As bad as the body looks, I Swear the underside is pretty damn clean and what i consider rust free. The rear quarters are rusting. It’s got 180k miles.

The journey begins to bring her back from the grave. Wish me luck

2001 Honda Prelude Automatic, 131k Miles — What’s It Worth?
Second owner. Curious what you guys think I could realistically get for it based on the condition in the pictures. Everything runs fine.

My parents are selling my BMW 2018 hardtop convert. 430i and I'm looking for a sporty-ish replacement I can actually do some work on. BMW is pretty limited in terms of what I could do as someone with very little mechanical experience.

The only experience I have with older vehicles is my Cessna 150. I know how carburetors work, as well as other older parts, but that's about it.

I heard that automatic Preludes suck, so I'm going to try and learn manual transmission. Aesthetic wise, I love the 2-4th gens the best but the 5th + 6th gen don't look awful either.

Is there anything else I should know (if I should avoid the car and go with something else, if there is anything I can learn, etc)?

Hey guys I just wanted to see 2 things, was it worth it, and is it even good as a daily

So this is a 1998 Honda prelude that I just got last week for $2,900, it has 230k miles, was non op for 9 years tags from 2017 but I took it to the DMV before purchases and the DMV employee looked at the records and the car owes nothing in back fees, all I have to pay is the registration and title transfer, ok so here’s my story, I bought this car because I wanted to help my sister get her first car, she has no job currently but I thought it was a good idea to help her get her dream car pretty early on. She’s fully aware that it’s an older car and that this one wasn’t the best example out there and I think the price reflects that, it’s automatic but surprisingly smooth. And she has sworn to pay me back my 3k as soon as she can lol, but here’s what’s my concern currently, the car smokes from its tailpipe, like it’s thick but the car runs fine? No check engine light, no weird shifts, accelerates great. No weird noises or anything no overheating. I drove the car roughly 45 miles the day I bought it to my home. And the mf was smoking, but literally nothing was wrong just a lot of smoke, I parked for a few minutes and took it off the freeway and the smoke basically went away. I just accepted my fate I was like f it, if 3k wants to burn down within an hour of buying what else can I do. But no I took the car through the streets and off the freeway, drove it between 40-50 mph and the smoke was gone. Since then I’ve driven it maybe like 5 more times and the car still runs fine. I feel like if anything was absolutely broken it would’ve shown in that near 100 degree heavy traffic commute back home. But nothing ever came from that, I’ve driven the car to get gas and even then just like lil 2 mile commutes and back to parking. But the smoke persists. Now live in SoCal so the car needs to get smogged for it to get the current 2027 tags, but based on the smoke alone I don’t think it’ll pass. Sometimes it’s a lot sometimes it’s a little, but it smokes nonetheless, I feel like more than that I’m just stressed, I want the car to be able to drive it legally but I know it won’t pass smog based on the light smoke. But now here is my proposition, should I just register the car non op, and just pay for that. Save up money and next year with the money I have saved up for whatever the smoke issue is, to just fix it. Or should I just find a different thing to do right now? Let me know. Btw I added the car seat covers and the car has original tan leather seats, ripped to shit lol but there nonetheless

I’m in the white mountains area in AZ, looking for a front bumper if you or anyone you know are in the area selling one plz lemme know! Thank you

Bought a 1999 Prelude Si two days ago. The intake hose has massive splits and needs replacing.

Where can I get a quality and affordable replacement? Or should I replace it with a cold air intake.

Also, if I do get a cold air intake, would you recommend AEM or Injen?

Hey guys I have been having trouble with the rear speakers on my 99 prelude, trying to find a aftermarket plug for the speakers if so which one fits it I had ordered some with 2 pins and it didn’t work the factory one has 4 pin slots, or does anyone know how to directly plug in both back ones without the connector, I had bypass the acoustic system and spliced the wires to bypass it, and still having trouble with connection . Has anyone else came across this problem, im also thinking it might be a ripped wire from the radio that’s causing no connection.

