well long story short i traded my h22 swapped 94 prelude for this 96 hatch with a 99-00 front end. im liking it so far, besides the fact that its incredibly slower than my prelude lol

the hatch has some ebay parts on it now but im in the process of replacing them.

comments and criticism welcome!

here is my old prelude.


and here is the hatch.




i have a bunch of plans for it. just a clean start.

 

damn nice platform, once that horrendous tint is gone and with some oem parts, itll look great!

 

hatch is clean, needs a drop though. overall not a bad trade for you it seems

 

Generally I dont like hatches, but I like any 99-00 front EK more than any 4th gen Prelude. Good trade for you.

I imagine since it has rear discs added, there is something better than a D16Y7 under it?

In the end, what can you really do? You'll replace the ebay rep CTR parts with OEM CTR parts, and the car will still look the same as it does now; which is also the same as 95% of the EK hatches here.

 

The tint is coming off soon. Lol and yes I'm sourcing some some oem goodies.

It is dropped. Lol and yeah it's a good start I think

I loved my prelude, really nice car but I couldn't pass this up. And yeah has the rear disc conversion. But nope just a y7.

 

need a drop? its already sitting on the tires

nice car tho. without tint will look way better

 

my crx has the same drop ( assumption), its not slammed but its a decent drop...and i kinda like the tint, i live in NC (fort bragg) so tint is MUCH appreciated...overall nice..."Ebay" parts arent that bad ( coming from a budget builder) good start man!

 

Very nice prelude was crazy clean.

 

Yeah it'll be off asap!

The tint is just so dark it's hard to even see out of at night. And yeah I'm not bashing on eBay parts I'd just prefer oem ones. So I'm on the lookout for good deals!

Thanks man! I appciate it.

 

That's a nice pick up man!!! I say leave the tint!!

 

looks nice, why remove tint? its get so hot down here i hate having a car with no tint. i rather stay cool then have sun burning only one arm

 

Damn, that prelude was sexy but the hatch looks clean. Good pick up. I rather like the tint but im from florida so its a must here.

 

Idk, it wasn't installed that well.. Maybe I will go with like 15% or something. It's just to dark.

Yeah it gets so hot here in Oklahoma in the summer time..

thanks for the kind words!

 

took some new pics this weekend.

this is the car at its current state.

 

I wouldnt have traded an H deuce deuce swapped Prelude for a SOHC hatch lol, I hope he put cash on top.


The hatch looks decent. It definitely has potential, specially after removing the cluster mods, fake lip, and going back to OE head lights+tail lights.


Good luck though! Nice pictures too.

 

The only reason I did it is because the hatch just had the engine rebuilt and all the maintenance was done very recent. And the prelude needed a bunch of stuff done to get it caught up on maintenance and I needed something cheaper on gas for commuting to work and school.

It cost $50 to fill up the lude cause you gotta use premium

 

clean hatch Id leave it how it is.

 

crazy all the dissing towards the hatch in here. Hatch is clean as F&$K

lol @ hatch needing lowered more

 

I like them both. Just need to do some de-ricing on the hatch and you are good to go. It's in really good shape. I love the wheels. Is the suspension adjustable? If so I'd raise it a little bit. The headlights are nice, but I'd put the OEM tails back on. Interior is clean, just change out the cluster. Good find, and good luck with the build.

 

That's because the Prelude was much, much nicer to look at. The hatch isn't really that appealing.

 

thanks, i still wanna change a few things.

i dont take it as dissing really. just some criticism. i honestly could care less about what people think. its just interesting to hear what people would do if it was there car.

yeah i dont have oem head or tail lights yet. still looking for a decent set and the cluster will be changed soon as well. prolly just gonna get an si cluster and call it a day.

ummm it was decent. paint was not good and had a lot of little dings. plus needed quiet a bit of work.