are allt he specs the same, ont he base model i can careless about sh. cause im thinkign about buying one but i want the better year if you know what i mean.

 

There's two models of udsm 97-01 prelude. SH and base. But since you don't care about the SH for whatever reason, the base preludes are the same performance-wize throughout the run. I think honda bumped the output of the motor up 10hp somewhere during the run, but it seems that was mostly marketing and didn't have much to do with reality.

 

http://www.ntpog.org/specs/index.shtml#gen5

 

97 bearings are different from the 98 and up bearings

 

is body wise all the same to, cause honda tends to switch bumpers.....and all that bs?

 

yes they all look they same except for that honda changed the front grille to a honeycomb grille with "prelude" on the right side of it for 99 ludes i believe.