Over the past 3 years, my car has undergone several overhauls, some under extreme time constrains, and unfortunately corners were cut. Now at school, I have been forced to DD my prelude. It squeaks, clanks, and makes tons of strange noises. In addition there are several issues that NEED to get taken care of.

Here is a list of the current problems:

-All 4 balljoints in the front are ripped
- the passenger lower makes a TON of noise!!!
-Hood bolts are stripped, leaving me w/ one bolt on each side.
-The flat screw that screws onto the window fell off, so the window is all fubared
-Exhaust sounds like a ricebomb. (old RSR exmag muffler??)
-There is a squeak coming from the rear suspension (Passenger upper ball joint?)
-Trunk Latch Cable broke (plastic piece)
- so to open my trunk, i just have to pull on the trunk cable from in front of my seat (pics coming soon)
-Front amber signals has a broken tab (currently double stick taped and looks goofy)
- New set are in transit!
-Interior is stripped. I need to locate a 94-96 rear interior
-Nitrous gauge needs to be mounted and installed
- must order fittings
-Inline fuel filter w/ 6AN SS line to be installed


Does anyone know the part number for the window screw?
A good location to order Ball Joints?

Pictures: (old)






Updates and pictures coming soon. Mods please do not delete

 

can't wait.. i need to replace my ball joints as well.. they're all cracked up.

 

I am actually doing the same thing you are. My 92 is going under the knife too. COMPLETE rebuild. I have been planning to do this for almost 2 years. My car has gone to shyt over the last 2 years. Most issues weren't worth fixing because it wouldn't make sense to (i.e. new front bumper with paint, fixing AC, changing windshield, fix driver's side where a lady sideswiped me)

Can't wait to see your progress pics!

EDIT: Are you talking about part# 21?
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lol we're all going thru the same ****

I'm about to do a major overhaul on my lude too.

 

x3 when i get a spare car to drive i need a major make over, but its a bad time to do it at this weather i dont know how u guys but its cold here and i got no garage

 

x4 i just wish i had money for all the parts....

i have the time, just not the money.......i jacked up my car to just look underneith the other day and found out all 4 of my CV boots are ripped, i need a new CV joint (car shakes under acceleration) on me

 

X5 My suspension(joints and bushing/rear sway) and brakes are next for mine. For my fellow non-garage having/ hand tools only builders.

 

^what are you talking about.....i have a 2 car garage for my car....all to it's lonesome

 

Hehe, i have a small space with a huge *** thorn bush right next to my car.

 

ahahah, the places we get stuck working in. I finally moved into my own house by I only got a single car garage, so no matter what I do If i'm under my car my legs are going up the walls lol

 

Are your front wheels switched or am I crazy?

 

hahaha i would love to help you out but that is the only stuff i am not selling off my prelude. 1 year ago i went to the stealership and had 3 thousand dollars of parts and 1500 dollars of labour done on the suspension. everything, axles, balljoints, radious rods, wheel bearings, etc. All of them replaced to get rid of squeaks, cracks, and just general oldness. After all the work the car feels like its rolled right off the truck it came on hahaha. My new 4th gen is getting all of that stuff slapped onto it since my old on got written off.

your list isn't to bad though. Balljoints are pretty cheap but getting them pressed is what jacks the price up. Go to honda to buy the parts. Quality is OEM (Second to none) and its worth spending the extra money on. I have yet to have been able to buy from companies that claim oem quality or better and have great fitment and have the product last more than a year or two.

 

in for some diy's and good luck on th lude

 

Well over the past two years I have spent an incredible amount of time on my car. And it is almost finished. Car was originally a Milano Red '93 Auto H23. It's a tad different now... Here is my list.

Engine:

• JDM H22a Swap
• M2A4 Tranny Rebuild (5th gear grind resolved)
• Automatic to manual conversion
• Edge header
• Iceman CAI
• 2.50” mandrel bent exhaust
• Ebay test pipe
• Magnaflow muffler
• Exedy stage 1 clutch
• Fidanza 8lb flywheel
• Chipped and Tuned P72
• IACV, VTEC solenoid, and EGR cleaning
• New Water Pump
• New Fuel Filter
• New Cap, Rotor, NGK Wires, NGK Plugs, O2 Sensor
• New Timing Belt and Accessory Belts
• Auto -> Manual tensioner conversion
• New Koyo Radiator
• Removed cruise control
• Upgraded to 4 gage grounds
• Valve Adjustment


Interior:

