Hey guys, im new to prelude's, ive owned 2 civics. found a good deal on this with nice low miles and a clean title. nearly rust free except the panels that were crashed. My plans for it are to make it look as close to "new" with my budget.
Im not doing and mods to it and I have replaced a few interior peices like shift boot and shifter from Honda. Otherwise mechanical and interior is as near mint as it comes!!


This Is the poor thing as I got It. Bumper ripped off, door caved in quater panal damage, and hood bent from an improper locking incident. As you can see the trailing arm and spindle in the rear also bent.


Here is another one, diff. angle


This is Curtis blocking out my right side of the car to rid it of its door dings. Had about 15 or 20 around the whole car.


The new quarter was sectioned in sorta a bad spot. We did this to avoid removing the rear windsheild. This is Neema cleaning up the welds.



Here is the car all mudded up using the gold 3M premium filler. Again this is where the skills were need to make this straight and clean.


Here the rear quater was primed up using 2 part etch and sealer primer. Also the Drivers outer door skin was replaced because the previous owner filler the door with body filler (in a really bad way) and looked like crap. You can see this in that other pic.


Here is the right side of the car, pic looks poor but its minimal orange peel and the main this is no dings or signs of body work. Thank you Curtis, your the man.


This is the Left side, nice n clean. Very straight. Still missing Rim, and rocker moulding. Should be here any day.



All this work has been going on for three weeks. Ive invested $1500 all oem honda metal and parts.
I just got the new hood so it must be painted and installed as well as the rear bumper. Rocker molding and tire. (tires got a hole)
Now all I got to do is Color sand the car to smooth everything as I dont have a paint booth to use anymore.
I will post more pics when its finished.
Friday Paint the hood, bumper and spoiler. Sunday color sand & Buff!!!!
Thanks Guys!

 

Very nice work It's always nice to be able to do body work on your own... it saves you a LOT of $$$. If you don't mind me asking, what did you give for the car, year, and mileage?

 

Yeah thanks!! ive been doing body and paint for a while.
I paid $1500 for the car with tax and title in my name. Im in about $1500 parts and paint. (base clear) so... im in about $3000 all said and done, maybe $3300.
The car is a 1997 with 130,00KMS
about 81,000 miles.
Thank you!!

 

ah thats a heck of a deal if you ask me, especially with a clean title

 

Thats what I thought
I didnt really need/want a car... but i bought something was telling me to, now im in love

 

Well, you got yourself a good deal on that, given the work you put into it. With all costs considered, it was worth the time spent.

 

my rear quarter panels on my prelude have some rust holes in them, were did you get your replacement quarter panels?

 

I got mine from hondapartsdeals.com
same with door skin.
but in your situation find someone to bend you up new ones and install them
Steve

 

Okay guys, project is done and on the road. I think it came out okay, but im still missing the back lip (in transit)
what do you think??

 

 

Great looking car, man! Came out really nice.

Welcome to the Prelude community, too!

 

wow, sick job bro. wanna do mine next? i just have a few rust spots i want cut out n some dents n dings taken care of lol

 

impressive

 

way to resurrect it man

 

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what do you think??



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Looks sick without the other emblems. Nice job.

 

yo man for the great job...always nice to see people bringing preludes back...now enjoy the ride and dont rice it out..awesom paint job

 

That was so worth it, excellent looking Prelude man. Good job!

 

Damn.. that's nice work. You really can't beat the price either.. haha.

 

Basically 7k for a damn bb6, at 85k miles. Wow.

 

So I'll buy it from you for 3300. ?

 

Lol, thanks alot guys, I love the car. I just got it tinted 20% around today looks clean, and im gonna drop it a we bit but thats it I wouldnt rice it out. This is what it cost me.
Car $1500
Body panels $700
Bumper, Rocker molding, Tail light $300
Paint $350 (base clear)
Body supply and buffing $450
Tires $200
Suspension $250
Other $300
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Total $4050.00
Little more than I thought, but it looks good once again. Thanks for all your compliments

 

so like i said...<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rawNAprelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow, sick job bro. wanna do mine next? i just have a few rust spots i want cut out n some dents n dings taken care of lol</TD></TR></TABLE>haha

 

well im in canada, thats is a while away. lol

 

looks good. very impressed with the turnout!

 

u brought it back from the dead..