No grudge at all against the Prelude I like them just fine actually and I have owned Preludes before (97 and a 94) and I liked them but I also knew they could have been done a lot better than they were.

I am not bashing the Lude at all actually because they have a very nice and sporty look...but a sporty look does not mean it is a sports car or that it handles like one.

Thats all I am saying.

My Accord with minimal suspension modifications performs as good and better than a Prelude does from the factory. With upgrades the Prelude is a good car but it still has the same suspension setup as the Accord does.

 

how come my threads never blow up like this? :gorgeous: :exnbp:

 

Seems to happen whenever I answer a thread with the cold hard truth:dunno:

 

Aux, its because shes a chick. And we are sick, sick, men...

Just kidding LOL. New member here.

But I am sort of the "do it right once" kinda guy.
I am aiming for some Apexi WS Coil-overs and some kind of Yokohama UHP/HP tires. (Yokohama.com).

I don't have any experiance with the tires, or shocks, but a sticky thread on another forum listed those coil-overs.


Edit: Almost forgot, if you intend to lower, you might need a camber adjustment kit, if he already didn't mention it. With a lower tread wear number tire, it will wear alot faster if you camber is off.

 

are u swapping hte entire knuckle for a 5-lug swap? and are you sure they bolt up w/o negative effects to the geometry and reliability + offset?

we are pretty sure the 4th gen lude suspension does not bolt up whatsoever to 5th gens, but a 5th gen lude ona 5th gen accord? Either way if u wanan go 5-lug, the odyssey hub might be a cheaper option if it bolts up.

i thought 5th gen ludes were based on the 6th gen accord platform? somewhat different from the 4th/5th gen accord / 4th gen lude platform. they arent that similar to the 5th gen accord.

 

i also have a 97 lude and 03 accord and i love my prelude. i have to get rid of the prelude cuz it has too many problems with the auto tranny but as soon as i have some extra cash i'm getting another one. i don't know what it is about that car but i still stare every time i see one

 

Already checked it out and I am swapping the entire front basically in order to do this. There are no negative effects from the swap at all.

If I were just swapping out the hubs then I was told there were some negative effects (can't remember what they were exactly) but nothing that can't be compensated for with a little work.

the 5th gen Lude was based on the 6th gen Accord but there weren't really that many changes made overall. The parts from a 6th gen can also be adapted to fit the 5th gen but there really isn't any reason to do that.

As for the Odyssey swap that was also considered as was the V6 suspension swap but both of those were financially unsound. I got my Prelude 5 lug swap parts for about $250 total out of a 98 Lude and the labor will be all me.

Planning on doing the swap later this summer (possibly during the off season actually) and I will post up some detailed photos when it is completed.

 

Being an owner of both 6th gen accords and 5th gen ludes, I'd have to disagree with Nighshade's comment. The lude handles much better imo because both cars are different. The accords are designed with comfort while ludes are designed to be more fun to drive.
The Lude has won many comparison tests against other cars in its class. I don't think this is possible if it's not a good car to begin with.

 

Your swap doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but there is a much bigger difference between Accord chasis and the Prelude chasis than you make it out to be. Either your making alot of this stuff up or you are doing some serious hacking and welding to do what your doing. Fifth generation Preludes do not share much of anything with any other Honda. If they were as similar as you say, don't you think the Prelude would have been built on the same line as Accord? The Prelude and S2000 are the last Honda vehicles to be built entirely 100% in Japan. If the Prelude was so common to Accord, they would have been building it in Marysville for the last 20 years. Remember, Honda is the most efficient automobile producer on the planet. If they could consolidate operations with similar tooling and designs, they tend to keep the cars together. Prelude has been built on its own line for the last 10 years.

 

I'm just making it up as I go thats why the parts are sitting at my house right now.

Dead horse has been beat and its still dead anyway you hit it.