can i use my stock hoses? or do i really have to use the civic ones cut?

 

Depends on which Rad you have.. Check the Size of the inlets of the Civic Rad.

 

i bought a civic LOWER hose, and one end of it was bent pefectly so i could use it as my UPPER hose (after cutting it down to size, obviously)

and since the outlet on the radiator is much smaller than the prelude hose, i cut a 5 inch piece off the remaining civic hose, attached it to the outlet on the bottom of the rad, trimmed away about 5 inches off the prelude hose, then siliconed the civic hose to prelude hose

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by esedulerp5tenin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i bought a civic LOWER hose, and one end of it was bent pefectly so i could use it as my UPPER hose (after cutting it down to size, obviously)

and since the outlet on the radiator is much smaller than the prelude hose, i cut a 5 inch piece off the remaining civic hose, attached it to the outlet on the bottom of the rad, trimmed away about 5 inches off the prelude hose, then siliconed the civic hose to prelude hose </TD></TR></TABLE>

The one I got had the B16 sized ends, so it fit my old hoses perfectly. I trimmed about 1" off the bottom of the lower hose, and several inches off the upper hose. I also needed to use real hose clamps and not the factory spring clamps

 

http://www.evbecks.com/website1/website1/rad.html it took a whole 30 seconds to find this by searching

 

Just make sure you get the 32mm inlet/outlet for the prelude.

 

ok i guess i measure them.

 

It just all depends on what rad you get. I used a stock Del Sol rad, so I had to cut out peices of a civic hose to go inside the prelude hoses on the rad side, but it sounds like if you buy the right aftermarket rad, you can just cut a lil off the end of the lude hoses and its perfect.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gogunkergorilla &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">http://www.evbecks.com/website1/website1/rad.html it took a whole 30 seconds to find this by searching</TD></TR></TABLE>

^^Heh, not what he was asking about...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PrecisionH23a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just make sure you get the 32mm inlet/outlet for the prelude.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Awesome, so that's the exact measurments for the stock Prelude Rad? Makes things much easier when trying to find one that'll be correct.
I just didn't feel like draining and removing the top Rad Hose off again, for the third time in a month or two just to measure it..