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Front Bumper George Style

fmn716 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:14 GMT

Well, I am not really a fan for body kits, as I beleive you can make the stock bumper look really awesome on any car !!!

I am not saying that body kits are rice at all so please no sob stories :sneaky2:

Well here it is this is not a how to just how converted my bumper to make it look awesome

As you can see in the pic there is a plastic piece joining the lower part of the bumper to give it a complete look

Here is the original

You will notice in the above picture that I removed the beading and there is that channel which I filled up with filler, this is a stock dx/ex bumper

The above pic shows the part where the clips used to be and they are now filled

Here is the piece (joining of lower part of bumper) I was talking about a real bitch to do this

Here is some pics of how it is joined onto the bumper

I also closed up those two openings on each side of the bumper below is the pic of the rear view of this bumper

The lip I used is a Toyota Cresida Replica which costs about R250

The pics below is how the lip looks on the bumper

The lip does come in two pieces and you need to shorten it abit

This is how I did the join in the front

I welded these together with QBOND

Ok now for the indicators

this is to use those MAZDA 323 ones

http://www.autostyle.co.za/product/1...ondIndicators/

I used my dremel to cut some of the indicator opening off

If you look at the above pic you will notice the original point and where I cut it to extend it (about 2cm)

Here is the rear view

And the finished product is below

And this is what it looks all together = OLD school Prelude PORN :headbang:

collection thread

JDM86lude — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:42:38 GMT

check this rare item out

Lil Help

86ludeAZ520 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:36 GMT

i finally got plates and insurance for my car yesterday and started driving it. as soon as i was gettin to school the PGM-FI light came on and now my car wont start. i had to park it at fast food restaraunt near my school. what should i do to get it started again?

how to install the arm rest

JDM86lude — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:03:37 GMT

hi guys as u know im in the middle of doing a restrotion for the jdm arm rest latly i been gettin pm after pm asking me how to install it.
Well its pretty simple. i have got this console with my jdm arm rest so i just use it instead and took the old one out. theres absoulty no differnece except this came from japan.so dont worry bout the console i just used it just because it came with it!
First u fold the seats front wards. go behind the back seat. take a phillips screw driver and start unscrewnig the scres on both sides lift up and comes off
step 1

step 2 turn upside down the arm rest fold the little carpet up inside the arm rest put the phillps screw driver. through the hole unscrew it all the way. until the screw is at the end of the thread but not off. btw if u dont know wat im talkin bout theres a litlle tab that hooks to the console.little yellow zinc hook i guess that goes under the console toward the top with phillips screw in it.
also the odd lookn triangle piece from the console u can throw away u dont use it anymore. arm rest takes its place!

step 3 this is continue of step 2 align that little hook on the top edge of the console it gets really hard to do it at first cuz the hook wants to slide to the side. this is when u put the screw driver back in . once u got it aligned from the console. start screwing.tight but not to tight it will crack just so its sturdy.

step 4 put ur screws back in at the bottom the onese u took out.

step 5 fold back ur seats and volia there it is. total time 15min because of the annoying little hook on the arm rest

ps this is for every body waitng on the arm rest. hey guys i will have most of arm rest done end of the month, im still looking for a couple of parts i want these to be in almost mint condtion thnx for ur patience

jdm speaker system! option

JDM86lude — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:58:59 GMT

Fuel pressure drop when bogging.

IDTrav — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:50 GMT

I'll recap my last thread quickly as I'm still stumped. Again...after the car hits running temperature (1/2 way on temp gauge) it runs like aboluste shit and bogs out.

We replaced the following and it still runs the same:
-Coil, Distributor, Plugs, Grounds

then we swapped out:
-Fuel Pressure Regulator, Fuel Filter, Fuel Pump

We threw a gauge on after the fuel filter and noticed that soon as the bogging happens we drop fuel pressure from 33PSI down to 10-12PSI.

The TPS and (3) different ECU's have been swapped out as well. I'm thinking about two options left now:

1) Hard wire the fuel pump to an onboard switch. You can hear the pump cutout when it bogs so I'm wondering if there is a relay or something else that is heating up and cutting fuel pump out.

or

2) Plumb a second pump. My only question is where is the best place if I were to do this? Do they both run simlutaneous? I know lots of cars run dual pumps to prevent starvation but what would be the ideal setup on this car.