• Legend shift **** on an Accord shift boot
• Full Leather Interior Swap
• 95’ center console (switched to leather top )
• New molded carpet
• 2 Step sound protection all around. (dynamat mat stuff + egg crate layer)
• ‘94+ EL gauge conversion
• Restored speaker covers and door panel carpet( dyed black )
• ’94 Tweeter covers (dyed black, custom 3” Infinity Speakers)
• ’95 VTEC Rear Subwoofer (repainted black)
• All interior pieces other then vinyl have been repainted to original color.
• All noises/squeaks have been eliminated


Exterior:

• Painted: Super Marine Blue ( premier Dupont paint )
• JDM Black Headlights ( sanded & buffed to perfection )
• JDM Amber turn signals ( sanded & buffed to perfection )
• Sylvania Silverstar H4 and H1 Bulbs
• Modded tail lights ( removed amber insert, painted housing black, sanded and buffed)
• Integra turn signal hack
• 5Th gen glass sunroof conversion
• OEM Moonroof visor
• ’95 Accord front lip ( trim painted )
• ’95 Accord sideskirts ( trim painted, waiting for install )
• ’94 Accord rear lip ( trim painted )
• Repainted nostrils ( trim painted )
• Repainted trim all around ( dupont trim paint)
• Painted wheel wells ( truck bed lining paint )
• Painted valve cover & intake


Suspension:

• KYB AGX’s
• Ground Control Coilovers
• 16” Enkei RSF-2s ( painted black )
• Kumho SPT tires ( 215/40/16 )
• Ingalls camber kit
• New oem brake pads
• New oem rotors
• Painted calipers ( black )


Entertainment:

PC:
• Gateway Laptop ( 1.8 Athlon, 2 GIG MEM, 80 GIG HDD )
• D-Link Wireless N PCMCIA Card
• D-Link Bluetooth Adapter
• Seagate 100 GIG External HDD
• Creative SB Live 5.1 External USB Soundcard

Screen:
• Lilliput 7” VGA Touchscreen 629GL-70NP
• Fabricated into double-din.

Audio:
• 4 Pioneer 6-1/2" 4-Way Car Speakers [280 watts peak power (50 watts RMS)]
• 2 Infinity 3-1/2" 2-Way Car Speakers [75 watts peak power (25 watts RMS)]
• 1 Inifity 6x9” 3 Way Sub [320 watts peak power (130 watts RMS)]
• Alpine V-Power 75W MOSFET 4 Chan. Amp with Adj. Crossover [MRP-F250]
• Rockford Fosgate 4-Gauge Amplifier Installation Kit with Interconnect
• Extra 50’ Rockford Fosgate 16 Gauge Speaker Wire
• 2 Gold Plated Mini to RCA Y Cables

PSU:
• Carnetix CNX-P1900 Ver. 2.2 Dual Output 140 Watt 12V DC-DC Regulator
• Carnetix CNX-P5V 15 Watt +5V Regulator

Software:
• Windows XP Professional ( nLite 350mb install )
• Frontend - Centrafuse


Security:
• Clifford RS III Alarm System

 

WOW!!!!! I thought my plans were big!

 

i was gonna say the squeak was sway bar bushings but i thought you removed your sway bars?

 

yup they are long gone !!

 

i know that this isnt the place to post this but...unfortunaly ill be leaving the prelude
family and joining a hybrid....i wish you guys thst best of luck with your diy's but i have one suggestion....

im from california and i have a bb4 shell forsale....comes complete all you have todo is drop in a h22/h23 with tranny and ecu and your good togo.....the only real big problem is the paint and hood....paint is kinda fadding....maybe a cut and polish might help... and the hood is fadding.....vis invader....mybe paint in a can will help with that....othere than that its comeplet......its a 95 plude v-tec shell fully loadded...go check it out in the classifieds...on HT...

GL

 

i just have to say, i have not seen a thread jacked thread like this in so long lawlerz... hahahhahhahahaha

 

i see that you live in rochester. thats where i picked up my car and i need to do some serious brake/suspension work very soon. my calipers and most everything on my suspension is rusted to hell from being in NY. good luck with it, everything is always SOOOO much more rusted than you think once you start working on it. at least on my car and it was a 2001.

 

Well man gl with the restore. Let me know if there is anything you need help with cuz I've been there and done that.

 

didnt you move to cali?

 

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why?

 

front: endlinks broken on both sides
rear: ripped out of frame


Don't really notice a difference and i saved 40 lbs

 

ummm what? taking out your sway bars doesn't matter? aren't they a crutial part of the suspension?