (Y)








I can't believe how much better it rides now. I can actually go through this bumpy road at 80kph vs 50kph max before else I probably would start losing control and ended up in the ditch or something.

So yes don't even bother with the generic ebay coilover sleeves. They suck. I kept trying to tell myself that they're alright but nope who am I lying to? They SUCK.

[Hazwan]

In case you didn't notice, I didn't touch the rears. Because I already cut the lower spring perch off to fit the sleeves

I didn't mind the rear springs though, they're nowhere near as stiff as the fronts but still slightly stiffer than my front cut springs though. I'm pretty sure its gonna handle funny but I'll get that sorted out later.

Meanwhile I kept having this banging noise whenever I hit a bump hard enough from the back. Apparently the sleeves are hitting the top spring mount on full compression




My angle grinder to the rescue!






No more funny noises!

The rear springs are a lot softer than the fronts and I actually has a lot of travel left. It never hit my bump stop before, all it does it bang the top mount and sleeve together.

I might get a pair of fresh new struts for the back and put the stock (but cut) springs back on lol. Yes cut springs are bad ONLY if you don't know what you're doing. Cut springs > ebay coils anyday!

[hondalude86]

Damn, Hazwan, you're badass

[AccordB20A]

(y_

[2ndGenGuy]

Nice!

[Hazwan]

So do you guys remember this?




It was an EG armrest hacked to fit into a 2g Accord center console which then were installed in my 1g Accord. OMG mix and match much??

Since I have sold the Accord and kept the goodies like the armrest and center console, I've decided to put the armrest to a good use. I tried fitting the whole 2g Accord console into the lude and it doesn't look right so I've decided to rip apart the armrest again and glass it on the lude center console



Glassed together


Bondo time


Done!






Excuse the crappy pics. I'll get some decent pics of the armrest installed in the car tomorrow

[conozo]

I think you need to come here and open your own school to teach us how to do what you do.