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Down on the Street: updated Honda Prelude Mk5

Remember this Honda Prelude mk5 I shared two months ago?
Down on the Street: Honda Prelude mk 5
Back then I stated that it must be owned by someone who appreciates JDM.

Well I spotted it again this morning during my daily bike ride to work:
Down on the Street: Honda Prelude Mk5
And it looks a bit different as the owner updated the Prelude to a new level!

As you can see a bit closer up the front fenders have been swapped for a set of vented FRP fenders:
Down on the Street: Honda Prelude Mk5
Above a nasty (parking?) dent a spoiler has been added to the bootlid.

Down on the Street: Honda Prelude Mk5
Also the Drag Wheels rims have been swapped for a proper set of JDM shoes!

Down on the Street: Honda Prelude Mk5
Yes: original 5zigen Hyper 5zr rims! I have no idea what size they are (18 inch?) as both photos did not cover the tire size. I foolishly thought the quick snapshot would cover that but it didn’t. So next time I’ll all the tiresize to the checklist. 😉

Now the last (blurry) photo was a bit awkward because as you can see the backrest of the driver seat is not visible:
Down on the Street: Honda Prelude Mk5
By the time I took this photo I realized that something was odd: the backrest reclined, some blankets covering the driver seat and the car parked in a rushed way. Yes: someone was probably asleep in there!
I could have been wrong and assumed the wrong thing. I doubted for 10 seconds whether I should wake up the person inside but felt too awkward to do so and left as silently as possible the scene and biked to work.

7 Comments

  1. gred

    inb4 reveal of dead body 😀

    • banpei

      Haha. The car was gone the next day so I guess they got rid of it. 😉

  2. tom

    Looks great but the bumper sticker kinda ruins it

  3. Sedin

    I’m the owner of this Prelude. Someone hitted my car when I was working.

    I’m sorry for this late reply. I was sleeping in the car, because I was too tired to drive to my home(next to BNN)

    Atm I have a Red Prelude on Lpg too (:

    • banpei

      Sorry to hear someone hit your car.
      I have seen the red Prelude around town and I already suspected it would be owned by the same person as the one who owned the black one. The red one looks great! Any plans for modifications yet?

      • Sedin

        I still have the black one

        I want a Lpg-turbo on low boost(7-8psi)

        Still searching for the right color for my car. First I thought of candy Apple Red, but now I am thing of an gold Metallic Colour. Also bought the Greddy front lip and High Wing together with the roof spoiler.

        The car has a vMax of 225 km/h, but doesn’t go that hard above 200 km/h

        Also Tried to buy my old wheels back, but the present owner doesn’t want to ttrade or sell it for a reasonable price( €220).

        • banpei

          The red one still has the original wheels, right?

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