Honda Prelude

Okay okay. This is a jdm blog and I haven't even talked much about japanese cars. So today we're going to talk about one of my favorite hondas. The prelude.



Personally I think they're great looking cars. The red one pictured is the latest (and in my opinion the greatest) 5th generation. The last ones ever made. Honda stopped making the prelude in 2001..It was more or less replaced by the honda S2000 but to be honest I never really cared for the s2k all that much. It just strikes me as more of a middle age crisis car than a tuner.



Ehhhhh... Make it go away.


The Prelude had a 2.2 liter I-4 Vtec engine pumping out 200hp.
That's really not shabby. Seeing as the car originally retailed at around 22,000 back in 2001 for a brand new model. But you can pick up a used one now aday's for around 7 grand. And I bet you the Vtec will still pop




I had to do it haha.

The Vtec jokes are endless but none the less it's still a good engine and a good car. I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to buy one for me. It makes me a little sad that people steal Preludes and especially Integra GS-R's or Type R's just to rip out the engine and pop it in a Civic Hatchback.

Let me make something clear. I do like Civics. I understand they're not race cars but no matter what I can't stand civic hatchbacks. They're the ultimate BRO car.

But anyway we're not here to talk about stupid ass bros' and their civic hatches.
















mmm That's nice.

I don't really see too many prelude's out on the roads. A lot of people overlooked them, maybe that's why honda stopped making them. But oh well.
Back before I bought my truck I was about to buy a 4th gen Honda Prelude.

This one, in fact.




It was a 96 Prelude and I was soo close to buying it but the day I was going to check it out and make an offer the guy selling it disappeared from the face of the earth. Whatever dude. In a way I'm glad I didn't buy it. I much rather prefer the 5th gen preludes anyhow.

So there you go. That's my basic rundown rant on the Honda Prelude and how Honda ruins everything I like...bastards.



There ya go. Complete with techno/house beats and all.

oontz oontz oontz

Recaro Racing $eats

I was trolling around andysautosports.com, looking at parts for a 2000 Focus... I stumbled around and got to the racing seats and I was looking around and GOD DAMN, racing seats are disgustingly expensive. I found this one in particular...



It's a Recaro Ergomed ES comfort seat. It retails at $3793.85... EACH.

Let's just put this into perspective here, my car, the 2000 focus isn't even worth 2500 dollars! You'd have to be a damn fool to buy those seats. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they're great seats, Recaro is a great brand name but jesus... Maybe if you drive like a bmw m3 or Nissan 370z it'd be okay.

Another thing I'm not too fond of on andysautosports is the selection of turbo/super chargers... I'm not going to be boosting my car anytime soon but I wish they had a charger kit that was like...I don't know, under 3 grand.

We're not all rich assholes!



In this picture: A rich asshole!

Car Dump!

Every weekend I'll make a point to dump pictures from my personal folder of cool ass cars I've been building up over the years. There are some pics you may have seen before. But I guarantee most of them will be exclusive. This weeks theme: INTEGRAS

First Post 2-20-2010

Hey everyone, First ever post of JDMugen. See what I did thar? For those of you who don't know JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Market. You see, when car manufactures bring their cars over they often change various bits and pieces. To be honest I'm not sure why. But many enthusiasts feel the need to buy all the Japanese parts for their cars. Such as Jdm head and tail lights. You know, Stuff like that. Also, Mugen is a company that makes after market stuff for mostly hondas I believe. They're pretty well respected but if you're thinking about buying some mugen parts you better be ready to spend ALOT of money.



In this picture: Typical JDM Honda Integra. For a long time I was obsessed with JDM integras. As an American I was angry we got stuck with the bug eye headlights but you know what, they kind of grew on me! I actually prefer the bug eyes to be honest. What do you think?