97 5thgen VTi prelude

ive only been back a bit so just have the one pic as lights fading and its mega filthy



theres loads on my list of things to do...but front disc and pads are no.1 as theyre warped to fark...will take more pics post wash etc...however i managed to pick it up for £680.00!!!!!

but to say im happy is an understatement....the trip home was amazing...i just had to be carefull how fast i was going

What a buy, looks nice!!

new discs and pads then?

that seems like a nice little bargain :-)
did you haggle him down? how much was he asking?

In black you can make this look meannnn, and also bet it drives really nice.

nice purcahse, got that for a good price too
wapred discs seem a common problem on preludes too

nice one mate

was up for £750...so i got a bit off....the mr2 goes today and i just received a nice cheque for £67 off mazuma for my old phone...the mrs owes me some green so the pocket aint too damaged...will 100% be at the next meet....gives me a month to wash it...lol

its due a full service....anyone know if honda do any cambelt deals?

Mate that a great buy...get the wheels swapped over and a good clean and thats mint...!!

what he said^

i dont think honda do any 'deals', i got my genuine cambelt off ebay, try there

i mean for them to actually do it...i aint too handy with the spanner engine wise...its the 108k full service due with everything needed...

oh, im not sure tbh, ask them, it will probably be cheaper at an indipendant garage

just fancied knowing everything had been checked if you know what i meen

fair enough, i think it will cost alot from honda though bro

i do have a 'local' guy

id go with ur man then, or get quotes off both first?

just found out one of the other greggs managers hubbys is a honda tech.....im on it

What are you looking to check for??

Most of the checking can be done simply whilst driving the car about, other stuff oil, plugs breaks are simple to check, gears as well crunching is not a good sign, steering pulling to left or right or clunking going around a sight corner at full lock...all pretty simple??

spose so....just intend to keep this a while ans would like to start rite

If you wanted a full service, i could do this for you, plugs, filter, oil change, air filter etc if you got the parts for £20.
I know a guy who would do your cambelt aswell, he is a mobile mechanic he has qouted me £100 including the belt for my CRX so cant see it being much more if not the same.
If your interested let me know.

^^ THAT....

I agree, but done waste your cash for some one to say hmmmmm yeahhhh its all ok because ull be gutted if in the future somthing went wrong on it...

Ideally get your breaks done 1st, easy enough job or a garage should be cheep, dont get budget one's spend an extra couple of quid for good shoes and discs.

When was it last serviced??

i can do basic service...just orderedf my hamp oil filter and wathing 2 induction kits...aem and simota...any advice...also if i upgrade my leads what should i go for.....and what plugs are you all using?

Use denso or advised NGK iridium plugs, you know where you got your hamp oil filter from do they supply hamp fuel filters?

tbh theres alot of scaremongery surrounding service parts, you can only manufacture oil/filters/leads/plugs/ etc so well, beyond that point ur paying for the name/gimmick.
Personally i stick with well known makes but usually dont buy into the "mega, turbo, advanced, super" bullshit.

Always worth doing a bit of reasearch, there are some good comprehensive write ups about oil knocking about the net, so im willing to bet there are writeups about filters etc, just make sure they are indipendant though.

Personally i would take aem over simota all day long

dude i know where there is a black one same as this in a scrap yard do you need anythin of it?
its had frontal damage!

let me know

cus ur a champ...i need a back bumper and a ds wing mirror....tell me where to go and im all over it...maybe a centre console too...and anything else that takes my fancy...

did find a black one but it was in sussex