91 Prelude SR

Yet another project started when I already have a ton that aren't even finished. Oh well, what can I say?

Anywho...... It's Fujimi's Prelude 2.0 Si. The idea is to turn it into my car... er... rather how I want my car to be once I have the $$ to do all the work.

The Plan: Modify front and rear bumpers to look like the 90/91 Prelude as opposed to the 88/89 Prelude. Cut open hood and headlights. Modify Revell B series engine to look like a H22 (The engine I want to swap into my car... get rid of the oil burning B21). Modify tail lights to look like the 90/91 tail lights. C/F hood, maybe C/F decklid (I'll end up with a C/F decklid on my car, but don't know yet weather I'll paint it or not). This kit actually has a really good body and interior, the chassis however is absolutely horrible. It's one of those ones intended for the motorized model, to make things worse, it's molded as RWD for a FWD car. So I think I may modify the Revell Integra chassis to get the underside. Preferably some Fujimi 17" TE37s if I can ever find any. Badges all shaved. Also some racing seats, and lots of other smaller details.

PICS!!!!!
My car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/preludeblmAF0.jpg
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Inspiration
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/prelude21AF.jpg


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Model thus far
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/preludemodelAF0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/preludemodel9AF.jpg
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This is what I might do if I leave the C/F decklid exposed. Pant the roof black.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/PreludeGoldBlackAF.jpg

Yehhhh!! Honda!!! :D
So the car on your avatar is your Prelude? I always thought it was an F355...o_O
So,to put an H22...The Revell civic 92-95 has a longer B series engine. At least I saw somewhere...Sooo...:p

HAHA, yeah sometimes these can sorta look like Ferrari's, they're also known as baby NSXs. I compared all the Revell B series engines, they're all pretty much identical. I've got reference pics of H22s so hopefully It'll all work. If anyone knows of a better source to use I'd appreciate it!

I like that gold one you got there. You can use the Integra B series engine from the revell kits. They look identical but the h22 in reality is a bit bigger. All you need to do is paint the valve cover black like the h22. I look forward to seeing this one.

I like that gold one you got there. You can use the Integra B series engine from the revell kits. They look identical but the h22 in reality is a bit bigger. All you need to do is paint the valve cover black like the h22. I look forward to seeing this one.


actually they are quite different looking when you know what your looking at.

The B series dizzy is on the intake cam while the H series is on the exhaust cam. The alt is on the front of the H but it's on the back of the B, those are two big differences that are the easiest to notice other than the valve cover and shear size of the H motor

Reference pics of the H22
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/PreludeH22.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/PreludeH22a.jpg

If ya need some ref's on the H22,my brother owns an H22 Accord wagon...So,anything you need,just ask!

Nice to see one of these.
Too bad the fujimi chassis is that bad though.
I have been thinking of buying this kit since my first car was a Prelude 2,0i-16 4ws '88
Really nice cars but the rust killed mine..

I do gotta say I like these ludes all though I have never seen this one before. I found an '84 once so I bought it. I wanted it to look more like the 90-91 body style like you have there just like your doing. Nice rim choice as well, I hope this one goes well for you cause you really don't see these too often at all. here some possible inspiration for you, I built this one about 4 years ago now so it's a little out dated already (forgive the clears and exhaust, I was experimenting) but I think it does look like the newer body and not the '84-85 in which it came

http://jacksoncreation.jasonpham.info/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/DSC01962.JPG
http://jacksoncreation.jasonpham.info/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/DSC01967.JPG
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Yours will look alot better though I'm sure:)

Well... mine will be a bit more JDM styled. More subtle and clean. I'm not so much into body kits n stuff, unless it's a drift car.

Martin S, mine's rusting around the rear wheel wells. Hopefully after school next year I'll be getting that fixed. Once I find a good job I plan to completely strip it down and rebuild it from the ground up. Doing all the things I have planned at that time. It will get a new color too. I have no idea what color yet. I love the black, looks REALLY nice when it's clean, but black is IMPOSSIBLE to keep clean.

I simply LOVE the BA4 Prelude. i had a gunmetal 1991 model...hmmm, brings back memories. I think it's funny...I started the same conversion some time ago to represent my Prelude. Your thread gives me some boost to look at it again...Thank you.

The conversion has begun!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/preludescale124bAF.jpg

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nice prelude!! i myself am looking for another prelude to build. i love the body style of this prelude.
here's my completed prelude:
i like it clean and simple. just a curbside kit.
fujimi prelude 4WS Si kit
seats from ferrari f40
takata harness
custom rollcage
muffler
big brake
17" Rs watanabe wheels
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/504000-504999/504790_10_full.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/evil_hanzel/preludenew2.jpg
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Looks pretty nice! I see you attempted to do the 90/91 tail lights. That's probably going to be the hardest part of my build. I'm thinking I'm going to have to modify the kit tail lights, make a mold then cast them in clear resin. Thanks for sharing yours, it's the style I like... nothing excessively flashy.

thanks. i didnt really attempt to do the 90/91 tails, i just wanted the clear corner lens look for my car. that prellude i posted was already its third buildup. i went first with a european look (clear lenses, clean interior, hubcap wheels with a darker red shade.) second rebuild was a street racer, big wing and racing interior. it didn't fit with the car, stripped it again and rebuilt it as a clean JDM version. was gonna convert it to RHD but i can't find my RHD dash :(. i really didnt want to mess the clean look of the clear corner lenses so i kept it like that. :D

saw ur build up on the forums. :D great cars

I was thinking one of these two colors for my car. I kinda like the metallic olive green, but the candy apple red looks nice too. Pretty much any color of wheels would look good with both colors. Keep in mind I will have a c/f hood and possibly c/f deck lid and possibly a black roof.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/civicgreen0AF.jpg

Some minor progress. It's starting to take shape, still a little ways to go on the front bumper. The Fujimi 17" TE37s should hopefully be arriving in the next month or so, thanks VERY much to gtidude!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/prelude124bumperAF.jpg
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Well, I know there's not a lot of interest in this build, but this is what I'm thinking of doing for the engine bay. The layout of late 80s to mid 90s Honda engine bays is fairly similar, so with some modification this bay should work decently. I still have to cut off the integra interior, that's why it's sitting kinda funny.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/energon22/prelude124ebs.jpg

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what about the integra chassis conversion? Is it really happening?