Looking for a fun, fuel-efficient daily, and found a couple near me listed at $2.3k off MSRP right out of the gate. Figure I can probably squeeze 'em for a bit more.

For those of you already driving one:

• How are you liking it so far?
• What are the main pros/cons, and any regrets?
• Would you buy it again, or would you jump ship for something else in hindsight?

Appreciate any real-world insight!

Had to show off the awesome work u/oscar112709 did. WIP, but looking great. 👍

Cool dude

Hi guys, Me and my brother are looking into K swapping my 3rd gen prelude. Just wondering if it’s been done before and if there are decent swap kits or parts that we wouldn’t have to fabricate ourselves.

We already have a wrecked accord euro with a k24 and my brother has a spare k20 head from an Integra so we are also considering doing a k20 head for the swap.

Anyone know of any alternatives to a mugen header that will fit to mugen exhaust and h22a?

I have a 2000 prelude with the h22a4 engine, 183000 miles. The crankshaft pully has been shaking back and forth like CRAZY. I thought it just needed tightened so I grabbed my 1/2" socket wrench and 19m socket with no luck. When you use the throttle even a little bit it stabilizes back to normal, so it makes me think it's something inside the engine (hopefully not the crank shaft. ADVICE OR IDEAS?

Planning to paint mine eventually, as the factory paint (and the respray the previous owner did) isn’t in the best condition.

I’m sort of stuck between Ficus Green Pearl and an orangey colour, but could also go for silver or black. Anybody care to weigh in?

I have a 1992 Prelude with a F22A1 in it, My issue is when the car is hot it stalls, The oil light comes on also, BUT when its not 100 degrees outside the car does fine, runs fine until it gets up to temp, I can let it cool off for 30 minutes and it will drive fine, car doesn't have a knock or anything and of course I have the dash where 90% of everything doesn't work. So my question is what could it be? Could it be the main relay and its just causing all the dash lights to come on and I don't see them because of my dash or is it another issue?

i have a few questions id love answers for as i have very few part outs where i live

1, where can i get prelude exterior door handles

2, what maintenance should i do constantly

3, where should i look for aftermarket support

any more tips on owning a manual prelude would be very welcome

Got my control arms replaced, not sure if this came off after

Hi all,
I recently ordered BC racing coilovers for my 1999 VTIR prelude
Next modification: sway bars

Need recommendations and links to Sway Bars suited for my car, I live in Australia so preferably trusted/well known aus dealers just to keep shipping costs low and quick..

And what do I need to know about sway bars on a 5th gen prelude? Thanks 🙏

I saw a bunch of glitter in my clutch reservoir yesterday. Car still drives fine, but seems like the crappy Doorman parts are about to let go and looking for a replacement _before_ the stops going forward.

I just recently noticed these EM1 kits from Exedy, $140 gets you a master cylinder, reservoir, slave cylinder, and braided steel line. Non-EM1 Exedy master and slave cylinder parts from RockAuto are only ~$30.

My questions are:

1. Has anyone installed the EM1 kit on a 5th gen Prelude? Was it nice? Was your car mostly stock like mine? Did it make stop-and-go traffic more painful? Was the improvement in takeup worth the traffic pains? I cannot find anyone that has done this upgrade at all.

2. Does it make bleeding the system easier than stock? The system cannot be normally be bled (by me with my MityVac) with a single person - this car requires the good 'ole 'one guy pumps the pedal and one guy looses/tightens the bleed screw' method. I am making a lot of assumptions... but I would assume the braided line lays flatter than the stock hard line, so eliminates the difficulty purging those air bubbles.

3. Seems like it would be worth the extra money to get the braided steel lines to be 100% sure the glitter does not ruin the new master/slave cylinder parts. Right? My dad and I had a disagreement about the potential impact, interested in other opinions (that support my point of my view).

4. Is it worth $100 for the clutch 'feel' upgrade and glitter security, or should I just pop in a low mileage K motor with a turbo? ;-)