Thanks again guys.

Toga rods?????????

as87DX — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:35:48 GMT

i'm wondering has anyone ever used the toga performance H beam connecting rods? if so are they any good? i need some advice before i buy them

Lude update! Weoo!

JradLudeLover — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:06:33 GMT

I have another lude update! and pics :) which are always good. I gave her a nice interior clean and detail and washed 'er right up before i took them, so i hope you enjoy!

entire car shot

Rear shot , with new spoiler! ( yes i painted it and got new badges ! )

Interior shot, all nice and cleaan

Nioce shampooed seats !

Slick dash ;)

i am prelude hear me roar !

i have brakes waiting for me at my work right now, just plain lordco rotors and raybestos pads, but a full set front and rear, im just waiting on my money situation to resolve itself :) but after that im ordering the pacesetter exhaust setup for her, with a resonator and muffler... i dont know if any of you have had any feedback about that specific part. BUT i am getting it for 260 dollars without tax shipped... they have to order it in from arizona ! im pretty stoked about it :D

Tell me what you think guys!

BUILT NOT BOUGHT WEEO

wax case issue!!

TimO — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:03:27 GMT

so can anyone out there with a carbed 2 please give me some info on the operation of your wax case?
if you dont know what it is...it is the thing on the left side of the carbs with two larger coolant hoses attached to it and a rod coming out the bottom wich is attached to the choke linkages...
th ereason i ask is i have 4 of them that dont work properly...or as far as i can tell they are not working properly. the purpose of this device is to gradually unload the fast idle "staircase" according to the coolant temp. well i currently have one in the oven(dont tell the wife please he he) and it has only moved the rod on the bottom about 5-6MM at 175F ! this should be almost full temp, wich should have the rod extended all the way out of the case.....
so can anyone check the operation of theirs and tell me how much it is moving according to engine temp?

The RARE PARTS thREad! JDM EDM Mugen! 83-87 Prelude!

year_zero — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:17 GMT

just wanna start a thread that features rare 2nd gen Prelude parts. if you have any cool info or pics to post, then by all means go for it.

Mugen Prelude, from the original catalog.

Hey check these

onebad87lude — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:55:52 GMT

I have never seen a 2g with these but according to the sight they are factory rims they actually look quite nice to me. What you guys think?

brake light fail indicator light staying on :(

JradLudeLover — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:26:32 GMT

My brake light fail light in the gauge cluster seems to be staying on ... it has for a while and will not turn off, but my brake lights work ! it only turns on after i hit the pedal... i have no idea why its broken ! has anyone else ran into this problem ?

thanks,
Jared

sunroof slider/headliner project help

Old$koolLude — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:28:20 GMT

wats up fellow luders.. ok the search button wouldnt work for me so i couldnt search to see if their was a thread with info but anyway when the snow starts to clear up a bit i wanna start a project with the sunroof slider and headliner and wrap them in cf vinyl or in black sued(cant spell that word lol)...but i dont know how to get the damn sunroof slider out:nervous: lol... so any suggestions on how to get the slider out would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance ...oh and have any of you done any custom fabric on your 2g headliner and slider? if so post pics for motivation

86 Si Rough ideal after warm up

redlinefan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:14:54 GMT

I just bought this car to build in to a Ucar racer. Its a 1986 2.0 FI Si. When I got it the head gasket was blown so I put a new gasket on and put it all back together with no big problems. Ive now got it caged and allmost race ready. I cranked it up yesterday and after it warms up a few seconds it revs from 1500 to almost cutting off over and over. And during warm up it stays at 1500. But if I give it a touch of gas it runs perfect. I took it down the road and it seems to run just fine.

Any ideas what I can do to solve this problem???
Thanks

i am confused

rou1729 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:55:30 GMT

well guys i am glad to say i am not selling my lude and i am unable to get the b series swap done by when i need it do to lack of time and money, but i do need it running since i am moving to a new town and wont be able to use my dads spare car anymore, so i wanted to know if you guys had three months 2 Thousand dollars US and a 87 dx 5spd with a blown head gasket what would u do to it? bearing in mind the motor already has the top half off, just looking for ideas from those much more lude savvy than i, thank you for all your help you guys rock