Keep up the work - I'm interested :-)

Sometimes there is not a lot to say, but that doesn't mean there is no interest. I'm following as well.

Could you give Fujimi's reference for this kit? I would really like to get it as well.

It's back ordered right now, but this is where I got mine frome. http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ03712

rod_k2 I do plan on useing the integra chasis, but haven't started on it yet. The length from wheel well to wheel well is almost perfect, so it's mostly the front and rear of the chasis that will need work. I might end up doing mostly scratch building for the engine bay. Depends on how well the integra bay will really work. Thanks guys!

hi im new here and i have just got hold of 3 of these kits here in australia and i was thinki of the same thing ..hows the kit goin ?

Hey Nathan, your car is looking awesome, hope those wheels look good on the car. any shots of a mock up yet?

I do have a couple photos. This thing's really hard to photograph right now, since it's black my camera doesn't want to focus on it so they all trun out blurry. Haven't done too much else yet. But those wheels you sent me look GREAT on there, they're perfect!

The deep green looks good on the Civic hatchback. That car was feature on one of Honda Tunning's magazine issue. I thought it was a type of gray until i read it was green and look a real good long look. I like how he combined it with white wheels. Looks stock but with a sporty look. Thats how I like'em.

nice to see the lude is going again. :D:D:D i really want to see this one finished. :D:D

I've been following the project, looking forward to seeing more!!

Sorry guys, I know I said I'd be doing more now that I'm Just working full time instead of school F/T and work P/T. But I've been a little preocupied the last few weeks, so I haven't done ANYTHING at all. So you guys are probably gonna have to wait a lot longer to see more. Sorry guys. Thanks for the interest though!

Another good source for the engine bay would be tamiyas Prelude, its an older (84ish) one with full detail. Engine bay and undercarrige detail should be close, and much better than any old Fujimi chassis!

Well, I know there's not a lot of interest in this build,

WTF !!

mate i've been loggin onto this page for ages !
when i saw this thred its all i have been thinkin of .. im a major 3rd gen fan and have been since my dad got one brand new in '90
any progress yet ?

Sorry man, this summer has been so nuts for me I haven't really had time to do much of anything. I wanted to at least have my S2000 painted before it got to cold to paint, but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen either. The good news is, that this project is still quite a ways away from primer and paint and I'll be able to work on it even when it's cold outside. So hopefully things will settle down form me a bit here in the near future and I can get back to working on some of these projects. Thank you very much for your interest though. I LOVE these cars too. I don't want to ever not own one. They're so much fun to drive.

just out of interests are u on preludepower.com ?

and another question how are u lowering ur kit ?

i have asked on this forum and the reply sounds a bit complicated
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=748754

thanks
-paul

Yeah, I actually am on preludepower.com! My screen name there is 91SR (real creative, I know) I take it that's your lude in your sig. Looks very nice!! I think I've actually seen it on there before. As for how I'm going to lower this thing... well, I haven't gotten around to that yet, but it'll probably be different than you would normally lowere it since I'm probably gonna be useing the Revell Integre underbody. But probably the best way for the stock parts, would be to cut chunks out of the pins that the wheels attach to and move them to the other side so that the hubs are actually moved up a bit. Not sure if that made much sense. But that's probably what I would do.

Man, this is sweet. I may have to pickup one of these kits myself.

The Revell Integra chassis is going to be much smaller than the car, just like you found the Revell Integra engine bay to be. Why not use the Fujimi's Integra chassis? It isn't as detailed, for sure, but would be a better jumping off point than the incorrectly detailed (for a Prelude) Revell one. It's a generic FWD chassis, so it would lend itself better. It would make it a little more difficult to use the Revell's engine bay, but with the amount of modification you'll have to do, scratch work won't be that much more of an issue.

yeah, the chasis actually fits fairly well, it's a bit too short. But I dunno, I'll probably end up useing something else. I've already decided not to use the Revell engine bay, and do some scratch building there instead. But there probably wont be much happening on this thing for a while still. So I've got some time to think about how I'm going to go about this. But thanks very much for the support and sugestions. You guys are making me want to get right back into this, I'm just a little too busy right now. If only there were 10 more hours in each day.

Good luck scratchbuilding the engine bay! I started the same thing on my mirage coupe project and just these simple parts took me a long time and painful back.
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hows this build moving ?

I'm interested in your build (Bro.) LOL. I didn't even know that there was a kit of that car. On your engine bay this is just a thought I'm not trying to tell you what to do. You could cut the Revell engine bay in haf to make bigger.
So far I think you are off to a realy good start.

hows this build moving ?

haha it's not. I haven't done any work at all on my projects in a while. I need to get back into it. But A) my workspace has been kinda taken over, but hopefully I'll have it back soon B) I've just been really busy with several different things and haven't really had the time. I REALLY need to get crackin on the S2000 too! It would be nice to actually finish something!!

Finish something you should. Filled in space not good me thinks. Space clean up you must!! LOL Hope you find some time to get back to work LOVE YOUR WORK!!!!!!!

Vince

This is awesome. an old thread this is but did he finish it ?